Accounts and Logins
As a faculty, staff, student or alumni of WKU, you could have several IT accounts assigned to you that enable you to login to various computer systems, applications and online services at WKU. These accounts will typically have a userid or username and a password or PIN. It is your responsibility to manage and protect your IT accounts and login information. You need to become knowledgeable on how to use your accounts to login to the many online services at WKU and to change and reset your passwords and PIN. Here are some bullet points you really need to know and understand:
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Most important to know and protect is your WKUID and PIN. The WKUID is your main identification number at WKU. You need to memorize it and your TopNet PIN. You must know your WKUID and PIN to access TopNet and you must know them to change and reset passwords on other WKU Accounts such as email account and NetID.
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Your Email Account is also called your LDAP account. Your Email/LDAP account is used to access not only email but other applications like BlackBoard (Ecourses), NetReg and Student Lab computers. It is typically constructed in the form of Firstname.Lastname999.wku.edu. The Email/LDAP account is being phased out over the next few years and will be replaced by your NetID account.
- Your NetID account is currently used to access the WKU Portal and is the userid for Active Directory. Your NetID will eventually replace your LDAP account and will be used as a universal login ID for most WKU computer applications and online services. Using your NetID to login to the Portal gives you access to many applications like TopNet, Webmail, and Blackboard without having to login to each one individually. This is called SSO (Single Sign-on).