Accounts, logins and passwords

Accounts at the UW are identified by a UW NetID. Your UW NetID (and its password) allows you to access many UW online resources including MyUW and UW Email.

Everyone at the UW has a personal UW NetID that is intended for their individual use only. You were probably given a personal UW NetID when you first started working at or first registered to attend the UW.

Your UW NetID verifies who you are when you use the many UW network services. Such verification ensures the privacy of your personal information and restricts the use of resources to those for whom they are intended.

If do not have a UW NetID and you are a UW faculty, staff or student, go to the Get a UW NetID page and request one.

What can I do with it?

With your UW NetID, you are eligible for various computing services depending on your association with the UW (i.e., student, faculty, staff, alumnus/a, retiree or other affiliate). Your computing services may include the following:

• Access to your MyUW page from which you can check your personal UW information (student grades and schedules, employee payroll records and benefits files)
• Use of UW email and access to email management tools including spam filtering and message forwarding
• Access to other computing services including web publishing, remote access, computing labs, and Catalyst Web Tools
• Access to secure applications required for university administrative work (financial, payroll and student databases)

Your personal UW NetID remains the same throughout your life, even as your association with the University of Washington may change.

Can I have more than one?

You have just one personal UW NetID, no matter how many different associations you have with the UW (e.g., student plus staff plus alumnus/a).

You may also have the use of one or more shared accounts such as for courses or departments. Such shared UW NetIDs should not be confused with your personal UW NetID.

Can I change it?

A personal UW NetID usually may not be changed. If you feel there are special circumstances, contact the UW Information Technology Service Center to see what can be done.

Shared account UW NetIDs can usually be changed if needed. Just contact the UW Information Technology Service Center.

What if I forget my NetID or password?

If you forget your UW NetID or your password, you can find help on the Get your NetID page.

Available services

You can see the UW NetID services available to you by going to the Manage UW NetID Resources page and selecting the Turn services on or off item in the left column. Among the services available are Web Publishing, and Streaming Media. The services listed will depend upon the nature of your affiliation with the UW (faculty, staff, student, clinician, alumnus, visitor). Select the services you want to use.

UW Email is managed by UW Seattle. We do provide email support for students, faculty and staff on our campus. Visit our email page for more information.

Your network login allows you to log into classroom, lab and office computers on campus. It gives you access to your file storage locations and any software that is installed.

UW Tacoma will not renew our contract wtih Blackboard. We will gradually move to Canvas, our new LMS,  throughout the 2012-13 academic year. Blackboard offers a variety of tools to deliver course material and facilitate communication among students and between the instructor and students. It can be used for fully online distance course delivery, or to support regular course delivery (hybrid courses). It allows students to stay connected and have access to course materials from any location via an internet connection.

Visit the Blackboard site for complete information.

Please email all questions regarding access or technical issues on Blackboard to athelp@uw.edu.

Instructure Canvas is our new Learning Management System (LMS). Our contract with Blackboard expires in June, 2013. This means that faculty who have any content in Blackboard will need to either migrate their courses over to Canvas or build their new course sites in Canvas from scratch PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2013. Please do not wait until the last minute. There will be NO access to the Blackboard server after June 30th, 2013. Canvas is accessible by using your  NetID ans NetID password.

Students will receive invitations in their UW email to participate in any Canvas courses that their faculty are teaching. Check out the Canvas Support Site for more information.

You can use your NetID and NetID password to access Catalyst Web Tools.

Those outside the UW community can use many of the Catalyst Web Tools using a ProtectNetwork ID.

Meeting Maker is the campus calendar used by staff and administrators. For more information on how to purchase a Meeting Maker account, use the web client or for training on the system, please visit our Calendar page.

The Student Information System (SIS) provides access to student data stored in the student database in Seattle. SIS was developed as a shared inter-program solution for student data storage and retrieval, eliminating the need for individual programs to develop and maintain their own student databases. The goal of SIS is to support the admission, advising and support of students and student services at the UW Tacoma campus.

FERPA training is required to use the database and use is currently restricted to UW Tacoma administration, staff and faculty advisers, and statistical analysts. All student information is confidential. Access to SIS must be approved and requested by your department administrator.