Before requesting a guest account, please carefully read the Guest Network and Computer Account Policy. That document explains CS/IT's stance on guest accounts, our liability and yours, and lays out the requirements for requesting one.

Once you have read that document, to request a guest account online, Go to the CS/IT website and click on "Guest Accounts" in the bottom of the lefthand navigation menu. You'll be prompted to enter your NWU username and password. Once you're logged in, click "Request a guest account" to request an account. You will see a form that looks like this:

Enter a brief description of the users of the guest account, and select when you want the account to be available. The account will be activated at precisely the moment you select, so if you want some time to test the account before your event, be sure to build that in to your request.

When you submit that form, you'll have to agree to a contract that makes you responsible for the conduct of your guests and indemnifies the University. Agree to that, and you'll go a guest account information page:

You can print this page off and give it to your guests. If you lose it, you can return to the guest account area and use the "View Info" link to return to it:

Note that the account is not yet active! Specifically, it is in the status "Await Approval," which means someone from CS/IT still has to approve the request. (See a list of guest account statuses.) When the account request is approved, you will receive an email notifying you.

Assuming the request is approved, the account will be enabled for the period you requested. After you are done with the account, you must submit a list of the users of that guest account, or you will be unable to request other guest accounts.

Guest accounts are given on a per-event basis, not on a per-attendee basis. In other words, we will not create individual accounts for multiple guests at the same event.