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ITS info Useful for All Users:
We are providing the links below which offer important information that should prove to be useful for all computer users here at Canisius College. You can scroll your way down the page or use the links below to jump down to a specific section.
  1. Canisius Password
  2. Get on the Canisius Wireless Network
  3. Access your Canisius Network Storage (H: drive )
  4. Establish a Remote Session with Canisius ITS using TeamViewer
  5. Maintain your Personally-Owned Computer(Antivirus, AntiSpyware, etc.)
  6. Buy Computer Hardware & Software for Personal Use

Canisius Password
Your Canisius Username (NetID) & Password will be used to log into everything on campus, including your Canisius email, the ANGEL learning management system, and the 'Secure Area' of Banner.

Since this password provides access to so many campus resources, it is important that it be very secure. In an effort to establish "strong" passwords, all new passwords must meet the criteria below.

Password Requirements:
  • At least 8-characters long. (Mac users need EXACTLY 8-characters.) 
  • A mixture of alphabetic letters and numbers
  • At least one "special character"
    • Allowed special characters are:  
      ! # % * + - / : + ? and _
    • Disallowed special characters are:  
      @ $ & “ ( ) , < > ` = ; and the space character
  • Passwords are also case-sensitive so it is good (but not required) to include both upper and lower case letters.
Password Links:
Get on the Canisius Wireless Network
Wireless access to the Canisius network is available in most places on campus. This means that a Canisius User or Guest with a properly equipped laptop computer can access the Internet without connecting to an Ethernet jack.
Access your Canisius Network Storage (H: drive)
All users at Canisius are provided with an allotment of network storage space. One advantage of this is the ability to get to your files from more than one computer across the campus network.

On-Campus
Access to your Network Storage
  • Windows users:
    When logging into a college-owned Windows PC, users will automatically be connected to their network storage. This network storage will appear in "My Computer" under the heading "Network Drives" or "Network Location" and will usually be designated (H:)
  • Mac users:
    Please follow the Mac OS X instructions located in the "Web-Based" section below
Web-Based
Access to your Network Storage Table of URLs
Needed for reference when making your web-based connection
User Type URL to Enter
Student https://netdrive.canisius.edu/student
Faculty https://netdrive.canisius.edu/faculty
Staff https://netdrive.canisius.edu/staff
ITS Staff https://netdrive.canisius.edu/compcent
Departmental https://netdrive.canisius.edu/deptlib


    Establish a Remote Session with Canisius ITS
    using TeamViewer
    On occasion, when you call the ITS Help Desk, the technician may ask for your permission to use "remote control" software in an effort to solve your problem.

    Using TeamViewer, the ITS Help Desk can remotely control any computer as if they were sitting right in front of it. When asked, all you have to do is download & run a small application, which doesn't even require installation or administrative rights.

    Download & Run:

    Download TeamViewer QuickSupport for Windows
    Alternate link to the Windows file

    Download TeamViewer QuickSupport for Mac
    Alternate link to the Mac file

    Maintain your Personally-Owned Computer
    While the college-owned computers are supported and maintained by Canisius College ITS, you may have a personally-owned computer that needs attention. The following are tools and resources that we use regularly; you may find them very helpful as well.
    Buy Computer Hardware & Software for Personal Use
    Recommendations for new Windows and Macintosh purchases as well as information about educational discounts on computer hardware & software.

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