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All NAU employees and students should read and be familiar with the Appropriate Use of IT Resources policy. University IT policy manualAdditional Information
For other needs or if you are unsure if your student needs one of these accounts, please contact the Service Desk to discuss available options.
Student Employee Accounts at NAU
Overview
ITS provides a way for student employees to access Faculty/Staff resources (computers, shared drives, shared email accounts, etc.) by giving a student one of our two types of student employee accounts. The requirements of the student’s job determine the type of account a student needs. These accounts are not automatically issued and must be requested for a specific need because not every student employee needs one for his or her position. If a student receives a student employee account, it is to be used for the purpose of the student’s employment with NAU only.
Important Information for Supervisors and Student Employees:
- The student employee is expected to use this account during their employment with NAU for work-related purposes. The student should not use this account for any student-related activities.
- The supervisor must contact ITS when the student leaves their position to request removal of access to department information.
- These accounts help departments assign, maintain, and terminate access to resources like computers, shared drives, shared email accounts, etc. with little to no impact on the student’s educational accounts.
- These accounts are not replacements but additional accounts to accompany the student’s normal account.
Student Employee Account Comparison
There are two main types of accounts available to student employees.
- Student Employee Group Only
- Limited Exchange Student Employee
The charts below list the main differences between each account:
Student Employee Group Only Accordion Open
- The student will use this account to log onto office computers using NAU\[student’s UID].
- The student’s home drive will be mapped automatically
- The student may use their account to access the shared drives and other services where access has been granted. Requests to these resources must be done separately via a ServiceNow ticket.
Limited Exchange Student Employee Accordion Closed
- The student will use this account to log onto office computers using NAU\[student’s UID].
- The student’s home drive will be mapped automatically
- The student may use their account to access the shared drives and other services where access has been granted. Requests to these resources must be done separately via a ServiceNow ticket.
- Access to Microsoft Teams telephony.
- This account is not meant to be used for email communications outside of NAU’s Exchange environment.
- The student must check the email in their Limited Exchange account regularly for course-related emails. The student is responsible for forwarding any non-work-related email that they wish to keep to their student NAU Gmail account.
- Students who are required to send emails out for the job should use a shared mailbox.
- Limited exchange accounts do not provide a First.Last@nau.edu email address. To request a Full Exchange account, visit our Exchange Account webpage.
Account Expiration
SEAM accounts do not expire so long as the student is currently employed. Supervisors must submit a ticket to ITS to requesting the removal of department specific access in the event a student transfers to a different department.
Requesting An Account
Please fill out one of these forms and submit them to the ITS Service Desk via ServiceNow or email at ITS-SEAM@nau.edu. Please call the ITS Service Desk at 928-523-3335 with any questions.
