Email – Out of Office, Vacation Responder

Setting Up Automatic Replies (Absence Mail and Auto-reply) Open Gmail. In the top-right, click the gear icon (Settings). In the drop-down list select “Settings”. Remain in the “General” tab and scroll down to the Vacation responder section. Select “Vacation responder on”. Fill in the date range, subject, and message. You… Continue reading »

Student Records System

https://sarah.williams.edu The Student Records system provides these services and information: For Students Course Registration Grades & Transcripts Course & Exam Schedules Personal Information Advisors, Holds & To-Do’s Tutoring Account Information Financial Aid Information Williams Transport For Faculty Advisee Information Enrollment Information Grant… Continue reading »

Last modified on March 28, 2024

Guest Wireless Access

Williams College provides guest Wi-Fi access. This fast and robust network access is provided for visitors and patrons while on campus. Use implies agreement with all terms and conditions of appropriate behavior of our Acceptable Use Policy. To connect to our guest Wi-Fi first join the… Continue reading »

Williams Google Guides

General Gmail Information Email Overview and Access Accessing Multiple Google Accounts Configuring Mail Clients for Williams Gmail Email Overview and Access Additional Gmail Guides Setting your browser as default email handler Using filters to receive email you send to lists [PDF]… Continue reading »

Setting Your Browser as Default Email Handler

When you click on an email link in a Web page or email message your computer will open a new ‘compose window’ with the email address in the To: line. The program used to compose messages is determined by the Default Mail Handler for your computer. Below are… Continue reading »

Google Tips-N-Tricks

Google Apps Learning Center Learn by Product Check to see if a website is listed as unsafe Google offers a tool that allows people to check to see if a particular website/domain is listed as suspicious for such things… Continue reading »

Forwarding Incoming Emails to a non-Williams Account

There are several important concerns to consider when automatically forwarding incoming emails to another account: For Faculty and Staff Faculty and staff are urged to refrain from forwarding their Williams’ Gmail to an external email account if what they communicate about is subject to other legal or policy requirements related… Continue reading »

G-Suite for Education (GAE)

G Suite for Education (formerly Google Apps for Education) is a collaboration suite that provides an integrated messaging platform that includes email, calendar, chat, documents, and more! With G Suite, we have the benefits of 100% web-based messaging and collaboration tools, as well as lower infrastructure and support costs. These… Continue reading »

Google Drive

Google's Online Documentation Meet Drive Using Drive Use Google Drive for desktop For Work Help Center View your Storage Usage What is Williams College Google Drive? Williams College… Continue reading »

Conference Calls

How do I make a conference call? From an active call, press Conference Make a new call. Press Conference again (after the party answers). The conference begins and the phone displays “Conference.” Repeat these steps to add up to four participants.   Reviewed 4/3/20 by Terri-Lynn Hurley… Continue reading »

Voicemail: Setup

Setting up your voicemail Go to: http://vmail.williams.edu Login using your Williams short username and the password that you use for email Click on Messaging Assistant > Passwords (on menu at top of page) Click on “Change PIN”    PIN has a minimum of 4 digits, we recommend… Continue reading »

Telephone Quick Start Guides

Model 7821 & 7841 Model 7821 has two buttons one side of the display, the 7841 has two buttons on each side allowing for two more features if needed. Tip: To adjust the phone's "high" or "low" angle pull the silver stand out from the back and flip… Continue reading »

Re: Notifications for Discussions

You can subscribe to entire Discussion threads in your courses and be notified when new comments are posted to the topic. If you reply to a discussion, you will automatically be subscribed to discussions and will be notified of updates unless you manually unsubscribed to that discussion. Please note that… Continue reading »

Changing Your Workstation Password

  macOS If you would like to change the login password on your OIT issues macOS computer please see: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-the-login-password-on-mac-mchlp1550/mac Windows Most OIT issued Windows computers are on the domain which means your password is synced with you Williams/Okta password. To change the password on your Williams account see: … Continue reading »

Google Groups

Google Groups are a service from Google that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests.  Google Group Directions and Help. Google Groups will now be used for ALL Williams email lists.  In the past we needed to use LISTSERVS for lists that had subscribers who used… Continue reading »

Joining Eduroam (Wi-Fi)

Williams primary wireless network for Faculty , Staff and Students is eduroam. This network is for computers, smartphones and tablets. If you have a another device like a gaming system or smart TV please go use these directions: https://oit.williams.edu/help-guides/wifi-and-wired-connections/network-device-registration/ The recommended way to connect is via eduroam’s configuration tool. Continue reading »

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