What is OneTech?
Arkansas Tech University has been transitioning to a new information system called Banner. This new system will handle the work that the mainframe is currently doing such as student grades, financial aid, etc. OneTech gives students, staff, and faculty quick and seamless access to information stored in the Banner system. It will also provide access to the new e-mail system and a few other new applications such as Group Studio and calendaring.
What is a portal?
Most people who use the internet on a regular basis have probably already used a web portal without really knowing what it was. If you have a "My Yahoo!" or "My MSN" account then you have used a portal. A portal is designed to give you access to a wide variety of information that is meaningful and interesting to you and usually lets you customize what you want to see. The main objective of the OneTech portal is to give you access to all kinds of information related to your eductation and experience here at Arkansas Tech University.
OneTech FAQ's
Be sure to check out the OneTech FAQ's. You can find answers to common questions about the portal. You can also ask your own questions and have them answered.
Why am I getting a new OneTech ID?
In the past, students were issued an eID that looked like stu12345 (more commonly referred to as your "stu number"). Faculty and staff were issued an eID that was of the format firstname.lastname (i.e. john.doe). With the coming of the Banner information system and the OneTech portal there was a need to have a new ID for each person regardless of their role at Tech. The new OneTech ID will be used to login to most, if not all of the systems on campus, including computer systems, the OneTech portal, Blackboard, and e-mail. Your OneTech ID will be your first initial combined with your last name. If you have a common last name then your ID might end in a number as well. Because your ID is changing your e-mail address and computer login will change as well. For example, if your new OneTech ID is jdoe, your new e-mail address would be jdoe@atu.edu. You would also log into campus computers using jdoe as your username.
More information and resources for OneTech can be found on the OneTech Resource site.
