Information Services Department

Welcome to IS, located on the second floor of McDonald Hall Room M217

To contact the IS Helpdesk:

help@crowder.edu or call us at 417-455-5712
We provide campus-wide support for computing, networking, telecommunications and web services.

Have questions? Try the Helpdesk Site and FAQ

Hours: Monday-Friday

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

General Information

To Log into Campus Computers, Wi-Fi, email, and Canvas: view the most recent Campus Connect sheet at www.crowder.edu/campus-connect

To Log into MyCrowder: view the most recent Campus Connect sheet at www.crowder.edu/campus-connect

For questions or issues with Crowder computers, network, and supported services, please contact the IT HelpDesk by:

Creating at ticket at: www.crowder.edu/ticket

Emailing: help@crowder.edu
Calling: 417.455.5712
Visiting: room 217 in McDonald Hall on the Neosho campus

Policies

Computer Use Agreement [PDF]

>> Info about downloading and sharing copyrighted material

>> Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing

To ensure a secure and consistent computing experience for all students and employees, Information Services will begin upgrading all faculty and staff computers to Microsoft Office 2024 starting at 4 PM on Monday, May 12. Those who have already...

4/29/25 - 6:30 PM: Internet Outage at Nevada Campus

Tue, Apr 29 2025 at 6:40 PM

The Nevada campus continues to experience an Internet outage. Unfortunately, our Internet service provider (ISP) has informed us they do not expect the issue to be resolved prior to noon tomorrow, April 30th.

Internet services are up at all other campuses...

4/28/25 - 9:30 AM: Network Outage Resolved

Mon, Apr 28 2025 at 9:36 AM

The Information Services team is still continuing to evaluate the root cause of this morning's outage on the Neosho campus. At this time, a restart of your computer should resolve any lingering issues such as certificate errors or Outlook connection...

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EdTech

LTI Troubleshooting

Thu, Sep 21 2023 at 12:34 PM

For those instructors facing issues regarding their Canvas LTI tools, including eBooks and 3rd party integrations, please refer to the following resource for guided support. Most troubleshooting errors require customer service support from the respective ...

End-of-Year Canvas Best Practices Checklist

Tue, May 9 2023 at 3:14 PM

As you finish the semester, please review the following to ensure things end smoothly! 👍

Women's History Month Research Guide

Mon, Feb 27 2023 at 2:11 PM

Did you know that March is Women’s History Month? Since its inauguration in 1980, March has been designated as a time to reflect and honor women’s contributions to American history. Check out the following Research Guide I created for this imp...

Canvas Student App

Mon, Feb 13 2023 at 10:30 AM

What is Canvas Student App?

Canvas Student allows students to access Canvas courses and groups using a mobile device. Students can submit assignments, participate in discussions, and view grades and course materials. The app provides access to course...

Windows 11 Update

Wed, Feb 8 2023 at 9:02 AM

Our Information Services team is updating network computers to Windows 11. While there are no major differences from Windows 10, we have created an infographic highlighting the noticeable differences you may encounter.

If you need additional support ...

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Phishing

From the News - 3/25/25: Malicious CAPTCHA Challenges

Tue, Mar 25 2025 at 8:20 AM

Recently a security partner, Arctic Wolf, made us aware of an ongoing malicious campaign using fake CAPTCHA challenges. CAPTCHA challenges typically work to ensure user interaction is human and not from a "bot" by having users click certain pictures...

3/12/25: Legitimate Ruffalo

Wed, Mar 12 2025 at 11:05 AM

At approximately 9 AM today, Crowder students and employees began receiving an email with the subject line: [Recipient's first name], help us improve our students' experience at Crowder.

This email is part of a biennial survey through Ruffalo N...

2/26/25: Legitimate Email with Tax Documents

Wed, Feb 26 2025 at 3:39 PM

At approximately 1:26 PM today, Crowder employees began reporting an email as phishing with subject: IMPORTANT TAX RETURN DOCUMENT AVAILABLE from mail@onlineformretrieval.com.

After reviewing the email and speaking with HR, it was determined that this emai...

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Roadmap

11-13-24: MFA for Computer Login beginning Friday, 11-15-24

Wed, Nov 13 2024 at 11:04 AM

Crowder Colleagues,

Over the past year, Information Services has been rolling out Duo MFA to better meet federal compliance requirements and better safeguard our data. As of this semester, every student and employee are using Duo MFA to access ...

7/5/24 - 6 PM: Qwickly Attendance Maintenance

Mon, Jul 1 2024 at 9:10 AM

Beginning at 6 PM on Friday, July 5th, Qwickly Attendance will be inaccessible for approximately 1 hour while they perform maintenance on their cloud servers. Qwickly will post when the maintenance is complete at https://www.goqwickly.com/support/.

C...

5/8/24: Duo MFA for Student Accounts Beginning Thursday, May 23

Wed, May 8 2024 at 8:34 AM

Crowder Students,

To improve the security of Crowder accounts and better meet compliance standards, all Crowder accounts will soon requi...

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Links

Quick Links

IT Support Ticket Portal

Information Technology uses the Jira ServiceDesk support ticketing system. If you are experiencing an issue and would like to write a support ticket please consider submitting a ticket through the Jira ServiceDesk portal or feel free to reach out by phone at 417-455-5712 or by email to help@crowder.edu .