Your student computer account and Internet quota
- What is a student computer account?
- How do I activate my student computer account?
- What do I need to have to activate my student account?
- Where can I go to activate my student account?
- Internet usage
- Quota system on student home drives
What is a student computer account?
Your student computer account is the username and password you use to gain access to various information services provided by Charles Darwin University, including:
- Accessing computing lab PC's (to research and complete assignments, or if the units you are taking are taught in the labs)
- Accessing the Internet from the PC labs or library
- Accessing your student email account
- Accessing Learnline
- Accessing the library databases and receiving notices about overdue books from the library
- Accessing MyStudentInfo, your online student information from the Callista Student Management System.
How do I activate my student computer account?
Activate your account through My computer account. You can activate your account by entering your student number at 'Check and Activate/Update Your Online Services'. If you need assistance contact ITMS Support on 8946 6600.
What do I need to have to activate my student account?
You can activate your student account if you have a current enrolment to study in the current semester.
Important note for students under the age of 18: Should you be studying at the university and under 18 years of age, you will need to provide formal approval of a parent or guardian before your account can be created. Access the approval form (.pdf) and return to ITMS Service Desk, Red 3, Casuarina campus.
Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files. Get Adobe Acrobat reader.
Where can I go to activate my student account?
You can activate your account from any Internet access point. Your home or work Internet connection will be fine, or any of the free Internet access points provided on Charles Darwin University campuses.
Access points include the 'kiosk' machines, most of which are in the Information Centre, and any of the computers in the General Purpose Computing Laboratories. Use the username 'kiosk' and the password 'cdukiosk'. This is a general access computer account and will do nothing more than open a web-browser for you to use.
Internet usage
As per University Policies, By-Laws, and Federal Legislation, the University monitors Internet usage by both staff and students to limit inappropriate use. Examples of such inappropriate use include:
- Pornographic material
- Peer-to-peer traffic such as Bittorrent, and including applications such as Limewire, Azureus, uTorrent, Emule, or Shareaza
- Excessive levels of downloaded files, due to either direct downloading or excessive use of streaming sites such as YouTube or GoogleVideo.
Furthermore, if other types of inappropriate use are reported, the dean of your faculty may request an audit of your Internet and email usage. Other examples of inappropriate behaviour include harassing or abusive email messages to fellow students or staff.
You are responsible for the activity associated with your internet account. If you are found to be responsible for inappropriate use of the Internet without justification, your Internet account will be suspended/terminated pending review by the dean of your faculty and the Director of the Information Technology and Management Support Division.
Quota system on student home drives
Please be advised that the quota system has been re-introduced on student home drives. Technical issues resulted in ITMS disabling the previous quota system set at 100MB including email for students.
The new system provides 200MB for file storage and an additional 200MB for mail. Any student requiring more than 200MB is encouraged to contact ITMS support on 8946 6600 or itms-support@mail.cdu.edu.au.
Unfortunately quotas are required to restrain a small minority who are abusing the University storage systems and adversely impacting the provision of services for all students.
| Student File Quota: | 200MB | Student Mail Quota: | 200MB |
| Post Graduate File Quota: | 500MB | Post Graduate Mail Quota: | 200MB |
Please note: File and mail systems are separate and the quota is not transferable between them.
