About UA's Z-Alert emergency text-messaging service

Students, parents, faculty and staff can sign up for the new Z-Alert service and receive emergency alerts on their cell phones or via e-mail or both. Alerts will be sent when campus closes or when a situation arises that immediately affects safety.

Sign up instructions for parents only:

1. Go to the ZipLine log-in page
2. Click on the Z-Alert Text Messaging icon
3. Follow the instructions from there

Sign up instructions for students, faculty and staff:

1. Go to ZipLine and log in with your UANet ID and password
2. Click on the Z-Alert Text Messaging icon
3. Follow the instructions from there

The University is not charging for the Z-Alert service; however, recipients will pay text-messaging fees as prescribed in their service agreements. The University will use Z-Alert for safeyt and emergency messages only.

Even with Z-Alert, the University will continue to send emergency messages via e-mail.

To unsubscribe:

Users may unsubscribe at any time via the ZipLine log-in page.

Tests:

The University will periodically test the Z-Alert system to assure that it is working properly. We will announce the tests ahead of time by sending an e-mail to students, faculty and staff. The test Z-Alert message will clearly state that we are conducting a test.

Contact us:

Have a question? Contact us at safetyalert@uakron.edu.