Transcript Establishing and Using an IU Guest Account By Cynthia D. Hollingsworth, M.S. Coordinator of Instructional Design Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Nursing Created: 10/03 Updated: 8/07

Establishing and Using an IU
Guest Account
By
Cynthia D. Hollingsworth, M.S.
Coordinator of Instructional Design
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Indiana University School of Nursing
Created: 10/03
Updated: 8/07
What is CAS?
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The Central Authentication Service (CAS) is a
“single sign-on” service allowing an account
holder to logon a single time to university
services, and then access other services without
the need to login again each time a different
service is desired.
CAS recognizes four levels of access: IU
faculty/staff, IU students, IU affiliates, and guest.
Guest accounts allow non-university affiliates
limited access to certain university online
services.
Prerequisite for Establishing a Guest
Account
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You must possess a valid E-mail
account that you can access.
Getting Started
URL
http://itaccounts.iu.edu
Click the link “IU Guest Accounts
Create an IU Guest Account
Click Create IU Guest Account
Preparing for Account Creation
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The next series of slides will guide you
through creating your username and
password.
Before creating the account and
password, read carefully the next screen
listing the password guidelines.
Then, practice writing passwords on a
piece of paper until you decide on one
that you can remember and that meets
all the password criteria!
Password Guidelines
Passwords must contain at least:
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Eight to fourteen characters (letters, numbers, symbols)
Two numbers or symbols in the first eight characters
3 letters in the first eight characters
Five different characters
Passwords must NOT contain:
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The following symbols: @, #, &
Doubled numbers or symbols (e.g., 99 or %%)
Words or names spelled forwards, backwards, or in a foreign
language
A Social Security number in the first nine characters of the
password
Words constructed with similar-looking number substitutions
(e.g., 0 for O, $ for S, 1 for i), as in: capta1nk1rk, mr5p0ck
Account Set-up
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Type your E-mail
address, then
2
READ
PASSWORD
GUIDELINES if
you haven’t
already
determined a
password, then
3
Choose
password, then
type a password
Account Created
Guest account is
created BUT IS
NOT YET
activated.
Go to your E-mail.
Read E-mail
IMPORTANT
URL
E-mail message from accounts services specifies
URL to go to in order to activate the new account.
If you fail to activate your account, you will NOT be
able to login to Oncourse and other university
services even though your account has been
created.
Activate New Account
[email protected]
xx00xx00x
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Your username is your complete E-mail
address with the @ sign
Type the password you chose when you created your
account
3 Click Activate Account
Account Activation Confirmation
Your Guest account setup is not complete until you receive
this Success – Account Activated message!
Manage Your Account
University support personnel and departments no longer
maintain, store, or re-set forgotten passwords.
Go to:
http://itaccounts.iu.edu
Choose that you are a “Guest” and want to “Create
more IU computing accounts, set e-mail forwarding,
and manage my existing accounts and passwords”
Manage your Account
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To change your password, click “change your Guest
password.”
If you have forgotten your password, click “forgot
your Guest password”
Forget your Password?
Type the complete E-mail address with which you created
your guest account. Instructions for resetting your
password will be sent to that account:
You will be taken to the screen similar to the one where you first
created your account (see the Account Setup slide). Type your
complete E-mail account, then choose a new password (make sure
it follows the secure password guidelines).
Need Help?
Contact the UITS Support Center:
24 hours a day:
317-274-4357
Or E-mail: [email protected]