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Introduction to Computing AHS COMPUTING

Userid... • You have been given a unique userid so that you can logon to Quest (course selection) • This is the only userid you will use while you are at UW! – Know your userid!

WATIAM • Logon to WATIAM – http://watiam.uwaterloo.ca – verify your personal information • Answer your security questions to activate your account

To Setup Your Account • Use your WATIAM userid and password • If you are having issues, please visit BMH 1037

Your Password • You will have 1 password for all resources at UW • Use a complicated password • Guard your password • Change your password often

Your Responsibility! • You have an email account at UW! – userid@uwaterloo.ca • It is your responsibility to ‘activate’ and to regularly ‘check’ your account!!! • This can be done by either by using http://mywaterloo.ca or by forwarding your email to another account • Your email server is mailservices

Email • Your email account is, – username@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca • The best way to check your email is to use mywaterloo.ca

Checking WATIAM • To forward your email to another account fill in the Email Forward field in WATIAM • You can also setup a Friendly Email address

mywaterloo.ca • mywaterloo.ca is a multi-faceted web portal • One of it’s main purposes is read and respond to email • Works essentially like hotmail or gmail – More secure – More professional

About Nexus • Nexus is a domain, it is not software! – A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures. • You can logon to your account from any of the Nexus labs on campus

Nexus Software • Office 2010 – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher & Access • Internet Explorer 9 • Stats Software – PASW 19 – SAS 9.2 – R 2.11 • Other course specific software on selected workstations

Student Computing Labs • AHS has two undergraduate NEXUS labs, containing 17 PCs, located in B.C. Mathews Hall (BMH). • BMH 1034 – 12 workstations – ahsprt2 – 24 hours/7 days • BMH 2324 – 5 workstations – ahsprt1 – M-F 8:30-4:30

The N:\ Drive • Your 250Mb file space is located on the N:\ drive – Make sure to save your files to either the N:\ drive or to a USB Key • Use your N:\ drive to store your files • It is a safe, secure and reliable network resource – It is backed up every 4 hours – There is an archive of nightly backups for the previous 5 days and 2 weekly backups from the previous Sunday night

Printing • Ahsprt1 • Ahsprt2 • Printing 15 cents per double sided page

Printing • If you have problems with printing, please contact: • AHS Helpdesk, BMH 1037 or ahshelp@uwaterloo.ca

Wireless • BMH and LHI has wireless coverage • 2 networks will appear – uw-unsecured –

Shopping on Campus • Campus Tech Shop (SLC) – PC’s – laptops – printers – software – more • http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/msdn • CHIP – MC 1052

Questions • http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/ahsco/firstyearstudents/ • Lowell Williamson, IT Specialist – BMH 2111, x32326, llwillia@uwaterloo.ca