Simmons Voicemail and Phone upgrade Thursday evening, July 29

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On Thursday, July 29, at 6pm, Simmons will transition to a new voicemail system providing easy configuration of Personal Announcements and Away messages through a new web interface.  This system includes voicemail to email and also provides advanced features such as support for blocking callers and delegating voicemail accounts to multiple users. 

While this voicemail migration is scheduled for Thursday, July 29, all users should login now to https://voicemail.simmons.edu to record their new Personal Announcement greeting.  Please see these instructions for more information.

Saved voicemail messages from our retiring voicemail system will not be carried over to the new system, nor will any greetings or away messages. Technology will work with individual Departments and Offices on the configuration of greetings for their central numbers.  

Concurrent with the voicemail migration, we will transition to a new phone system.  The new system will operate the same as the present system on the same phones but will have some minor visual differences on the phone interface screen.  

Please reach out to the Service Desk at 617-521-2222 or [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

Simmons Alert Changes

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Simmons Alert provides timely notifications via cellphone, voicecall, and email in the event of an emergency situation on or near the Simmons campus.  To improve ease of use, Technology — in cooperation with the Registrar’s Office, Human Resources, and Public Safety — has moved registration and maintenance of Simmons Alert contact numbers from Workday and AARC to its own application.  Current Simmons Alert contact information has been migrated to the new platform.  Everyone should login at http://alerts.simmons.edu/ in order to validate their information to ensure they are notified of future emergencies affecting the campus.  Emergency Contact information — who the University calls when something unfortunate happens to you — is maintained in Workday for all members of the community.

Remote from the Classroom

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As we plan for the return to on-campus, in-person learning in the Fall, Technology continues to explore “HyFlex” options for the classroom if the necessity arises to deliver courses in-person and online contemporaneously.   Expanding our Zoom Rooms capability to designated classrooms and providing similar functionality to others via mobile equipment deployments will ready us for pandemic related contingencies.  Stay tuned for more information.