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Welcome to Eastern New Mexico University,
It is our desire that your employment here will be both productive and enjoyable. As you begin here are a few tips and videos we hope will prove helpful. Throughout this document, you will see video links. To view the videos, log in with your normal ENMU credentials, the same ones you log onto the Portal with.
If your position is currently working remotely, start with the following link to setup your remote environment:
Setting up a remote work location
Faculty & Staff General Resources Page:
The following link is the central location for all faculty & staff resources across the institution. The items that follow below this section are key highlights of common resources used frequently. Link
The ENMU Portal:
The ENMU Portal is the gateway to all of ENMU's online content. It can be accessed by clicking this link. Your log on credentials are the same as the ones you use to log on to your ENMU computer. The front page of the portal contains both an events and an academic calendar, your message inbox, and the QuickLaunch system, which contains links to many ENMU services and pages you may need. The Forms and Downloads tab contains documents such as leave request forms and benefit information in the Human Resources folder, or Banner account request forms and telephone manuals in the ITS/Telecommunications folder.
Building Access:
Buildings Access is switching over to Proxy Cards. To assist you in obtaining this proxy card, a tutorial has been made on how you can capture the portrait photo of your face and your ID that the process needs.
How to capture photos for the new Proxy Cards
Physical Plant Work Request:
If you are having trouble with some physical aspect of your office, such as the lights or air conditioning, this is the website you need. The Physical Plant Work Request system, available by clicking here, is an easy way to contact our Physical Plant department for non-emergency issues. After filling out the simple form, you will receive an email confirming that your case has been entered.
Self-Service Banner:
Self-Service Banner, or 
, is a service located on the Portal Homepage on the left hand side under 'Launchpad. It allows employees and students a place to see and manipulate various information about themselves. Of particular concern for employees is the Employee tab, which has various subheadings. Generally, the two you will use most are the Leave Report and Tax Forms links. The Leave Report function is how you turn in your time off. Please note that you can only submit one leave report per pay period, so make sure you have all the leave filed before you submit.
Entering Leave Time (for Professional)
To enter leave time, click on and follow the tutorial below:
Enter Leave Report
Outlook & Data Management
Use the following guide to get started with Outlook: Outlook 2019 Beginners Guide
One thing you will need to be aware of as you begin your time here at Eastern is that, when it comes to your email account, we have a disk quota system in place. What this means is that you are allotted a certain amount of space, and if you go over it, you will no longer be able to send and receive emails. Luckily, there are ways of controlling your disk usage: you can delete or archive emails. To archive, click the 'File' button, select 'Tools', left click 'Mailbox Cleanup' ,and left click 'AutoArchive'.
Teams Calendar Management
A very useful tool for managing your schedule is the calendar tab in Teams, located on the left hand side.
This allows you to set up meetings and appointments.
You can use the Recurrence drop down menu while adding an appointment to set a series of appointments going forward.
The Scheduling Assistant, located as a top tab in the Calendar area of MS Teams, is another powerful tool for booking meetings.
To use it, click "Scheduling Assistant" on the ribbon and add names to your meeting to find a time everyone is available.
, then click and drag over the material you are encountering the issue with, letting go of the click when the whole area has been covered. Then press Ctrl+C (this is Copy), or alternatively left click 'Edit' and select Copy. Now include this copied material in the content you send in the email to Help Desk.