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蘑菇tvalert System

The 蘑菇tvalert System is the emergency notification system utilized by 蘑菇tv to notify the campus community in a timely manner about serious emergencies, ongoing threats, or disruptions to normal campus operations. All students, faculty, and staff are registered to receive emails through the 蘑菇tvalert System. 

In order to reach as many members of the 蘑菇tv campus community as possible, 蘑菇tvalerts may be sent using multiple forms of communication. The primary forms of communication are:

• 蘑菇tvalert text messages
• 蘑菇tvalert emails
• Alertus desktop notifications
• 蘑菇tv website (lsu.edu)
• 蘑菇tv Official Social Media
• 蘑菇tv Shield App push notifications

How to Sign Up For Emergency Notifications

Students, Faculty, and Staff

In order to better communicate emergency information to the campus community, 蘑菇tv has implemented the 蘑菇tvalert System. The 蘑菇tvalert System allows all subscribers to receive alerts, news, or other information via text message. Participation in the 蘑菇tvalert System is strongly encouraged. There is no fee to subscribe to the system, but cellular rates for messages may apply. 

Students, Faculty, and Staff may subscribe to the 蘑菇tvalert System by ensuring their mobile phone number is correctly entered in their WorkDay profile. All 蘑菇tv campus community members, faculty/staff/students, with a completed WorkDay profile will automatically be enrolled in the 蘑菇tvalert System. 

Parents, Family and Non-蘑菇tv Community Members

Parents, guardians, family and non-蘑菇tv community members may receive 蘑菇tvalerts by monitoring the 蘑菇tv website, downloading the 蘑菇tv Shield app and enabling push notifications, or by following 蘑菇tv official social media pages. 

Emergency Notifications and Timely Warnings

Emergency Notifications

In the event of an emergency that poses significant danger to health or safety of the campus community or when an immediate action is required by the campus community to protect the community members鈥� safety or health, an emergency notification will be issued. The notification will be issued immediately after the university confirms that there is an emergency or dangerous situation. The university will determine an emergency situation on a case-by-case basis. The primary goal of university officials is life safety; therefore, the university may err on the side of caution to protect the campus community. Emergency notifications may include the entire campus community, a specific area of campus, or a specific population that is deemed at risk.

The only possible exception to 蘑菇tv delivering such a message immediately is if issuing a notification will, in the professional judgement of responsible authorities, compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate the emergency.

Emergency notifications will be delivered via 蘑菇tvalert text message, an accompanying 蘑菇tvalert email, and a red emergency banner on the 蘑菇tv Homepage. Depending on the nature of the emergency, some or all of the additional communication methods (listed in "Methods of Communication" may also be used.

Emergency messaging topics may include, but are not limited weather events, shelter in place activations, active threats, medical outbreaks, fires, gas leaks, and campus closures.

Timely Warnings

In compliance with the Clery Act standards, timely warnings are issued for incidents or crimes that have already occurred, particularly if they are serious crimes against people that occur on campus. These crimes may not present an immediate danger to the campus community or require action by community members, but could present an ongoing threat. 蘑菇tv may send out timely warnings for any crimes that may be deemed an ongoing threat or simply to alert the campus community to any crimes in the area. Timely warnings are delivered to the 蘑菇tv community within 48 business hours via the 蘑菇tv Police website, .

The timely warnings are issued to demonstrate 蘑菇tv鈥檚 commitment to campus safety, to safety awareness, and to the Clery Act.

The Clery Act mandates that timely warnings to be sent for such crimes as robbery, burglary, sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and other serious crimes. To see a full list of crimes the require a timely warning, see the Clery Act. 

Methods of Communication

蘑菇tvalert Text Messages

蘑菇tv contracts with a vendor that provides the university with a platform for emergency text messages. The 蘑菇tv emergency text messaging system (蘑菇tvalert) is a subscription-based service that is open to all students, faculty, and staff. Participation in the text messaging system is not required but is strongly encouraged. Regular text messaging rates apply, but the university makes every effort to restrict these messages to true emergencies, or alerts that are of critical nature to the 蘑菇tv community. Students, faulty, and staff who have entered a mobile phone number into their WorkDay profiled will be automatically registered for the 蘑菇tvalert System.

蘑菇tvalert Emails

When an emergency text message is sent out, an accompanying 蘑菇tvalert email 鈥搒ent by the same service provider 鈥搘ill also be sent to every student, faculty and staff member. Unlike the text messaging service, the accompanying email system is not subscriber-based. Therefore, every member of the 蘑菇tv community who has an email address ending in 鈥淍lsu.edu鈥� will automatically receive the accompanying email. 蘑菇tvalert emails may be sent independent of an emergency text message.

Alertus Desktop Notification

Depending on the nature of the emergency or event, 蘑菇tv may also send the same language that was sent via 蘑菇tvalert text message to on-campus computers that are hard-wired to the 蘑菇tv network. Those computers must contain the necessary software required to receive the messages. The emergency notification will show up on the computer鈥檚 screen and will require the user to acknowledge the information by clicking a button in order to return to the screen on which they were working. The software is available to departmental IT administrators to install and configure. Departmental IT administrators can contact the 蘑菇tv Information Security team at security@lsu.edu to request a copy of the software. Once the security team provides the software and registers a department, the security team will contact the departmental administrator when new versions are released.

蘑菇tv Website

When a 蘑菇tvalert text message is sent out, that message will automatically be fed to the 蘑菇tv homepage, , where the message will appear in a red banner across the top of the page. The same banner and message will also appear on any 蘑菇tv webpage that is built in the university鈥檚 official web platform.

Depending on the nature of the emergency, 蘑菇tv may use a box (or 鈥渢ile鈥�) on the homepage to provide details about the event. The tile is typically placed in the top left position on the homepage so that it pulls up first on mobile devices, since 蘑菇tv鈥檚 website is responsive. If applicable, the tile will link to any further information that is available on the emergency.

蘑菇tv Shield App

When a 蘑菇tvalert text message is sent out, a push notification realying the same emergency information will be sent to the 蘑菇tv Shield App. Downloading the 蘑菇tv Shield App is heavily encouraged for emergency notifications, easy emergency reporting, as well as requesting a safe ride from 蘑菇tvPD.

蘑菇tv Official Social Media

蘑菇tv official social media accounts may be used to relay information to the campus community. The Division of Strategic Communications closely monitors the social media channels and responds to questions or comments from users on the channels. Information on social media may include the emergency notification, as well as any additional information or resources.

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