Account Management

 

  1. Western Identity
  2. SSC Network Access

1.  Western Identity

Your Western Identity is assigned to you upon application to Western as a student or when you become an active employee of Western. More info is available on the ITS Website. You must first have a Western Identity in order to get access to the SSC Network.

2. SSC Network Access

Who is Eligible for Access?

  • Students currently registered in the Faculty of Social Science (Main Campus), or currently registered in a Social Science course (Main Campus) for which the instructor requests SSC Network class access. Class access terminates at the completion of a course.
  • Faculty & Staff members in the Faculty of Social Science (Main Campus).
  • Guest and Special UWO community members working on projects that require use of the SSC Network, who have sponsorship by a Social Science department. Special members who do not have Western Identity, must be sponsored for an associated person account through Human Resources.

What privileges are available on the SSC Network?

  • access to any UWO services, such as e-mail and wireless
  • personal disk space on a file server (1 GB for graduate students; 300 MB for undergraduate, faculty, and staff)
  • computing rooms designated for Social Science only.
  • the Internet
  • on-campus printing facilities (fee for service)
  • a wide variety of software and information services.

How to get your SSC Network access:

  • Students currently registered in the faculty of Social Science are automatically granted SSC Network access. Students currently registered in a Social Science course will be given SSC Network access when the instructor makes the request to SSNDS using the Course Access application form. Users log onto SSC Network computers using their Western Identity username and password and have access to software and services on the SSC Network.
  • Social Science faculty & staff members will automatically be granted SSC Network access the day after their account is created by ITS. Users log onto SSC Network computers using their Western Identity username and password and have access to software and services on the SSC Network.
  • Guest/Special UWO Community Members may complete an application for SSC Network Access online or in the SSNDS Main Office, Room 1008, SSC. Members must have a Western Identity. Special members who do not have Western Identity, must be sponsored for an associated person account through Human Resources.

SSC Network Access Application Forms: