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NIC Network Account
Your NIC network account provides you access to:
• NIC Network
• Campus computers
• MyNIC Portal
• Cardinal Email
• Canvas
• WebDriver
To obtain your Username and set your Password for the first time, click the New Students and Employees… Start Here button on the following page: http://www.nic.edu/mynic/
To login, enter your MyNIC credentials at the login screen on any campus computer.
MyNIC Portal
Your MyNIC account provides you access to:
• Time entry/pay advices/check stubs
• Canvas
• NIC Email
• Campus documents
• Colleague UI
• DataMart
• Department Team Sites
• Bookmarks
1. To access your MyNIC account, go to https://my.nic.edu
2. Enter your MyNIC credentials and click Sign In
Cardinal Mail
You can access NIC email using one of the following:
- Outlook 2016
- Open Outlook on any campus computer to access your email
- Online at mail.nic.edu
- Login with your MyNIC credentials
- MyNIC Portal at https://my.nic.edu
- Click on the Cardinal Mail button
You have two email addresses (aliases) that work at NIC:
• username@nic.edu
• firstname.lastname@nic.edu
Office 365
Office 365 provides you online access to the following:
• Email
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• OneNote
• OneDrive
• Microsoft Office Install
To access Office 365:
1. Login to your MyNIC account at https://my.nic.edu
2. Click on NIC Mail
3. Outlook 2016 online will open.
4. Click the App Launcher to access Office 365 apps
Network Storage
• User on ‘Vault’ (U:) – a place to save files that is secure and only you have access. Storage quota is 5 GB.
• Dept on ‘Vault’ (H:) – place to save files where all department members can access the files. Storage quota is 10 GB.
• Temp on ‘Vault’ (T:) – not secure, all campus employees and students can view/edit/delete any file/folder.
• OneDrive – a place to save files that is secure and only you have access. This storage is online and is accessible anywhere you have internet. You can also share files/folders with other NIC employees or students. Storage quota is 1TB (1,024GB).
NIC Cardinal Wi-Fi
NIC Students/Faculty/Staff:
• Choose the NIC-Cardinal-Wifi network
• When prompted, enter your MyNIC credentials
Guests:
• Choose the NIC-Public-WiFi network
• Open a web browser
• Read the agreement and click ‘Continue to the Internet.’
NIC Directory
You have the ability to update your online directory and schedule information via WebDriver.
Login to WebDriver
1. Login to WebDriver at https://campusweb.nic.edu/webdriver/ using your MyNIC credentials.
Directory Information
1. Click on Personal Directory Information
2. Fill in the Employee Information and click Update
3. To add, edit, or delete degrees, click Edit Degrees. Fill in degree information. Click Add for additional entries. Click Edit to edit current degrees.
Schedule
1. To publish your schedule, click Edit Schedule
2. Select a semester. It will default to the current semester.
3. To add an item to the calendar, click on a time slot in the calendar. Scroll down to edit the information. Select the days for the item. Select the start and end times. Choose an event type. Enter the information for the event. If information is missing, an alert will pop up when you try to add the event. Click Add Event
4. To update an event that’s on the calendar, click on the event you want to change. Edit the information. Click Update
5. To delete an event on the calendar, click on the event you want to delete. Click Delete Event. Confirm delete.
6. Schedule Notes are available under the add/update calendar events. To edit the notes section, add text to the notes textbox and click update.
TIP: Notes are dependent on the semester.
TIP: Preview your directory page by clicking Directory from the NIC home page
Training
IT Training
• MyNIC Portal under: Documents, Help Desk Catagory
• IT Web Site: www.nic.edu/it
• NIC Knowledge Base: https://nic.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/KB/
• Signup via HR with SilkRoad for on campus IT training offerings.
eLearning Training
• eLearning web site: www.nic.edu/elearning
Additional Resources
IT Help Desk
The IT Help Desk is your first point of contact for all IT issues and questions.
• Faculty and Staff: hardware, software, accounts, connectivity in offices, classrooms, and computer labs and more.
• Students: MyNIC, Canvas, student email, NIC wireless, and more.
Contact Information
• Submit a ticket: www.nic.edu/it
• Call: Extension 3280 or 208-769-3280
• Email: helpdesk@nic.edu
• Walk-in Support: Siebert 101