Welcome to myAlert
- myAlert is a notification system designed to immediately deliver emergency information to students, faculty, and staff via cell phone text/voice messaging.
- myAlert will notify students, faculty, and staff of emergencies that significantly disrupt daily activities or pose a threat to the health and safety of the UMass Dartmouth community.
- myAlert is a critical tool used in conjunction with other communication channels including campus-wide e-mail, campus phone voicemail, marquees, University website, Channel 77, and WUMD 89.3 FM.
- myAlert is offered on a best effort basis. UMass Dartmouth offers no guarantee that it will be able to send voice or text messages during every crisis or emergency or that such messages will be received on your wireless or landline devices.
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A UMass Dartmouth Logon account and password are required to sign up for myAlert. If you don’t have a UMass Dartmouth Logon account and password, please call CITS Access Management at 508-999-8532 or 508-999-8528.
The initial test of myAlert was run on May 8, 2008 at 10:00AM
Thank you to all who subscribed by May 7, 2008 and participated in the initial test on May 8, 2008.
If you participated in the myAlert test and did not receive any of the alerts you signed up for (text/voice messaging and/or email,) please click the link and take the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PNKMNHsRCrWzqJzhPpwBuQ_3d_3d
The winners for the iPods for signing up for myAlert are:
Sheila Cassidy - Junior English Major
Elizabeth Smith - Sophomore Chemistry Major
Kelli MacDonald - Freshman Social Sciences and Humanities Major
Kevin Carty - Part Time Library / Archivist
The winner for the iPod for completing the myAlert survey:
Hilary Munsell - Junior Humanities and Social Sciences Major
myAlert Text/Voice Messaging FAQs
Why should I subscribe?
No one can predict when a campus emergency will occur, or where you will be when it happens. If you have a cell phone, myAlert text/voice messages will provide urgent, time-sensitive information directly to you, whatever your location. Subscribers will receive a text/voice message from MassHigherEd@dccnotify.com notifying them of the emergency, instructions to follow, and/or where to get further information.
Who can subscribe?
The service is currently limited to active students, faculty and staff with UMass Dartmouth Logon accounts.
How will the University use my cell phone number?
Subscribers' cell phone numbers will remain confidential and will be used only for emergency notifications by UMass Dartmouth. Cell phone numbers will not be available to UMass Dartmouth Administration, Faculty, or Staff. Cell phone numbers will NOT be used for marketing purposes or other non-emergency communications.
Will I be charged for receiving text/voice messages from myAlert?
This depends on your cell phone carrier and your plan. Standard text messaging rates will apply. Standard voice call rates will apply. The myAlert service itself is free.
What should I do when I receive a myAlert text message?
myAlert messages will provide instructions about what you should do. If you are a student and are in class, tell your instructor about the message. Note to students: Please adhere to your instructors' policies about cell phone use.
When will this service be available?
The campus plans to conduct an initial test of the myAlert system on May 8. This test will assess whether or not text and/or voice messages were received by all subscribers and how quickly the messages were transmitted.
For technical questions, including how to subscribe to myAlert text/voice messaging: Students should contact the Student Help Desk at 508-999-8884 or ITStudentCenter@umassd.edu and Faculty and Staff should contacts the IT Service Center at 508-999-8790 or ITSCenter@umassd.edu.
