There are two separate Help Desks at Malone. The Distance Learning Help Desk provides support for eCompanion and eCollege courses. The Information Technologies Help Desk provides support for other technology needs on campus.

Help Desk Information for Information Technologies
How to contact us:

• Via email (registered email address required) at helpdesk@malone.edu
  
• Telephone: 330.471.8428
  
• On the Web at: http://malone.edu/helpdesk
  
• In person at the Information Technologies office in Haviland Hall

Hours of Operation for the Information Technologies Help Desk:

• Office hours are Monday - Friday: 8am - 5:00pm except during Community Worship on Wednesdays from 10-11am.
  
• Monday - Thursday phone hours are 8am- 6pm
  
• 24x7 via "emergency" option in the Help Desk Telephone Prompt. This transfers to one of our cell phones. Please leave a message if our voice mail picks up with the nature of the issue and a return telephone number.

Hours of Operation for the Media Services Desk:

• 8am-10am Monday through Friday.
  
• If you cannot make it to the window when it is open, you can make a reservation for equipment or services via email with 24hours of notice. Send equipment requests to helpdesk@malone.edu. All gear will be assembled and ready for pick up from the library circulation desk. You must have a Malone ID or Driver’s license to prove identity when picking up equipment.
  
• Equipment drop off can also be done at the library circulation desk

Help Desk Information for Distance Learning
The Distance Learning Office provides Student Services and Technical support for the Online Learning Program and eCompanion course systems. It is a separate department within Malone University whom IT works closely with but is not directly related to.
 
The Distance Learning Student Services Help Desk is available Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm EST.

• Email:   distancelearning@malone.edu
  
• Phone:   Locally at 330-471-8423 or Toll Free at 1-800-867-6267
  
• In person:   Founders Hall Room 39

The Distance Learning Technical Help Desk  provided by our educational partner, eCollege, is available 24/7.

• Email:   helpdesk@malone-online.org
  
• Phone: Toll Free at 1-866-221-8245

Maintenance Window for IT Services
There are regularly schedule maintenance windows during which Information Technologies can patch and repair servers and systems we maintain. The windows run every Friday evening (Saturday morning) and Saturday evening (Sunday morning) from 12:30am to 7am EST

Maintenance Window for eCollege and eCompanion
The eCollege service through which most of our Distance Learning and online courseware is performed has a once monthly maintenance window which varies from month to month. When it occurs, it is typically between the hours of 3am - 6am EST (1am - 4am mountain)