NYUHome Account

During the past few years, the Internet has become an integral part of Faculty, Administrators, Staff and Students' lives. It is used for everything from enrolling in classes to finding out one's grades, and especially as an enhancement to the learning process and academic communication, the Internet is an important part of life at New York University School of Law.

For all faculty, administrators, staff and students, an NYUHome Account is waiting for you. It's easy to use, free of charge, and active as long as you maintain your status. Use your account to send e-mail, to exchange information and ideas, explore the Web, download material from the Internet to your computer, create and publish your own Web page!

To active your NYUHome Account you will need your NetID. Your NetID is your unique identifier in letters and numbers for the NYU Computer Network. Activating your NYUHome account will give you entry to many new electronic intranet services that NYU is offering starting this academic year. Students who already have accounts with commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should still activate their NYUHome account as it will be like a key that you can use to find information on the University's Web that's of exclusive interest to you.

Members of the Law School community can access the NYUHome account from the computer labs and cyber café. As NYUHome accounts come with NYU-NET DIAL capabilities, for high-speed PPP dial Internet access from home, members of the NYU School of Law community can dial in from a modem-equipped computer.

Summary of the NYUHome Account
In summary the NYUHome account, gives Faculty, Administrators, Staff and Students with a valid NetID, the following:

Visiting Scholars at NYU School of Law for research must request a creation of a NetID.

NYUHome Page
NYUHome page integrates the University's intranet, University related sites, personal Web page and free email service. As well as an NYU-NET CD which contains the following software applications: Netscape, Internet Explorer, Eudora, WinZip, Acrobat Reader and WS_FTP.

A Free Email Account
Once the student activates their NYUHome account and NetID, the student automatically receives an email account with the following email address - NetID@nyu.edu

Faculty, Adminstrators and Staff who activate their NYUHome email account are encourage to place a forwarding rule from their NYUHome email account to their School of Law GroupWise email account.

Student must activate this email account because it will be the address the Law School community will use to communicate with you. If you prefer to use a non-NYU address please setup a forwarding rule.

Blackboard Access
Blackboard allows NYU Faculty to create a course environment on the Web without having to learn HTML. Blackboard allows faculty members to administer online course content without the need to purchase or learn a full-fledge web editing program. Blackboard also provides access to numerous interactive tools such as discussion boards, email lists, and online assessments that would be otherwise difficult to set up. Assignments, articles, messages, video clips, pictures, sound files, web site links and other information can be posted online and be accessible only to members of the class.

Blackboard course information is linked to the Student Information Systems. If you are properly registered for a course which has a blackboard component you will be able to see the link under the appropriate section of the NYUHome account. Blackboard is used to complement ad enhance faculty specific pedagogical goals.

NYU Dial service
The NYU-NET Dial service that comes with your NYUHome account lets you link by telephone and modem to the NYU-NET. With this link established, students can access the Internet to surf the web and check their NYUHome account email.

The NYU-NET Dial Service for off-campus students provides high-speed modem (56K Flex or V90 protocol) connections to the Internet, via (212) telephone call. If you live outside of the NYC area ((212), (718) & (646) area codes) this service will be the cost of a long distance call. The NYU Dial Service does not offer a 1-800 access number or access numbers from other area codes outside of NYC.

Windows 2000/XP operating systems are supported on the Dial service. ISDN and cable modems are not supported. This dial account is automatically activated when you activate your NYUHome account.

When Using NYU-NET Dial Up service:

Note: If you change your NYUHome account password the NYU-NET Dial up password is effected.