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Corporate Calendar

Corporate Calendar is a calendar and scheduling software application that can be used to schedule events, resources and tasks with users across McMaster University in order to coordinate meetings at convenient times, as well as receive reminders before scheduled meetings.

Apply and Purchase an account (please have your departmental 10-digit account number ready): https://caldepot.mcmaster.ca/register.cfm

Download Corporate Calendar: https://caldepot.mcmaster.ca/

End User license - $20.00/license/year

Ability to Synchronize your BlackBerry with Corporate Calendar - $30.00/license/year

Accessible 24/7 with the exception of scheduled maintenance communicated through the 'Technology Service Note' email.

Support available Monday through Friday 8:30am-4:30pm with the exception of University holidays.

Email ID

Employee

McMaster e-mail is available to all McMaster Employees. Supervisors must apply for an email account for their employees as soon as the employee number is issued. Currently there is no quota set for employees' email accounts and therefore careful management of one email is strongly advised. Any email accounts not accessed for longer than 13 months are subject to deletion without prior notice. McMaster email may be accessed through an email client (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird) or using a web interface (ability to access it through Internet).

Email is backed up and retained for 7 days. To request a restore please contact the UTS Service Desk via uts@mcmaster.ca

Student

Every registered undergraduate student is eligible to get a McMaster StudentMail email account powered by Google with 25GB of space. Your email account must be enabled in MUGSI before it can be used and can be accessed at https://studentmail.mcmaster.ca.

Every graduate student is also eligible to get a McMaster StudentMail email account powered by Google with 25GB of space. Your email account must be enabled in MUGSI before it can be used and can be accessed athttps://studentmail.mcmaster.ca

  • You must be a registered student in order to qualify for a McMaster email account. Once payment agreement is confirmed please log in to MUGSI and Enable your Mac ID services: https://adweb.cis.mcmaster.ca/cis/ahtml/login.htm
  • If the password is forgotten, you may reset it by answering your challenge questions (they were setup during the activation process) https://adweb.cis.mcmaster.ca/cis/ud4033
  • Users who have opted out of the migration to Studentmail by Google will continue to have their email on legacy servers. 
  • Undergraduate students that have opted out of the Google migration will log in at https://muss.cis.mcmaster.ca
  • Graduate email students that have opted out of the Google migration will log in at https://univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca


Alumni

Graduating students may choose to retain their McMaster email account. Alumni may also choose to forward their McMaster email to their personal email account without having the ability to send messages from their McMaster email account.


For more information on Mac IDs please visit our website: http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/macid/alumni_retiree_macid.html

Retiree

A retiring employee may choose to retain McMaster email account. Such email can be used "for life." Should such accounts become inactive for 13 months they will be deleted without prior notice.

 

Employee

Student

There is no cost for this service.

Alumni

There is an annual charge to maintain Alumni McMaster email account of $110/year. This amount is payable by cheque to UTS, McMaster University.

Retiree

There is no cost for this service.

Employee

Email accounts are setup within 3 business days from the day of submission of the application.

Student

Student emails are self-activated. Email service is available 24/7 with the exception of scheduled maintenance in the 'Technology Service Note' email.

Alumni

Email service is available 24/7 with the exception of scheduled maintenance in the 'Technology Service Note' email.

Retiree

Email service is available 24/7 with the exception of scheduled maintenance in the 'Technology Service Note' email.

MAC ID

MAC ID is McMaster username that is unique to an employee, student, visitor or guest and is used to access various network resources.

To change your MAC ID password visit:https://apps.mcmaster.ca/macid-self-management/password-change/index.htm

If the password is forgotten, you may reset it by answering your challenge questions (they were setup during the activation process) https://adweb.cis.mcmaster.ca/cis/ud4033


Employee

MAC ID is your McMaster username that is unique to an employee and is used to access various network resources such as:

  • Virtual Private Networking to McMaster
  • Network Shared Drives
  • use of on campus antivirus program free of charge
  • wireless access on campus
  • McMaster email account
  • Business Applications, e.g. MacViP, CHA, mandatory AODA training

An employee is eligible to get the MAC ID as soon as an employee number is issued by Human Resources. Employee's supervisor or area's administrator needs to submit an online application: http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/appforms/macid.html

Once MAC ID is requested and processed the employee for whom the ID was created is required to activate the MAC ID: https://apps.mcmaster.ca/activation/readme.jsp

Student

MAC ID is your McMaster username that is unique to a student and is used to access various McMaster resources such as:

  • MUGSI
  • SOLAR
  • UTS Student Labs
  • Wireless access on campus
  • McMaster email account
  • Avenue to Learn
  • Oscar
  • Online Voting System

A prospective student is preassigned a MAC ID upon applying to McMaster University. Upon a confirmation of the Acceptance Letter the student must Activate their MAC ID by going to MUGSI and supplying necessary information that is supplied to student in the Acceptance Letter.

  • New Students please follow instructions on our website to activate your MAC ID: http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/macid/index.html
  • Returning Students who continue their studies without taking leaves will have their MAC ID automatically extended every year.

Courtesy/Visitor

McMaster employees may have a need to provide a visitor who will be doing work for McMaster with access to McMaster resources. Such visitors may be visiting scholars and professors, consultants, etc. Courtesy MAC ID will have a restricted access to only some of the MAC ID services such as:

  • Virtual Private Networking to McMaster
  • Network Shared Drives
  • wireless access on campus
  • McMaster email account
  • Mandatory AODA training and Violence Prevention in the Workplace

McMaster full time employee may apply for a courtesy ID by submitting an online application: http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/appforms/macid.html

Once MAC ID is requested and processed the employee for whom the ID was created is required to activate the MAC ID: https://apps.mcmaster.ca/activation/readme.jsp

Guest

MAC ID is McMaster username that is unique to a McMaster community member and is used to access various network resources. As a visitor of the on campus activities, such as conference or training the visitor may be eligible to get a MAC ID from an organizing McMaster department. It will allow the visitor to:

  • Use your own laptop and McMaster wireless connectivity around campus
  • Use Internet access from a residence room

McMaster departments organizing events may request guest IDs in advance to be available to their guests. UTS will create requested amount of guest IDs and provide them to the organizing McMaster department for further management.

  • McMaster designate from the organizing department will get access to the Guest ID management tool in order to administer assigned guest IDs, such as password reset and ability to disable an account. https://cap.mcmaster.ca/mcauth/login.jsp?app_id=1123
  • UTS Service Desk will have the ability to extend such accounts should the organizing McMaster department request it.
  • A specific request must be made should the guest IDs require access in the UTS computer lab by emailing UTS Service Desk with such request via uts@mcmaster.ca.

There is no cost for this service.

Employee

MAC ID for employees is setup within 3 business days from the day of submission.

Student

MAC IDs for students are self activated upon MUGSI registration.

Courtesy

MAC ID is setup within 3 business days from the day of submission.

Guest

MAC ID for guests is setup within 3 business days from the day of a request by the McMaster Department to the UTS Service Desk via uts@mcmaster.ca.

MVS/Adweb ID

MVS/Adweb ID is required to access IBM Supersession (Mainframe) or one of the Adweb applications:

  • Admin Web Apps
  • Student Financial Audit Trail
  • Student Audit Trail
  • Fee Assessment
  • Admin MUGSI
  • Permission/Seat Authorization
  • View Limited Enrolment Stats
  • University Calendar
  • Programmes for Registration
  • Undergrad Course Timetable
  • Enrolment Management
  • T2202A
  • Payment Agreement Summary
  • UP Trans Summary
  • Academic Dishonesty
  • Bracers
  • UHIP

Adweb applications are accessed online at https://admoraweb.mcmaster.ca/appsmenu.htm

IBM Supersession is accessed through Hummingbird https://pinjap01.mcmaster.ca/hummingbird/

Tips on navigating within Supersession screen: 
http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/system_soft/ibm_mainframe/superses.html

Your supervisor must authorize the access to MVS or Adweb applications by sending an email to datasec@mcmaster.ca and request for access to be granted to an employee (Full Name, employee #, Mac ID must be provided) specifying the application that is required.

There is no cost for this service.

MVS/Adweb ID is issued the next business day upon receipt of your supervisor's e-mail request.

Oracle ID

Oracle ID is required for those who need to gain access to one of the Oracle applications:

  • Cheque Req
  • Purchasing Prints
  • Journal Entries
  • Class Lists
  • Scholarships
  • Trust Funds
  • FAS reports
  • Media Services
  • Labour Distribution
  • MURFI (Research Funding Database)
  • ATS (Academic Tracking System)

Oracle applications are accessed online at https://admoraweb.mcmaster.ca/appsmenu.htm

Your supervisor must authorize the access to Oracle applications by sending an email to datasec@mcmaster.ca and request for access to be granted to an employee (Full Name, employee #, MAC ID must be provided) specifying the Oracle application that is required.

There is no cost for this service.

Oracle ID is issued the next business day upon receipt of your supervisor's e-mail request.

Notice

Upgrade your MAC ID password today

McMaster is strengthening its password system and all MAC ID passwords established before February 19, 2013 must be changed.

  • Upgrade before
    May 29, 2013

Service Desk

Hours: Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Phone: 905-525-9140 x24357 (2HELP)
Email: uts@mcmaster.ca
Location: Main Campus BSB Rm. 245
Service Catalogue:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts

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