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Instructional Computing

Info For New Students

Information for students regarding technology available to them is located in the
Online Student Technology Guide

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Get your SSO ID. Once you have your SSO ID and create a password, you can send and receive email, log into Instructional Computing Lab & Classroom computers, and access your course material on the web via MyGateway.

Your email address will be: ssoid@umsl.edu, where "ssoid" is your Single Sign On ID. Learn how to access your email.

Be sure to carry your student ID with you at all times.

Say goodbye to floppy disks and use your Network File Storage account, to store your documents, files, etc. on the server. You can then access them from any machine on campus, as well as from home when your connected to the internet.   A USB Thumb drive is another easy way to save your files and transport them from various locations.  Floppy drives are almost completely phased out across the Instructional Computing labs and classrooms.

SSO ID
Unique ID given to all new students enrolled after January 2000. The SSO ID is used to access most of the campus computing resources. Your SSO ID and password are used for logging into the MyGateway system, MyView, accessing your email, and logging into the computers on campus.

MyGateway
mygateway.umsl.edu is the online course management system here at the University. You may login using your SSO ID and password to access a variety of course information, organizations, and links to other services at the University.  Many instructors use the system to distribute online course materials. The system is accessible from anywhere with an internet connection and a version 4.0 browser or higher.

Studentmail
Studentmail is designed for the distribution of UM-St. Louis official email.

All UMSL students have a Studentmail account.

1. For newly enrolled students, it can take up to 2-3 days for your account to be active.
2. Your username for Studentmail is your SSO ID.
3. Your password for Studentmail is your SSO ID password.

The easiest way to check your Studentmail account is to go to http://studentmail.umsl.edu/ or http://mygateway.umsl.edu from virtually any computer with Web access.

1. Your username and password correspond to your SSO ID username and password.
2. Your email address will be ssoid@studentmail.umsl.edu, using your own SSO ID.
3. You will need to obtain and activate your SSO ID and password to access your accounts and log into studentmail. To do so you must visit http://ssoid.umsl.edu and click Activate Your Account.

Network File Storage

Each student has a Network File Storage account with 100MB of space that will be mapped for you when you log into any Instructional Computing Lab & Classroom Windows XP Station. You can access your Network file storage space by clicking on MyComputer on the desktop of any lab or classroom Windows XP station. From within MyComputer It will be the drive labeled “sso id on (admiralad) (:K).

On the Macintosh systems UMSL SAMBA is locked in the dock on the bottom of the desktop.

Once you double click on your K-Drive you can open Word documents and other files, directly from your Network File Stoage account.

By using your Network File Storage space, you can stop carrying storage media around! If you connect to UM-St. Louis from off campus, then you can access these files from home using a Secure FTP client. You can visit: http://www.umsl.edu/technology/tsc/filestoragespace/index.html for the more information on a Secure FTP client you can use from off campus. When using FTP your are “transferring” files to your local computer so you will need to “transfer” them back to your K-drive, (for future use) once you are done working on them.

Internet Browser and plug-ins
Once connected, you will need a web browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Faculty here at the University post material in various formats, so it’s likely you’ll need to get some browser plug-ins. Click here for a list of recommended plug-ins for use with MyGateway.