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New Student Information

Welcome to Barnard!

Get acquainted with the available technology resources, learn how to activate and access accounts, and prepare for your arrival on campus. Here are some important things to be aware of and to do before arriving on campus. 

Security Alert: Barnard Will Never Ask For Your Password

Every Barnard student is responsible for their own school accounts. Your account password is sensitive information. So, it is crucial that you remember it and that you do not share it via email or any other method. Barnard will NEVER ask students for confidential information via email. Therefore, never send sensitive information such as passwords, birth dates, and social security numbers to anyone via email, even if the source claims to be affiliated with Barnard College.

Acceptable Use of Barnard IT Services

With access to your Barnard account, any use of Barnard networks, systems, or services is governed by the Barnard Policy on Computer Use. In addition to this policy, sharing of unauthorized copyrighted material is strictly prohibited. Please review both policies and get acquainted with the expectations of computer use across Barnard.

Account Activation Information

Activate your Barnard Account
  • Create a password
  • Setup Multifactor Authentication via DUO
  • Access your Barnard email (gBear)
  • Access the Barnard Portal
  • Set up Password Reset Self Service

 

Barnard Accounts for the class of 2025 should be available for activation by the end of May 2021. All incoming first year and transfer/visiting students will receive an email from BCIT with information about how to retrieve their login/password once their accounts are ready to be activated, approximately two weeks after sending their response and deposit to Barnard.

Activate your account

  1. Find your 7-digit Barnard ID Number] and UNI (which you received via email from BCIT/Registrar).
  2. Navigate to Barnard's Self-Service Password Management Tool, password.barnard.edu, and choose "Forgot Your Password?"
  3. Enter your UNI and click Next.
  4. On the following pages, type in your Barnard ID number, your month and day of birth, and the last four digits of your mobile phone number, as prompted (this must be the same mobile number that Barnard has in our systems when you applied).
  5. On the final page, create your password, using the guidelines on the page.  When you have chosen a password and typed it in both boxes, click "Finish".

Setup Duo for Multifactor Authentication

  1. Download and install the Duo app from your Playstore/App store. (If you already have it, you do not need to download it again. You will only need to add the Barnard profile to your existing app.)
  2. Go to gbear.barnard.edu and you will get prompted for your Barnard username and password via OneLogin.
  3. Once you enter your credentials you will get prompted to setup Duo via a mobile device you will use as a secondary form of authentication. Follow the prompts as follows: 
  4. Click on Start Setup > Mobile phone > Continue > Input your cell phone number and check the box that this is the correct phone number. Continue > select Mobile Phone > Continue. Select: I have Duo Mobile> Activate through the app on your cellphone and follow the instructions.  You will need to open the Duo Mobile app on your phone, click on the plus sign (+) in the top right corner of the app and then scan the barcode with your phone, this should create a Barnard profile in Duo. Then click Continue on the computer screen.  
  5. It is recommended to setup Automatic pushes to your device by selecting "Automatically send this device a Duo Push" when prompted. At the Duo Security window, click on ‘Send Me a Push’. You can choose to check ‘Remember me for 12 hours’ to stay logged in. The Duo Push notification will show up on your phone screen, tap where indicated to view the available actions: Approve or Deny. Select Approve.

Login to the Barnard Portal

  1. Once you have successfully changed your password and setup Duo, you should log into the Barnard portal (portal.barnard.edu) with your new password to ensure you are able to access all content available to students. (If you receive a blank page stating that you do not have the "proper constituency" please email help@barnard.edu from your Barnard gBear email to open an incident report.
  2.  You should also return back to password.barnard.edu to choose your own self-service password reset questions, in the event you forget your password.  Click on the top link that says "Register for self-service" and follow the instructions to set up questions and answers that you can use to reset your password if you ever forget it in future.

Activate your Columbia UNI
  • Access Courseworks
  • Log onto campus lab computers
  • Print from your printing quota
  • Access Online Catalog for Columbia Libraries (CLIO)

For more information, visit the CUIT Account Activation page.

Mandatory Computer Setup

Mandatory Computer Setup provides your computer with the necessary security requirements to connect to our wireless network when you arrive on campus.

There are some steps that you can take before arriving on campus to ensure that your computer will be as safe as possible from viruses and other malicious programs. However, if you feel you need assistance, please visit Student Computing during NSOP.