New Students:

Once you have been accepted at Otterbein College, you need to schedule classes. Once your class schedule is entered into the system, then a program will run overnight and create your network account. You will not have a network account until you have scheduled a class or you have been enrolled to take placement exams - that means no access to webmail, Blackboard, etc... until this happens! Activating your account. Go to this web page to find additional information for New Students.

Residence Hall Update!

All resident students must have their computers re-registered and scanned upon return Fall Quarter, 2008.

To connect to the current residence network, you will need to provide your own ethernet card and Cat5 or better Ethernet cable. Also, make sure your computer meets Otterbein's computer standards (click here for more information). We will provide splitters and a hub if needed for sharing a wall port in your residence room. Configure your machine to DHCP (Automatically detect IP and DNS server).

Plug your machine into your wall port and open your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc..) If the Bradford Campus Manager web page does not come up automatically, type in a web page like www.google.com and see if that forces the page up. You will need to have your network account activated and know your username and password. Activating your account. You need 3 things to gain access to the resident hall network. Your machine will be scanned for current virus protection, Windows updates and Spyware remover updates. If you are not current on any of these three criteria, Bradford Campus Manager will direct you to the fixes. Please contact the Student Help Desk if you need assistance at 823-1060.

HOW TO RETRIEVE MAIL AND FOLDER CONTENTS BEFORE DELETION:

WOOHOO! Are you graduating and leaving Otterbein?!! Although we hate to see you go - here is what you need to do now. This applies to students who also will be gone for 2 quarters who have not graduated...but may be planning on returning.

After 2 quarters of not attending a class, your home, web and mail folder is automaticallly deleted with its contents. Web and home folder contents should be backed up to your home computer, CDs or other removable media. Access your web and home folders from home using your Otternet ftp shortcut links. (quick link to your Otternet page is at www.otterbein.edu/its)

You need to find a mail client that will allow you to import not pop your mail into it or your mail will stay on Otterbein's server and be lost at account deletion. Information Technology no longer supports "pop" so you must use an "IMAP" connection.

Policy is that once your account is deleted, it cannot be retrieved. So, do not wait to retrieve your mail and folder contents.

Click here to view instructions for importing your e-mail into another mail client.

Message from the Director of Information Technology:

In the past we have helped some employees transfer email from their Otterbein account to a CD or a mass email forward to another account. No computer records shall be copied for anyone who is separating from service at the College. This is a standard business practice as electronic computing resources are the property of the employer.

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Facebook and MySpace

Have you considered that information you are posting about yourself may be used against you? Read the following: "Thoughts on Facebook," Tracy Mitrano, copyright Cornell University 2006: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/memos/facebook.html

Note: Otterbein College does not monitor or censor Internet expression from its students or limit access to such sites. The exception to this policy is outlined in the Privacy section of Otterbein's Acceptable Use Policy and partially quoted as follows: "to protect the College from liability; or in instances of abuse of College policies, codes, or local, state or federal laws, Otterbein College reserves the right to take whatever actions it considers necessary (including, but not limited to monitoring activity and viewing files) to investigate and resolve the situation."

Our goal is to educate students and to keep them informed of issues in cyberspace that may affect them adversely.