What is my email?
All UW-Superior students and employees have an email account comprising of [username] @ uwsuper.edu. Your username is used to access all your UW-Superior apps via your Okta Dashboard.
Email FAQ’s
You can access all your UWS apps (including Outlook) through your Okta Dashboard: myapps.uwsuper.edu. Since email is one of the primary sources of information you may want to opt in to have your email automatically open when you sign-in. You can set this up on your Okta dashboard by clicking on the … in the upper right corner of the app to open the menu, click the box to launch on open, and save your choice.
Students also can download the app for their personal laptop computer or access it in the computer labs. Employees automatically have Outlook on their work computers.
On your Okta login page (https://myapps.uwsuper.edu) click on the link that says, “New user/forgot password?” and follow the steps to set up your password for the first time or to reset it if you forgot. You will use your registered MFA method to complete setup. You also can do this in your Okta dashboard under settings.
We recommend you keep your uwsuper email account strictly for business/school purposes. This will help you keep your email organized so you are less likely to miss important information. It also keeps your email safer from potential phishing attacks.
You should consider using a personal email address for non-UWS needs such as signing up for a conference, outside organization/business webinar, or mailing list. You also can consider using an email alias. This will allow you to keep your personal inbox less full of junk or scams as well. When you use an email alias you are not giving your real address.
Sign up for SAFE Alerts to receive voice mail/text messages/emails about critical UW-Superior campus information.
Phishing attacks are designed to steal money and private data through trickery using sending malicious emails, texts, phone calls, or with social media. They use social engineering to fool you into compromising your security.
While we are able to block many phishing attacks, scammers know if they can compromise a legitimate account they can victimize that user as well as use the compromised account to target others.
The good news is that there are simple habits you can build to keep yourself safe. Here are some of our top recommendations:
• Use the Report Message feature in Outlook if you are not sure a message is legitimate.
• Be cautious of unsolicited messages. Do not click on links or attachments unless you are certain it is safe.
• Look for red flags such as spelling errors (especially in email addresses and website URLs).
• Don’t trust branding. It is easily faked. Go directly to the source you know to be true. For example, all UWS apps can be found in your Okta dashboard.
Set up MFA for all your accounts (not just your uwsuper account).
• Check out the Technology Services Cybersecurity page for easy-to-understand tips, training videos and documents, security alerts, and more.
• Always read communications from Technology Services including the newsletter and cybersecurity alerts.
Use the Report Message feature in Outlook. Reporting an email as phishing will not do anything negative so if you are not sure please select “phishing” so Technology Services can review the email and let you know if it is safe or not. We would rather you be safe than sorry. You also can select “junk” to block unwanted emails.
You have by default a focused, other, and junk inbox. If it is not in any of those folders, it may have been flagged by our email protection service. Learn more on our website about how to check and manage your email quarantine.
We recommend taking the free course on LinkedIn Learning, Tips for Writing Business Emails. You can watch individual videos or the whole course (35 minutes).
You can find more than 21,000 courses to learn new skills and boost your knowledge in a variety of topics on LinkedIn Learning (all included with your uwsuper account).
With your uwsuper account you get access to the Technology Services site at uwsuper.edu/technology. On the site, we feature training resources for specific apps as well as Microsoft as a whole. This includes a curated selection of courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Every Monday morning you will receive your weekly digest email of news posted to SharePoint the previous week. It is important to check this email to stay on top of important information from scholarship deadlines, club activities, student resources, and more. You also can directly go to your SharePoint.
Student Edition: The email includes all news shared on the student news site: https://uwsuper.sharepoint.com/sites/StudentNewsEvents. Examples of student/campus news include scholarships, social activities, important dates, and more.
Employee Edition: The email includes all news posts made the previous week. This includes posts to the student news and employee only news posted to the Employee Intranet: https://uwsuper.sharepoint.com/sites/VivaLanding. Examples of employee only news include webinars, workshops, grant information, webinars, celebrating accomplishments, benefits information, and more.
Posting News: Posts are made by approved employees that complete SharePoint training provided by Technology Services. They post news on behalf of their department or team. Students that want to have their information included in the digests and on SharePoint can submit their stories through Student Involvement. More information can be found on the Student Involvement SharePoint site.