In order to get the most out of the campus IT environment, you will need an email account and an IdentiKey. These are created by OIT when we receive your affiliation information. The next step is account activation.
Accounts
Email and Calendar Service
What it is
- An @colorado.edu email address and a collaborative calendar service
Who gets it
- All CU Boulder faculty and staff members
How to access it
- Use your IdentiKey to log in
- All faculty and staff are automatically provisioned with a Microsoft Exchange account.
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 adjust where your email is delivered to. For faculty and staff, email delivery can only be set to on-campus email addresses.
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, giving you access to:
- MyCUInfo, the employee portal
- Email services
- Computers in OIT computing labs
- UCB Wireless network
- Canvas
- Skillsoft Percipio web-based training
Who gets it
- All CU Boulder faculty and staff members
When you get it
- After your information is entered into the payroll system, your IdentiKey will be set for creation. This process may take up to 48 hours. If you cannot activate your account, ask your payroll liaison to check on your entry.
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, change your display name and more.
Unix Server Accounts
What it is
- An account on an OIT Unix server, like spot.colorado.edu or rintintin.colorado.edu
- Uses your IdentiKey username and password
- Is used primarily as an authentication method to manage faculty webpages on spot.colorado.edu
Who gets it
- Faculty and staff members who have previously requested it. OIT is not provisioning new websites on spot and rintintin; instead, we recommend using CU Boulder's Web Express environment.
Additional considerations
As stated above, Unix server accounts are used primarily for managed faculty departmental websites. In some instances, the Unix server account is what's called a "group account" or "secondary account." Learn more about secondary accounts or find information on maintaining your spot website.
Retirees
Upon retirement, CU Boulder retirees are entitled to keep their email account and IdentiKey. Learn more about retiree support.
