Dear Colleagues,
Each year, UMW faculty and staff must complete required State and UMW training programs. At this time, two ‘courses’ are being released to you: IT Security, and Use of Electronic Communications and Social Media Policy. A summary of what you should expect is found below:
Training Requirements:
Courses / Topics: IT Security
Use of Electronic Communications and Social Media Policy
Make sure that you view the policy, and verify your completion.
Access: For your convenience, you may access all of the content on line in UMW Global. Once you access UMW Global, the Required Training section of your Home Page will list the modules that you must complete. [Instructions are below.]
Deadline: You have 30 days to complete the training that is assigned to you.
Time Requirement: 15 minutes
Required for: All UMW Employees
Notifications: You should receive reminders via email letting you know that training has been assigned or that the due date is approaching.
Regards,
Pam Lowery
To access UMW Required Training:
- Go to https://covkc.umw.edu/umw.
- If you are using Internet Explorer, make sure that the site is a trusted site. The system often works better with Firefox or Google Chrome.
- Log in, using your UMW Global credentials. If you encounter difficulty logging in to UMW Global, please contact Pam Lowery (plowery@umw.edu).
- See the Required Training section on the Home page.
- Select the course that must be completed.
- Enroll in the course.
- Once the enrollment has been activated (This takes a few seconds.), click Access to access the course material.
- Proceed through the content.
- Repeat for both required courses.
Special Instructions – Use of Electronic Communications and Social Media Policy
This course was a required course in 2012, and must be verified again. If you completed the course in 2012, and access the course again, you will see two options: Open Current Attempt and Open New Attempt. You must select Open New Attempt so that ‘this’ attempt is recorded on your transcript.
Pam Lowery
Director of Technology Professional Development & HR Consultant
Office of Human Resources
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 654-1357
