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| Network IDs |
Unity is a campus-wide computing system that is used by NC State University students for a number of services, including email and calendaring, access to web-based services, access to computing resources such as computing labs, and authentication to a number of university applications and services. Engineering Online courses require Eos or Unity accounts/IDs in order to access the secured Online Course Materials. These accounts are created automatically within seven business days once students are registered in a course. The cost of the account to access online software and course materials is already included in your tuition payment. What is my Unity ID and password? Previously enrolled students will continue to use their old network ID. You can also send an email to help@ncsu.edu if you continue to have problems accessing the network. Your Password For example, if a new student's Campus ID is 000001234 and his or her birthday is July 28, the initial and default Unity password will be 12340728. The new password will also be assigned to existing Unity accounts that have never been used. |
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| Email Addresses |
You will also be given an e-mail address and account that can be accessed by going to http://webmail.ncsu.edu. Many professors and teaching assistants will send email messages and communicate via a list-serve using NCSU email accounts. Your NCSU email address will be your EOS ID @ncsu.edu. For example, Mary J. Crews email address would be mjcrews@ncsu.edu. If you have a personal or business email account, you may prefer to forward your Unity email to that address. For more information about email forwarding, see http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/email_messaging/forwarding.html |
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| Computer Specifications |
NCSU has recommended minimum specifications for computers used for classes. Depending on your computer needs, we recommend your computer meet or exceed the following minimum specifications below. A computer with greater capability (processor speed, RAM, disk capacity) and expandability will be more likly to run the software you require for Engineering classes. PCs must have an Intel-compatible 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive with 1 GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min.) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system should be Windows XP Pro. Real One Player Basic (available free below) and high speed Internet connection such as cable, DSL, T1 or LAN will be required for EOL courses. Course lectures are available on the web via streaming media or download. Individuals with 56K modems may not have the sufficient bandwidth to view streaming video lectures. Access to the web is required. MAC users must have a G4 processor with firewire and USB factory built-in, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB with 1GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system must be MacOS 10.4 (minimum) along with the above RealOne and Internet specifications above. For more detailed information on computer specifications and recommendations, please refer to http://www.ncsu.edu/it/compspecs/. Students enrolled in the Engineering Online program should download the following free software. Click on the link(s) below to download. Downloads: |
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Students, Staff and Faculty may also download a free
copy of Norton
Anti-Virus Software through a site license. This software is licensed
only for use on registered student, staff or faculty's personal computers. |
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