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Updating Initial Password<\/h2>\r\nYour first password is assigned by SUNY OER Services or Lumen, and is fairly generic. You should update it to make it more unique to you as soon as possible.\r\n\r\nTo do so, log into your Lumen textbook website. Then, hover over the user profile information at the top right of the Dashboard page.\r\n\r\n\"Screenshot\r\n\r\nFrom there, select \"Edit My Profile.\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe profile page offers lots of details you can update.\u00a0 You'll notice the \"Account Management\" area\u00a0towards the bottom of the page.\u00a0Click the \"Generate Password\" button to change your password.\r\n\r\n\"Lumen<\/a>\r\n\r\nA new, unique, secure password will be generated. If you feel comfortable using that new password, make sure you store it in a password manager or another way\u00a0so you can enter it next time you log in.\r\n\r\n\"Lumen<\/a>\r\n\r\nIf you would prefer to enter your own password, enter it over the generated password. If your password looks easy to\u00a0guess, you'll be asked to confirm that you're comfortable\u00a0using a weak password.\r\n\r\n\"Lumen<\/a>\r\n\r\nBe sure to click the red \"Update Profile\" button at the bottom of the page when you're finished.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Logging in from an LMS<\/h2>\r\nWhen you are accessing your course materials through an\u00a0LMS (eg, Blackboard, Canvas, or Moodle), you do not have a separate Lumen password\u2014all your access is through your regular\u00a0LMS username and password\u00a0that you can manage\u00a0using\u00a0your institution's normal processes.","rendered":"

Updating Initial Password<\/h2>\n

Your first password is assigned by SUNY OER Services or Lumen, and is fairly generic. You should update it to make it more unique to you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

To do so, log into your Lumen textbook website. Then, hover over the user profile information at the top right of the Dashboard page.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

From there, select “Edit My Profile.”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The profile page offers lots of details you can update.\u00a0 You’ll notice the “Account Management” area\u00a0towards the bottom of the page.\u00a0Click the “Generate Password” button to change your password.<\/p>\n

\"Lumen<\/a><\/p>\n

A new, unique, secure password will be generated. If you feel comfortable using that new password, make sure you store it in a password manager or another way\u00a0so you can enter it next time you log in.<\/p>\n

\"Lumen<\/a><\/p>\n

If you would prefer to enter your own password, enter it over the generated password. If your password looks easy to\u00a0guess, you’ll be asked to confirm that you’re comfortable\u00a0using a weak password.<\/p>\n

\"Lumen<\/a><\/p>\n

Be sure to click the red “Update Profile” button at the bottom of the page when you’re finished.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Logging in from an LMS<\/h2>\n

When you are accessing your course materials through an\u00a0LMS (eg, Blackboard, Canvas, or Moodle), you do not have a separate Lumen password\u2014all your access is through your regular\u00a0LMS username and password\u00a0that you can manage\u00a0using\u00a0your institution’s normal processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-32","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions\/428"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}