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COMPUTER POLICIES

Passwords | Internet Usage/Web | Software | Using Campus Email

Passwords

E-mail / D2L

• User name. Your user name is the first FOUR (4) letters of your last name, the first letter of your First name, and the 5th through 2nd digits on the end of your student ID number. (i.e. LLLLF9999)  You can find your e-mail/D2L and PRISM logon information at this address:  https://www.uwc.edu/account.
• Password. Passwords consist of the last four digits of your Social Security # + two exclamation points + the last two digits of your birth year (for example 1234!!84). This will allow you to use the campus network, check your email, and print to campus printers.

PRISM. Logging onto your PRISM account is entirely different than the campus network, email or D2L.  You will be mailed a sheet when you register with your PRISM logon information on it.  Once you are registered, you can also look up your password at the following site: https://www.uwc.edu/account  We strongly recommend that you change your PRISM password for security purposes.

Internet Usage/Web

Appropriate Use. UW-Marinette has gone to great lengths to provide you with state-of-the-art computing and printing equipment. This equipment is to be used to further your educational goals. We have installed the necessary software and provided Internet access for you to complete all your class work and related research. If you find that additional software would be useful in achieving these goals, please contact the IT Department (located in L-126) and we will look into it. Under no circumstances should you install any software yourself.

Some files are inappropriate and against the UW Colleges usage policy (http://www.uwc.edu/cio/itpolicies.htm). We ask that you not view/save any such files on campus computers. This includes, but is not limited to, pornographic pictures (JPG, GIF, etc.), copyrighted music (MP3, RM, WAV, etc.), or movies (MOV, MPEG, AVI, etc.), games (Yahoo, MSN, etc.), or unauthorized programs (ICQ, KaazA, Scour, etc.). Violation of the listed (or other) restrictions could result in a variety of actions, including restriction of or the complete loss of computing privileges at UW-Marinette.

Monitoring. The IT Department will not monitor Internet/email usage, but will check the servers and computers for questionable files (i.e. copyrighted material, illegal files, unauthorized programs, etc.) and will notify those users as appropriate. Note: Information stored on the local hard drive is considered public information and will be removed as needed.

Wireless Networking. The UW-Marinette provides its students with free wireless Internet access.  You may access wireless services in the library with your own laptop computer. Simply open your Internet browser and log on using mntlibrary as both the username and password.

Software

Authorized Software. Students should not install their own software on campus computers. Non-authorized programs will be removed when they are found and the "owner" will be warned. Repeated violations may result in restriction of or the complete loss of computing privileges.

Games. Internet (or other) gaming within the General Access Computer Labs is considered inappropriate use because it interferes with the student who needs to do their work. We ask that you not play games on campus computers.

Microsoft Software. Several Microsoft and Adobe products are available for purchase for a very reasonable price at: http://www.wisc.edu/wisc You will need a debit or credit card to purchase these items for quick delivery.  Checks take time to clear.

Using the Campus Email

The University of Wisconsin-Marinette provides every student and staff with an email account.  This is regarded as an official communication avenue for campus correspondence.  Thus, you should check your mailbox often for any important announcements and messages.

Checking E-Mail. While using a campus computer, you can use the full version of Outlook 2003.  You will enter immediately when clicking on the email link on the left hand navigation bar found throughout the site.  Or, you can open a browser on any computer, on or off campus, and enter the following address:  http://owa.uwc.edu You can find a link on any one of our web pages. You will then be asked to sign in.