Communicating with the University
Student Email
The University communicates with you primarily through your student email address. You can also forward your student email to a personal account. Details about Student Email and forwarding can be found here.
It is important that you check your email regularly!
This email address is used to communication with you by:
- Student Administration
- your lecturers
- the Library
- Blackboard (if your paper uses it)
it is also used for printing (see below)
Your logon password and PIN
In addition to your username, you will also be assigned:
- A password (to access online services such as eVision, Blackboard)
- A four-digit PIN (for Dunedin computer lab access)
Change your Password
This password should be changed to a combination of letters and numbers that are secure (eight or more characters is ideal). You can change your password:
- at Identity Self Service
- in eVision under Settings, Change Password
- through StudentIT:
- phone 03 4695170
- email studentit@otago.ac.nz
- chat on facebook.com/uostudentit
Your new password will apply to all online services: Internet access, student email, online library resources, Blackboard, the University Podcast website, and on-campus student computers.
Printing via Email (only when on-campus)
- Create a new email.
- Attach your print job(s). You don’t need to type anything except the printer’s email address which is:
- printme.black@otago.ac.nz (for black and white)
- printme.colour@otago.ac.nz (for colour)
You can pick the job up from any of the UniPrint printers around the Dunedin campus. There is a similar email address for printing on our Invercargill, Wellington or Christchurch campuses.
Printing is one of the many reasons why your student email account is so important when you are on any of our campuses.
eVision Student Management System
eVision is the name of the student administration system. To access eVision, go to: eVision. You will have already used eVision when enrolling for your 2018 papers.
From your eVision portal you can also access the following:
- Student webmail
- Blackboard
- Library