Starting Strong online orientation
New, recruited and/or benefits eligible employees who start on the biweekly start dates and complete their hiring paperwork on time听will be enrolled in the Starting Strong at UM online orientation (offered through Canvas).
If a new hire experiences any of the following circumstances, enrollment in Starting Strong cannot be guaranteed:
- Hiring paperwork is not completed by the Tuesday before a start date
- Does not start on a biweekly start date
- Possible contingencies impact the hiring process (e.g. Banner is down)
Please note, due to the current hiring process of several UM position types, if a new hire is not recruited and/or benefits eligible, they will not be enrolled in Starting Strong. They can, however, self-enroll by following the directions found below.
Managers should ensure that new employees complete the course within their first week. It will remain available to them as a reference.听
This online orientation provides essential information needed to get started as a UM employee, including:听
- Mission, vision, priorities for action, organizational structure听
- Payroll, types of leave, holidays, guidance and critical information about selecting benefits听(note: benefits must be selected within 30 days from first date of employment)听
- Wellness support, professional development, tuition waiver, campus recreation and other perks of working at UM听
- Transportation, parking, Griz cards, keys听
- Accounts, logins, email access听
- Community values, community conduct guidelines, campus engagement opportunities and campus safety听
- Overview and training for commonly used campus software and systems听
- Shared governance and unions听
- Student support services and resources听
- Directions and links to complete required trainings听
How to Enroll in Starting Strong
New employees who meet the qualitifications mentioned above will be enrolled in this Canvas course.
Other employees may also enroll in this Canvas course by following the below steps. 听
- New UM employees automatically receive Canvas accounts after their Banner accounts are set up and processed overnight.
- To check to see if a Canvas account is active, try logging in using the听NetID Login.
- If you haven't logged in to UM systems yet, please reset your NetID password before logging in to Canvas. To do this; visit , enter the last six digits of your UM Identification Number (790), and reset your password. Once this is complete, you may log in to Canvas.
- If your Canvas account is inactive, please submit a听听ticket to IT.
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If you have questions, please contact听Zoe Dansie, Onboarding Specialist.