Staff Resources

Forwarding your phone

  1. Press Features
  2. Select forward by going down with the radial button and pressing the center dot button
  3. Here is a choice – if you want all calls to go to your cell phone select “Forward Unconditional”.  If this is selected all calls immediately go to the number you enter in the next step.  If you only want unanswered calls to go to your cell phone you select “Forward Busy/No answer…”.  If this is selected you have the choice to “Fwd Busy” or “Fwd No Answer”, or both.
  4. In either case you move to the option you want using the radial button and pressing the “on” or “off” or pressing the center dot button which is the “select” button.
  5. You then need to go to the Destination choice using the radial button and enter the destination number.
  6. You will need to put in the 7aaabbbb if in the 217 area code or 7aaabbbcccc if outside the 217 area code.

If you select “Forward Unconditional,” all calls immediately go to your cell phone and never comes back.  If unanswered, the call will go to your cell phone voice mail.

If you select” Forward No answer” your office phone rings 1st, if unanswered your cell phone rings, if unanswered the call comes back into your on campus voice mail (which can then be forwarded to your e-mail if you choose).

Checking your voicemail while not on campus

Dial 217-234-5500.

  1. Enter your office extension followed by # (example 5088#)
  2. Enter password and #. This will be either the password you set up or the default password 753159.
  3. Choose Option 2 to check voicemails
  4. It will start giving you information on your messages and then ask to press 0 to play.
  5. Press *D to delete any messages

How to record in powerpoint

  • Use the headset
  • Open PowerPoint
  • Click on Slide Show
  • Record Slide Show
  • Start Recording
  • Click the X when finished recording
  • Click on the Grayed out speaker icon in the lower right hand corner, to play back recording
  • Email the final PowerPoint to yourself

Cyber security awareness

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