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Sinclair Community College Technical Help Desk

Service Expectation for Students, Faculty and Staff

Customers: Sinclair Community College staff, faculty and students

Mission:

The Help Desk’s goal is to provide students, faculty and staff with a single primary point of contact for technology related issues.

Location: Building 13, Room 13004

Department: Information Technology Services/ Help Desk & IT Labs

Phone: 512-4357 (HELP) or (866) 781-4357 (HELP) toll free

Services Covered:

- Help Desk Resolves Customer Issues & Questions for Supported Applications/Operating Systems Including:  

  • Account Information and Resets
  • Data and Servers
  • Desktop Support Instructional Technology
  • MultiMedia Support
  • Software
  • Tartan Card Online
  • Voice Telecommunications
  • Web Advisor
  • Web Services On and Off Campus
     

 Service Goal: To respond to customers as specified in severity codes table below: 

Severity Code

Customer Impact

Service Response to the Customer

Severity 1 - Critical

System-wide network problems or issues affecting multiple users

1 hour

Updates every _hour__ on telephone system and SDE Self Service White Board

Severity 2 - Emergency

Single user down with no temporary resolution possible

4 hours

Severity 3 - High

Non-Critical - High priority issue

2-4 business days or 36 hours

 Scope:

Business Hours: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 12 a.m.

 

Method for Requesting Services:

  • Contact Help Desk at 512-4357(Help) or toll free at (866) 781-4357 (HELP)
  • Email Help Desk at helpdesk@sinclair.edu
  • Submit a request through Service Desk Express (SDE) Self Service Help Desk at http://hdto.sinclair.edu

Service Tracking and Reporting Procedures:

All requests are logged into SDE, the Help Desk’s call tracking system. A call record is completed by Help Desk representative and the call is resolved or forwarded to the appropriate individual within IT for completion. IT representative is responsible to ensure timely call closure per service objectives.

 

Service Metrics:

Category

Performance Criteria

Average Call Answer Time

95% Answered in <45 seconds

1st Call Resolution

_70- 80_% of calls resolved at initial call

Average Call length

Average Talk Time < 3.5Min



Did You Know?
Sinclair's student/faculty ratio of 19 to 1, among the lowest at Ohio's colleges, allows students to receive more individual attention.
Out of 1,200 community colleges in the nation, Sinclair is one of 20 board member colleges of the League for Innovation in the Community College.
Sinclair faculty are consistently awarded for their teaching excellence.
Sinclair awards on average $29 million in financial aid and scholarships each year.

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