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Change Students Password in Vista
Introduction
Keywords:
Vista, password
WebCTs Help for: Editing User Information, German Version, French Version.
WebCTs Help for: Editing User Information, German Version, French Version.
This page provides you with a step by step instruction for changing the user password. Further information can be found in Chapter 3, "User Records", Sub-chapter "Editing User Information" p.34 in Vista's Administrators guide (pdf, 2.1 MB). Get UN & PW at edutech Vista Support.
Procedure
Students adapt their password from the Course Liste in My Settings. Only Institution Administrator or Help Desk User for User Manager can change the password of another Vista User
- Go to User Manager
- Search for the concerned user
- Enter, for example, the name "Müller" on the right side into the value field.
- Set the drop down list for Column on the left side to "Last Name".
- Set the drop down list for Condition to "contains".
- Click Run Query
- Click on the underlined name of the user that appears (in the list)
- Select the button "Edit".
- Entre the new password and immediately note a copy of it into the mail for the user.
- Finish the procedure with Save
- Inform the user of the new password.