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 Welcome! This section highlights the initial steps and resources that will connect you to the lab. It also has links to more specific lab guides. Please let me know if anything is out of date, or if you have suggestions! - %%MvdM%% Welcome! This section highlights the initial steps and resources that will connect you to the lab. It also has links to more specific lab guides. Please let me know if anything is out of date, or if you have suggestions! - %%MvdM%%
  
-1. If you don’t have one yet, establish your university identity. You need to be “in the system” before you can do any of the other steps. If you are a Waterloo student (undergrad or grad) with a student number, you are OK; if you don’t have one, see [[people:​contactlist|Jennifer Collins]]. If you are a visiting student or staff member (e.g. postdoc), see Jennifer Lehman. The outcome of this should be that you receive “%%WatIAM%% credentials” (username and password; student# if applicable).+1. If you don’t have one yet, establish your university identity. You need to be “in the system” before you can do any of the other steps. If you are a Waterloo student (undergrad or grad) with a student number, you are OK; if you don’t have one, see [[people:​contactlist|Jennifer Collins]]. If you are a visiting student or staff member (e.g. postdoc), see [[people:​contactlist|Jennifer Lehman]]. The outcome of this should be that you receive “%%WatIAM%% credentials” (username and password; student# if applicable).
  
 → send %%MvdM%% an e-mail with the subject “%%WatIAM%% credentials” and your username in the message body. If you are a Waterloo student, also include your student number. → send %%MvdM%% an e-mail with the subject “%%WatIAM%% credentials” and your username in the message body. If you are a Waterloo student, also include your student number.
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 Important! Get into the habit of checking that the door to any lab space is locked when you leave. The Biology building is publicly accessible 24/7 so the door locks are our only defense against theft and vandalism. Important! Get into the habit of checking that the door to any lab space is locked when you leave. The Biology building is publicly accessible 24/7 so the door locks are our only defense against theft and vandalism.
  
-3. All computers use the mvdmlab account; the current password is ozomatl1. (This arrangement is required for MATLAB licensing.) Read the ComputingGuide ​before using a lab computer for anything beyond the steps in this document.+3. All computers use the mvdmlab account; the current password is ozomatl1. (This arrangement is required for MATLAB licensing.) Read the Getting Started section of the [[computing:​computing|Computing guide]] ​before using a lab computer for anything beyond the steps in this document.
  
 4. Get a uWaterloo e-mail account. I use “mailservices”,​ but you may prefer “exchange”. Sign up [[http://​ist.uwaterloo.ca/​istweb/​email.html|here]]. Your e-mail address should be XXXX@uwaterloo.ca,​ where XXXXX is your %%WatIAM%% username; you can request aliases if you don’t like your %%WatIAM%% username. See the Science helpdesk if you have trouble. 4. Get a uWaterloo e-mail account. I use “mailservices”,​ but you may prefer “exchange”. Sign up [[http://​ist.uwaterloo.ca/​istweb/​email.html|here]]. Your e-mail address should be XXXX@uwaterloo.ca,​ where XXXXX is your %%WatIAM%% username; you can request aliases if you don’t like your %%WatIAM%% username. See the Science helpdesk if you have trouble.
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