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Bowdoin's password requirements plus strategies for creating strong, memorable passwords — including passphrases, password managers, and common patterns to avoid. Applies to all students, faculty, staff, and emeritus accounts.

Instructions for adding a Bowdoin email account to the Microsoft Outlook desktop app on Windows. Covers adding the account, authenticating at the Okta login, completing the setup prompts, and activating Office with a Bowdoin account. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using a Windows computer.

Instructions for configuring the Microsoft Outlook desktop app on macOS with a Bowdoin email account. Covers getting started, signing in with a Bowdoin email address, authenticating at the Okta login, and adding the account. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using a Mac.

How to use Speechify, the text-to-speech tool licensed by Bowdoin, to have PDFs, documents, and web pages read aloud. Covers logging in through Bowdoin single sign-on at login.bowdoin.edu (Okta), adding content by file, text, or web link, adjusting the voice, language, and speed, and using the browser extension and mobile apps. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Step-by-step instructions for signing in to LinkedIn Learning from a web browser, covering first-time login, subsequent logins through the Bowdoin login portal, and direct login from the LinkedIn Learning website. Explains the optional step of linking a personal LinkedIn account. Applies to all current Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Steps for faculty and staff to activate Druva inSync backup on a Bowdoin-issued computer. Covers installing the inSync client, launching it, signing in with a Bowdoin email address through Okta single sign-on, and adding the computer as a new device so the first backup begins. Works on both macOS and Windows.

Explains the ways to log in to Workday for Bowdoin faculty, staff, students, and friends and family, either directly at workday.bowdoin.edu or through the Bowdoin Login Portal in Okta. Describes the Workday Home Page and how to return to it from anywhere in Workday. Applies to anyone with access to Workday.

Instructions for signing in to Atlassian Confluence Cloud, hosted by Atlassian and using Bowdoin single sign-on. Covers reaching the sign-in page from the Bowdoin login portal or directly, and signing in with a Bowdoin email address through Okta. Applies to Bowdoin users who have been granted access to a Confluence Cloud space.

Explains what BoardEffect is and how Board of Trustees members and President's Office staff set up a Bowdoin account and sign in through Okta single sign-on. Covers authorization, account setup, accessing the BoardEffect tile from the Bowdoin Login Portal, and first-time Okta setup. Applies to authorized Board members and President's Office staff.

Instructions for signing in to ArcGIS Online in a web browser using your Bowdoin login credentials, including entering the Bowdoin College organization URL. Applies to all Bowdoin staff, faculty, and students.

Explains how to set up Okta Desktop Password Sync on a Bowdoin Mac so the local computer login password matches the Okta account password. Covers requesting access for older computers, registering through the single sign-on extension, and enabling Okta FastPass. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff using a Bowdoin-issued Mac.

Instructions for enabling Touch ID fingerprint authentication on a Bowdoin-issued MacBook Pro, including adding one or more fingerprints and choosing what Touch ID can be used for, such as unlocking the Mac, authorizing installs, Apple Pay, autofill, and as a factor for Okta Single Sign-On (SSO). Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students with a MacBook Pro that has a Touch ID sensor.

Instructions for signing in to the Claude apps with a Bowdoin account using single sign-on through Okta, on the web, desktop, and mobile. Covers confirming you are in the Bowdoin workspace and what to do if sign-in fails.

Instructions for enrolling a YubiKey hardware security token as an additional multi-factor authentication (MFA) factor in Bowdoin's Okta system. YubiKeys are distributed by Bowdoin IT for specific use cases and must be enrolled before use.