1. Technological Tips and Tricks
September 6th, 2016
Orientation
Dalhousie School of Information Management

2. YOUR DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION
Banner ID:
B00######
Sometimes called a boo number or your Dalhousie ID
Use it for identifying yourself on assignments, exams, or university documents
Use it to access your Net ID
NetID:
Aa123456
Your original address
This is used to log in to most of the portals you will be using

3. NETID AND PASSWORD Your NetID and password provides access to:
Dal Online
MyDAL
Brightspace
Computer labs
Campus Wi-Fi
… and more
Activate your NetID and password at

4. DAL ONLINE Access it with: NetID and password Use it to:
Register for classes
Check your schedule
View and pay fees
Check your final grades
Get you official tuition receipt at tax time
Get your pay stub if you are employed by Dalhousie

5. MyDAL Access it with: Net ID and password Use it for: DAL email
Outlook Calendar
1TB of OneDrive personal cloud storage
Dalhousie News
Classifieds - buy, sell, carpool!
MyCareer – resource for job postings on campus and elsewhere
Sign up for emergency text messaging (e.g., school closures)
Dal resource for setting up your on your Desktop or Mobile device.

6. PERSONALIZED EMAIL ADDRESS
You can create a custom Dalhousie alias (e.g., rather than
Go to MyDal. Select “Find a Service”
Select “Personalized ” from the “Popular services” tab.
(Not Pictured) Create your own alias (e.g.
More information:

7. FORWARDING
Note: You must use your Dal address when ing anyone on Dalhousie business, i.e. SIM needs all of your correspondence to be How to forward your from a personal account to your Dal
Login to your provider (such as Gmail or Outlook)
Click “Settings” (Gmail) or “Options” (Outlook)
Click “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” (Gmail) or “Forwarding” (Outlook)
Type in your Dalhousie

8. OFFICE 365 PRO PLUS
Don’t have Office yet? Need Word and PowerPoint for classes? Dal has you covered.
Login to MyDal
Click the gear in the top right-hand corner and choose “Office 365 Settings”
Click “Install Status” in the left-hand menu
Click “Install Desktop Applications”
Click “Install” to begin the download
If prompted:
Choose Office 365 Account (should be option B).
Enter your and password.

9. BRIGHTSPACE Access it with: Net ID and password Use it for:
Interacting with your professor and classmates, organized by course
Online discussion (forum style) and for classes
Submitting work online
Links to assigned readings
Downloading the syllabus, guidelines etc.
Go to dal.ca/brightspace

10. BRIGHTSPACE NOTIFICATIONS
You can set up Brightspace to send you or text notifications for the following:
Content created/updated
Discussions
Dropbox: due date or end date is 2 days away
ePortfolio: feedback for your submissions
Grades
News
Quizzes: end date is 2 days away
To setup notifications, click your name on the top right-hand side of the screen, click “Notifications,” click the tick boxes for or SMS (or select both!), and click “Save.”

11. SIM WEBSITE - http://www.dal.ca/sim

12. SIMSA WEBSITE - http://simsa.dsu.dal.ca

13. ONEDRIVE
All students have access to storage space through Office 365 OneDrive
This free cloud storage is useful for assignments and readings
You can access your OneDrive, on or off campus, through the MyDAL portal
Login to MyDal with your Net ID and password
Click the icon in the top-left corner
Select OneDrive
OneDrive allows you to share documents with classmates or colleagues
You can also follow documents and get notifications whenever it is updated

14. GOOGLE DRIVE AND DROP BOX
Useful for storing and sharing documents
Allows for real-time group editing
Great for collaborating on projects
Not great at formatting
Useful for storing assignments and readings
Share files and documents with others
Drag and drop from any device
Group editing not available

15. GOOGLE CALENDAR
Keep track of your course schedule, assignment deadlines, and group meetings
Sync to all your mobile devices
Get reminders on your phone
Colour-code for maximum organization!
SIM maintains an official calendar, which you can access on their site.  Additionally, the SIMSA calendar is available in iCal and HTML, both of which are found on the SIMSA website.

16. APA CITATION STYLE
Lindsay McNiff created a LibGuide for SIM students. To see the APA citation style guide and more, visit

17. WIRELESS AT DAL – https://wireless.dal.ca
Connect to DAL-WPA2 using your NetID and password.
If it isn’t working correctly, try forgetting the network and re-authenticating.

18. COMPUTER LABS / PRINTING
How to print?
Printing costs are taken from your DalCard. To load money on your card, visit If you want to use debit or cash, you can add money to your card at Subway or Second cup in the Killam Library, or at the Dalcard office.
Can use NetID/Pass instead of swiping
Killam Library Learning Commons: tons of computer stations – both Mac and PC. The HELP desk is right there, and photocopiers are available. Can also print in Rowe 4001.

19. AND NOW FOR SOME OTHER THINGS…