Changing Your WebAdvisor Password

As a BCC faculty member you may change your WebAdvisor password at any time, but you will probably be forced to change it at least once, so it is important to know how the password process works.

Voluntary Password Change

If you decide to change your password, for any reason, you will first have to login to WebAdvisor and then click on the Change Password link from the WebAdvisor for Faculty menu. You will then be presented with the following screen:

1. In the first box type your username.
2. In the second box type your old (current) password.
3. In the third box type the new password you wish to use.
4. In the fourth box type the new password you wish to use again.
5. Optional - In the fifth box type a password hint.
6. Click the "Submit" button once and wait for the system to respond.

Password Rules

• Passwords are case sensitive - this means that upper and lower case characters are recognized as different by the system. Thus, the password Qxr1Vy is not the same as qxr1vy since the Q and V in the first one are in uppercase.
• Passwords must contain a minimum of six (6) and a maximum of nine (9) characters.
• Passwords must contain at least one letter and at least one number.
• Passwords may not contain any of the following characters: semi-colon (;), slash (/), question mark (?), colon (:), concatenation symbol (@), ampersand (&) or equal sign (=).

Forced Password Change

There are several conditions that will force a BCC faculty member to change their password:

• Usually, the very first time you ever log onto WebAdvisor, using your default password, you will be forced to change to a self-selected password.
• If the Office of Information Technology (OIT) ever resets your password to the default (which is usually only done at your request) you will be forced to change to a self-selected password the next time you login.
• You may be forced to change your password every 120 days for security reasons.

If you are being forced to change your password by the system the process and the screen you see will be very similar. However the screen may say that your password has "expired." This can be confusing, since this may be the very first time you are logging into the system, or OIT may have just reset your password. How can a "brand new" password expire? Simple! The default password expires every time you use it!

If you have questions about how this process works, and need training or information, please feel free to contact the Educational Technology Center.

If the process is not working, or you need your password reset, please contact the Office of Information Technology.

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