Welcome!

Webmail and Mail Forwarding

To activate your OSU e-mail account, please use this page on the OSU site.

You can access your OSU e-mail account from anywhere in the world. Just point your browser to https://webmail.osu.edu/ and log in using your OSU username and password (name.#). Once you're logged in you can change your settings, including the "mail forward" option that allows you to forward your OSU e-mail to a different account.

Setting up a Humanities Account

The first thing you should do once you settle in is set up your Humanities account. A Humanities account allows you to do several things: log onto the Humanities network, access your network folder, use the computers in the Goldberg Instructional Center, and create a bio in the faculty directory.

Your Humanities username and login are not the same as your OSU username and login: the easiest way to remember the difference is that your OSU username has a dot ("professor.1") but your Humanities username has no dot ("professor1"). Regardless, the passwords will be different; Humanities passwords expire every 90 days and we recommend setting your password to "current quarter" + "something you'll remember" so that the quarterly change of password will be easier to remember (e.g. "summerabigail").

Your Network Folder

Once you've set up a Humanities Account, you will be assigned a folder on the network where you can store and retrieve files. You can access this folder from any department computer that you have logged onto, and you can even access your folder from home.

There is a generous 512mb limit to your network folder (256mb for grads and undergrad staff - click for more info on network space).

Your folder is located on the "N:" drive. You will need to be logged on for it to appear. You will find it at:

N:\HISTORY\name#

Note: this folder is not the same as your network web folder, which is also located on the N: drive.

Also, be sure to leave the "workstation only" box unchecked when you log on, or else you will not be connected to the Humanities network.

Teaching Tools

Visit the Teaching Tools page for online rosters, classroom information, grade submission and other internet tools.

Your Bio Page on the Web

Once you've set up your Humanities account, you will appear in our faculty directory. To add a picture or text for your bio, click on the link on your bio page titled "edit the information on this page". It will ask you for your OSU username and password (name.#).

The Goldberg Instructional Center

The Harvey Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching includes the Instructional Center on the second floor of Dulles Hall. We provide a variety of teaching aids such as scanners, printers, microfilm/fiche readers, a variety of tech-oriented periodicals, presentation and web-design software, and a multimedia database that can be accessed through the web.

Tech Support

Humanities Information Systems (H.I.S.) is available to help with your computing troubles. For help you can click here or call them at 292-8662.

For issues with your e-mail account or other tech problems outside of the department, the Office of Information Technology (O.I.T.) can be reached here or by calling 688-HELP.

Course Management Software

Carmen, developed by Desire2Learn, is available to all faculty as a platform for supplemental material, online quizzes, grade management or simply posting of files such as your syllabus or lecture notes. Take a look at the Carmen site for more information.

Server Space for Web Pages

The department also hosts web space for faculty and grads who are interested in creating their own web pages.

Web Calendar

The meeting & events calendar is a web-based tool to help us all know what's happening around the department. Please check it regularly. You can even submit events to the calendar yourself using our online form.

• Faculty Resources Page

• Grad Resources Page

• History Department Main Page