Unity IDs

• 3 Components
  • First initial of first name
  • First initial of middle name
  • First 6 letter of last name
• Exceptions to the above rules
  • Common last names
  • No Middle names
  • Short last names
• Use
  • Used to log into e-mail, My Pack, etc.

Example

If my name is Ashley Mary Doe, my Unity ID would be

amdoe

My name is John K Walker (a common last name); my Unity ID is

jkwalke2

My name is Mark Adam Henderson, what is my Unity ID

mahender

Student ID numbers

• 1 Component
  • Comprised solely of numbers
  • Usually a 9 or 10 digit number with 2 or 3 preceding zeros
  • Incoming and transfer students have a 2 at the beginning
• Location
  • Can be found on your NCSU ID card
• Use
  • Used for academic advising, Financial Aid, etc.

Example

Student ID numbers

When using my All Campus account, I need to log in using my student ID number. On my NCSU ID card I would find

200063987

NCSU Password Guidelines

Requirements

• be at least 8 characters
• be no more than 100 characters
• not contain ‘
• not contain your Unity username
• not contain your Unity username backwards
• contain at least one number
• contain at least one letter
• not contain a word, longer than 3 letters, found in the dictionary
• not have 5 consecutive digits
• be more than a simple case change of your old password

Recommendations

• have at least one special character (not a number or letter)
• contain at least one capital letter
• contain at least one lowercase letter

*keep in mind that recommendations are optional

Backups

• What items should you backup?
  • Things you cannot replace
  • School Assignments, e-mails, Address Book, Music, Pictures, Internet Bookmarks and other personal settings, etc.
• How often should you backup?
  • Regularly (bi-weekly, monthly, etc.)
• What methods can I use to backup?
  • Hard Drives: external or portable
  • CD’s, DVD’s, etc.: as long as they are RW
  • School hard drive: NFS (B: aka ncsudrive), limited space
  • E-mail: Google stores everything
  • Free or paid versions of off-site storage: ex: Dropbox, Velocity (what are the pros and cons of each?)
  • etc.

NCSU E-mail Guidelines

• ALWAYS Use your NCSU e-mail: unityid@ncsu.edu
• Subject: Course Letter – Section Number: Brief Description of Issue
  • Example: E 115 – 001: Guided Lab 1 Help
• Content of e-mail: Appropriate intro & title, a brief, but useful, summary of your issue and other important information
  • Example: Lab Instructor, I am having an issue with creating a Gmail filer. I am not sure where to locate the “Filter Messages Like These” menu. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you, Awesome A. Student

Campus printing

On campus print features

https://oit.ncsu.edu/my-it/wolfprint

AllCampus $ covers printing cost

Types of files accepted

• Personal Laptop: PDFs only
• Campus Lab Machines: ANY file type

Submitting via Moodle for E 115

• Select Course, Click on the assignment
• Drag and drop OR
• Select document, Upload the file
• Ensure that uploaded file is what you want to submit
• If prompted, you can add a note to send to your grader
• If prompted, and once you are 100% sure you are completed with the assignment… click Send for marking
  • Once this option is clicked, it cannot be undone and you cannot make further edits
  • This is required for homework assignments where you need to submit a file

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