Pager: Basic
Follow these steps to use the Pager. For a general overview of options, see Pager: Overview.
To access the Pager, click 
Open pager tool in a new window from any page in Carmen.
Send a Page
1. Click 
Open pager tool in a new window.
2. Click New Page.
3. Click To: to select a recipient from your contacts
-OR-
Type the Username of any Carmen user.
OPTIONAL: Click the name of a contact to send a page to on the main Pager page and skip Steps 2 and 3.
4. Type your Message.
5. Click Send.
View a Page
Three indicators alert you when you are paged:
- A notifying sound is heard.
- The word "PAGE" is displayed inside the pager icon
Open pager tool in a new window.
- A
is displayed after a user's name on the main Pager page.
You can turn off the Incoming Page Icon, as well as turn off or change the Incoming Page Sound, under the Pager tab in My Preferences, on the left side of the My Home page. (See Preferences for additional settings.)
To view an incoming page:
1. Click 
Open pager tool in a new window -OR- click 
next to a user's name on the main Pager page.
2. Review the message.
3. Click Reply to reply to the sender.
4. Click Close.
View Pager History
1. Click 
Open pager tool in a new window.
2. Click 
next to a user's name on the main Pager page.
3. Select a message link to review the page.
4. Click Reply to reply to the sender.
5. Click Close to close your pager.
Add a Contact
1. Click 
Open pager tool in a new window.
2. Click Add.
3. Specify contacts to add.
To add Contacts by Username:
a. Confirm Add a Known Contact is selected.
b. Type the participants Username.
To add Contacts by Course:
a. Select Add Classmate(s).
b. Select the course to choose contacts from.
c. Select participants
4. Click Add.
Remove a Contact
1. Click 
Open pager tool in a new window.
2. Click Remove.
3. Check contacts to remove.
4. Click Remove.
