Get a ProtectNetwork ID

Those outside the UW community can use many of the Catalyst Web Tools using a ProtectNetwork ID.

What is ProtectNetwork?

ProtectNetwork is an independent Identity Provider service. They provide open standards-based, federated, online user identities (ProtectNetwork IDs). ProtectNetwork IDs enable authorized access to Web applications, like the Catalyst Web Tools, that are protected with open standard technologies such as Shibboleth or OpenID. In other words, after registering with ProtectNetwork, they will vouch for you when another online service using the same technology wants to verify your identity.

What does a ProtectNetwork ID allow?

The Solstice -based Catalyst Web Tools—namely Collect It, GoPost, Group Manager, QuickPoll, ShareSpaces, UMail, and WebQ—are now accessible with a ProtectNetwork ID. You can grant ProtectNetwork ID users access as either a participant or a collaborator in these tools. For example, your co-instructor from another university can now comment on student papers in a Collect It dropbox; your research colleagues can collaborate on documents using SharedSpaces or download survey results from WebQ; or your guest lecturer can read and respond to student questions on a GoPost discussion board.

Get a ProtectNetwork ID

To register for a ProtectNetwork ID follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Catalyst Web site at www.washington.edu/lst.
2. Click Web Tools Login at the top of the page. You will move to the "Catalyst Tools Login" page.
3. Select ProtectNetwork and click Next. You will move to the ProtectNetwork login page.
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   Click Register Your UserID to get a ProtectNetwork ID. You will move to the ProtectNetwork ID registration page (shown at the right).
5. Complete the registration form, entering the required information, such as your email address, desired username, and password information.
6. From the "Self-Asserted Role" menu, select "Unaffiliated." Leave the "Sponsor Code" field blank.
7. You must check the box next to the statement "I accept and agree with ProtectNetwork Terms of Service" to continue.
8. Click Register UserID. A message will inform you that an email message will be sent to the address you provided.
9. Check your email account for this confirmation message and either click the link in the email or copy and paste the URL into your Web browser.You will be taken to a page confirming that your ProtectNetwork ID activation was successful.
10. To log in to Catalyst Web Tools, repeat steps 1 - 3. Enter your new ProtectNetwork ID and password on the ProtectNetwork login page. You will move to your Catalyst Web Tools account page.
    You must enter through a Catalyst tools URL in order for ProtectNetwork to know that you wish to log into the Catalyst system.