SalukiNet is actually a Web portal to a variety of SIUC student services, other University information, and
more. However, when referring to the name "SalukiNet," many people mean the Your Records portion
of it, which is a secure application allowing you to access some of your SIUC student records. The focus
of this discussion will be on the Your Records portion of SalukiNet.
The student records which are available on SalukiNet are stored in SIUC's mainframe Student Information
System (SIS) and are accessible via a link between the mainframe SIS and the SalukiNet server. SalukiNet
was first unveiled at SIUC in 1996 and has incorporated various upgrades and additional features from our
SIS vendor since then, including a major facelift of its appearance in September 2002 and a more recent
update in February 2005.
What student records can I find on SalukiNet?
An overview of the SalukiNet menus is available
here. Basically, you can find out student records
about yourself that are maintained by the offices of Records & Registration, Undergraduate Admissions, Bursar, and Financial Aid. If you have questions about any of these records, there
should be contact information at the bottom of the SalukiNet screen in question to direct you to the
corresponding office that maintains those records about you.
How do I access SalukiNet?
Since SalukiNet is a Web-based system, virtually any computer with access to the Internet and recent Web browser software --
including computers in Morris Library, the Computer Learning Centers, and other computer labs on the SIUC
campus -- should allow you to be able to go to oldsalukinet.siu.edu
and log into and use SalukiNet.
Minimum requirements for optimal use of SalukiNet can be found
here. These requirements have been updated effective February 2005. However,
earlier versions of Web browser software than those noted -- particularly Netscape Navigator 4.x and 6.x -- may
still display information properly for most SalukiNet functions. Also, some newer browsers such as Firefox and
Safari should also display information properly for most functions.
Because SalukiNet is a secure application, you will need to know your 9-digit Student ID and your 4-digit
PIN in order to log into the system. New students are initially assigned a random PIN and are normally informed
of it in writing at the time of admission or registration. More information on PINs can be found
here.
Since SalukiNet's main page was given a new look in March 2004, if you need help in logging into
SalukiNet, detailed instructions are available
here.
I can't log into SalukiNet and get a message that I have a PIN
problem ... what do I do?
First, be sure that you typed in your Student ID and PIN correctly. Try to enter it again more slowly. If
you get the same error message, then stop. Maybe if you go away and come back later, you'll remember your PIN,
and then you'll be able to get in without a problem.
If you keep attempting to log into SalukiNet and get an error message five times, you'll be locked out of
SalukiNet and will have to get your account unlocked. This is designed as a security precaution so that someone
can't attempt to try all 9,999 possible PIN numbers and "hack" into someone else's SalukiNet account.
If you get locked out or if you just can't remember your PIN, you'll need to contact staff in the Registrar's
office in Woody Hall. That contact information is available
here. Please contact that staff
directly using the information on that page, since contacting the "Webmaster" or anyone else will only delay
resolution of the issue.
Remember, don't share your PIN with anyone, because it's your key to these student records. No one else should be
accessing your student records on SalukiNet except for you ... not even your parents or your spouse. And the staff
in the Registrar's office will not unlock your SalukiNet account for anyone except for you.
Finally -- and, yes, you'll find this said over and over in a lot of places ad nauseum -- please be sure to
periodically change your PIN number to help increase the security of your SalukiNet account.
After a few minutes, I got a message about 'allowable idle time'
and I had to log back in ... what's that about?
Once you've logged into SalukiNet, the system tracks your activity every time you click through the system
and request some information. When you go longer than a few minutes without requesting information -- that
is, when you exceed the 'allowable idle time' -- the system attempts to time you out as a security precaution. Thus,
if you are in a computer lab or other shared environment, and leave the computer and forget to logout, this helps to
prevent someone else from accessing your student records.
Effective February 2005, before the system will time you out, it will display a pop-up box asking if you would
like your SalukiNet session to continue. If you refuse to answer this prompt, or if you take too long to answer this
prompt, the system will still time you out, and you will need to log in again in order to continue to access your
records in SalukiNet.
When you are finished using SalukiNet, it is always, always, always a wise idea to actually log out of SalukiNet by
clicking on the Logout tab in the upper right of the screen. Then, as an additional precaution, go ahead
and close the Web browser software so that someone can't try to hit the Back button and attempt to see what
you were last looking at.
How does SalukiNet differ from UniLink?
UniLink was our touch-tone telephone system that also allowed you to access some of your SIUC student
records. UniLink was first unveiled at SIUC in late 1993 and was retired in Fall 2003.
Obviously getting your records by pressing buttons on a telephone keypad and then listening to a recorded voice
speak back the results was not as quick and easy as typing and clicking on your PC and getting back a screen of
information which you can print out. That was a limitation of the UniLink technology. Another limitation
was that some of the data on UniLink was not as "real-time" as that on SalukiNet, and was updated only after
overnight SIS processing.
On the other hand, UniLink had allowed for some form of student self-registration since Fall 1994, while that
functionality for SalukiNet was introduced as a pilot project only in 2002, and was finally made available
to the larger SIUC community in Fall 2003.
What are my options to obtain my student records if I can't get to
SalukiNet?
SalukiNet is normally available around the clock 7 days a week, except for Sunday mornings. (Exact hours can be
found
here.) Your academic advisor
is always a good source for answering questions about your academic progress. And even more detailed information
can be obtained by going to Woody Hall and stopping by one of the four offices noted above to speak with
someone directly.
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