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ID Verification Process for Applicants & New Students to Access UVa Systems

Passwords, ID Verification, Accounts, & Wireless

Your UVa password: At first, you will use the auto-generated Temporary password from Step 2 below to access SIS and your email. Later, once you become a student and complete Step 9, you will use your self-selected Permanent password to access SIS, your email, and all University systems.

Applicants for Admission to UVa

To view your (undergraduate) admission decision, apply for financial aid, and/or update your personal information in the Student Information System (SIS):

  1. Get your online IDs. Retrieve your UVa computing ID (e.g., mst3k) and SIS ID (a 7-digit number).
    • These IDs were sent to you in an email from UVa with a Subject: line such as “UVa Student Information System (SIS) Access,” or you can retrieve these IDs now.
  2. Get your Temporary password. Use these IDs to generate (or replace) a Temporary password.
  3. Log in. Whenever you need to access SIS, type your UVa computing ID and Temporary password on the NetBadge Web Login page.

Newly Admitted UVa Students

If you have not already done so, complete Steps 1–3 above. Then, use your Temporary password to log into NetBadge to complete Steps 4–6 below:

  1. Activate your UVa email. Take the Responsible Computing Tutorial to activate your UVa email account.
  2. Start checking your UVa email. Do so at www.mail.virginia.edu.
  3. Prepare to come on Grounds. Register for Summer Orientation (undergraduates only).

Stop here for now. You cannot complete steps 7-10 until you arrive at UVa.

New Students Who Have Arrived on Grounds

If you have not already done so, complete Steps 1–6 above. Then, once on Grounds, complete Steps 7–10 below to finish your account and network setup at UVa:

  1. Show your passport or U.S. government-issued photo ID. Complete the identity verification process and receive your University ID card and a personalized white PassPhrase card.
    • Note: This step occurs during Summer Orientation for most students. If you did not attend Orientation and/or do not have a PassPhrase card, go to an ID Verification location to complete this step.
  2. Authenticate online. Visit the URL listed on your PassPhrase card (http://whois.virginia.edu/idm). For your security, do not do this on a public computer, nor a public, free WiFi network.
    • Completing this step at home or off-Grounds?
      1. Log into the website through NetBadge using your Temporary password one last time.
      2. When prompted, provide your UVa ID number (listed on your University ID card) and unique “passphrase” (provided on your PassPhrase card).
      3. Proceed to Step 9 now.
    • Completing this step on Grounds via a wireless connection? Know that you will not be able to successfully configure your UVa encrypted cavalier wireless access for the first time until you have first established your Permanent password!
      1. Connect to the on-Grounds guest wireless network “Welcome to UVa Wireless,” as shown in step 1 of the wireless configuration instructions for the automated ITS Network Setup Tool.
      2. Open a Web browser. You’ll be automatically directed to the first-time wireless setup page to configure your cavalier wireless access, but DO NOT click the Continue button under the “Faculty, Staff, Students” section to start the Network Setup Tool download yet!
      3. Instead, type the URL listed on your PassPhrase card (http://whois.virginia.edu/idm).
        1. Log into the website through NetBadge using your Temporary password one last time.
        2. When prompted, provide your UVa ID number (listed on your University ID card) and unique “passphrase” (provided on your PassPhrase card).
  3. Set your security questions, answers, and establish your Permanent password.
    1. Set your 4 personal security questions and answers. Carefully choose security questions for which you easily know the answer, but other persons do not.
    2. Establish your Permanent password. You will have the opportunity to:
      • create your own password (although it must be very strong), or
      • re-enter the Temporary password you already know to set it as Permanent, or
      • accept a password that is automatically generated for you.
    3. Do not destroy your PassPhrase card until you are sure you will remember your new, Permanent password.
      • Wait approximately 15 minutes for your other computing accounts to be created; then, start using your new, Permanent password! (You no longer need your Temporary password.)
      • If you completed this step on Grounds via a wireless connection, close your Web browser, wait 15 minutes, then re-open your browser. You will again be auto-directed to the first-time cavalier wireless setup page. Proceed with Step 10.
  4. Configure your computer for UVa’s encrypted cavalier wireless network. Once you have established your Permanent password, and you are on Grounds on your own computer, you can follow the wireless configuration instructions for the automated ITS Network Setup Tool.
    • Note: This step occurs on Move-In Day for most students.
    • When the Tool requests a password, type your new, Permanent password.
    • This Tool also installs a personal digital certificate for you, which you can use as a faster and more secure way to start logging into NetBadge.

Congratulations! Your First-Time Setup Is Complete

If you have completed step 10 above, then your wireless access is now configured, and you may now use your Permanent UVa password to:

  • check your UVa email account;
  • register for courses through SIS;
  • log onto public computers around Grounds;
  • view course syllabi, assignments, etc. online via UVaCollab; and
  • stream specialized software virtually onto your computer via the UVa Hive.

You no longer need your Temporary password.

Lost Your Password or Need Help?

If you forget your password:

  • use the Lost Password Wizard to find out how to retrieve a new one, or
  • repeat Step 2 to generate another Temporary password, or
  • repeat Step 9 to set a new Permanent password.
    • Note: If you no longer have your PassPhrase card, for security, you will need to re-verify your identity first (as listed in Step 7).

If you encounter problems using your Temporary or Permanent passwords, logging into NetBadge, or getting on the UVa wireless network, please contact the UVa Help Desk.

  Page Updated: Wednesday 2012-08-22 12:41:14 EDT

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