As a member of the College of Applied Human Sciences, your first point of contact for all technology-related needs is the CAHS Helpdesk. There is a broad range of services available through the College that includes email, file storage, computer labs, a remote portal, web hosting, and a computing helpdesk to provide assistance with questions related to information and instructional technology. Detailed information can be found below regarding these services.
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The College provides a Helpdesk to help with any technology-related questions. The Helpdesk is staffed from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to contact the CAHS Helpdesk with any computing questions at 970.491.3458.
When ordering technology-related equipment, faculty and staff should work with the College IT group to ensure compatibility and expedite delivery.
The M:, P:, X:, S:, and W: drives provide a place to store your files that can be accessed from virtually anywhere. They are located on the central College servers, and are backed up to tape storage on a regular schedule.
- M: Drive
- Each faculty, staff, and student in the College is provided with file storage space on the College servers. This space is accessible from any computer in the College and is referred to as the M: drive.
- P: Drive
- Each department is provided a common shared file space referred to as the P: drive (DepartmentName_Share). The P: drive is accessible by all the faculty and staff for the specific department. Permissions also can be set by the College IT group on certain directories in this drive to limit access to specified individuals.
- X: Drive
- The entire College is provided a common shared file space referred to as the X: drive (CAHS_Share). The X: drive is accessible by all the faculty and staff in the College of Applied Human Sciences and is an excellent way to share information between departments or administrative units. Permissions also can be set by the College IT group on certain directories in this drive to limit access to specified individuals.
- S: Drive
- Faculty, Staff, and Students are provided a common shared file space referred to as the S: drive (Student_Share). The S: drive is an excellent way to share files between faculty/staff and students. The S: drive now includes a folder for every class in CAHS. Included in this folder will be:
- Instructor Folder - Syllabus, notes, etc(Instructor-Read/Write access, Students-Read)
- Student Folder - Information sharing (Instructor-Read/Write access, Students-Read/Write)
- Assignments Folder - Drag and drop assignment submission (Instructor-Read/Write access, Student-View Contents)
- All students are automatically connected to the S: drive when they login to a CAHS Lab Computer or eCAHS.
- W: Drive
- Faculty, Staff, and Students are provided with space to develop and store their own web site. This is on a by request basis. Teachers may request this to be created for en entire class.
The College maintains six main computer labs for use by students. Faculty can reserve these labs for the purposes of classroom instruction. Students can access their M: drives from ANY of the College Computer Labs.
- Aylesworth Lab
Location: C112 Aylesworth
Phone: 970.491.6547
- 220 Education Lab
Location: 220 Education
Phone: 970.491.3860
- Gifford Lab
Location: 317 Gifford
Phone: 970.491.7406
- 200 Industrial Sciences Lab
Location: 200 Industrial Sciences
Phone: 970.491.4658
- 203 Industrial Sciences Lab
Location: 203 Industrial Sciences
Phone: 970.491.2372
- Moby Lab
Location: B219A Moby
Phone: 970.491.6004
Find locations and hours of Student Computer Labs
eCAHS is a web-based portal that allows access to a virtual desktop which provides you with access to your M: drive and other network storage (P:, S:, X:, and W: drives), as well as numerous software applications including the Microsoft Office Suite, EndNote, and many more. Because eCAHS is web-based, members of our college can access thier documents and technology services from locations across the world.
Click here to log on to eCAHS
Each faculty and staff member in the College is provided a Microsoft Exchange mailbox.
Use your account for email, contacts, tasks, and for scheduling meetings with other members of your department, the College, and the University. CAHS Webmail is available to check your mail in remote locations.
Click here to check your eMail
Faculty, Staff, and Students are provided with space (commonly referred to as the W: drive) to develop and store their own web site. This is on a by request basis. Teachers may request this be created for an entire class.
Contact the CAHS Helpdesk at 970.491.3458 with any questions you may have.
