University Internet Account & Email
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1. Claim Your University Account (Required)
Your U of M ID number is a 7-digit number. If you were a student at the U of M in the past, you will continue to use that number. This number identifies you as the instructor of record for the specific classes you teach.
Your U of M internet ID is a combination of letters and numbers that is the first part of your U of M email address. You will need to know your internet ID and password every time you use your U of M email or log in to MyU to conduct your CIS business—check your class roster, enter grades, or access Canvas or the U of M libraries.
CIS will contact you with your U of M ID number and internet ID after your your U of M Human Resources Information Form has been processed.
Once you have received your U of M ID number from CIS, you can claim your internet account.
2. Enable Duo Security & Add a Device for Multi-Factor Authentication (Required)
After claiming your account, you will be prompted to enable Duo Security. Follow those steps, or use this self-help guide to Enable Duo Security as a New User.
3. Set Password Reset Questions (Recommended)
We encourage you to set password reset questions in case you need to recover your account.
4. Log into Your Email Account (Required)
The University of Minnesota uses U of M email addresses as its primary means of communication. In the midst of the many things you will receive from the University at large will be a few important things such as the summary results of the course evaluations submitted by your CIS students at the end of each of your classes.
We use your high school email address for communications about such things as student registration and reminders about professional development workshops.
When CIS needs to contact you with private student data, we use only your U of M email because we cannot control the security of all high school email systems.
Cohort Emails
Note that you will receive email from your cohort Google Group at both email accounts. We enroll you under both email addresses so you can respond from whichever account you happen to be in.
Important Emails
Please pay particular attention to emails from cis@umn.edu, kknudson@umn.edu, and cisenroll@umn.edu; they typically contain time-sensitive information or requests.
Log In to Your U of M Email
Go to mail.umn.edu or log in to MyU with your U of M internet ID and password and click on the email icon near the top.
Email Settings
See the Univeristy's guide to Gmail for topics such as: setting up email on a mobile device, email forwarding, and help guides.
5. MyU: Bookmark & Set Your Preferences (Recommended)
MyU (MyU.umn.edu) is the University's enterprise portal:
Record Privacy and Suppression
The University and CIS take the privacy of student records very seriously. Release of student information to third parties is regulated by Regents policy, federal law, and state law, and particularly by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Students and instructors are able to suppress their public directory information (that is, data publicly available: name; dates of enrollment and registration status; major, advisor, college, and class level; academic awards and degrees received) and limited directory information (information is made available to student groups, staff, and faculty at the University of Minnesota by request: mailing address, email address, and telephone number).
How to Suppress Your Information
Go to MyU, select “My Info” at the left. Here you can choose which piece(s) of information you want suppressed and click a button to enact the suppression of your data. (Note that One Stop can better assist students who suppress only their contact information than those who also suppress their enrollment data.) A step-by-step guide to Set Directory Suppression is available on One Stop.
All done? Return to the Instructor Roles and Orientation Checklist.