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Bear Access: Services

The Bear Access channel on uPortal.Cornell provides easy access to online services. Most services are available online through the portal; some services and applications require downloading and installation.

If you have not already installed a service, expand the Installers folder and download and run the installer associated with the service you want to use.

The fall 2008 Bear Access release requires:

  • Mac OS 10.4 or higher
  • Windows XP SP2 or higher

Mail and Directory Services

Email: Cornell offers three options for sending and receiving email.

Who I Am: Update your directory listing and set your preferred e-mail address.

Change Password: Set a secure NetID password.

Directory Search: Look up an e-mail address, phone number, or campus address in Cornell's directory.

Library and Research Tools

Library Gateway: Cornell library home page.

RefWorks: A database and bibliography tool.

Employee Services

Employee Essentials: Faculty and staff only. View your personal, employment, benefits, and payroll information.

Colts III: Student employees, nonexempt staff, and supervisors only. Use Cornell's On-Line Timecard System as an employee to record your work hours, or as a supervisor to approve hours recorded by your employees.

Approved Browsers for Colts III: Browsers approved for use with Colts III.

Network Tools

Cornell Log Download: Track your network traffic using this tool.

FTP Client: Move files between your personal computer and other computers (often called servers) using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This tool is especially useful if you maintain a Web site.

News Reader: Read and post messages electronically on Usenet, a worldwide electronic bulletin board that has discussion groups on thousands of topics. Among Cornell's most popular local groups are cornell.marketplace and cornell.rides.

Campus Hosts

Telnet: Access your accounts on Cornell's multi-user host computers, for example CornellC.

Student Services (Students only)

Just the Facts: Check your grades, course schedule, courses, classes, exams, financial aid information, and bursar and CornellCard accounts.

Classes Exams: Schedule of courses, classes, and exams.

Student Employment Services: Information about working at Cornell.

CoursEnroll: Manage your course enrollments: add, drop, and pre-enroll in classes.

CoursEnroll Feedback: Provide feedback for CoursEnroll.

Career Services: Career services for students, alumni, employers, faculty, and family.

Order a Transcript: Order your transcript.

net.Pay: Pay a bursar bill online.

Certification of Enrollment: Check your enrollment status.

Student Jobs and Internships: Postings of jobs and internships for students.

Course Technology Info: List of many course websites.

Student Tech Training: Computer and technology classes and tutorials available to students.

Faculty Services (Faculty only)

Faculty Advisor Info: Information about the Faculty Advisor tool.

Faculty Advisor: Use Faculty Advisor to view the grades, test scores, course schedules, addresses, and graduate information of the students you advise. Review and approve your students' course choices during course pre-enrollment.

Course Tech Info: List of many course websites.

Electronic Class Lists: Link to the college registrar directory. Contact the registrar for class lists.

My Accounts

ResNet Signup: Sign-up for ResNet, Cornell's fee-based Ethernet connection for residence halls.

EZ-Remote: Cornell's dial-up service.

Net-Print Account: Use Net-Print to send your documents over the campus network to laser printers located in CIT Public Labs and elsewhere. A fee is charged.

NUBB: Cornell's network usage billing system.

CUTV Subscription: Cable television programming delivered through your data network connection (to a Windows computer or television).

Telephone and Network Bills and Reports: View your bills online.

Manage Bills and Report Access Rights: Administrators only. Manage bill viewing access rights online.

Cornell Store

The Cornell Store: The Cornell Store home page.

Course Materials: Lists of course materials. Faculty and departments can submit orders online.

The Technology Connection: Order computers and software priced with the academic discont.

Digital Services: Cost-effective, high-quality copying and digital color printing services for university departments and individuals. Scanning and storage are also available.

Cornell Travel Office: Cornell's travel office.

Training

Technology Training: Training offered by CIT.

Register for a Class: Register for classes offered on campus including CIT, project management, and Human Resources.

Student Technology Training: Classes and tutorials available to students on computer and technology topics.

SkillSoft Online Tutorials: Online tutorials on technology topics.

Academic Technology Center: Provides access to state-of-the-art hardware, software, and other multi-media equipment for faculty and instructors to prepare course materials, or to develop an instructional technology project for a course.

Protect My Computer

ReadMe First (Windows Only): Important information about installing Symantec Antivirus software on your Windows computer.

Symanetc Antivirus Info: More information about using Symantec Antivirus.

Firewall Info: Information from the Cornell IT Security office about firewalls.

Spyware Protection: Information from the Cornell IT Security office about spyware protection.

Outreach

Cooperative Extension: Learn about Cornell Cooperative Extension and the many outreach programs and activities.

ILR Extension: Learn about the school of Indutrial and Labor Relations outreach programs and activities.

Updates & Extras

Get Macromedia Plugins: Find plugins and updates for popular Adobe and Macromedia products.

Get Acrobat Reader: Direct link to the Acrobat Reader download.

Help and Feedback

About Bear Access: Documentation and information about Bear Access.

Bear Access Release Notes: What's New in Bear Access 2008.

Getting Online: Instructions for getting online on campus.

Subscribe to Mailing Lists: List of some mailing lists of broad interest to the Cornell community including school closings and alerts about campus computing outages.

Installers

Bear Access no longer automatically updates services. When updates are available, the installers are in the Installers folder in Bear Access. You can run them as needed for your computer.