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Orientation Checklist
The University issues each student a "CWRU Network ID" for accessing email and other University services. Click here to access a form to register this account and receive your ID.
After registering your Case Network ID you will be able to login to your Case Google Apps Email account with your CWRU Username and Password to accept the Terms and Conditions from Google and access your mailbox.
After registering your Case Network ID you will be able to login to Canvas, the learning management system used by professors to post course assignments.
Rave Alert is the emergency notification system that enables CWRU to react and respond to emergencies. All students should register with the RaveAlert emergency notification system. For site name, enter "Case Western Reserve University".
Install FortiClient and register for DUO Two-Factor Authentication to access the CWRU network off campus.
Your orientation packet contains instructions for activating Lexis+, Westlaw, Bloomberg, and more.
Review the guide to familiarize yourself with the Wēpa system. Register your Wēpa account.
If your computer is connected to the Internet you should install virus and spyware protection software. For virus protection, CWRU offers Symantec Endpoint Protection for free. Follow the links below to download and install these programs.
While you are a registered student at CWRU, you can download a variety of software packages, at no or reduced cost, which the university has purchased and made available through site licenses with software manufacturers. You’ll find operating system upgrades; popular titles, such as Microsoft® Office™, Adobe® Acrobat Professional, and Symantec™ Endpoint Protection. Note: You will need to run VPN when accessing Software Center off-site.
CWRU’s strategic partnerships with many premier technology manufacturers allow the university to offer students cutting-edge technology products and services at significant educational discounts. Note: You will need to run VPN when accessing eStore off-site.
Legal Research Systems
Your orientation packet contains instructions for activating the following legal research accounts:
- Ask a librarian for the Student Access Code to CALI and create your account.
- If you register for free student membership in the OSBA, you get free access to the OSBA's Decisis database.
- If you register for free student membership to the CMBA, you get free access to Fastcase.
Protect Computer & Data
Access the Case Software Center to download Symantec Endpoint Protection for free.
Regularly backup your coursework and important personal documents, pictures, and music library to an external drive or web-based storage. Here are a few recommendations:
- Short-term backups: A USB keychain drive can store backup copies of your documents in progress. The drawback is that they are easy to lose.
- Long-term backups: USB-connected, external hard drive of equal or greater capacity than your laptop's hard drive. The drawback is that they are not made to be portable.
- Web-based storage solution such as your Case Google Drive.
- Log on to any law school computer and back up school-related documents to the "My Documents" folder. Your "My Documents" folder is backed up nightly.
- Visit the Software Center for information on purchasing Carbonite backup services.