Description
What is the difference between a courtesy appointment and a University volunteer?
Individuals with official University courtesy appointments are provided with an email account and SSO to access University systems (e.g., Canvas).
University volunteers are not provided with an email account, but have an SSO to access technology resources, such as UMKC computers, UMKC wireless, or library databases.
A full list of account access for courtesy and volunteer roles is listed below.
A University volunteer account can access
- UMKC computers
- UMKC wireless
- VPN access from off-campus
- Library databases
- Zoom
- Panapto
- Remote Labs
- Qualtrics
- RedCap*
*Need to set an external email address as primary within RedCap to recieve notifications.
A courtesy appointment can access everything that a volunteer can, plus:
- Email
- Outlook Calendars
- Pathway
- Canvas
- FERPA Access
- Microsoft Office
- Teams
- OneDrive
- Cisco Jabber
- Percipio
- Ticketing System
Who Has Access
Can be requested for anyone who is not currently a UMKC employee.
Cost
Currently there is no cost for Volunteer or Courtesy accounts.
Get Started
Courtesy and Volunteer accounts can be requested here.