New Student Checklist
The University of Utah was one of four original pioneers of the ARPANET education and research network (1969), which evolved into the Internet as we know it today. The U of U has continued to be a leader in electronic communications and information services since that time. As information processing has changed from a centralized mainframe environment to a distributed computing (PC) environment, the U of U has become a highly distributed campus computing environment, with a few centralized services.
Because there are many campus departments providing computer-related services, this IT checklist may be useful to new students.
Become a U of U Digital Citizen
1. Get your UCard (after completing New Student Orientation).
2. Log onto the My.Utah.edu student portal for the first time from www.utah.edu with your uNID and default password.
3. Answer the CIS security questions and create your secure password.
4. Familiarize yourself with student services in the CIS (registration, grades, DARS).
5. Manage your UMail address in the uNID Account Tools: personalize and/or forward it.
6. Verify that you can access your UMail account by logging on the first time at www.umail.utah.edu.
7. Find out your on-campus network access options, including wireless.
8. Check out your remote access options if you need campus network/Internet access from home.
9. Log onto the Software Licensing website from your home computer and download free McAfee anti-virus software for your home system.
10. Look at the list of IT Resources available to you to see which are useful to you.
11. Logon to the My.Utah.edu student portal and customize it for yourself.
12. Review the Security page and be sure you are being a responsible "Digital Citizen".
