Only those students enrolled in the BPsych program or undertaking Research Methods (PSYC 2001, PSYC3001 or PSYC3011) will be provided with their own psychology computer accounts. These accounts are generally valid for the duration of the program or session.

Your computer account gives you the right to use computers in labs you are authorised to enter. Your account will have a user name (which is always a z followed by your student number - such as z1234567), and you will be provided with an initial password. You are required to change your password first time you login to a computer. Choosing a secure password known only to you will protect your work from being accessed by other people.

Please note that all continuing student accounts will be preserved from one session to the next within the same year. Passwords of all students except BPsych students will be reset between sessions. If there is a session in which you do not take a Psychology course, your account will be deleted. All students falling into this category have a 2 week grace period after completing final examinations to take all necessary steps to preserve any data saved in the network drives.

Login

All Psychology students should login to the LIFE domain using their usernames and passwords. All users are required to change their password when logging in for the first time. Please note that the Psychology password and your UniPass are not the same although you may decide to select the same password. All psychology passwords have to meet the criteria listed under the passwords section.

Logout

WARNING: DO NOT FORGET TO LOGOUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE LAB

If you leave your account logged in and another user then misuses your account, you are responsible for it. There is no automatic "time out" period on any Psychology computers.

Passwords

Access to the School network is based on enforced password requirements subject to the following minimum acceptable criteria:

Passwords are at least 7 characters long.
Passwords should contain characters from three of the following four categories:
Uppercase characters (A...Z)
Lowercase characters (a...z)
Digits (0...9)
Non-alphanumeric ($, @, >, #, etc)

You should choose a string of characters which is easy to remember but does not form a word which is in any dictionary (English or foreign) or a proper name such as Jonathan. Note that upper and lower case letters are treated as different.

Changing Passwords

In Windows you can change your password by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del (i.e. pressing all 3 keys at the same time) and selecting the 'Change Password…' option. Remember to select a password meeting the minimum acceptable criteria for passwords.

Forgotten Passwords

If you forget your password, you can get it reset by going to the Technical Services Unit located in Room 147 (Level 1, Mathews Building). Please remember to take your Student ID card with you.

Printing

All computer labs are equipped with high speed laser printers. The school provides students holding psychology accounts with a generous print quota for each session. You are entitled to one of the following quotas depending on the course/program you are undertaking:

If you exceed your free quota within a session, you are allowed one top-up by providing a ream of A4 paper (500 sheets) to the Technical Services Unit located in Room 147 (Level 1, Mathews Building). You can check the printing credit left in your account any time by clicking the Print Manager tool in Windows system tray (far right end of the task bar).

Please note that you cannot transfer any leftover quota from one session to another.