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Information on Usernames and Passwords

Usernames

Upon enrolling at the University you will be created a username that will stay with you throughout your time at the University as a student or staff member. This username is sometimes referred to as your "POP username" or "E-Mail username", but they will all be the same. Your username will appear on your enrollment form, it is the first part of your e-mail address (before the @ symbol.)

The 3 Passwords

As an enrolled student or staff member in the Faculty of Education you will have three passwords. It is recommended that you make all of these passwords THE SAME so you don't forget them. It is also recommended that your password is at least 6 characters long with at least 1 numeric character included. These passwords are:

E-Mail Password

Your E-Mail password appears on your enrollment form when you commence your studies at the University.

To change your email password click on the "Change Password" link on the left at the Webmail Login page.

If you forget or lose this password you must go to the Service Desk in the library, or call 1818 from within the University. (6226 1818 - Hobart or 6324 1818 - Launceston.)

Your E-Mail password allows you to access the following resources:

Education Password

If you are a first year student then your Education password is set to your INITIAL E-MAIL PASSWORD (i.e. the one printed on your enrollment form.) However if you have been studying in any other Faculty prior to your enrollment in Education then your password is set to your STUDENT ID NUMBER.

To Change your Education password, log into an Education computer and press CTRL+ALT+DEL simultaneously and then click "Change Password." You must enter your old password in the first box, and in the second and third boxes you can create a new password. If these last two boxes don't contain the same password then you will recieve a message informing you that the password could not be changed.

Your Education password allows you access to the following resources:

  • Log in to any Education computer (the same for both campuses)
  • Remote access to the files in your server account (from home or a non education computer)

Novell Password

Your Novell password will be provided on your enrollment form however you will never need to use it if you intend on using Education computers only.

If you forget or lose this password you must go to the Service Desk in the library, or call 1818 from within the University. (6226 1818 - Hobart or 6324 1818 - Launceston.)

Your Novell password allows you to access the following resources:

  • Log onto ITS computers in the Library and other non-Education computers