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Getting Started with Computing at Mines

Your EKey with the user name assigned to you or your Campus Wide ID (CWID, we pronounce it 'quid'), unlocks and activates access to various resources and services at Mines.


If you lose, misplace or forget to bring your EKey card, please contact us:
 
Computing, Communications & IT (CCIT)
(Formerly known as Academic Computing & Networking)
Computer Commons
CT 156A
(303) 273-3431
 

Students

    Students should activate the following three accounts:
     
  1. MultiPass/E-Mail Account: To activate and start using your Mines E-Mail account (and MultiPass) go to http://newuser.mines.edu/email/
     
  2. Trailhead Campus Portal: Activate this account to access a variety of administrative and academic services such as your schedule, registration, drop/add, grades, bills, calendar, Blackboard, and other campus services. Go to http://newuser.mines.edu/trailhead/
     
  3. ADIT (MS Windows Domain): Activate this account to use classroom, lab & desktop machines around campus including most academic departments. Go to http://newuser.mines.edu/adit/
     

Faculty & Staff

    Faculty & Staff should activate the following four accounts:
     
  1. ADIT (MS Windows Domain): Activate this to use classroom, lab & desktop machines around campus including most academic departments. Go to http://newuser.mines.edu/adit/
     
  2. E-Mail Account: To request that your Mines E-Mail account be activated go to http://helpdesk.mines.edu/exchange.shtml
    Your ADIT account must be activated in Step 1 before your e-mail account can be activated.
     
  3. Trailhead Campus Portal: Activate this account to access a variety of administrative and academic services such as your pay stubs, benefits, course rosters, grades, calendar, Blackboard, and other campus services. Go to http://newuser.mines.edu/trailhead/
     
  4. (Optional) MultiPass: Activate this account to access Unix/Linux accounts and other services managed via the campus Unix authentication server. (E.g., Linix domains/labs in Physics, MACS, Geophysics; personal web page editing; campus VPN services; etc.) Go to http://newuser.mines.edu/unix/
     


What is my Mines MultiPass?

For assistance, submit a support request via the Mines Help Center or call (303) 273-3431.