Communications

 

Email
Blackberry
Portal
Sametime
Quickplace

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RHSMith email accounts are created for all faculty, and staff, PhDs students.  Full time MBA students receive RHSmith Webmail accounts. These accounts are created automatically--you do not need to do anything to request one. Part-time MBA students are given an "email for life" Smith forwarding address, and can request a full Smith Webmail account by filling out a New Account Request form.

Undergraduate students do not receive a Smith email account unless they hold a student worker position at Smith.

All accounts are active until 30 days after graduation or until the last day of employment. Make sure to copy or remove any important personal information as you will not have access to it after this date. Copy your mail to another email client BEFORE your accounts are removed.

Access your email anywhere that has internet access without having to install any software by using the MyUM Portal. Alternately, for webmail access, just go to http://mail.rhsmith.umd.edu for staff/faculty and students go to http://students.rhsmith.umd.edu. If you want to check any of your old archived emails, click here.

Learn More about Smith Email

The Smith School provides Blackberries to faculty and staff at the request of the supervisor and/or department. Each department pays for purchasing the device and services. Please review our Blackberry page to learn more about acquiring and using your Blackberry at the Smith School.

The Smith School has replaced it's old portal system with a new presence in the University's MyUM portal. It has the most useful tools from the old Smith School portal, plus lots of great new tools integrated by the campus.

Access the Portal now.

Learn more about using the Portal

Imagine that you are talking to a colleague or classmate who is halfway across the world.  You are talking without using a telephone and you can see each other as though you were in the same room.  Now imagine that your colleague or classmate opens a document that you are both working on, and you can see it and make changes to it, without a fax machine, and without an email.  You can stop imagining.

With IBM Lotus Sametime, you can meet with anyone, anywhere, anytime.  You can collaborate with your coworkers in many ways, including: 

  • Sending chat messages and transferring files to your coworkers in real time
  • Communication with computer audio and video
  • Editing shared files and saving your changes
  • Sending web pages and poll questions to meeting participants
  • Recording your meeting so that other people can view it later

Learn more about Sametime!

 

IBM Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace) is a team project / collaboration tool that enhances [virtual] group communication via discussion boards, file sharing, meeting and general timing coordination, and the assignment of task ownership pegged to deliverable dates.  The tool serves to coordinate future team/individual actions and serves as a historical record of group accomplishments / challenges. 

Key Features

  • Online discussion boards
  • Document sharing (Word, Excel, etc.)
  • Task organization/Assignment of ownership
  • Group Calendar
  • Create your own secure web address for a group
  • Include members internal and external to the university
  • Historical archive of discussions, files, accomplishments and challenges.