Basic Online Services for Students, Faculty, and Staff
Your 51²è¹Ý Username is valid for the duration of your affiliation with the University of Hawaii. Students must be currently enrolled in good standing; faculty and staff must be current employees of 51²è¹Ý. For eligibility requirements and procedures for obtaining an 51²è¹Ý Username, see 51²è¹Ý Username Practices.
Your 51²è¹Ý Username provides you access to the following online services:
Note: This list of services is not exhaustive. There are many other online services that leverage the 51²è¹Ý Username for access.
- - Your 51²è¹Ý Username provides access to Google Apps for Education, which include , , and .
- Gmail - Your 51²è¹Ý Username becomes your Internet email address. For example, John Doe with 51²è¹Ý Username jdoe will have an email address of jdoe@hawaii.edu. You can access your 51²è¹Ý email on any computer on the Internet with a Web browser using . Client software, such as Thunderbird ( or ) or Outlook (), can also be used to access your email account, and you can even .
- Calendar - Your 51²è¹Ý Username is also linked to , which is a fully-featured calendaring solution. You can access your calendars using a web browser, or .
- Drive - Your 51²è¹Ý Username provides access to , which can be used for file storage, file sharing, and collaboration.
- Google@51²è¹Ý Storage Policy - Your Google@51²è¹Ý storage quota is based on your current affiliation. /askus/1882
- Google@51²è¹Ý Service Availability Matrix - Your 51²è¹Ý username can also provide access to Google Consumer Apps. Some features are only available for Faculty/Staff licenses. View the
- Campus Wireless - Each campus offers a for faculty, staff, and students to utilize, with your 51²è¹Ý Username and password being used for access.
- - This academic portal contains links to many online services for 51²è¹Ý faculty, staff, and students.
- Password Administration - You can for your 51²è¹Ý Username online. Password administration also includes management of your secret questions and answers. You can fall back on these if they are wisely chosen to allow you to recover from losing or forgetting your password.
- First.Last Email Alias - Faculty and Staff may for use on business cards, or other professional purposes. For example, John Doe may designate john.doe@hawaii.edu as an alias for his regular 51²è¹Ý email address, jdoe@hawaii.edu. This service is not currently available for students.
- Spam Filtering - Spam is unsolicited email messages sent to your email account. Spam is also referred to as "unsolicited commercial email" and "unsolicited bulk email". They range from harmless advertising to potentially offensive (complete with pictures). Spam is very similar to "junk mail" that you receive in your regular postal mailbox. See Spam at the University of Hawaii.
- Software Downloads - Faculty, staff, and students of the 51²è¹Ý community may online, including anti-virus software for PCs and Macs. ITS licenses anti-virus protection software for all institutional and personal computers. Take the time to install the software and keep up with the free updates supplied via the Web.
- 51²è¹Ý Online Directory - An online directory of 51²è¹Ý faculty and staff is provided to students, faculty and staff to help members of the University keep in touch.
- Personal Webpages - Your 51²è¹Ý Username permits you to create a personal homepage on the World Wide Web. John Doe with 51²è¹Ý Username jdoe would create a homepage at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jdoe.
- Student Employment - Students and 51²è¹Ý employers have access to online services using their 51²è¹Ý Username and depending on the requirements of Student Employment offices. Visit for more information.
- Mailing Lists - A mailing list is a tool for communicating with a specific group of people via email. Mailing lists are useful for discussions and announcements. Faculty and staff may for a topic directly related to the academic and/or administrative work of the University of Hawaii.
There is normally no charge for a 51²è¹Ý Username or the above services. Please note, however, for Non-Credit students: due to the manual processes of creating and maintaining 51²è¹Ý Usernames for non-credit students, there will be a nominal assessed fee to create accounts for programs that want their students to have a 51²è¹Ý Username for email or access privileges. Previously ITS was absorbing the costs, but regrettably now needs to pass on the costs. Fee is set at $10 per 51²è¹Ý Username per semester of full service. For additional questions, please call the ITS Help Desk and ask to escalate to a staff member.
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Password Administration:
Email Services:
First.Last Email Alias:
Spam at the University of Hawaii:
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Software Downloads:
Online Directory Listing:
Personal Web Pages:
Student Employment:
Mailing Lists:
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