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Password Center

Password Guidelines

Your password is the first line of protection for your account. It not only protects your e-mail and other files from being used by others, it also prevents others from sending e-mail in your name. Do not give your password to anyone or write it down in a place where others can find it. (Be sure to read our Rules and Policies.)

Follow this link for a complete guide on selecting passwords.

What Passwords to Change

Most Trinity students and employees have at least TWO passwords, one for logging on to the University's network including E-Mail, Tiger's Lair, and TigerPaws another for Blackboard. The Tiger's Lair password allows students to logon to the campus portal and access e-mail and TigerPaws online. TigerPaws enables students to check their grades and register for classes. Employees can use TigerPaws to check leave balances and view position descriptions. Faculty can use TigerPaws for grading and class listings.

Some departments (such as Engineering and Computer Science) have Unix-based computers for use by their own students.

NOTE: Netscape Mail, Eudora, Pegasus, and other POP mail readers pull mail off of a host computer on your behalf. If you change your password on the mail host, you must also change the POP mail settings on your computer.

Instructions also appear below for Datatel users who connect through FrontView.

Instructions for Changing Passwords

The following instructions apply to the computers operated by ITS.

  • Change the Windows domain password on a Windows XP/NT/2000 computer
  • Change the Windows domain password on a Macintosh computer
  • Change the Blackboard password

    • Password Problems

    If you have enrolled in the Trinity Password Reset Site, you can reset your password if you have forgotten it by answering the 3 questions you submitted when you enrolled. If you forget or have trouble with your password and you have not enrolled, you must appear in person with your Trinity Photo I.D. card at the User Services Help Desk (Located on the main floor of the Library) for assistance. For your protection, the Help Desk cannot look up passwords but can change them.

    Change the Windows domain password on a Windows 2000/XP/Vista computer

    1. Go to:the Trinity password reset site
    2. Enroll if you have not already done so. This will allow you to reset your password if you forget it.
    3. Select the "Change Password" link
    4. Enter your User Name. Enter your old password in the Old Password box and the new password in both the "New Password" and "Confirm New Password" boxes. Both the new and confirm password must match exactly.
    5. The computer will confirm the change has taken place.

    Change the Windows domain password on a Macintosh computer

    1. Go to:the Trinity password reset site
    2. Enroll if you have not already done so. This will allow you to reset your password if you forget it.
    3. Select the "Change Password" link
    4. Enter your User Name. Enter your old password in the Old Password box and the new password in both the "New Password" and "Confirm New Password" boxes. Both the new and confirm password must match exactly.
    5. The computer will confirm the change has taken place.

    Change the Blackboard Password

    1. Logon to Blackboard at http://bb.trinity.edu in Internet Explorer.
    2. Logon with your existing username (i.e.. JSmith) and password.
    3. Click on Personal Information under the TOOLS subheading.
    4. Click on Change Password
    5. Type in the new password twice and click submit when finished. You will receive verification that your password has been changed.

     
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