Get Started with Your UARK Account and Technology

Overview

Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Affiliates

The Get Started website is the University of Arkansas' central onboarding resource for technology. It helps new and returning univeristy affiliates activate their and use their UARK account.

The site organizes information by audience (Profile), making it easier to locate the resources most relevant to you. 

Key Features

  • Instructions for activating and securing your UARK account
  • Select your profile (Student, Faculty, Staff, or Parent) for getting relevant information 
  • Hub that links out to guides for various technology services. Note: Guides are visible depending on the profile selected.
    • Cybersecurity Checklist
    • Connecting to Campus Wi-Fi
    • Campuse Phone Services Guides
    • Applications for Working Remotely
    • UARK Email set up
    • Workday Student Guides
    • Accessing Blackboard
    • About Faculty Information System 
    • How to Get Faculty Support
    • Printing in the Computer Labs
    • Getting Software
    • File Storage Solution
    • Buying Technology
    • About Research Tools
    • About Workday
    • About Student Technology Center

Access

You can access Get Started from a web browser. 

Web Browser

  1. Visit its.uark.edu/get-started.
  2. Select your Profile:
    • Student
    • Faculty
    • Staff
    • Parent
  3. Review the technology information and service available for your profile selection. 
  4. (Optional) In the section Connect with Tech, select an option to stay up to date with technology services changes and updates:
    • Subscribe to ITSNews- This is a weekly newsletter sent on Wednesdays about IT updates and changes. 
    • IT Status & Alerts - This site shows the live status of all enterprise-level software. When there is an outage, it will show up here. 

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