CaTS Help Desk Support
Please call the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 for phone support.
On this page:
- About Remote Support Offerings
- Minimum Computing Standards for Students
- Student Laptop Checkout
- Study Spaces and Computer Labs
- Adobe Creative Cloud Applications
- Remote Access Support for Faculty and Staff
- Call Forwarding Information From Campus Phones
- Remote Security Practices
About Remote Support Offerings
CaTS will be utilizing ServiceNow, our online ticketing system, for support options. You can also call the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 for phone support. See our Hours of operation.
Support options include:
- ServiceNow incidents and requests (Wright State Service Portal)
- Email (helpdesk@wright.edu)
- Leaving a voicemail at 937-775-4827 with as much information as possible, along with a contact number. You will be contacted by a Help Desk representative as quickly as possible during business hours (8 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Noon–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday)
- Calling the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 for phone support. Hours of operation
Important Note:
If you are having issues logging into or accessing any of your accounts, call the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827. Hours of operation
Minimum Computing Standards for Students
Find information about the minimum computing standards and recommendations for student's personal devices.
Student Laptop Checkout
If you need access to a computer, there are several labs located around campus that are available to students. View a list of open computer labs.
Study Spaces, Computer Labs, and Virtual Labs
The Dunbar Library has more than 30 computer workstations, socially distanced seating, bookable quiet study rooms, and printing, scanning, and photocopying features. Additionally, certain classrooms and labs will also be available for use across campus. Students will need to bring their own laptops to study spaces; however, there are computers available in the computer labs.
Faculty, staff, and students now have the ability to access virtual computers from off-campus locations, which allows users to access software installed on these virtual machines. For more information, visit our virtual computing labs page.
Adobe Creative Cloud Applications
Adobe Creative Cloud applications from Adobe are no longer free for personal computers.
Adobe Creative Cloud applications are available for purchase through wright.onthehub.com
If you have any questions, call the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827.
Remote Access Support for Faculty and Staff
CaTS has been working to provide solutions for remote/work-from-home situations if needed. The following covers different systems for remote access and collaboration, as a reference for university employees working off-campus.
Equipment for Online Courses
The following equipment is available for checkout through the CaTS Help Desk to help aid in online course facilitation:
- Windows/Mac OS laptops
- Microphones
- Webcams
Your personal computer can also be used in conjunction with any Help Desk equipment you have checked out. If you have any questions about other equipment available for checkout from the CaTS Help Desk, please contact us at 937-775-4827, or helpdesk@wright.edu.
Collaboration on Non-Sensitive Business Documents Not Stored on Network Drives
- SharePoint Sites: SharePoint Sites are online communities used to support university organizations, projects, and other Wright State-related functions. You can share files, calendars, and other important non-sensitive information with any other members of the site.
- OneDrive for Business: OneDrive for Business is a Microsoft online service that provides resources for file storage, collaboration, and communication within the Office 365 system.
- Microsoft Teams: Teams brings together people, conversations, and content—along with the tools that teams need—so they can easily collaborate to achieve more.
Facilitation of Business Meetings
- Cisco Webex Meeting Center: Webex is an all-in-one web conferencing tool that allows you to be more productive and have engaging web meetings. Webex allows you to host and attend meetings with chats, note-taking, polls, screen and file sharing, and audio/video.
Accessing Sensitive Data and Websites From Off-Campus
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI Desktops): VDIs require two-factor authentication, and are most appropriately used for individuals who routinely access sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, health care information (HIPAA), bank account information, etc. Network storage drives (H, K, and R drives) can easily be accessed via the virtual environment.
VDIs are not recommended for distance instruction
Accessing Non-Sensitive Documents on Network Storage Drives
- Wright State Virtual Private Network (VPN): All faculty and staff have access to VPN, allowing them to access the network storage drives (H, K, and R drives). There’s no need to request special access to use VPN, however, you will need to install the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, and log in with your campus ‘w’ username and password.
Call Forwarding Information From Campus Phones
Call forwarding cannot be turned off remotely.
Unified Messaging (Voicemail to Email)
Unified messaging is the ability to have voicemail sent to your email as an audio file. When someone leaves a voicemail at your campus extension, unified messaging will capture the audio and send the file to your campus email address. There is no charge for this service; you can request unified messaging by clicking on the button below.
Important Note: You can NOT have both unified messaging and call forwarding set up; you will need to determine the best way to receive phone calls and voicemails between this and the following options.
Forwarding Options
There are two styles of call forwarding:
- Direct Forwarding - When someone calls your campus phone, the call goes straight to the forwarded number. You will NOT hear your desk phone ring.
- Forward Don't Answer - When someone calls you, you will have approximately 4-5 rings to answer the call before it goes to the forwarded number.
Forwarding Your Desk Phone to Voicemail
Please cancel all forwarding before attempting to forward your desk phone. You must forward your desk phone to voicemail in order for your callers to leave a voicemail message.
- Direct Forward - Pick up the handset, enter *5, enter 1010, hang up the handset.
- Cancel Direct Forward - Pick up the handset, enter *6, hang up the handset.
- Forward Don't Answer - Pick up the handset, enter *7, enter 1010, hang up the handset.
- Cancel Forward Don't Answer - Pick up the handset, enter *8, hang up the handset.
Forwarding Your Desk Phone to an Outside Line
Please cancel all forwarding before attempting to forward your desk phone. Any forwarding to a long-distance line will be on a temporary basis only and will be canceled after the Coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
- Direct Forward - Pick up the handset, enter *5, enter 9, area code, outside line number (if it is a long-distance number, enter 9, 1, area code, outside line number), hang up the handset.
- Cancel Direct Forward - Pick up the handset, enter *6, hang up the handset.
- Forward Don't Answer - Pick up the handset, enter *7, enter 9, area code, outside line number (if it is long distance enter 9, 1, area code, outside line number), hang up the handset.
- Cancel Forward Don't Answer - Pick up the handset, enter *8, hang up the handset.
Accessing Voicemail
From Off-Campus:
- Option 1 - Dial 937-775-1010. When voicemail answers, enter your mailbox number/extension). When you start to hear your voicemail greeting, enter *, followed by your passcode.
- Option 2 - Dial 937-775-#### (your mailbox number/extension). When you hear your voicemail greeting, enter *, followed by your passcode.
From Your Desk:
- Option 1 - Dial the main voicemail number 1010, enter your passcode.
- Option 2 - From someone else's desk - Dial the main voicemail number 1010, enter *, enter your mailbox number, enter * again, and enter your passcode.
Remote Security Practices
CaTS understands that many faculty and staff have been, or will be, working remotely during these difficult times. Ideally, all university business should be conducted on a university-owned computer. However, during the current crisis that isn't always possible or realistic. If you must use a personally-owned computer, please keep the following in mind:
- Make certain you have up-to-date antivirus software installed on your computer
- Keep your system up-to-date by installing operating system updates
- NEVER save university data locally
- If you routinely deal with sensitive data, use VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) rather than VPN
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at helpdesk@wright.edu. We appreciate your patience at this time and remain committed to providing support to all members of the university community.
