CruzID Gold and Blue Passwords

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QUESTIONS? If you have any questions regarding the CruzID Gold or Blue passwords, please contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

What is CruzID? FAQ 1268
Your CruzID is your UCSC account, sometimes referred to as your username, that gives you access to many IT services at UCSC such as email, wireless networking, WebCT, and ResNet. Example: bslug@ucsc.edu - the "bslug" is your CruzID.

Everyone at UCSC-- faculty, staff, students --are issued CruzIDs when they are hired or enroll. People who have been at UCSC for a while may know their CruzID by other names: "UCSCID," "Cruzmail account," "CATS account," or "username."

Students are assigned a CruzID upon enrollment. They activate their account via the portal at my.ucsc.edu. Faculty accounts are usually created before they arrive on campus as part of hiring process. Faculty should contact their department or the ITS Support Center for information about the status of their CruzID after they arrive. Staff apply for a CruzID on their first day of work.

If you don't know your CruzID, you can look it up in the online directory.  If you don't know your CruzID password, please contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

How do I get a CruzID? FAQ 1269
Students are assigned a CruzID upon enrollment. They activate their account via the portal at my.ucsc.edu. Faculty accounts are usually created before they arrive on campus as part of hiring process. Faculty should contact their department or the ITS Support Center for information about the status of their CruzID after they arrive. Staff apply for a CruzID on their first day of work.

If you don't know your CruzID, you can look it up in the online directory.  If you don't know your CruzID password, please contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

How is CruzID associated with CruzMail? FAQ 1270
Your official email address at UCSC uses CruzID in the form of: CruzID@ucsc.edu.
This is the address used for all official campus communication, including academic, employment, and benefits status. Official communications will not be sent directly to other email addresses. If you prefer to receive your email at a different email address, you may arrange to have it forwarded at Forward Mail. You will need to know your CruzID and password to forward your CruzMail.

What is the CruzID Blue password? FAQ 1271
The CruzID Blue password is a new name for a familiar password. Naming passwords this way makes it easier to know which one to use. The CruzID Blue password is used to access CruzMail, CruzNet, WebCT, ResNet, or other common campus applications. You access these systems by logging in with your CruzID (your username) and Blue password (existing CruzMail password). Whenever you see the CruzID Blue password icon on a login web page, use the same password you have always used for accessing these systems. If you are new to UCSC, when you see the CruzID Blue password icon, use the password you created or were given when you created your CruzID.

How do I get a CruzID Blue password? FAQ 1276
When you are given your CruzID you also create or are given your CruzID Blue password. If you are a student you create it when you activate your CruzID. If you are a faculty or staff, you are given your CruzID Blue password when you are hired. If you forget your CruzID Blue password, contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

What is a Claim Code? FAQ 1282
A claim code first enables you to login to CruzID Manager. When staff are hired, they receive a claim code on their first day of employment. For students, their first password is set when they activate their CruzID. If you are a new faculty member and you forget your password or don't know your claim code, contact the ITS Support Center. Everyone uses the claim code to login to CruzID Manager and change their password. If you forget your password, contact the ITS Support Center and you will be given a claim code, which you will use to login to CruzID Manager and change your password.

How do I change my CruzID Blue password? FAQ 1279
You change your CruzID Blue password from the CruzID Manager at https://cruzid.ucsc.edu/. Login with your CruzID and Blue password. From the Main Menu, choose "Change CruzID Blue password." Enter your new password twice, click submit. A confirmation page will let you know you’ve changed your password. Changes are effective immediately. If you don’t know your CruzID Blue password, contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

What applications use the CruzID Blue password? FAQ 1272
The CruzID Blue password is used to access familiar applications and systems such as CruzMail, CruzNet, ResNet, WebCT, GARP, the ITS Instructional Technology lab computers, and the unix timeshare systems.

What is the CruzID Gold password? FAQ 1273
The CruzID Gold password is a different password than CruzID Blue, and is used currently to access certain UC-wide systems. Over time, the CruzID Gold password will be used for UCSC applications.

How do I get a CruzID Gold password? FAQ 1277
Before you begin to use an application that requires the CruzID Gold password, you will be given instructions for how to create and use the CruzID Gold password at the time you use the application.

What applications use the CruzID Gold Password? FAQ 1274
The CruzID Gold password is used to access certain UC-wide applications and systems. The first applications to use the CruzID Gold password will be UC Ready, which is a business continuity tool, a Learning Management System for training required of all UC employees, and a UC-wide travel Web site.

How do I change my CruzID Gold password? FAQ 1288
You change your CruzID Gold password from the CruzID Manager at https://cruzid.ucsc.edu/. Login with your CruzID and Blue password. From the Main Menu, choose "Change CruzID Gold password." Enter your new password twice, click submit. A confirmation page will let you know you’ve changed your password. Changes are effective immediately. If you don’t know your CruzID Gold password, contact the ITS Support Center: Submit an IT Request, email help@ucsc.edu, or telephone (831) 459-HELP (4357) (campus ext. 9-4357).

Which applications do not use the CruzID Blue or CruzID Gold password? FAQ 1275
Systems that require a unique password and do not use CruzID Blue or Gold, include: CruzTime, CruzPay, CruzBuy, IT Request, and any Active Directory sign-ons to windows computers. However, in time these systems may be converted to use CruzID Gold password.  

How do I create a password that meets the password criteria? FAQ 1278
CruzID Blue and CruzID Gold passwords must be eight characters long, and contain at least three of the following: an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number, and a symbol or special charter. CruzID Blue and Gold Passwords must be different from each other. Password Policy