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Student user accounts are automatically created for students who are properly registered at Erie Community College. Accounts for new students are available the first day of the semester, unless the student registered late. Late registered students will have their account created within 24 hours of registering for a course. | User Accounts |
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Username: first six letters of last name + first initial + two digit day of birth Note: The username should be in lowercase. If your last name is shorter than six characters, your entire last name should be used.
Password: last four digits of social security number + two digit year of birth
Examples:
Name: Virginia R. Taber Username: taberv15 Birth date: 05/15/1971 Password: 923171 Social Security # 000-00-9231 E-mail: taberv15@ecc.edu
Name: Ron J. Doe Username: doer01 Birth date: 12/01/1975 Password: 115175 Social Security # 000-00-1151 E-mail: doer01@ecc.edu
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| | On-campus students who have problems logging in should visit their campus open lab, with a copy of their schedule and one form of photo identification. Distance learning students can contact the CITS Help desk on the Web at https://helpdesk.ecc.edu or via the phone at 716-851-1835 to resolve any account problems | User Accounts |
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All username and passwords are assigned to individual users and should not be shared with others. Users will be held responsible for any misuse of their ECC account. To protect your account, the College Information Technology Services department suggests the following:
• Always Log Off from your computer when you are completed with your session, or when you leave your seat.
• Select a password which is easy to remember, but difficult for someone to guess or figure out. An alphanumeric password (one consisting of letters and numbers) is highly recommended.
• Never write down your password, display it on the monitor or print it out on any document.
• Change your password at least once a month. To change your password, hold down ctrl-alt-del simultaneously after logging on to the computer. Then click on “Change Password” and enter your old password. Then enter your new password, enter it a second time to confirm it, and click “OK” | User Accounts |
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1) Open up your Internet browser (Internet Explorer is highly recommended for accessing ECC’s Webmail system). 2) In the Address bar type in https://webmail.ecc.edu and hit the enter key 3) In the username and password dialogue box, type in your username and password. Your username is the first six letters of your last name, the first letter of your first name and your two digit day of birth (If the last name is shorter than 6 characters, the entire last name is used). Your default password is the last 4 digits of your social security number followed by the last two digits of your birth year.
4) Click OK, you will then be logged into ECC’s Webmail system where you can read or send e-mail messages. | Email/Webmail |
| | Your E-mail address is your username, followed by @ecc.edu. Access to College E-mail is available for students on the web at https://webmail.ecc.edu from any computer connected to the Internet. | Email/Webmail |
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Access to electronic mail (E-mail) is a privilege and designed to assist users in the acquisition of knowledge and in the efficient communication with others. All ECC accounts have the capability to use E-mail for internal and external use. While Erie Community College does not prohibit the use of E-mail for personal reasons, users should be aware that the primary intent of providing e-mail service is to support the educational mission of the college and to conduct its daily business.
It is the user’s responsibility to protect their E-mail address from unsolicited senders. Users should take precautionary measures to ensure the security of their E-mail account by only giving out their address to individuals or mailing lists they wish to receive E-mail from and being cautious about using their E-mail address on the Internet or posting it on a Web page. Erie Community College cannot protect individuals from receipt of materials which may be offensive to them. While confidentiality cannot be ensured, E-mail is considered private and confidential, except as noted in ECC’s Acceptable Use Policy. | Email/Webmail |
| | Each user account is assigned 50MB of personal network storage space that can be accessed from any computer on campus from the U:\ drive under My Computer. The data on the U:\ is only accessible by the user account which is logged on. | Network Storage |
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Data on this network drive is backed up once a night by the College’s enterprise backup system. The College Information Technology Services department highly recommends using this network storage to save any critical electronic information. | Network Storage |
| | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) access allows students to access files or folders on their U:\ from off campus. | FTP Access |
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To activate FTP, logon to the CITS Help Desk at https://helpdesk.ecc.edu After logging in, under the Help Desk links, click on “FTP Account Setup.” Then click the link to activate your account. After activating your account, you will be able to access your U:\ from home using an Internet connected computer. | FTP Access |
| | 1. Make sure you first activated your FTP account on the Help Desk. If not, logon to Help Desk at https://helpdesk.ecc.edu, click on the “FTP Account Setup” under Help Desk links and click the “activate your account” link.
2. Open Internet Explorer. In the Address Bar, type ftp://ftp.ecc.edu and press enter. (Note: To ensure the proper connection is made, you must type the ftp:// and the beginning of the URL to ensure an FTP connection is made and not http.)
3. At the logon prompt, type your ECC username and password and click Log On. For security purposes, do not check the Save Password box.
4. The documents contained in your U Drive should now be shown in the browser. You can now copy documents between your U Drive and your local computer by dragging and dropping the files into this window.
Note: Internet Explorer is not the only program you could use to FTP to your U:\, there are many others available on the Internet. We recommend that you do an Internet search for further information on how to use other software to FTP into the College. | FTP Access |
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While on campus, students have access to the CITS open computing labs at each campus which offer tutorial assistance and technical support. Each lab has specialized department software, color printers and scanning capabilities. A valid ECC ID card is required for admittance into the labs. The open computing lab rooms are:
Campus Room Phone
City 460 716-851-1072
North B201 716-270-2696
South 4220 716-851-1729 | Open Computer Labs |
| | To help resolve technical problems, the College Information Technology Services department maintains a Help Desk. Students are encouraged to contact the CITS Help Desk for general computing questions, computer lab and office technical problems and/or network emergencies. The Help Desk is available on the web at https://helpdesk.ecc.edu or call (716) 851-1835 during normal business hours. The Help Desk Web site offers documentation, CITS alerts, a knowledge base and the ability to open up a ticket for technical problems. | CITS Help Desk |
| | WebAdvisor offers Erie Community College students a one-stop, all-inclusive approach to student self-service registration, billing, payments, grades and more via the World Wide Web. | WebAdvisor |
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1. Open a web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, FireFox, etc) and browse to https://webadvisor.ecc.edu
2. Click on "Log In" located near the top of the page.
3. Enter in your username, and your password. Your user name is the first letter of your last name in lower case followed by your 7 digit ID number. Your password is the last six digits of your social security number.
4. Select the "Current Student" icon.
5. Click on “Register for Sections”. Select “Express Registration” if you know the course and sections you want to register for. Otherwise, select “Search and Register for sections” to browse for courses.
6. Click on the “Register for Course”. Enter the 5 digit number from the Course Schedule called the Call# into the Synonym Box.
7. Upon Completion, click on Submit. This will bring up each selection; check that it is the correct course, time and campus.
8. Click on the Action drop down and select register if the course is correct.
9. After registering, you may view the account, add/drop classes, or log off.
Note: Students are responsible for downloading the final copy of their class schedule and submitting payment by the due date. You will not receive a paper bill in the mail when registering online. Please note the Billing Dates listed on Page 1 of the registration module. | WebAdvisor |
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2. Select the "Current Student" icon.
3. Under Financial Profile, click on Make a Payment
4. Enter payment information
Note: If there is a hold on your account, you will not be allowed to register until it is cleared. Call or go to registration. Also, if you do not meet specific requirements for a course, you will not be allowed to register. | WebAdvisor |
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2. Click on "Log In" near the top of the page. Your user ID is the first letter of your last name in lower case followed by your 7 digit student ID number. Your password is the last six digits of your social security number.
3. Click on “Current Students”
4. Click on Academic Profile
5. Click on Grades
6. Select the Term by clicking the check box and press the SUBMIT button
If you need assistance, please e-mail the CITS Help Desk at helpdesk@ecc.edu or call 716-851-1835. Please provide your student id number and the exact error message you are receiving. | WebAdvisor |
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Erie Community College’s Web site located at http://www.ecc.edu provides a wealth of information for new students, current students, parents, alumni and the community. The ECC Web site offers an online application, frequently asked questions, ECC sports schedules and stats, employment opportunities, career paths and much more. | ECC Web Site |
| | The myECC Portal is a central repository of information for all ECC faculty, staff and students. A personal portal area is available for each user to customize for their liking. Since a portal is an ever changing environment, information can be easily searched and pages linked to your personal portal area. MyECC offers a simplified way to share information with others and is available at https://myecc.ecc.edu.
• The homepage lists current ECC news.
• Information such as documents, articles, and people can be found by using the search box in the upper-right corner of the page.
• Departmental sites can be browsed by using the Sites link from the homepage.
• My Site is your personal portal space and can be customized by using the items on the menu bar. Your Public View is the information other ECC users will see when they search for your profile. You can make documents, lists, links and other content available to other users. | myECC Portal |
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ANGEL is ECC’s web-based course management system. With ANGEL, your instructors are able to manage course material and communicate effectively via the Web. ANGEL was designed to complement traditional seated courses and distance learning courses. | Angel for Distance Learning |
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Instructors at ECC may use ANGEL to teach online or to “web-assist” a traditional seated course. If you are a student at ECC and your instructor uses ANGEL, then you will be able to access the system. There are many features of ANGEL depending on how your instructor designs the course. Some of the features available include:
- Discussion Forums
- Online Real-time Chats
- Course E-mail
- Analysis of your activity, submissions, and grades
- Check your assignment, test and quiz grades
- Maintain a personal web-based calendar and task list
- Manage a list of bookmarks
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| | You will only be able to logon to ANGEL if you are enrolled in a distance learning course or your instructor is using ANGEL in their course. If you registered on-time for a course, your ANGEL account will be available the first day of the semester. Late-registered students will be able to logon 24-hours after successfully enrolling in the course.
ANGEL fully supports the following Internet browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, Firefox 1.04 or higher, Netscape Navigator 7.2 or above and Mozilla 1.4 or higher. Before logging on, you should disable any Internet pop-up blockers installed on your system.
To logon to ANGEL, type http://angel.ecc.edu into your Internet browser’s (ie: Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc) address bar and hit enter.
Your username is the first 6 letters of your last name, first initial of first name, and two digit day of birth. Your default password is the last 4 digits of your Social Security # and two digit year of birth.
Note: If you have changed your password for your network logon, it will change your ANGEL password also. | Angel for Distance Learning |
| | You will find touch-screen kiosks strategically positioned around the City, North and South campuses. These information kiosks provide campus maps, visitor information and access to Webadvisor. Using Webadvisor, students may register for courses, make tuition payments, or check their grades. | Kiosks |
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The ECC Wireless Network offers the same resources to students as any computer on campus. To access the ECC Wireless Network students are required to have an ECC User Account which is explained in section II of this document. All Wireless Access requires Virtual Private Network (VPN) software to better secure and encrypt all information that is sent across the Wireless Network. | Wireless Network |
| | ECC also offers wireless Internet access to students who have there own laptops with wireless capabilities. Recommended requirements are Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Mac OS 10.2 or above. The ECC wireless network supports 802.11b and 802.11g bands. To access the wireless network open up your web browser and you will be redirected to the ECC wireless network welcome screen. ECC requires that you have a VPN connection to the network in order to use the Internet. On the welcome page there is information and links on how to download and install the VPN Client on your laptop for both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. If you do not install the VPN client your access to the network is limited to the welcome screen. | Wireless Network |
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Wireless laptops are available at each campus library for student use. These laptops can be signed out and used within the library for students to do course work. All resources are available such as the U: drive, printer access, e-mail and Internet. For use of library laptops, see the reference desk in the library on your campus. | Wireless Network |
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The ECC Library Resource Centers offer a number of resources to students both on and off campus at all times of the day. You can access the library’s online catalog, full-text articles, research databases, citation guides, internet search engines and more.
The ECC Library Catalog lets you check your account; renew books online and place holds on library materials. You can also ask questions, by using the library’s online Reference/Suggestion Form.
Visit your electronic doorway to information at: http://elinks.ecc.edu/library/
Note: When you search certain databases you will be asked for log on information. Enter your standard ECC username & password. This verifies you as an authorized user and you can proceed with your research. | Library Resources |
| | As technology progresses it is inevitable that legacy devices will be replaced by newer and efficient devices. This trend is evident by the computer manufacturers slowly phasing out 3.5” floppy disk drives. These legacy floppy disk drives are being replaced by portable flash memory drives, sometimes referred to as flash, thumb or USB drives. The flash drive is a small keychain size device which connects to your computer via the USB port and acts as a small hard drive. | Flash Drives |
| | Erie Community College has not yet phased out the 3.5” floppy drives from our lab computers. However, we highly recommend that students use a flash drive instead of a floppy disk drive. Floppy disks are easily susceptible to damage from both improper storage and constant use. Our department has witnessed many students losing there work as a result of a corrupted floppy disk. | Flash Drives |
| | USB flash drives are more reliable and are able to store more data than a floppy disk drive. These drives come in many sizes, depending on their use and are available in many stores and online at many popular Web sites. ECC recommends that these devices should replace the floppy disk when transferring coursework between multiple computers. | Flash Drives |