Employee Password Reset
According to the District's Security Plan available at the SPIT Procedures and Guidelines website, employee passwords are administratively expired twice each year during March and October. This single password is used for the following systems: SURF, MiraCosta email and network access, Blackboard, wireless network access, sFTP and PeopleSoft Financials.
This reset DOES NOT change passwords for ATI Filer, SARS-GRID, SPOL, Resource25 or WebCMS -- click here for details of changing passwords for other MCC systems. |
To reset your password online:
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Ensure that pop-ups are enabled in the browser. |
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Go to P-Synch©, MiraCosta's Password Management System. |
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On the Password Management System | Self-service login page, enter your username in My Login ID, press Login. |
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On the Password Management System | Verify password page, enter the current password in Your Password and press Verify password. |
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[SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU DON"T SEE THIS SCREEN]
On the Password Management System | Your current challenge response Q&A page, complete the required steps and click Submit Changes. |
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On the Password Management System | What would you like to do? page, click Pick a new password. |
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On the Password Management System | Select a new password for [USERNAME] page, enter the new password in New password and retype in Confirm. Refer to the password criteria when determining your password. |
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Click Change my password. |
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On the Password Management System | Password change results page, click Close this window. |
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Please contact the Employee Help Desk (http://www.miracosta.edu/apps/helpdesk/) with any questions or issues about this process (helpdesk@miracosta.edu, 760 795-6850 or, ext. 6850).
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Password
Requirements
Password must include:
· at least eight characters
· at least one number
· at least two letters
· upper-case letters (A-Z)
· lower-case letters (a-z)
Password cannot have:
· more than two pairs of
repeating characters
· your username with the
letters rearranged
· personal information (e.g.,
last name, pet’s name,
child’s birthdate, etc.)
· spaces (can use the
underscore symbol _)
· control characters (e.g.,
return, tab, etc.)
Password
Recommendations
· Include at least 16
characters
· Include symbols
· Be a passphrase rather
than a password (i.e.,
write a full sentence for
your password) |
Employee Help Desk
P-Synch©: Password Management System
SURF for Employees: Help
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