Do I need to enroll in the new Tech Alerts system? Faculty, staff, and curriculum students will be automatically enrolled in the new service and set to receive notifications for campus closings and emergency situations. EWD students (not enrolled in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking program) are enrolled in the service but are NOT set to receive notifications by default. How do I update my contact information? You have the ability to select the types of alerts you will receive, as well as the phone number or email address the system will use. To make updates to your profile: Visit https://www.getrave.com/login/forsythtech Select the My Account tab, if not already selected. Within the Mobile Phones or Email sections, select the Add button to enter additional contact methods to your profile. Select the Edit button (pen and paper icon) to make changes to any contact information already in the system. Select the red X next to any contact information that should no longer be listed in the alerts system. How do I Opt-In or Opt-Out of the new TechAlerts System? From the https://www.getrave.com/login/forsythtech, click on the "Opt-In Lists" tab. Check or uncheck the box corresponding to the item you desire to Opt-In or Opt-Out of.                                                     If you see a screen below while trying to login https://www.getrave.com/login/forsythtech please text FTAlerts to 67283 to subscribe for Tech Alerts.

To select the language in which you want to receive alerts: 1.  Sign into your Rave Alert account 2.  If you are an Administrator, from the "Hi" drop-down menu, select User. 3.  Select the My Account tab. 4.  Select the Edit button in the area that includes your name. 5.  In the Alert Text/Email Language Preference menu, select a language. Note:  in order to receive in a language other than English: - your site must be configured to support multiple languages. - the alert must be sent with your language selected. --------------------------------------------- Available languages as of April 18, 2016 Arabic Bosnian Latin Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish French German Greek Haitian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Daw Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Malay Maltese Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Queretaro Otomi Romanian Russian Serbian Cyrillic Serbian Latin Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yucatec Maya

To stop receiving messages, text "stop" in reply to any alert. Rave Alert will also discontinue messages if you text a reply that contains "stop" "remove" "delete" "wrong number" "do not send" "take me off" "unsubscribe" "opt out"

A new ITS alert system will inform Forsyth Tech students and employees when technology such as the college's wireless network, email or other online systems are affected by upgrades, unforeseen outages or maintenance. Forsyth Tech staff, faculty and students may now subscribe to ITS alerts on the “StatusPage” by visiting https://status.forsythtech.edu and clicking the “Subscribe to Alerts” button in the upper right corner. Subscribers will receive notifications through email and text. Subscribe to alerts 1. Visit https://www.getrave.com/login/forsythtech and sign in using your TechID and password. 2. Select Opt-in lists 3. Select the checkbox beside "ITS System Outage Alerts". Unsubscribe 1. Visit https://www.getrave.com/login/forsythtech and sign in using your TechID and password. 2. Select Opt-in lists 3. Select the checkbox beside "ITS System Outage Alerts" to remove the checkmark under the "Subscribe" heading.