Setting up and Using Your NISD VoiceMail

How to activate your voicemail
If you are a new employee or are returning employee and have changed rooms you will need to activate your voice mail in your classroom on your classroom phone. To activate your voice mail:

  1. Pick up the phone receiver,
  2. Press the rectangular gray button that says FEATURE and then press the numbers 981.
  3. It will ask you to enter a password. At this time enter four zero's (0000) and then the # button;
  4. You will need to change your password. You will enter four new numbers and then press the # sign. (Do not begin with zero. I would suggest using the last four digits of your social security number.)
  5. You will need to reenter your new password followed by the # sign.
  6. You will be asked to record your name then enter the # sign. You may listen to the recording and re-record if you do not like it.
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Retrieving messages from your phone

If you have a message, you phone screen will say "message for you". To retrieve your messages from your classroom phone, enter FEATURE 981. Put in your four digit password then the # sign. Follow the instructions on the recording. It will tell you what numbers to press to hear your messages and what number to press to erase.

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Retrieving messages from others staff members voicemails

If you would like to retrieve your message from a phone that is not yours.Press

FEATURE 981. Enter * your phone extension number and then your password. Follow the promptings on the phone.
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If your voicemail begins with 8

***If your voice mailbox begins with an 8 you have a voice mailbox number assigned to you but you have no actual phone assigned to you. To activate your voice mail:
  1. Pick up the phone receiver;
  2. EnterFEATURE 981 , then *, then your four digit mailbox number, then four zero's (0000);
  3. You will need to change your password; you will enter four new numbers and then press the # sign. (Do not begin with zero. I would suggest using the last four digits of your social security number.)
  4. You will need to re-enter your new password followed by the # sign.
  5. You will be asked to record your name then enter the # sign. You may listen to the recording and re record if you do not like it. Follow the promptings.

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Retrieving messages if your voicemail begins with 8

To receive your messages:
If you are an employee with a voice mailbox that begins with an 8(voice mail only:
  1. Pick up the receiver
  2. Enter FEATURE 981
  3. Press the * button, enter your mailbox number that begins with an 8 then enter your password;
  4. Read the phone screen to see if you have any messages; follow the phone promptings.

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Leaving messages for any staff member including those whose voicemail begins with 8

To leave a message for a any staff member including those whose mailbox begins with an 8:
  1. Press the FEATURE button then 980;
  2. Enter the mailbox number. The screen will show the mailbox owners name; if correct press #;
  3. After the beep, record your message.

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Leaving messages for staff whose voicemail begins with an 8 after school hours

To leave a message for a staff member with a mailbox that begins with an 8 after school hours. Call a campus office number. After the recording you may enter their mailbox number and follow promptings to leave a message.

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Last Updated 8-28-02
Created by:Will B.