Please click here to watch the video on Technology services available to students at Caruso Law School.
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How to not miss important email messages!
As a student at Caruso Law, you will find that there are a number of essential, critical, and/or otherwise consequential messages that are sent to your Pepperdine student email account by members of the Caruso Law administration team over the course of the school year.
Also note that your Pepperdine email will also often contain links to shared files in Google Drive and/or Google Forms that leverage your Pepperdine Google email account security. This means that if you are using a system other than Pepperdine’s Google email, you will be unable to access those files, folders, and forms. To make it easy on yourself, we strongly recommend that you use either the Gmail app on your mobile device or the Google Chrome browser to access your Pepperdine email.
To ensure that you don’t miss these important messages, you may want to highlight them in some way. One easy way to do this is by using an email filter.
To create an effective filter you will create a “rule” in your Pepperdine Google Mail inbox using either the sender’s email address and/or significant terms to have Google Mail tag or sort or file the relevant messages for you. Your rule can automatically apply a “star” to the message in your message list and/or add it to a folder using “labels.”
When you create your rule(s) you will need to have some specific terms and/or email addresses that Google Mail will look for.
An important address that you’ll want to use is the one that the Dean’s Suite uses: lawdeansuite@pepperdine.edu
Also you will want to watch for: ExamSoft and Examplify because these terms will inevitably be related to critical messages associated with mid term and final exams.
An important address that you’ll want to watch for is the one that the Dean’s Suite uses: lawdeansuite@pepperdine.edu
Other terms you will want to watch for are: ExamSoft and Examplify because these terms will inevitably be related to critical messages associated with mid term and final exams.
Go to this site for information on how to create your filter(s) to ensure you don’t miss important information sent to you via your Pepperdine email account.
Register for Wireless Network Access
Pepperdine University has wireless networking capabilities throughout the Malibu campus as well as at the other Pepperdine campuses.
Students can conduct research, download research projects, and check e-mail within the accessible area. For those students considering a new laptop purchase please review our recommendations page here.
You can easily access the WiFi network on your laptop, tablet, smart phone, or other wireless device by registering your device at https://wavesconnect.pepperdine.edu. To register your device, select “Current Students, Faculty, and Staff” and then enter your wavenet ID and password credentials to access the WiFi network.
Connection Instructions for Faculty, Staff, and Students
- Open a web browser on your device (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) and visit any web page. You should be redirected to the WavesConnect website for your location. If not, point your browser to https://wavesconnect.pepperdine.edu.
- Read and agree to the Computer and Network Responsible Use Policy.
- Click “Start” next to the heading of “Current Students, Faculty and Staff.”
- Enter your NetworkID and password. (Don’t know your password?)
- Select “Student”, “Faculty/Staff – University Owned” or “Faculty/Staff Personally Owned” from the drop down menu.
- Click “Continue.”
- Wait for the progress bar to complete or reboot your computer.
- Registration is now complete. You must register your computer or device annually.
Remember, when you register your device, your registration will last one year. Registering as a guest user lasts only one day.
For more information on Network and Internet Access via Computer Registration see Pepperdine University’s IT site here.
Security: Protect Your Laptop and Yourself!
Viruses, worms, ad-ware and spyware, and theft, are examples of SEVERE risks to your computer in a public, networked environment. You MUST PERFORM THE STEPS LISTED BELOW if you wish to use your computer at Pepperdine or you could face repercussions including loss of network access, data loss, and system failure.
- Maintain up-to-date virus protection software on your computer. The University’s IT department supports Sophos for faculty and staff. For students, University IT recommends Microsoft Defender (no cost) for Windows and Sophos AntiVirus for Macs (home version, no cost).
- Regularly install all Critical Updates from http://update.microsoft.com. You should begin checking Microsoft Update constantly, starting now. You can also configure your Windows computer to check automatically for updates every time you connect to the Internet. NOTE: if you have a Mac, you will want to check with ExamSoft before updating your Mac’s operating system because of the potential for conflicts with Examplify — causing you problems with taking your exams on your computer.
- Keep your browser up to date! A great browser-based tool for checking how current your web-related tools are is Qualys Browser Check.
- Keep your computer’s operating system and office products up-to-date
- Do not install peer-to-peer file-sharing software or other high-risk programs. Attempt to eliminate any programs that might already be installed by running a spyware/adware removal product such as Spybot Search & Destroy or Ad-aware.
- Buy and use a computer security cable for your computer to lock it down when it is not attended. (Alarm-equipped cables are NOT recommended.) We highly recommend that you NEVER leave your belongings alone, especially in quiet areas like the Law Library, as the School of Law is open to the public. Kensington has a website that will help you find a security cable that was made for your laptop. Note that there are currently at least three different kinds of security cable ports on laptops today so you’ll want to pay attention and select the one that fits your laptop. (Pepperdine Caruso Law does not endorse or recommend Kensington locking cables to the exclusion of other similar solutions, however we have had very positive experience with Kensington security cables for over two decades and find that their products are reliable).
- Do not click on links in unsolicited email messages.
- Do not open an email attachment unless you are expecting it or have checked with the sender.
Microsoft Office Suite – Office 365 is FREE to Students
The Microsoft Office suite is a family of software that delivers almost any tool imaginable to assist users at home and in business. Here, Pepperdine Caruso Law IT helps break down the different applications available.
NOTE: We always recommend that you INSTALL and USE the local copy of MS Word (actually install it on your computer’s hard drive) rather than use the online version (accessed through your web-browser) when working on law school projects or pleadings for court. The features you need for law-specific document creation are not all available to you in the online version of Word.
Students and Faculty can purchase this software at a significant discount through Microsoft’s education store; Office 365 is even available for free.
Click the link below to view the Pepperdine IT Student Discount page: http://community.pepperdine.edu/it/students/newstudents/student-discount.htm
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word may be the most popular application under the Microsoft Office suite. Word is a powerful word processing software that is heavily used in the field of law, specifically for legal document creation and formatting. Click here for some common Microsoft Word tips and tricks for lawyers.
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is an all-in-one information manager for personal emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, and notes. It is said to be the second most used Microsoft Office application for lawyer, after Microsoft Word of course. For most interesting information on how to incorporate Outlook’s benefits in a law office, click here.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a slideshow presentation software commonly used for meetings, business proposals and industry talks. PowerPoint is known to boost memory retention when it comes to presenting information.
Microsoft Excel
MicrosoftExcel is an incredibly popular spreadsheet software tool. This application may be valuable for analyzing, presenting and sharing data-intensive cases. Many Excel applications exist for case evaluation and management, as well as law firm budgeting.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a database management system, usually utilized to create business applications from templates or scratch. This is frequently used for lawyer contract tracking and appointment tracking.
DO NOT Update your Computer’s operating system before Using ExamSoft Examplify!
There are times over the course of the school year when Microsoft and Apple release updates to their operating systems. Please DO NOT apply these updates immediately if you are planning to use your computer to take mid-term and final exams, because some may not be compatible with ExamSoft.
Please check with this site: lawtech.pepperdine.edu or our vendor’s site: examsoft.com before your update your OS. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to check in with the support desk in the Harnish Law Library or send an email to support@law.pepperdine.ed
Pepperdine Caruso Law uses a secure exam software to administer exams from ExamSoft.com. This software is sensitive to changes in operating systems because it is designed to ensure a totally secure exam environment. When there is a change to your OS, ExamSoft may no longer function properly.
If you have a Microsoft Windows computer, Windows (number here – like 10 or 11) is your “OS” or operating system. If you have an Apple Mac computer, then you are running some variant of macOS (pronounced “mack oh ess”).
IF YOU NEED ANY TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO INFORMATION SERVICES AT (310) 506-7425 OR SUPPORT@LAW.PEPPERDINE.EDU.
Basics for Pepperdine Law Students
The Basics for Pepperdine Law Students
WELCOME TO THE BASICS!
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Color Printing and Copies the Harnish Law Library
The Harnish Law Library maintains two copiers that will print in either color or black and white. This service is for Pepperdine users only.
Price per color impression is $0.35. This means if you print a color document that is duplexed (printed on both sides) you will be charged $0.70 for that piece of paper (if there’s color on both sides).
Note that if you choose to print a document that has some pages that are black and white and some that contain color, each black and white page will be charged at $0.06/impression (side of a page of paper) and the color impressions (sides of a page) will be charged at $0.35 each. Yep, it’s a kinda smart system.
To access this color copier using your laptop or other device please go to THIS PAGE for detailed instructions.
Shared Account Users: For instructions on how to print documents from a personal computer using a shared account, please review this guide.
Information on School of Law provided print credit to School of Law students is HERE.
To do a quick color (or B&W) print job:
- Make sure your document is in PDF format
- Make sure you have money on your ID Card (to add or to check go here) — If you don’t have funds on your account (separate from the law school printing account) you can’t print anything.
- Using your Chrome browser go to https://print.pepperdine.edu/
- You will need to login to this page with you Wavenet credentials
- Then click on the Web Print option on the left hand list of options then click on Submit a Job
- Follow the prompts (pick FindmeColor or FindmeBW) Note that the charge for color is $0.35 per impression (but only for the pages with COLOR on them, pages with black and white are charged at $0.06)
- Select your number of copies (that’s your only option on this page – at this point this service does not support duplexing, or stapling)
- Upload your file — or drag it to the designated area on the screen.
- You will need to go to the copier to Release the job
- At the copier, login using your Wavenet credentials
- Select your print job from the list and release it
To Make a Copy
- Make sure you have money on your ID Card (to add or to check go here) — If you don’t have funds on your account (separate from the law school printing account) you can’t copy anything.
- At the copier, login using your Wavenet credentials
- Select Device Functions
- Select Copy
- Follow the normal prompts as you make your copies
- NOTE: This system absolutely will NOT allow you to go beyond your available funds in your account (see #1 above to check your balance). For this reason, you may get logged off immediately after you do your first copy job. To learn how to ensure that you don’t get logged off do a “Job Build” to avoid needing to log in for each successive copy job you want to do.
Print and Copy Services at Caruso Law
To send a print job start here: print.pepperdine.edu
To setup your printing go here for complete instructions.
Color Printing is $0.35 per side of a page
Black and White Printing is $0.06 per side of a page
Print accounting and print charges are managed by the University.
Charges go to your Pepperdine ID card’s linked Waves Cash Global account.
You cannot print if you do not have funds on deposit in your Waves Cash Global account.*
*Students at Caruso Law start each term with a print credit.
Pepperdine University has multi-function devices (MFDs) from Sharp (you can still call them copiers but they’re much more). You will find two such MFDs in the public area of the Harnish Law Library at Caruso Law. Additionally, there is another MFD in the Career Development Office.
Students, Faculty, and Staff can print, scan, or copy on the MFDs using an account associated with their Pepperdine ID cards. Students buy copy and print credit here: https://get.cbord.com/pepperdine/full/prelogin.php
All enrolled students can print to all Sharp MFDs in public areas at any of the Pepperdine Southern California campuses (click here to learn about print credit for students enrolled at Caruso Law). Printing in color or black and white is possible and a document with a mix of color and black and white pages will only incur the higher cost for color on the pages where there is color.
Typically, print jobs are sent via the web using a web-browser interface. In nearly all circumstances, your document that you want to print must be in PDF format.
You transfer/upload your PDF file to the print.pepperdine.edu site and select your parameters (number of copies, etc.). If you want to print in color, you want to select a “findmecolor” solution (see more information here) or “findmebw” for black and white.
Then once the document is uploaded, you go to the copier nearest you — Caruso Law? go to Harnish Law Library and see the copiers not too far from the Public Services Desk.
“Tap” your ID card or type in your Wavenet credentials (there’s a slide-out keyboard stored under the copier’s screen), select the print job you want to “release” and you have your document!
- You can check your account balance here: https://get.cbord.com/
pepperdine/full/prelogin.php - Your Waves Cash Global account can be used to buy food at the cafeterias on campus in addition to using the new copier/print system.
- If you want a refund, you can do that through the University’s cashier’s office within 90 days of graduation. (As per university policy for copier transactions note that the minimum refund is $5.00.)
- More info on how refunds from Waves Cash Global
accounts work is here (scroll to the bottom of the page). - Students at Caruso Law receive a law school-funded credit each term.
Pepperdine’s Courses – The online course management system at Caruso Law
You may have heard of an LMS or learning management system. An LMS is an online service that hosts your course syllabus, other documents, class discussions, and more.
Caruso Law (and Pepperdine in general) use an LMS that Pepperdine calls “Courses by Sakai” or simply “Courses.”
Courses is the “go to” place for all things associated with your classes including Zoom links for your online classes, syllabi, recordings of classes and more.
To familiarize yourself with courses, the University IT group has developed some great resources here: https://community.pepperdine.edu/techlearn/tools/courses/student/
