Your Key to the System: Your Network Account

Your Employee Network Account (EmpID) login is usually your first initial, followed by your full last name.  Exceptions are made when the username is already used by another employee.  In these cases, the login ID is usually followed by the digit 2.  Login ID's and passwords are case sensitive, so make sure that you are typing these correctly.  You will always log on to the CCAC domain.

Your Network login and password also serves as your Outlook Email ID and password.  After you log on to the network, you can open Outlook and your inbox will automatically display, as long as Outlook has been configured for your use.  If you are using Outlook Web Access to log onto your email from home or outside the College, don't forget that you have to type "ccac\" before your Network login ID.

When you log onto the network, employees can also access both personal and shared network drives.  The F: drive provides a limited amount of personal file storage, which is available from any PC connected to the network.  The U: drive is accessible to users who must share files with others in your department.  Folders on the U: drive are assigned to users based on the rights requested by the department.

Passwords must be changed every 90 days.  Click here for instructions on changing your password.

FACULTY: Faculty may also adopt a secondary academic email account for communicating with their students.  The web-based academic email system is accessed at http://webmail.acd.ccac.edu.  Faculty will use their Network login ID and password to access their academic email box and web publishing.

NOTE: Faculty will require an Employee Network account in order to log in to College PC's or to use the Outlook Email system.

STUDENTS: Students are provided with a different type of network account to provide access to CCAC network resources.  They access computer services using the NetID account.  Students will use this network account to log in to College PC's, access their academic email account, publish academic web pages, and utilize library resources from off-campus.  Students who experience difficulties with their NetID or password should contact the Campus Computer Lab staff.

Your Datatel/ Colleague Account

If you are required to use Colleague (Datatel, MILO) in your job, you will be provided with a Colleague account.  The User ID's for Colleague are limited to 8 characters (usually your first initial followed by the first 7 letters of your last name).  To obtain a Datatel account, your supervisor must email the appropriate Colleague data owner, who will submit the request through the appropriate approvals.  You will be assigned to the appropriate Datatel security profile, which will determine to which screens you have update or inquiry access.

Your Colleague password will expire every 90 days and you will be required to change your password at these regular intervals.  Click here for instructions on changing your Colleague password.

APPROVALS:  If you are an Approver in the Purchasing system, you will set another password which is utilized by the approval process.  You will set or change your password using the APPW screen.  Create a password that is different from your Colleague password.  If you forget your approval password, you can just return to the APPW screen and set a new one.

CCAC Central

Change your password at any time, by clicking on "Create or Reset your CCAC Central Username and Password" link on any of the menus.   Your new password must be 6 to 9 characters in length and include both letters and numbers.

Instructions are found on our CCAC Central webpage.

ARC (Administrative Reporting Center)

To change  your password, click on the Change Password link located on the top right corner of the ARC menu. If you have forgotten your password, call the Helpdesk to request that your ARC password be reset.

Blackboard (Distance Learning)

Faculty and administrators may utilize Blackboard to teach an Internet or Web-enhanced course (pending approval from Division Dean and Department Head), enhance their traditional classroom instruction with web-based content and communication tools, or share information with members of their department.  Blackboard course sites are created by the Distance Learning staff.

To obtain a Blackboard account and/or course site, please contact Ross Donehue  at 412-237-6533.

Please be reminded that your Network account and password is also your academic email, web publishing and Blackboard password.  You may not change your password from within Blackboard.   See instructions for changing your  Network password.

Questions?  Blackboard is supported by the Distance Learning Center.  Call Distance Learning Support at (412) 237-6517 if you have questions or problems.

Your CMS account

Questions?  The CMS system is supported by the Webteam.  Email webteam@ccac.edu or call (412) 237-4571 if you have questions or problems.

Never share your password(s) with anybody else!!

If you give your password to someone, log in for someone else, or make your password public, you are compromising the security of the network, endangering your own files and communications, and violating ITS policies.  Keep passwords private!