Your campus experience will include some time spent taking care of practical matters, such as registering for classes, requesting transcripts, and paying tuition. Find out which transactions and the services that support them can be handled online and at a distance.

What personal information can you view online-your contact information, grades, degree progress, financial status, or other information?

Information available through WittLink Portal (accessible as applicant, student, alumni, or parent):
• Personal Information
  View the information we have about you.
• Password Recovery Options
  Save information needed to automatically reset your password later.
• Password Change
  Change your email (LDAP) and Windows network passwords.
• Privacy Settings
  View and Modify your privacy settings. You can use these to show or hide information about you in the online directories.
• Parental Access Control
  The ability to authorize individual web access for each parent to your Academic Information (Class Schedule, Financial Aid, Student Account Balance, Grades by Term, WATCH Report, Degree Audit.
• Mail Forwarding
  Mail Forwarding can be used to forward your Wittenberg email to an off-campus address.
• Mailing Lists
  View the mailing lists you are currently on and subscribe or unsubscribe to lists.
• Class Schedule
  Review your current class schedule.
• Grades By Term
  View your Final Grades, by Term.
• WATCH Report By Term
  View your advising W.A.T.C.H. Report (Transcript) by Term.
• Degree Audit
  View your complete Academic Evaluation ( Degree Audit Check of your degree requirements).
• Fin.Aid By Term
  View your Financial Aid Awards Summary, by Term.
• Fin.Aid By Year
  View your Financial Aid Awards Summary, by Year.
• Student Accounts
  View your current Student Accounts balance.
• Demographics
  Review your current demographics info, and submit any changes. (Submitted changes are automatically sent to the Registrar's office, where they will be updated to your record within one week.)

Can you update any of this information online yourself?

Information available through WittLink Portal (accessible as applicant, student, alumni, or parent):
• Password Recovery Options
  Save information needed to automatically reset your password later.
• Password Change
  Change your email (LDAP) and Windows network passwords.
• Privacy Settings
  View and Modify your privacy settings. You can use these to show or hide information about you in the online directories.
• Parental Access Control
  The ability to authorize individual web access for each parent to your Academic Information (Class Schedule, Financial Aid, Student Account Balance, Grades by Term, WATCH Report, Degree Audit.
• Mail Forwarding
  Mail Forwarding can be used to forward your Wittenberg email to an off-campus address.
• Mailing Lists
  View the mailing lists you are currently on and subscribe or unsubscribe to lists.
• Demographics
  Review your current demographics info, and submit any changes. (Submitted changes are automatically sent to the Registrar's office, where they will be updated to your record within one week.)

Which of the following can you do online?

• Check admissions status - In WittLink Portal
• Pay bills - In WittLink Portal
• Apply for and view financial aid awards - In WittLink Portal
• Register for, add, and drop courses - Registration only in WittLink Portal
• Learn course grades (online or by phone) - In WittLink Portal only
• View and print unofficial transcripts - In WittLink Portal
• Check progress toward completion of degree requirements - In WittLink Portal
• Make campus bookstore purchases - Reserve textbooks online for in store pickup, purchase digital coursepacks using the Bookstore website
• Other - For a complete list of services, please see the WittLink Portal

What campus and community services are covered by debit-card, smart-card, or one-card systems?

• Library services
• Print services
• Dining services
• Residence Hall and other doors
• Recreation facilities

Are the school catalog-including course descriptions, degree requirements, and academic policies-and the semester/term schedule of classes available on the Web?

• Click to view the Academic Catalog
• Click to view the Open Course Listing

What security and privacy policies are in place to protect student information?

• Wittenberg's FERPA statement: FERPA -- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• Student Financial Privacy Statement
• Wittenberg University Privacy Policy
• Wittenberg University Information Security Plan
• Keep Your Private Information Private: Access To and Use of Computing Resources Agreement

How does the campus protect students from identity theft?

• The policies listed above are in place to protect student information. Additional information is provided by the Wittenberg University Police and Security Department regarding postal mail, post office box security, and additional items.

How does the campus notify students of their rights under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?

• Information is posted on the web: FERPA -- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Is network bandwidth limited for peer-to-peer software, gaming, Web cams, or other programs requiring high levels of network resources? Are Web pages filtered?

• Peer to Peer (P2P) and other types of file sharing services are not considered to be of academic value and are not permitted for student use either on campus computers or on personal computers that are using University resources such as WittConnect.
• Bandwidth monitoring is performed on a periodic basis to determine areas of high or unusual usage. Usage of particularly high bandwidth applications is limited. When several people are running the same types of programs (gaming for example) there is a limit to the amount of bandwidth allotted to that particular activity. The result may be a slowdown of network performance related to the activity. Wittenberg's primary mission is academic, and in support of that purpose academic use of electronic resources is protected from subversion by nonacademic pursuits. At the same time, the university's environment is one of open access and academic freedom and so in support of that environment no sites or servers are prohibited unless deemed to be a threat to network integrity or security.
• Web pages and sites are not filtered.
• More information: WittConnect Terms of Use

Is there a campus code of behavior about using computer resources?

• Access To and Use of Computing Resources Agreement

Does the campus have policies addressing peer-to-peer file sharing, virus software, and copyright?

• Peer to Peer and Virus: WittConnect Terms of Use
• Copyright: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at Wittenberg

How does the campus manage e-mail spam?

• Our practices are to only restrict incoming e-mail addresses if they are either abusive in nature or pose a threat to mail services such as "flooding" the servers. The primary action taken by Computing Services is to mark e-mail messages that fail several tests as possible spam. Individual users may then decide what action to take including filtering these messages or deleting them. More information: Spam Tips

This document last reviewed May 30, 2004.