RISD uses Google Apps for Education (Mail, Calendar, Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.) for email. As a Google Education user you receive unlimited storage. Drive for Education supports individual files up to 5TB in size. In addition, you keep your RISD Google account for life as a RISD alumnus!
Workday (Faculty/Staff and Student Workers) | wd5.myworkday.com/risd Workday is a human resources, financial and student information system designed to modernize and standardize the way RISD delivers key services to our community. Workday will be delivered in two phases. Workday has replaced Ellucian Colleague for all financial and human resources functions. Workday Student will be implemented through 2021. View the full timeline, support and training information on workday.risd.edu. Use your RISD Account username and password to access Workday.
My RISD
My RISD is a mobile and desktop solution (my.risd.edu) that will personalize your RISD experience and make it easier for students, staff, faculty and visitors to access campus services and resources. Download the My RISD app from the Apple Store or Google Play Store to load it on your device. Select the appropriate persona (i.e. students, staff & faculty, or welcome) for a personalized view of relevant information.
WebAdvisor is where faculty, staff and students enter RISD!Alert emergency contact information.
RISD!Alert is the system RISD uses to distribute time-sensitive information quickly to the community by means of broadcast telephone, email, and text messaging.
WebAdvisor is also where students get their registration times, declare their major (first year only) and view mid/final term narratives. Faculty will use to view their class roster, submit grades and purchase books.
Faculty and staff have access to secure network storage on our servers that are backed up every evening. There are several departments that use this secure storage to share files within their respective groups. Check with your supervisor to see if your department has shared storage and if you will need access for your role. To obtain this additional access, have your supervisor complete the
IT Additional Access on-line form. More about
Network Resources.
RISD VPN
Faculty and staff may use virtual private network (VPN) to access files remotely. View the
VPN page for additional information and a link to the software download.
RISD uses Ellucian's Colleague product for our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. Colleague contains student related administrative records of our institution. To obtain an account or additional access have your supervisor submit the
IT Additional Access on-line form.