The MBC information booklet - RMIT University

14.40.3 Which
Password to
use for
accessing
what?
Chapter 14: Frequently asked questions
The following is a table of access details and information on various systems you will need
to use as a student of RMIT and Computer Science and Information Technology:
Which Account Information and Log In
All CSIT accounts eg: Yallara/Numbat etc.
NDS - Novell Directory Service
EMS - Student Electronic Messaging System
URL: http://www.studentems.rmit.edu.au/
DLS - Distributed Learning System
URL: http://www.rmit.edu.au/online
Weblearn
URL: http://weblearn.rmit.edu.au/
TABLE 1:
When students obtain their computer account from the
Duty Programmers during enrolment they will be given a
‘user name’ for the CSIT system, and a random password on
a sheet of paper, that must be changed upon logging in for
the first time. Students who attend the Unix and CS&IT
Networks sessions (see “What activites are run for Newly
Commencing Students?” on page 89) will go through
logging into each of the various servers. You may have a
unique password for each server.
The username for this account is simply the student number
with the letter "s" at the start e.g. "s9912345". And the
default password is your date of birth, in the format
yyyymmdd e.g. Nov 9th 1980 would be "19801109".
You should change this password to something more secure.
Every student enrolled at RMIT is given an RMIT student
email account. This email account will greatly assist
communications between the university and its students.
EMS is easy to use and accessible everywhere via the latest
web browsers.
The username and password for this system is the standard
NDS Account (as seen above).
The email address for a student is simply their login name,
followed by @student.rmit.edu.au e.g. "s9912345@
student.rmit.edu.au".
The DLS is an online learning facility that is used to varying
degrees, by courses with online content. Here, students have
access to the components and workspaces for courses
including: Classrooms, Conferences, Collaboratory shared
workspace, and Course Guides.
The username for this account is the student number, with
capital trailing letter (if any) e.g. "9912345X". The default
password is your date of birth, in the format yyyymmdd e.g.
Nov 9th 1975 would be "19751109".
Weblearn is a component of the DLS, where students can
submit assignments and complete course tests, should the
course require it. An account must be requested in order to
access this system. This is done via the web page and the
username and password is then sent to the student's SEMS
account. Requesting an account is done via the website.
Any further administrative issues should be taken up with
the weblearn support, the course's lab assistant or the
lecturer responsible for the course in question.
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