海角社区

On Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, there will be a university-wide test of our automated notification service, 海角社区 | Attention! The test will occur at approximately 10:40 a.m.

While we anticipate that disruptions will be minimal, there will be some impact on classes at that time. We thank you for your understanding as we test this very important service.

Here's how the test will work:

海角社区 | Attention!:

A text (SMS) message will be sent to all cell phones that have been opted in to the notification service. If you have opted in, you will see a text message on your cell phone originating from the number 624455. Please read the text message.

If a cell phone provider is not supported for SMS via our service, a voice message will be sent to all student, faculty and staff cell phones that have been opted into the notification service. You will see a voice call originating from 514-398-8700. Please pick up the phone, say "Hello" and listen to the message.

A voice message will be sent to all faculty, staff office phones, and classroom phones. You will see a call originating from 514-398-8700. Please pick up the phone, say "Hello" and listen to the message.

海角社区 Homepage:

A three-phase emergency test message will be posted on the 海角社区 Homepage ().听 All web pages will be temporarily redirected to the homepage.

1.听听听 Phase 1: At 10:40 a.m., a banner will appear at the top of all 海角社区 pages, with the following message:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: As part of the Campus-Wide Emergency Notification Test which includes the 海角社区's emergency Web communications system, the website will be unavailable from 9:15 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2011.听 my海角社区 and Minerva will not be affected.

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2.听听听听听Phase 2: At 9:00 p.m. that evening, we escalate to a level-2 announcement, diverting all 海角社区 home page traffic to the听海角社区 Emergency Announcements Website, where our emergency announcements will be displayed.听 After they have viewed this page once, users will be free to navigate the 海角社区 website normally.听 As well, this announcement will appear in a yellow banner at the top of every page on the 海角社区 website.听 The same message as above will be used.

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3.听听听听听听听Phase 3: At 9:15 p.m., all traffic to听 will be redirected to the听海角社区 Emergency Announcements Website.听 Again, the same message as above will be used.

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Expected Disruptions:

• There may be noise in the form of phones ringing and chatter in the classrooms for some time after 10:40 a.m.听 It is difficult to predict how long the chatter will continue.
• There may be noise in the form of phones ringing and chatter in the libraries, open areas, and cubicle spaces for some time after 10:40 a.m.
• Voice messages may result in heavy traffic on the service provider network, causing the potential for a service disruption or, at worst, a network crash.听 Text messages alone will not put a strain on the service provider's networks.
• Between 9:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. access to will be redirected once to the 海角社区 Emergency Announcement Website.听 Users will be free to navigate to other 海角社区 sites after the first redirect.
• Between 9:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., all traffic to will be redirected to the 海角社区 Emergency Announcement Website. Therefore, users will be unable to consult other 海角社区 affiliated web pages.听 The homepage will effectively be "blocked".

After The Test:

• You will be able to provide your comments about the test via e-mail to Emergency Measures at emergency.measures [at] mcgill.ca.
• For more information, please visit /safety/mcgillattentiontest/

Sign up now:

• If you have not done so already, please go to Minerva and sign up for the automated notification service. Click the "Personal" tab and then "Mobile Devices" to sign up for this service. It only takes a minute and will connect you to a service that will deliver important messages about the university concerning your safety and wellbeing. More information regarding the sign up process can be found at: www.mcgill.ca/it/ansinfo.
• Only 1 mobile device number may be opted-in to 海角社区 Attention!.听 If you have opted-in more than 1 number, by default only the first number entered was transferred to the new ANS database.
• It is now necessary for you to indicate the service provider for the mobile phone number provided (Bell, Rogers, Virgin Mobile, Koodo, etc.).听 Select the appropriate carrier from the drop down menu.听 If your service provider is not among the providers listed, select OTHER and manually enter the name of the provider.
• Once the service provider has been entered, you will be informed of what type of notification you will receive (text or voicemail), depending on whether the service provider is supported by the ANS for the reception of SMS messages.听 If the provider is not supported, you will receive a voice message, rather than an SMS.
• We ask that you carefully review all of the numbers listed and correct or delete any invalid entries.听 Keep in mind that only the first number will be used by 海角社区 Attention to communicate with you.
• Please note that although 4 more local and international phone numbers may be entered in the field and included in our database, they will not be contacted via voice or SMS. 听They may however be used by authorized university services, such as the Registrar's Office, to contact you should the need arise.

Thank you.