• User-id: first-initial+last name (typically), last name+first-initial (common), last name (possible), leading 8 characters of last name (in case of long names), other (sometimes)
• Password: last four digits of the student’s ID number + initial character of firstname + initial letter of lastname.
• First-time log in: the system will prompt for a change of password.
• Previous users of CIS accounts: old username and password.

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