Self reset of your EDIR password is only possible if you have
configured your EDIR account in support of self resets. If you have
not done so, contact your campus Help Desk to request a password reset.
The remainder of this document consists of two parts:
If logging for the first time or after a reset, click on either the
First Time Log In Page link or Password Self-Reset Page
link, as appropriate.
Click the Login button
Successful login results in a "Welcome" message.
Configure account with Private Question, Private Response and Email Account:
Click the [Personal Update] link
Click the (private update) link associated with Private
Question field (see "Add" section if value not already established)
(loads Private Update form)
Enter a value for the private Private Question.
Click the Submit button
Visually confirm your change
Click Personal Update link
(loads Personal Update form)
click the (private update) link associated with Private
Response field (see "Add" section if value not already established)
(loads Private Update form)
Enter case insensitive value for Private Response
Click the Submit button
Visually confirm your change
Click Personal Update link
(loads Personal Update form)
Locate Email Account field
(see "Add" section if value not already established)
Confirm, correct or enter value for Email Account
If you made changes to Email Account, click Post Updates button
Private Question is displayed to you during the self reset
process. It can be any word or phrase. Its purpose is to help
you remember the value you established for Private Response.
Private Response is something you must supply during the self
reset process. It can be any word or phrase, however, it should
be something that others would not easily guess or infer from
your Private Question.
If a value is established for Email Account, EDIR sends email
notifications after successful self resets and password changes.
NOTE: Update errors, if any, are reported at the bottom of the
Personal and Private update forms. Successful updates in the
Personal Update form are reflected in the "Update/Delete" section of
the Personal Update form.
Successful updates in the Private Update form can be confirmed by
clicking on the associated link in the "Private Items" section of
the Private Update form.
Select User Name Type
(EDIR unless other type of user name supplied)
Click the Continue button
Confirm you are the account owner:
Your Private Question is displayed only if you entered a correct
user name value and default password.
Enter the value you established previously for Private Response
Click the Reset Password button
The Private Response field is case insensitive. It matters
not what case you use when keying the value, only that the
value matches.
Successful self reset results in a 'Password successfully reset'
message. Failure results in a redisplay of the self reset Credentials
form.
Immediately following a successful self reset, you should login to EDIR
and reset your password (see steps 1 & 2 in the "Configuring" section
of this document).
A few important reminders...
Self resets can be performed only after you have established your
Private Question and Response. If you have not done so, then you must
contact your campus Help Desk to request and EDIR password reset.
When establishing a Private Question and Private Response, take care
that the question does not "give away" the response and that the
response is not easily guessed. Do not place your account at risk by
establishing obvious questions or responses.
EDIR relies on the value you establish for Mail Account. If present,
EDIR will send email notification whenever a self reset or password
change is successfully completed.
