Technology Services

Accounts & Passphrases

Overview

• Eligibility - Who may have accounts, sponsored accounts, accounts for retired faculty and staff, who is eligible for Guest accounts, temporary network access.
• Glossary - Definitions of common terms.
• Logging in at IU - Network ID, usernames, Guest accounts, ADS, CAS.
• Your responsibilities as a computer user at IU - What you can and can't do with your computing accounts.

Creating an IU Account

To gain access to IU Southeast online tools such as Imail, Umail, OneStart, Oncourse and other programs you must create your own IU Account by following these steps:

1. Go to the web page http://itaccounts.iu.edu
2. Choose Create My First Computing Accounts
3. Enter your Last Name, Birth Date, and University ID Number
4. Read through the following pages and type YES into the text box
5. If given the option, choose a user name.
6. Choose either an IMAIL (Microsoft) or UMAIL (Google) e-mail account
7. Create a passphrase
   • Passphrases must contain at least 15 characters and 4 words separated by spaces
   • Each word has to be two characters or more. For example, the words “I” and “A” do not count as words in this situation.
8. Choose and answer 3 security questions and click Done
9. You should receive a confirmation page, please print for your records

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Common Tasks & Troubleshooting

• Accounts - Creating your first accounts, seeing what accounts you have, getting more accounts.
• Account termination - When you leave IU, extensions, keeping an IU email address after you graduate.
• IU Address Book listings - When your listing will appear, how to change your information.
• Passphrases - Passwords and passphrases, forgotten passphrase, set or synchronize your passphrase, choosing a secure passphrase.
• Quotas - Quotas, quota problems, request a quota increase.

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Types of Accounts

In addition to the accounts listed below, your school or department may offer student, faculty, or staff accounts on its servers. Check with your school or departmental technology office for more information

• Email - Imail, Umail, Cyrus/Webmail, Exchange/Outlook/Outlook Web Access, BES.
• File storage - RFS, MDSS.
• Instructional database - Oracle, Mentor, ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Logging in at IU - Network ID, usernames, Guest accounts, ADS, CAS.
• Printing - Eligibility, get a printing account, printing allotments.
• Web space at IU Southeast - Personal pages, group and departmental pages, course pages.

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