Southern Polytechnic: Information Technology

Student accounts are generated after the Registrar’s Office adds a student to the student information system at the start of the first semester of enrollment.

New students can activate their network ID via the web at: http://accounts.spsu.edu/ (you must know your Student ID number and PIN to activate your account)

Students who have problems with their accounts can contact the HELPdesk at 678-915-4357 (xHELP) for assistance. Students at SPSU are given the following types of institutional accounts:

Email/Network ID

Your SPSU email/network ID gives you access to the SPSU email system, laboratory computers, , personal web space (“W:” Drive), network storage (“Z:” drive), and many other services. SPSU uses email extensively for campus announcements and other official communication. Access to SPSU email is available from off campus via an internet connection and web browser via the address: http://webmail.spsu.edu

Students use BANNER to check their grades, register for classes, pay tuition, and view their academic transcript. BANNER can be accessed via the web at: http://www.spsu.edu/registrar/registration.html

When you create a Workshop account/E-mail account a student web site is created for you. The contents are accessable inside Workshop enabled labs, everything inside the "W" drive is on your web site. This can also be accessed anywhere on campus by mapping a drive to "\\io.spsu.pri\yourUserID". For information about how to map a drive see our FAQ, drive mapping section. The web site is viewable by going to

http://students.spsu.edu/yourUserID

You can also find your page at: http://students.spsu.edu

or look up other students' web sites. There is a 2M quota on the amount of data you can store on this drive. At this time there is no way to remotely add/modify your site, this is mainly due to security concerns. The web servers do not support any server side languages, such as java, C/C++, perl, etc. But client side languages like JavaScript are not prohibited.

Students can save work completed in campus labs via the “Z:” drive. This drive is usually mapped to the local computer on most campus labs, but can also be accessible via the local area network by typing “\\io\” into either windows explorer or internet explorer. This folder also stores student “profiles” which include your own customizable desktop background, desktop files, and other software application data. This space is limited to 60 MB. Currently, there is no way to access this drive from off campus.

WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of Web-based educational environments. It is a medium for online learning. It provides tools for course management, communication, and collaboration. WebCT can be used to create online courses, or to publish materials that supplement existing courses. There is minimal technical expertise required from the instructor (a knowledge of HTML or a graphical web-page editor is helpful). WebCT is entirely web-based. WebCT does require the installation of JAVA in order for the software to work properly.