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A Quick Guide to usernames and passwords
Novell
This gets you into the OC network. You can use any computer that’s connected via an Ethernet
cable (ie. Any computer in any lab at any campus). Note that when you’re not connecting from
your home campus it may take a little longer as the network has to search other servers to
authenticate your identity.
The My Documents folder that comes up will be your network F: drive.
You also use your Novell login to get into your own laptop when it’s not hardwired to the
network by selecting Workstation Only and logging in. Every 180 days Novell will require you to
change your password. You can’t reuse a previous one. You will have a few courtesy logins
under the old password so you don’t have to change it immediately – you have time to think up
a new one. Note that if you change your password
on a machine that’s hardwired to the network, but
you haven’t connected your laptop except by
wireless, your laptop will retain the old password
until it’s connected using an Ethernet cable, at
which point the new password will be activated on
your laptop.
Your username and password will be sent to the
person who requested that you be given a Novell
account.
Once you’ve successfully logged in to Novell, it’s
worth making a note of your Tree, Context and
Server. This information can be useful when you’re
having trouble logging in from a different
computer.
MyOkanagan
Logging in to MyOkanagan gives you access to a range of content and services available only to
OC staff and students. My Okanagan is organized by tabs, the selection and contents of which
are specific to your role within the College.
Home gives you access to an e-mail account (
yourname@myokanagan.bc.ca
)
Most people set this up to forward to their regular e-mail (
yourname@okanagan.bc.ca
)
My Courses lists courses you are teaching or taking. Instructors can put some kinds of course
content directly into MyOkanagan, or set it up to automatically launch the WebCT course.
The Employee tab has benefits forms, web reqs for purchasing, and lots of other useful
administrative things under the general heading OC Express.
Your MyOkanagan account is created automatically when you become an employee.
Your username is your 9 digital OC ID number.
Your initial password is your date of birth in mmddyy format. If your date of birth is not
available, your initial password will be the last 6 digits of your employee ID.
WebCT
This is an online Learning Management System. Every credit course offered at OC automatically
has a WebCT course shell created for it.
Your username is generally your 9 digit OC ID number.
Your password is generally your birthdate in mmddyy format. (there are some exceptions – CS
instructors and students often have their username and password created manually using some
combination of their first and last names)
