OIT is moving away from sponsorships. If you have someone who will be working with you and needs access to CU resources, please contact your HR liaison to begin the POI process. More information regarding POIs can be found on the Person of Interest (POI) HCM Records Practices page.
If a POI is not possible, you may choose to request a sponsored account. Sponsored accounts are appropriate when an unaffiliated user needs an email address through CU or needs other IdentiKey resources for official university needs, but an HR appointment (including POI) is not a possibility. The user must be performing some function for the university, such as research or visiting faculty, etc., and must be sponsored by a current CU Boulder-affiliated faculty or staff member.
Please note: Requests originating from the person being sponsored will not be honored.
Requesting an account for a sponsored affiliate
The CU Boulder-affiliated faculty or staff member sponsoring the user must email the IT Service Center at oithelp@colorado.edu from the sponsor's CU Boulder email address and include the following information:
- Full legal name of individual to be sponsored*
- Birth date* (IdentiKey Manager uses birth date for account claiming)
- Gender*
- Length of sponsorship (up to one year)
- A personal email address (IdentiKey Manager uses this email address for account claiming)
- Reason for the sponsorship, which must fulfill a function for the university
- If the individual has been affiliated with CU Boulder in the past, please provide their IdentiKey, Employee ID or Student ID.
*This information is used to determine if an account already exists.
Accounts
Email and Calendar Service
What it is
- Your @colorado.edu email address and a collaborative calendar service
Who gets it
- All sponsored affiliates
How to access it
- You'll use your IdentiKey to log in to outlook.office365.com or through an email and calendaring program.
- New sponsored affiliates will be provisioned on Microsoft Exchange. Existing sponsored affiliates may have been initially provisioned on Google Workspace.
- Check with your department to learn which service you will be using, then click on one of the links above to learn more.
When you get it
- Soon after your IdentiKey is activated.
How to manage it
- CU Boulder's IdentiKey Manager allows you to set how your outgoing email address is displayed, create alternate addresses, and more.
IdentiKey
What it is
An IdentiKey consists of an IdentiKey username and an IdentiKey password. IdentiKeys play a large role in computing at CU Boulder and give you access to:
- Email services
- Computers in OIT computing labs
- UCB Wireless network
- Canvas
- Skillsoft Percipio web-based training
How to activate and manage it
- Learn more about your IdentiKey, including how to activate it, on the IdentiKey page.
- Once your account is activated, you can log in to the services listed above. Use CU Boulder's IdentiKey Manager to change your password, reset it if you've forgotten it, set authentication questions, and more.
