Establishing and Using an IU Guest Account

ByCynthia D. Hollingsworth, M.S.Coordinator of Instructional DesignAdjunct Assistant ProfessorIndiana University School of Nursing

Created: 10/03 Updated: 8/07

What is CAS?

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

You must possess a valid E-mail account that you can access.

Getting Started

URLhttp://itaccounts.iu.edu

Click the link “IU Guest Accounts

Create an IU Guest Account

Click Create IU Guest Account

Preparing for Account Creation

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: 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: 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

Type your E-mail address, then

READ PASSWORD GUIDELINES if you haven’t already determined a password, then

Choose password, then type a password

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Account Created

Guest account is created BUT IS NOT YET activated.

Go to your E-mail.

Read E-mail

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.

IMPORTANT URL

Activate New Account

Your username is your complete E-mail address with the @ sign

Type the password you chose when you created your account

Click Activate Account

chollingsworth3@hotmail.com

xx00xx00x

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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

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:

317-274-4357

Or E-mail: ithelp@iu.edu

24 hours a day: