User Switching

The Mac OS X operating system allows multiple users to be logged in at the same time on one computer. This feature is called User Switching. See the steps below on how to use this feature to allow your students to login on your machine to give presentations without giving access to your user account. Students can login using a generic login account or they can use their regular student login account.

1. When another user would like to log in on the same computer. (Instead of logging out completely, you can follow these simple steps.
2. Go to top right of screen and click on your username
3. A drop-down menu will appear.
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5. Choose Student or Login Window from the list.
   1. Student - for a generic Student login account (useful if student simply wants to show a presentation from a USB drive)
   2. Login Window... - if the student wants to login using his/her usual login account (useful if he/she has something in the account to retrieve)
6. The Student account password can be found in an email to teachers or from the IT Dept.
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8. When the student is done, the student MUST LOGOUT completely, or else you will not be able to logout of your account until you provide the password for the Student account.
9. If the student tries to switch back to the teacher account, they will be asked to enter the password, so access to the teacher account is blocked. (PLEASE NOTE: This is not meant to be a substitute for supervision. Students should not be allowed on staff computers without supervision. The staff network is filtered for internet access using a different set of policies. The staff network also has access to certain servers in which students should not have access.)