ONID - Account Activation Instructions

Question

  •      How do I activate my ONID?

 

Environment

  •      Oregon State University
  •      Employee, Student or Associate
  •      ONID account 

Resolution

Note - Once you have completed these steps to activate your ONID account, it may take up to 1 hour for your account to be fully available in some systems, such as Microsoft Office 365 email.

1. Navigate to https://onid.oregonstate.edu/

2. Click on "Activate your ONID

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Activate ONID screenshot

 

3.  Verify your identity by entering your OSU ID number and birth date, and click "Continue". 

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Screenshot showing user identification

Note: for problems with this step, please read the following KB article: Account Activation Issues 

4.Read OSU's Acceptable Use of Computing Resources Policy, and click "I Accept".

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Shows the acceptable user policy

 

5.  Choose a name format, and click "Continue".

NOTE: Depending on your name, you may see a different number of options.

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Shows Name Format screen

 

6. Enter a phone number and an email address that you control and have access to during the activation process.
These will be used for account recovery, in case you lose access to your account for any reason.  You may use one option, both, or neither option.  We strongly recommend you use at least one option.

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Shows Various options to recover account

 

7. Verify both account recovery modes by entering the 6-digit code you received.

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Phone and Email verification options

 

8. Set a strong password.

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Set Password Screen

 

9. This page indicates that your ONID account has been activated. Now, go sign up for Duo before the email reminders start!

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DUO verification screen

 

If you are having issues activating your ONID, refer to the article Account Activation Issues for self-service assistance. 

Assistance

For assistance, contact the Service Desk.