Checklist: Before You Arrive

1. Review computer recommendations and consider the Cornell Store for your technology needs.
2. Activate your NetID and set your NetID password recovery email.
   • Learn more about your NetID, including what services it can give you access to.
3. Set up Cornell Two-Step Login
4. View your registration, enrollment, student financials, course options, and more
5. Select an email system to access your Cornell email.
6. Register for campus Wi-Fi with eduroam
7. Activate your Cornell Zoom account
8. Uninstall filesharing programs to avoid copyright infringement risks.

How to: While You Are Here

• Get IT Support
• Protect your devices and stay safe online
• Connect to campus Wi-Fi (eduroam)
• Visit the university's computer labs to work on projects, print, or use software you don't have
• Download the Microsoft Office suite for free
• Find licensed software
• Learn new skills for free with LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft
• Use these tips to spot email scams
• Use Canvas to access course materials
• Install CU Print and find CU Print printers on campus
• Book a study space (quiet space, Zoom space, or small group space)
• Register a Device That Doesn't Have a Browser (Video Game Consoles, Smart TVs, etc.)

Learn About Collaboration Tools

• Zoom
• Cornell Secure File Transfer
• Microsoft Teams for chat, video, and file collaboration

Protect Your Data, Identity, and Privacy

Identity theft is real

• Is your NetID password strong enough? Find out here.
• Report if your NetID password is compromised.
• Apply best practices to your mobile device.
• See examples of phishing emails that have been spotted at Cornell.
• Use Cornell's VPN (virtual private network) service when you need to connect to campus resources that would otherwise be unavailable from distant networks.
• Make sure your computer has antivirus software.

Research Tools

Qualtrics Survey Tool

Cornell provides a survey tool, Qualtrics, for use at no cost by Cornell students, faculty, staff, and retirees. Users can create and distribute their own surveys and gather information in support of the university's educational mission and organizational goals.

CCSS

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences is a strategic partner who can help take your research to the next level with a full continuum of tools and expertise. We offer a range of support, technology, and collaboration in each of our focus areas: data services, research, computing resources, consulting, and training.

CAC

Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing offers staff and students research education and outreach, as well as computing and consulting services that range from HPC systems and storage to programming, database development, and web portal design.