OU Computing Essentials

1. OU Computing Essentials

2. Overview • Networking Overview • Your OUNet ID ("4 plus 4") • OUNet Password • Changing Your OUNet Password • Your Official OU Email • Forwarding Your Mail • Getting Help

3. What is a Network? Two or more computers linked together

4. Different Types of Computer Networks • Local-area networks (LANs) • Wide-area networks (WANs) • Campus-area networks (CANs) • Metropolitan-area networks (MANs) • Home-area networks (HANs)

5. OUNet Here at OU we have a Campus Area Network (C.A.N.) called OUNet

6. OUNet Here at OU have a Campus Area Network (C.A.N.) called OUNet and several Local Area Networks (L.A.N.)

7. What is an OUNet Account? • Information Technology provides all students with a user account on OUNet.

8. What is my OUNet ID? • To access your OUNet account, you will need to know your OUNet ID or username (often referred to as your "4 by 4 or 4+4"). • Your OUNet ID is made up of the first 4 letters of your last name (lowercase) + the last 4 digits of your 9-digit OU student ID number. • So, for example, if your last name is Sooner and your 9-digit OU ID number is 123-45-6789, then your OUNetID is: soon6789. NOTE: If you have placed a Directory hold on your personal information so that it is not publicly available, you will also be assigned an OUNetID that is not based on your name or OU ID number.

9. What is my OUNet Password? • Selecting your OUNet password • When your OUNet account is first created, you are assigned a default password. The default password is based on the word “pass” and your birthday: "pass" plus 2 digits for the month and 2 digits for the day of your birth. So, if your birthday is on October 9, your default password is pass1009. • Some services will not work with this default • It is very important that you choose a new password as soon as possible. There are some essential computer services that are not accessible if you do not change the password from this default value; if you are using the default password (pass####), you will not be able to access these services.

10. How Do I Change My OUNet Password? • Choose a password that isbetween 5 and 8 characters long. Your password can consist of only letters and numbers. • When you are ready, open a web browser and go to http://account.ou.edu

11. How Do I Change My OUNet Password? You will be asked to log in using your OUNet ID and your current password. If this is your first time logging in at this site use your default password. Enter your OUNet username and password here. Then click the “Log In”

12. How Do I Change My OUNet Password? You can change your password at any time using this process After you have successfully logged in enter your new password in the New Password field. Enter it once more in the Verify New Password field Don’t forget to enter your current password here Then click the “Update OUNet Information” button to submit your changes

13. How Do I Change My OUNet Password? The following information will appear on your screen in red Note this message indicates that your “WebCT” password was not changed. This is normal. If you use WebCT call (405)325-4357

14. OU Email

15. Your Official OU Email • It is your responsibility to check your OU email account for official OU notices and information. • All communications from the university and faculty will be directed to this account by default. • Note: some colleges have there own email services. In these cases your OU email can be forwarded to the college email account.

16. Using Your OU Email Account • Default Email Address Verses User Alias • Creating an Email Alias • Using the OUMail System • Forwarding Your Mail

17. Default Email Address Your default OU email address is based on your full name (First.M.Last-1@ou.edu) Thus, Joe B. Sooner’s default email address would be Joe.B.Sooner-1@ou.edu If there happens to be two Joe B. Sooners then the first one on campus would be Joe.B.Sooner-1 and the second one would be Joe.B.Sooner-2

18. User Alias Although your default OU email address is based on your full name, you can select the alias of your choice (whoeveryouwannabe@ou.edu). The only limitation is that the alias you choose cannot be in use by another OU email user. To choose an alias log-in at http://account.ou.edu

19. Creating a user alias is a 5 step process Step 1. Enter your OUNet username and password Step 2. Click Log In button

20. Creating a User Alias Step 3. Enter the alias of your choice in the Email Alias text field. Step 4. Enter your current password in the Current Password field Step 5. Click the Update button

21. Using the OUMail System All OU students have an OUMail email account. You can check your email online at http://oumail.ou.edu using a web browser. To access your OUmail simply log on using your OUNet ID and password.

22. OUMail Inbox Check for new Messages

23. OUMail Inbox Create a new message

24. OUMail Inbox Search inbox, sent items, personal folders, and deleted items.

25. OUMail Inbox To Delete a message: put a check mark in the Select box then click the Delete icon

26. OUMail Inbox Open and read a messages

27. OUMail Inbox

28. OUMail Inbox View and manage folders

29. OUMail Folders

30. OUMail Help

31. OUMail Personal Options Click Options icon to change your personal settings

32. The OUMail Options View your account summary

33. The OUMail Options Change your reply-to address, create a signature line or virtual business card

34. The OUMail Options Modify rules for deleted items, sent items, drafts and spell check

35. The OUMail Options Change color scheme

36. The OUMail Options Set a vacation message

37. Forwarding Your Mail • If you prefer to use any email service other than your OU mail account you can forward all your email from OU to that other service. • Note: There may be some exception to this rule • To forward your OU email to another email service go to http://account.ou.edu

38. How To Forward Your OU Email Forwarding your OU email to another email address is a 4 step process Step 1. go to http://account.ou.edu and login Step 1. Enter your OUNet username and password here. Then Click the Log in button

39. How To Forward Your OU Email Step 2. Enter the email address you want to receive mail at in the “Forward the above acct to” text field. Step 3. Enter your password here Step 4. click the “Update OUNet Information” button.

40. Getting Help Whatever can go wrong often does. When it does who are you going to call? The Information Technology department at OU provides a two-tier support structure fro students Tier 1 Online Support http://support.ou.edu Tier 2 Telephone call (405) 325-4357

41. Getting Help If you run into trouble using your computer or OUNet your first step should always be to check the online help center at http://support.ou.edu. Those without Internet access should call (405) 325-4357 for assistance.

42. Using http://support.ou.edu Log in using your OUNet ID & Password Online support 24 hours a day 365 days a year

43. Online Support Home Page

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45. My PC Scans your computer Lists your system specifications

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