Get answers to human resources information and processes: Call our HR information line at 604-432-8384; Contact an Advisor. At CIT we appreciate and value and contribution that our staff make to the CIT community and in particular our students. Please find below a range of online services available to you as a CIT staff member. Accessing your email remotely.
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Get an ObieID New StudentsIf you have paid the deposit to Oberlin, your ObieID will be available in a letter sent to you through the application portal starting in mid-May (for students starting in fall) or mid-January (for students starting in spring). New Faculty and StaffFaculty and staff should request an ObieID prior to arrival by filling out the online.
Activate Your ObieIDBefore you can use your account, you will need to change your ObieID's initial password to one of your choice. Go to.
Follow the onscreen instructions to establish password recovery questions and SMS text recovery. Select 'Change Password' to choose a password for your email account before logging out. Once you’ve set a password, you can use your ObieID to log in to your Oberlin Gmail account and more. Your ObieID will normally follow the form: first initial of first name, followed by first seven characters of last name. Thus, if your name is Martha Washington, your ObieID will be mwashing.All ObieIDs are unique forever, so if two people on campus whose ObieID should be “mwashing,” the second person’s ObieID will have a digit appended with letters of the last name included to equal a total of 8 characters.Thus, Martha Washington and Mark Washington would be assigned mwashing and mwashin2, respectively. Before you’re be able to use your ObieID for the first time, you’ll need to use to set up your password recovery questions, optional cell phone number for SMS text recovery, optional alternative email address for recovery, and change your password. Enrolling in OCPassEnrolling in OCPass enables you to recover your password in the event that you forget it or it expires.
To enroll:. Navigate to. Enter your ObieID and select “I Agree.”. Select “Continue’ to begin the enrollment process. Enter the temporary password issued to you by CIT when you received your ObieID.
Choose your password recovery questions and set responses for each. Choose “Continue.”. If desired, enter your cell phone number to recover your password via text messaging.
Choose “Continue.”. If desired, enter an alternative email address to recover your password via a code sent to your email.
To proceed, you’ll need to retrieve and enter the code sent to your alternative email address. Choose “Continue.”.
Choose “Continue” and “Sign Out.”Changing Your Password. Navigate to. Enter your ObieID and select “I Agree.”. Choose “Change Password.”. Enter the temporary password gave you as the “Old Password” and set a new password.
New passwords must not be a previously used password, not contain a dictionary word or your username, must have at least eight characters, and contain one digit. Choose “Continue.” A series of green checkmarks will indicate that your password has been changed successfully.
Choose “Sign Out.”.
On commencement of employment in CIT, IT Services will provide you with your email address. The email address is in the format of [email protected] and includes an initial, if required.A password is given to use for the initial log in and this can be subsequently changed. The username is in the format firstname.surname. Due to security policy, passwords must be changed every 75 days.
Passwords must contain a minimum of 8 characters and include uppercase and lowercase letters and have a/numbers. You can enrol in the password self-service system at, which will allow you to reset your password any time.Sign up for this service as soon as you receive your account and you will automatically receive an email 7 days before your password is due to expire, prompting you to change it. This reminder email will subsequently be sent every day until you change your password.Remember, when you change your password on your PC, you will also need to change it on all other devices (e.g. Phone and laptop) that you use to access CIT resources.Failure to do so will result in you being “locked out” of your account.
This can also happen if you enter an incorrect password 3 times. A call to the Servicedesk (ext.
5050) will rectify this problem.