Topics

• Why You Need to Apply
• What If You Already Have a Unix Account?
• Windows Accounts
• The New Apply Program
• Using the New Apply Program
• The Username Field
• The UMB Email Field
• The Password Field
• After You Click the Join Button
• When are the Account and the Directory Created?

Why You Need to Apply

• In order to do the work for this course, you will need two things
  • A Unix account
  • A course directory
• With the Unix account to can connect to any Unix/Linux machine ...
• on the CS Department network
• The course directory is where you will put your work for this course
• When you complete the Apply process you will also get a Windows account ...
• that you can use on any of the Windows machines in the CS Labs

What If You Already Have a Unix Account?

• You must complete the Apply process even if you already have a Unix account
• If you do not complete the process ...
• you will not get a course directory ...
• and you will not be able to submit assignments
• If you already have a Unix account ...
• but have not registered with the new Apply program ...
• you must go to https://portal.cs.umb.edu/registration/register/ to register
• DO NOT CREATE A NEW UNIX ACCOUNT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A UNIX ACCOUNT
• Be sure to click the checkbox labeled "Select if you already have a Unix account"
• You will then need to enter your Unix username and password ...
• along with your UMB email address
• If your your username and password match a Unix account ...
• you will receive an email at your UMB email address
• When you click the link in that email you will be registered ...
• and will then be able to select your courses
• If you already have a Unix account ...
• and have used the new Apply program ...
• go to https://portal.cs.umb.edu/registration/login/ and login

Windows Accounts

• You need a separate account to use the CS Department Windows machines
• When you complete the Apply process a Windows account will be created ...
• with the same username
• This account will at first have the default password "abcd_1234"
• The first time you connect to a Windows machine with this account ...
• you will be asked to change your password
• To keep things simple, its a good idea to make your Windows password ...
• the same as your Unix password

The New Apply Program

• For the last 30 years the program students used for the apply process ...
• was something that had to be run on the Unix command line
• It wasn't very user friendly ...
• and student often made mistakes
• A group that I have been working with has created a new Apply program ...
• which is web-based ...
• so you can complete the Apply process from any web browser
• If you run into any difficulties using the program ...
• please send me an email at tsoro@cs.umb.edu
• or please send me an email at torna.soro001@umb.edu

Using the New Apply Program

• To use the new program point your browser to https://portal.cs.umb.edu/registration/register/
• When you do, you should see a page that looks like this

The Username Field

• The first box is for your username
• If you already have and Unix account ...
• you must enter the username of your current user account
• If you do not have a Unix account ...
• you need to create a username
• A username must be no more than 8 characters ...
• and must start with a letter
• A good way to create a username ...
• is to use the first initial of your first name ...
• followed by your last name
• The username must be lower case
• Do not use capitals

The UMB Email Field

• The CS Portal is a public web site
• So we need to make sure that only UMB students ...
• can use it to create an account
• How can we tell whether someone is a UMB student ...
• someone with malevolent intent?
• By asking you for your UMB email address
• Once you fill out all the information on the Registration page ...
• and click Join ...
• an email will be sent to your UMB email address
• The email will contain a link
• When you click this link ...
• it will take you back to the Apply program ...
• and allow you to select a course
• The changes won't happen ...
• unless you click on the emailed link

The Password Field

• If you already have a Unix account ...
• you must enter the password you used for your existing account
• A password must
  • Be at least 6 characters
  • Have lowercase letters
  • Have at least 1 uppercase letter
  • Have at least 1 digit (0-9)
• A password can be longer than 6 characters ...
• but the first 8 characters must meet the last three criteria listed above

After You Click the Join Button

• When you has finished filling out the Registration page ...
• you need to click the Join button
• An email will automatically be sent to your UMB email address
• If you don't see the the email, check your spam folder
• You must open this email message and click on the link provided
• When you do, you will brought back to the Apply app ...
• where you see a message

  Your account is now activated

• Now click on the Login link on the left hand side of the screen
• After you login, you will see a list of courses
• Select the courses you are taking and click Submit

When are the Account and the Directory Created?

• There is a delay between the time when you chose your courses ...
• and when your account and course directories are created
• Certain things have to be checked ...
• and then a script has to be run
• Usually this script is run in the evening
• Once the account and directories have been created ...
• an email will be sent to your UMB account

Copyright : Glenn Hoffman, Director of the IT program, Umass-Boston