A website where one connects with those sharing personal or professional interests, place of origin, education at a particular school, etc.

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Faculty and staff computers will be joined to the domain by ITS personnel. Personally-owned student computers cannot be joined to the domain.

If you need to access a computer that is in the domain, you can go to http://THESTABLE.wlu.edu and access a virtual image that is in the domain. (Access requires authorization; you'll have to log in with your network username and password.)

Yes, quite often you can.  First make sure it is not in your trash folder. If it is there undelete it by (on a PC) right clicking on the object and choosing undelete or (on a Mac) dragging it back to the desk top.  

If you deleted it from the trash folder and it was orrigionally in a network drive (H, I, L, J) you can request that the item be recovered from an old copy on the server. To do this log a help ticket (choose webticket on the menu above) and under request type choose "network" then "file recovery" Then give us as many details about the files as possible.

Updated 01/26/2011

• Visit Facebook.com, log in to your profile and click 'Account' in the top-right corner. From there, choose 'Privacy Settings.'

• From the 'Privacy Settings' page, click on 'View Settings' to see who can search for you, send messages to your account, see your education and work settings and more. Change all of these drop-down menus to 'Friends Only.'

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and choose 'Customize Settings' near the bottom of the page. This new page will load a number of different privacy options, but you'll want to click through each one and change the setting to 'Only Me' so that nobody else can see your Facebook activity.

• Stay on the 'Customize Settings' page and scroll down to 'Things Others Share.' Here, you'll want to edit and disable settings so that your friends are unable to write on your wall, comment on posts and check you in to places.

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and, under 'Apps and Websites' in the bottom-left corner, select 'Edit Your Settings.' This page shows all of the third-party websites and applications that you have given access to some of your Facebook information. If you see anything on this list that you want to remove, just click to remove it from the list.

• Stay on the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Instant Personalization' and select 'Edit Settings.' Uncheck the box at the bottom of this page to block other websites from accessing your Facebook interests. Select 'Confirm' when a pop-up asks you if you're sure you want to disable this option.

• Return to the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Public Search' and select 'Edit Settings.' To keep search engines from finding your Facebook profile, uncheck the box on this new screen.

A free Internet service for posting short messages, known as "tweets", via a central server, which are then sent to all users who have chosen to follow you or to a specific user.

Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.

You can follow Washington and Lee on any of the following social media sites. Click on these links on the bottom of the W&L homepage:

"What's News" blog
Facebook fan page
YouTube Channel
Twitter feed
University News RSS feed
"Generally Speaking" e-Newsletter

A blog is an online journal where an individual, group, or corporation presents a record of activities, thoughts, or beliefs.

YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.

The WLU wireless network allows users to access the network for a short period with authenticated access, or a long period with secure access. If you are just visiting campus for a day you should attach to the "wlu" wireless networks. If you are going to be using our wireless network frequently you will want to register for the secure wireless network. Registering on the secure network allows you to remain attached to the network without having to reauthenticate, and it encyrpts your network traffic so it is secure. To register on the Secure network go to Http://wireless.wlu.edu .

If you are not formally associated with WLU you can access the network as a guest by attaching to the "wlu" network. This network has some restrictions.    

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

• H: or Home directory  - This is your private space on the server. No one else has access to this space. This directory is backed up regularly by University Computing and is an appropriate place to store all of your work-related files.  Quota: 500 megabytes.
• L: directory - Course-specific directories for faculty members and students. Each course is provided a folder structure for providing handouts, sharing data, electronic turn-in of assignments, and returning student work with grades and feedback.

Applies To: Students

• H: or Home directory  - This is your private space on the server. No one else has access to this space. This directory is backed up regularly by ITS and is an appropriate place to store all of your work-related files. Quota: 1 gigabyte.
• I: directory - Employees in your department only.  Quota: 4 gigabytes.
• J: directory - All employees.  This is an appropriate location to share files with employees across departments.  Note that this drive mapping points to the same location for all faculty and staff throughout the College, Williams School and administrative offices. Quota for all departments: 30 gigabytes.

Note: Quotas can be increased, based on demonstrated need. Please enter a request in Web Help Desk  if you need additional space.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• H: or Home directory  - This is your private space on the server. No one else has access to this space. This directory is backed up regularly by ITS and is an appropriate place to store all of your work-related files. Quota: 1 gigabyte.
• I: directory - Employees in your department only. Quota: 4 gigabytes.
• J: directory - All employees.  This is an appropriate location to share files with employees across departments.  Note that this drive mapping points to the same location for all faculty and staff throughout the College, Williams School and administrative offies. Quota for all departments: 30 gigabytes.
• L: directory  - Course-specific directories for faculty members and students. Each course is provided a folder structure for providing handouts, sharing data, electronic turn-in of assignments, and returning student work with grades and feedback.  Quota for all courses: 500 gigabytes.

Note: Quotas can be increased, based on demonstrated need. Please enter a request in Web Help Desk if you need additional space.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Once you've logged into Sakai, click on the More Sites tab. Classes that might have been listed in the tabs across the top previously might show now only under the More Sites tab.

Go to password.wlu.edu and follow the instructions. 

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

1. Open   WLU Sakai : https://sakai.wlu.edu

2. Click the Login button.

3. Type your guest account login and password, and click Login.

4. Go to the site, click on the site tab. (You will see two or more tabs in a row across the upper part of the screen.)

The professor needs to publish the course.

In the course site within Sakai:

1. In the upper left corner of the screen, click on the (Publish Site) button

You can also publish the site this way:

1. Go to Site Info
2. Manage Access
3. Publish Site
4. Update

In the Sakai site, go to:

1. Site Info
2. Edit Tools
3. Select the checkbox by the desired tool(s)
4. Continue
5. Finish

If you're a W&L faculty member, staff or student, use any available Internet connection, on-campus or off-campus, and use a Web browser to access this page:

http://wireless.wlu.edu

Follow the steps, entering your W&L username and password when prompted. After you complete this step, you'll connect to W&L's wireless network automatically whenever you're in range.

If you're not a member of the W&L community, find the wireless network named "wlu," connect, and open a Web browser. Enter your e-mail address, or, if you're a sponsored guest and have been provided with credentials for temporary access to W&L's wireless network, enter the user name and password that was provided to you.

Please note that wireless is a limited resource, and minor disruptions are common; see Statement on Wireless Service at W&L

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

By default, Sakai course sites are unpublished, which means that students will not be able to access a site until it is published by the instructor. 

To publish your site, click on Site Info, then Manage Access. Tick the box next to "Publish Site." Now click Update. 

Applies To: Faculty

1.Find the folder you want to move (in the Resources area of the course)

2.      From the Actions menu choose Move.

3.      Click on the “Show other sites” link in the bottom gray bar.

4.      Choose “Paste moved items” from the Action dropdown menu next to the folder where you’d to move the items.

5.      You can also click on the plus sign next to a folder to drill down into that folder and choose a folder within that folder.

Applies To: Faculty, Students

When you add a W&L student, faculty or staff member to a Sakai site (Site Info > Add Participants) add the USERNAME ONLY in the top box for Official Participants. If you use the entire e-mail address, Sakai creates a guest account instead of using the regular account that's already there, so the regular account won't see the website.

Please call the Information desk at extension 4357 if you still need assistance.

There are two possible causes:

1. Make sure that you have published the site. (Site Info > Manage Access > Publish Site)

2. Add the participant to the site as a NON-OFFICIAL site participant. In the course site, go to Site Info > Add Participants and add the user's full e-mail address in the SECOND box for NON-OFFICIAL participants.

Applies To: Faculty

In Sakai:

1. Go to the My Workspace tab.
2. Click on Worksite Setup.
3. Click New.
4. Choose Project Site (not Portfolio Site)
5. Click Continue
6. Give your site a title.
7. Click Continue
8. Choose the tools that you would like to use in your project site.
9. Click Continue twice
10. Click Create Site

Yes.  Within every course folder on the L: drive, there is a "public_html" folder that is automatically created.  Create your course content there and the URL to the site will be accessible from http://Courses.wlu.edu. 

Applies To: Faculty

1. At the Home screen, press the Menu key.

2. Scroll to the Manage Connections icon and press the trackball.

3. Scroll to Wi-Fi (not all Blackberry phones have this option; if you don't see it, it's not available for your model). Press the trackball to place a check mark in the box to turn on Wi-Fi.

To scan for and connect to available networks, perform the following steps:

1. At the Home screen, press the Menu key.

2. Scroll to Set Up Wi-Fi Network and press the trackball.

3. Scroll to Next and press the trackball.

4. Select Scan for Networks. The handheld scans and displays available networks.

SELECT WLUsec

5. Press the trackball to connect.  Enter your W&L network user name and password

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Various restrictions apply to the guest wireless network, including limited speed, and restricted access to some web sites, including Facebook. W&L faculty, staff and students can get the best quality connection by registering for W&L's secure wireless network. To do that, point your browser on your wireless device to http://wireless.wlu.edu and follow the directions.

Go to Site Info > Import from Site, then choose the third option, which is "I would like to merge my user(s)".

In the next screen, check the box of the site that contains the students you want to import.

If you log into Sakai, enter the "Sakai Help at W&L" site, click on "Tegrity Screencasts", there is a screencast that shows this process titled "Merging Enrollments".

Applies To: Faculty

The map of wireless network coverage is located here.

Yes you can. In the course site, go to Site Info > Add Participants.

Outside participants need to be added to the second box "Non-official Particpants". Enter the full email address of the participant and that person will be sent an e-mail with their username (full email address) and password (generated by Sakai.)

Applies To: Faculty

The wireless network for W&L faculty, staff and students uses a technology called 802.1x, which provides security by encrypting all network traffic.

Some older computers do not support this technology. However, most modern, up-to-date wireless devices will run on the secure wireless network:

• Windows computers with security features enabled, including auto-updates, firewall and up-to-date operating system
• Macintosh computers with security features enabled, include firewall and up-to-date operating system
• Apple iPad and iPod Touch
• Most Smart Phones with wireless capability, including iPhone, Blackberry, and Android-type phones

Game devices such as the Xbox 360 and Wii and other special-purpose network devices such as the Roku do not function on the secure wireless network. For such devices, use a wired connection, or register them for use on the wireless network.

Please note that wireless is a limited resource, and that minor disruptions are common; see Statement on Wireless Service at W&L

Whenever possible, use the tool at http://wireless.wlu.edu  to configure your device for use on W&L's wireless network.

You may need to manually configure some devices. The settings are:

• SSIDD: WLUsec
• Wireless Encryption: WPA2 Enterprise
• Authentication Protocol: MS-CHAPv2/PEAP
• Outside tunnel authentication: This should be left blank
• Inside tunnel authentication: WLU Username and Password
• Security certificate verification: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority

1. Edit the following file:  /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf2. Copy and paste the following entries:

network={
     ssid="WLUsec"
     scan_ssid=1
     key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
     pairwise=CCMP TKIP
     group=CCMP TKIP
     eap=PEAP
     identity="WLU Username"
     password="WLU Password"
     ca_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/Equifax_Secure_CA.pem"
     phase1="peaplabel=0"
     phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}

3. Save the wpa_supplicant.conf changes
4. Restart the WPA supplicant with the following command: /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant restart5. Restart networking with the following command: /etc/init.d/network restart

If you right click on the files that do not work and look at the Security tab under Properties, the read permissions for the WWW user are missing.  This is the account that the web servers use to read the data.  Missing rights is usually caused by moving files between folders of differing security settings.  Within a volume, the file server does not recalculate rights on a move.  These files may have been dragged from elsewhere in the H: drive, and therefore did not receive the read permissions required.  The easiest way to prevent this is to use copy/paste instead of drag or move, since rights are always re-calculated when a file is created. 

To fix the existing files: 

1.       right click on the public_html folder

2.       select properties

3.       select security

4.       select advanced

5.       check the box “Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects”

6.       select OK

7.       select OK

This will force all the rights in the public_html folder to be recalculated.

1.     If that is the folder you want, you can move it or copy it to the new location by going to the Resources section, check the checkbox next to the folder name, and choose Copy or Move from the Actions menu.

2.     After you’ve clicked on Copy or Move, you need to select the “Show Other Sites” link at the bottom of the screen.

3.     Browse to the site where you’d like to copy or move your folder.  Click the checkbox next to the folder where you want the links folder to go (Probably the top level Resources folder) and select Paste Copied Items from the Actions Menu.

See the screen shots in the Resources Document

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

If you're a W&L faculty members, staff or student, use the Safari or Firefox browser (NOT Chrome) and use any available connection to access this Web address, from on campus or off campus:

http://wireless.wlu.edu

Follow the instructions, and enter your W&L username and password. When you've completed these steps, you'll automatically connect to W&L's secure wireless network whenever you're in range.

Please note that wireless is a limited resource, and minor disruptions are common; see Statement on Wireless Service at W&L

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

1. One of the site owners needs to log into the SharePoint site (Members and Visitors cannot do this.)
2. Site Actions > Site Permissions
3. Select the name of the group to which you want to add the person.
4. Click New in the light gray bar above the list of current group members.
5. Type in or browse the address book for the username.
6. By default, the box is checked for the added person to receive an email with a link to the site. You can also add a personal message if you'd like.
7. Click OK.

Yes, your username is your full email address with your AD password. To change your password you would go to password.wlu.edu which will change your password for all W&L resources.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

On the Login screen:
1) Use the drop down box to change from the "AD" setting to the "this computer" setting.
2) Login name is W&LGuest
3) Password is W&Lpassword
(entries are case sensitive)

You could possibly be missing a CODEC file that did not come with Windows Media Player. Try using another media player like PowerDVD instead.

1. Go to the Settings app
2. Select Wi-Fi
3. Make sure Wi-Fi is on and choose the "WLUsec" network
4. Enter your W&L network username (without the @mail.wlu.edu or @wlu.edu part) and password and tap Join
5. When prompted to accept the network certificate, tap the Accept button
6. Enter your device's passcode if prompted
7. A checkbox next to the WLUsec network and the Wi-Fi signal icon in the status bar at the top should indicate that you are now connected to the network

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Open the folder in which you wish to enable file listing.  Create a file named "access.www".  Open that file in notepad or wordpad and paste in the following text and then save:

                        Options +Indexes

                        IndexIgnore *.www

                        IndexOptions FancyIndexing

                        IndexOptions FoldersFirst

                        IndexOptions IgnoreCase

                        IndexOptions NameWidth=*

                        IndexOptions ShowForbidden

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

1. Go to myvi.wlu.edu and authenticate. If it the first time you will be asked to install the Citrix client.

2. Choose a virtual desktop

3. Go to Computer (My Computer on Windows XP) and you should see the L: drive listed.

If you would like instructions for mapping a network drive on your computer, please send an email with your request to help@wlu.edu or call the Information Desk at extension 4357.

Go to Settings > Wireless Controls > Turn on WiFi 
 
In WiFi settings select wlusec
 
Enter your username and password

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Word 2007 and Word 2010

1. Start Word, and then open a new blank document.
2. Go to Word Options
   • In Word 2007, click the Office Button, and then click Word Options.
   • In Word 2010, click File, and then click Options.
3. On the Advanced tab, go to the General section.
4. Click to select the Confirm file format conversion on open check box, and then click OK.
5. On the Mailings tab, click Start Mail Merge, and then select Step By Step Mail Merge Wizard.
6. In the Mail Merge task pane, select the type of document that you want to work on, and then click Next.
7. Under Select starting document, select the starting document that you want to use, and then click Next.
8. Under Select recipients, click Use an existing list, and then click Browse.
9. In the Select Data Source dialog box, locate the folder that contains the Excel workbook that you want to use as your data source, select the workbook, and then click Open.
10. In the Confirm Data Source dialog box, click to select the Show all check box. Click MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls), and then click OK.
11. In the Microsoft Excel dialog box, under Named or cell range, select the cell range or worksheet that contains the data that you want to use, and then click OK.
    NOTE: Your data now appears in the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box with the same formatting that appears in the Excel worksheet.

If one takes a W&L laptop that is in the W&L AD domain off campus and then attaches to a site that is in the IE 'Local Intranet' security zone, the laptop attempts to do pass-through integrated windows login.  However, this requires that the computer has direct access to an AD domain controller, which is blocked in the firewall.  Unfortunately, IE does not gracefully fall back to a username and password prompt in this case.

To configure IE to always prompt for a username and password:

1.       Open Internet Explorer

2.       Select “Tools”

3.       Select “Internet Options”

4.       Select “Security”

5.       Select “Local  intranet”

6.       Select “Custom level…”

7.       Scroll all the way to the last option and select “Prompt for user name and password”

8.       Select “OK” to exit both dialog windows

To re-configure IE once you are back on campus, follow the same procedure, but in step 7, select “Automatic logon only in Intranet zone”