Submit Instructions
Follow these instructions to submit news. You must be a UNLV Today subscriber to submit a message.
Instructions
- Check guidelines to make sure message is appropriate
- Login to the submit news form
- Fill out message fields
- Hit submit
Logging In
Login to the form using your Lotus Notes e-mail address and web password.
- If you have a Lotus Notes account, you already have a web password. Your web password is the one you use to access your Lotus Notes account remotely.
- If you don't know your Lotus Notes web password, call the IT help desk at ext. 5-0777 to have it reset.
- If you don't have a Lotus Notes account at all and wish to submit to UNLV Today, go to newuser.unlv.edu and request a Lotus Notes account.
What happens after I submit a message?
The message will be accepted and put into a queue. A confirmation e-mail will also be sent to the submitter. If rejected, an email will be sent to the submitter with an explanation.
Message field
Fill in the following fields:
- Subject: Make sure your subject is specific and informative.
- Category: Select the appropriate category from the drop down menu. If "event" is selected, fill in the event name, place, event type (sports, arts, etc.), and start and end time. If the end time is unknown, check that box.
- Content: Remember that brief is better. Your message cannot exceed 3,000 characters (including returns and punctuation).
- Link: Provide a web link if appropriate and applicable.
- Contact information: Include contact information so readers know who they can call or e-mail for additional information.
- Submitter information: This information will not be posted. It is for the reviewer, in case he/she needs clarification before the message is approved.
- Submit: Click submit to forward the message to a reviewer.
Timed sessions
For security reasons, you will be automatically logged out if there is no mouse activity on the page for 20 minutes. If you do not complete the form when your session times out, you will lose all information previously entered and be required to log back in.