September 20, 2023

Happy Fall Term, Dragons! Need help with navigating Drexel resources such as your Drexel Connect, DrexelOne, Drexel Learn, WIFI, your Drexel email, and how to avoid scams? Check out these helpful tips from Drexel's Instructional Technology Group (ITG) below!

Drexel Connect & DrexelOne

Drexel Connect provides a convenient way to access multiple Web services by signing in just once.

Students, faculty, and professional staff can connect with their Drexel account credentials. Once connected, you can access any Drexel Connect service—including DrexelOne, Drexel Learn, and Bannerweb—without entering your credentials again.

Until you disconnect from Drexel Connect or close all of your browser windows, your computer will remain connected. When you are finished using these services, sign out of all services that are open in other tabs or windows and click the "Disconnect" button on the Drexel Connect page. This will prevent anyone else from accessing your accounts using an open session on that computer. For added protection, please close all browser windows (and quit the browser if it's still running), especially if other people have access to that computer.

DrexelOne is a one-stop shop for accessing personal, academic, financial, and career information. Access to other services requiring sign-in, such as the University Libraries, commuter links, DragonCard funds, and vendor-discounted software also are provided within DrexelOne.

Through DrexelOne students can access:

• Academic advisor information, transcripts, DegreeWorks, Term Master Schedule, Course Registration, and Current Courses
• Steinbright Career Services and Co-op Support
• Campus+Community tabs
• Access to Drexel personal information, including financial aid, course schedules, billing, pay stubs, performance management, employee development workshops, discounted software, and more
• Role-based tabs for employees, students, and faculty
• Update your information with Drexel Alert and Drexel Guardian, Parking, student organizations, housing, and more

Log In to Your DrexelOne Account

Drexel Learn

Drexel Learn is where students can access their courses, coursework, and grades.

To access Drexel Learn, go to the Drexel Learn sign-in page at: learn.drexel.edu. If you have official Drexel credentials that you use to log in to DrexelOne, choose "Sign In with Drexel Connect."

The latest version of all modern browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari) work with Drexel Learn. There can be differences in the ways that individual browsers behave and render content, so it is recommended to have at least two browsers available in case issues arise.

Log In to Drexel Learn

WIFI & Cisco AnyConnect VPN

DragonFly3 is the University's preferred wireless network. It is supported on computers, tablets, and phones. DragonFly3 is available to all students, faculty, and staff with a current University user ID and password (same password you use to log into your Drexel email and Drexel Connect portal). Click here to learn more about setting up Drexel's WIFI network.

The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, used for off-campus access, establishes a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) between your computer/mobile device and the campus network when connected to WIFI. This connection grants access to restricted computing resources at Drexel, such as file servers, databases, Web sites, and privileged applications such as E-Forms. Download Cisco AnyConnect and learn more.

Email

Drexel matriculated students and all paid Drexel faculty and professional staff are provided with email service through Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 offers better Web and mobile device support, calendar and contact integration, 50 GB for storage, and improved email security. 

Your Drexel email is the official means of communication between Drexel and students. Students are expected to check and respond to emails daily.

Set up your Drexel Email

Best Practices for Keeping Your Drexel Accounts Secure:

• Practice strong password management.
• Never share your password.
• Update your password at least annually.
• Log out of public workstations before departing.
• Beware of "Phishing" scams. Drexel will never request your account information via email.
• Change your password immediately and contact accounts@drexel.edu if you suspect your account has been compromised.

Avoiding Online Scams

One of the most common scams that target Drexel students via email are job posting scams. Sent via unsolicited offers directly to student accounts or even showing up in online job listing websites, fake job postings are attempts to steal your personal information and potentially drain your bank accounts. If you are suspicious of a job posting or email, don’t hesitate to contact the Steinbright Career Development Center.

How to Recognize a Scam

You may expect that the job posting you are looking into is a scam if the email or job posting contains any of the following:

• Does not indicate the company name/the employer contact information.
• Comes from an email address that does not match the company name.
• Offers to pay a large amount of money for very little work.
• Requests personal information from you such as Social Security Number, bank account numbers, credit card details, copies of your passport/license or other documents during the interview process.
• Requires you to transfer/wire money from one account to another, or to purchase any type of gift cards.
• Offers you a job without ever interacting with you.
• Offers to send you a check before you actually start working.

How to Avoid a Scam

Here are some things that you can do to protect yourself from a scam:

• Visit the organization’s website: if the organization in question doesn’t have a website or the website doesn’t seem to match the advertised job, there may be cause for concern.
• Use personal contacts, LinkedIn, or other networking sites: use any connections you may have that can help you find inside information about the company.
• Be suspicious of poor communication skills of the employer: be careful when an employer cannot communicate accurately or effectively on the website, by email, over the telephone.
• Don’t pay any application fees that may be requested from you: legitimate employers, including the federal government, will never ask you to pay to get a job.
• Never bank on a "cleared" check: no legitimate potential employer will ever send you a check and then tell you to send on part of the money, or buy gift cards with it.

Drexel's Information Technology's (IT) website

Take a FREE Training

Review Drexel’s Information Security team resources, best practices and available training.

Protect yourself and others against cyberthreats such as phishing and job scams. Take the Drexel University Security Training (D.U.S.T) training and receive your SANS security training certificate! Access the training at https://drexel.litmos.com/. For any security related questions, please contact informationsecurity@drexel.edu.