Receive Phone Alerts / Connect-ED

• During a health scare,校园 threat,校园 closing or other event of public interest, effective communication with students, faculty and staff has a direct impact on our 安全. EGSC utilizes the 连接 notification service because we recognize the importance of communication before, during and after a situation occurs.
  
  
• EGSC leadership cares about the 安全 and quality of education for its students. A communication tool, such as 连接, adds to our ability to provide an environment in which students can feel safe and informed.

What is 连接?

• Receive vital information through cell phone, home phone, e-mail, TTY/TDD receiving devices, or other text-receiving devices.
• Designate up to six phone numbers to be contacted in the event of a campus 紧急. You may designate a single cell phone for receiving campus 紧急 notifications via text message.
  1. EGSC - Statesboro, your contact information will also be loaded in the Georgia Southern University 连接 系统 so that you can be notified of any 紧急-related issues that may occur on the Georgia Southern University campus.
  2. EGSC - Augusta, your contact information will also be loaded in the Augusta University 连接 系统 so that you can be notified of any 紧急-related issues that may occur on the Augusta University campus.

Why should you participate in the EGSC 连接 notification 系统?

• During a health scare,校园 threat,校园 closing or other event of public interest, effective communication with students, faculty and staff has a direct impact on our 安全. EGSC utilizes the 连接 notification service because we recognize the importance of communication before, during and after a situation occurs.
• EGSC leadership cares about the 安全 and quality of education for its students. A communication tool, such as 连接, adds to our ability to provide an environment in which students can feel safe and informed.

What do you need to do?

An 紧急 communication service that enables East Georgia State College (EGSC) officials to quickly contact EGSC students, faculty and staff with voice and text messages that contain 紧急-related campus information (e.g.,校园 closing, campus threat, inclement weather, etc.).

Instructions for entering and changing your contact phone numbers for the 连接 系统 are listed below. If you need assistance or have questions, please contact the EGSC Information Technology Department at csworkFREEOMNIUPDATE or 478-289-2004. You may also use the myEGSC Mobile app to enter or change your contact phone numbers for the ConnectEd 系统 in the Apple App or Google Play store (请注意: Start on step 2 after logging into the app):

Your personal contact information will 从来没有 be shared with third parties. The 连接 System is reserved for EMERGENCY USE ONLY. Please note the EGSC 连接 Emergency Notification System will periodically send test messages. These test messages are necessary to ensure that you are familiar with the 系统 and to test the validity of the contact phone numbers in the 连接 系统.

 

Instructions for viewing or changing your phone numbers for use in the EGSC 连接 Emergency Notification 系统:

1. 1. Open a web browser to the myEGSC website (talbertfenceanddeck.com) or open the myEGSC app and log in.
      
      
   2. Select “Banner General SSB” located under the “Tools > Apps” menu on myEGSC.
      
      
      
      
      
   3. If you would like to add it to your Shortcuts menu, click "View All" in the Tools menu, then expand the "Banner 9 Apps."
      
      
      
      Then click "Load More" until you see the app "Banner General SSB" and click the star-shaped icon to add to your Shortcuts menu.
      
      
      
      
   4. When you access the app, you will be taken to the Personal Information for your Banner 配置文件. Scroll down until you get to the Emergency Contact section.
      
      
      
      Click the "Add New" link in the top right corner of the Emergency Contact section to add a new contact record.
      
      
      
      In the Relationship field, make your selection. For Emergency Contact Alerts/Notifications, please select from:
         • ConnectEd Notification 1
         • ConnectEd Notification 2
         • ConnectEd Notification 3
         • ConnectEd Notification 4
         • ConnectEd Notification 5
         • ConnectEd Notification 6
         • ConnectEd Notification Text Messaging
      
      
   5. Enter either the Email Address or your Phone Number (area code and phone number fields are segmented out). Note: You do not have to enter the "-" symbols between digits.
      
      If you enter a phone number in the ConnectEd Notification 1 - 连接 Notification 6 categories, you will receive a phone call at the number entered in voice format when a notification is pushed out. Email addresses will receive a text email with the message. ConnectEd Notification Text Messaging will be a SMS text message sent to the number selected.
      
      
   6. You can revisit this app any time you need to make changes to your selection. 为了使 changes, select the pencil icon next to any of your contacts.
      
      
      
      Sample Phone Entry:
      
      
      
      Sample Email Entry:
      
      
      
      Sample SMS Entry:
      
      
      
      

      • Please note the East Georgia State College 连接 Emergency Notification System will periodically send test messages. These test messages are necessary to ensure that you are familiar with the 系统 and to test the validity of the contact phone numbers in the 连接 系统. If you have any questions or need assistance with the EGSC 连接 系统, please contact the EGSC Information Technology Department via email at csworkFREEOMNIUPDATE%20or 478-289-2004. 

        注意: Your personal contact information will 从来没有 be shared with third parties. 连接 notification is reserved for Emergency Use Only; you will only receive 紧急 related messages from EGSC via 连接.