Activate NetID

Summary

This article is intended to serve as a guide to Activating your WWCC NetID account or the same steps can be used to reset your NetID password.

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Overview 

NetID provides access to campus Wi-Fi, log into campus desktops, and Microsoft Office applications.

Steps

Please note: The following steps can be used to set up your account for the first time or to do a password reset as well.

1. If you do not know your NetID account, please visit www.wwcc.edu/netid and select Account Recovery.

Accounts and Passwords landing page

2. Please enter your preferred email address used in ctcLink. This is typically your personal email used when you registered to Walla Walla Community College.

WWCC Account Support enter Preferred Email

 

3. An email will be coming from Okta with your NetID Username, please look for NetID Username this in that email.

4. Once you have your NetID username, please visit sso.wwcc.edu and enter your NetID username.

WWCC SSO login window

5. Once you have entered your NetID, please look for the "Forgot Password" option 

forgot password option

6. A verification screen will display a message about sending your reset code to your WWCC school email. This is true, but it also sends it to your person email. Your preferred email set in ctcLink. 

Please select "Send me an email" and visit your preferred email set on ctcLink. Look for an email from Okta.

Get verification email message

7. After you have received your security code and entered it, you'll be prompted to create your NetID password. Please take note of the password requirements.

8. Finally, after you have created your password, you'll be prompted to choose at least one method of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your account. Once you have chosen one method, you'll be return to the choices for MFA, if you choose not to enroll in more, you can proceed.

multi factor choices


Troubleshooting

Not getting email with account after selecting Account Recovery

  • Please ensure the email entered for account recovery is the preferred email matching that in ctcLink

Not getting email after selecting "Forgot Password"

  • Please check your NetID username is entered correctly

Details

Details

Article ID: 5470
Created
Fri 4/5/24 11:17 AM
Modified
Thu 11/14/24 12:38 PM

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