Algonquin College - Information Technology Services

NT Account Support Page

NT Account for the New Student

Your Algonquin Network account is effectively a doorway to systems and areas in the College. It allows you to use the College computers, the internet and the academic systems for your courses.

Getting It - When you enroll in a course that requires network access, an IT fee is added to your tuition and a network account is created. If you want a network account and are not in one of these courses you may be able to opt-in and pay the IT-fee to get an account. You will have this same username as long as you enrolled at the College.

Step 1. Get your 9 digit student number, usually starts with 040 and it can be found on your student card or any mail the College sent you.

Step 2. Log onto ACSIS to get your network username and password.

NT Account for the Student

As explained earlier your Algonquin NT network account allows you to access many systems. You will actually have several accounts, one on each system, but most will use this basic username and password.

Creating the Account - When you enroll in a course that requires network access, an IT fee is added to your tuition and a network account is created. If you want a network account and are not in one of these courses you may be able to opt-in and pay the IT fee to get an account. You will have this same username as long as you enrolled at the College. If you need assistance visit one of the Access Centers for assistance. (Woodroffe Campus - C102 or T201, other campuses may visit their resource centers)

Note: There are a few courses that use special temporary accounts. You will be notified if this has been arranged for you. Your teacher will provide the username and password. Some services are not available with these special accounts.

Accessing It - Once the semester starts you can begin using the account. To get your username and password you visit the ACSIS system and click on "Network Account Info " on the left menu. You will use that username and password to log onto almost every system in the College - except ACSIS. Note that when you log in you may have to enter your domain. That is Woodroffe, Perth or Pembroke depending on where you are located.

Format Your username will have the first four letters of your last name and the four digits. See below for John Smith. your email address will then be smit0000@algonquincollege.com. Your first password will be yA then several digits (ie yA3248484). Notice that the systems are case sensitive.

Deleting the Account

As soon as your course is over the account will be deleted. The following exceptions apply: If you withdraw from a course early the account will be deleted at that time

If you are enrolled in a full time daytime program you may have access to your account during the summer vacation and for one semester after you graduate.
Unfortunately, there is no way to keep the account beyond the normal deletion date. The account is deleted without notice and all associated data found on the various servers is deleted with it. Because of this it is advisable for you to do your own backups occasionally. If you need your data backed up you can visit the Publishing Centre at the Woodroffe campus.

For more information about the IT Fee please click here

Account Usage

Student accounts can not be renamed in event of marriage, divorce or other situations.

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NT Account for New Staff

Your Algonquin Network account is effectively a doorway to systems and areas. It allows you to use the College computers, the internet and the academic systems for your courses.

Getting It - As staff at the College you get an NT network account when your paperwork goes through Human Resources. College Network and Email accounts are generated for all new employees (both Part Time and Full Time) once their information is entered into HR/Pay. Your department will no longer have to submit a paper form for this. Supervisors and Managers will receive an email notifying them when an account is created for new staff.

Otherwise your manager submits an online form to put in the request. Once the request goes in, ITS creates your account and your manager will give you your username and password. Otherwise you can get it at the ITS help desk if you bring one piece of photo ID. The process can take a day or two after your department submits your forms. Managers are still required to fill out the Online Account Request form if the staff member is one of the following:

Residence Staff member
Contractor
SA Staff member
Consultant

Please ensure that as much information as possible is placed within the form prior to submitting.

Domain - You will use that username and password to log onto almost every system in the College. Note that when you log in you may have to enter your domain. That is Woodroffe, Perth or Pembroke depending on where you are located.

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As explained earlier your Algonquin NT network account allows you to access many systems. You will actually have several accounts, one on each system, but most will use this first basic username and password.

Format Your username will have the first six letters of your last name and the first letter of your first name and possibly a digit. (ie for John Smith it may be smithj3. your email address will then be smithj3@algonquincollege.com. Your first password will be a string of letters and digits. Notice that the systems are case sensitive.

Deleting the Account

Network accounts and email accounts will be deactivated automatically when a Full Time employee is no longer employed by the College, or if a Part Time employee’s authorization has expired. The Supervisor or Manager will be notified via email when this takes place.

Click here to access the online Network Account Request form. Please ensure that as much information as possible is placed within the form prior to submitting.

Account Usage

Staff accounts can be renamed in event of marriage, divorce or other situations.

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NT Account Global Support

General agreement

Change your password

Temporary Accounts

General User Agreement

Please read the document at this link since you are agreeing to it by using your Algonquin network account.. You are held legally and financially responsible for all activity on the account. So protect it.

Changing your NT Network Password.

Student and Staff passwords were set to the new complex NT password and students can see what it is by visiting ACSIS. Staff must speak to their manger.
This was not an intended change but was the result of other improvements being made. We apologize for the obviously untimely and unannounced nature of this change and we request your patience. If you can not log in at the College or through remote or wireless access then all you have to do is visit ACSIS, click "Network Account Info" and see what your new complex password is. If there is any difficulty please contact the ITS Help Desk for assistance. See below for more details about your new complex password.

Changing Your Network Password

When you want to use a computer in the College, turn it on and enter your username and password. You are now logging onto the NT Network. Make sure the domain shows your location (Woodroffe if you are a Woodroffe staff or student). You must be authenticated by this governing network in order to connect to many of the other systems and services including the computer itself.

How to Change your NT Network Password

You can change the NT network password in Windows XP by pressing the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys at the same time. This will bring up a dialog box with several buttons.
Select the Change Password button in the bottom left corner.
Enter your username, campus, old password and enter the new password twice.
Click ok and wait a few seconds.

In earlier versions of Windows you must go into Control Panel.
Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of the desktop then Settings, and Control Panel. Then go to users and accounts

Password Rules:

Any time a user changes his/her network password, it has to meet password complexity requirements now. These are:

Must not contain the user's account name or parts of the user's full name that exceed two consecutive characters ( ie for the name Donna, you can use "do", but not "don")

Must be at least six characters in length

Must contain characters from three of the following four categories:
       - English uppercase characters (A through Z)
       - English lowercase characters (a through z)
       - Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
       - Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %)

Complexity requirements are enforced when passwords are changed or created.
FYI - the policy already should enforce 6 remembered passwords and 8 characters length minimum.

A great idea to help you remember!

A simple strategy for finding a password that is easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to guess is as follows:
1)      Think of a sentence that is meaningful to you. Sentences are easier to remember than series of letters. For example “My first car was a grey Toyota-Celica”.

2)      Convert this to letters, and use the number, and use capitals “M1cwagT-C”. This would be easy for you to remember, but very difficult for someone to guess, even if they knew your first car was a Toyota Celica.
Forgot your NT Network password?

Students can go to ACSIS to view their username and pin number. Staff and students can visit the ITS Help Desk in Room C316 to have their password reset. They must have an official photo ID with them.

Temporary Training Accounts

Because of the effort required to create, delete and maintain a network account there exists a pool of temporary training accounts for students to use for short term courses.

The Facts

At Woodroffe the accounts range from wce00001 to wce00500
At Pembroke they range from pmce00001 to pmtce00080
At Perth they range from ptce00001 to ptce00040
The common password for these accounts is changed every monday morning and all email, web page and N drive information is deleted. For password information about these accounts please visit the password page.

Domain Consolidation

PLEASE NOTE the following changes for Perth and Pembroke starting SEPT, 2009:

The temporary user ids for PERTH CAMPUS will be changed to WOODROFFE\PTCE0001 through to WOODROFFE\PTCE0040 inclusive. They were PERTH\PCE00001 through to PERTH\PCE00040.

For Pembroke campus the accounts Woodroffe\pmce0001 to pmce0081 have replaced Pembroke\pce00001 to pce00081.

Changing Your Network Password