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SIS - Password Reset, Expiration, Temporary Password, or Forgotten Password
This document explains what needs to be done if a SIS user wants or needs to change their password.
This applies only to users who use a 3-character user ID or accounts starting with SIS- followed by NetID. It does not apply to users who log into SIS using their NetID.
Password Reset
- Log into SIS.
- Navigate to Change My Password.
Select the Nav Bar > Navigator > Change My Password
The Change Password page displays.
- Enter your Current Password.
- Enter your New Password using SIS - Password Rules.
- Re-enter new password in Confirm Password.
- Select [Change Password].
- At the "Your password has successfully been changed" message, select [OK].
- Your password has now been updated, and you are brought back to the Change Password screen.
To return to your main menu, select the Home image.
To sign out, select the 3 vertical dots, and select Sign Out.

Password Will Expire
When you log into SIS if you receive a message that "Your password will expire in X days." This indicates that your password is going to expire within 14 days. Follow this procedure to change your password now in order to avoid complications.
- Log into SIS.
- When this message displays: "Your password will expire in ## days. Would you like to change your password now?";
Select Yes.
- Enter your Current Password.
- Enter your New Password using SIS - Password Rules.
- Re-enter new password in Confirm Password.
- Select [Change Password].
- At the "Your password has successfully been changed" message,
select [OK].
- Your password has now been updated, and you are brought back to the Change Password screen.
To return to your main menu, select the Home image.
To sign out, select the 3 vertical dots, and select Sign Out.

Password Has Expired or Change Temporary Password
When you log into SIS if you receive a message that "Your password has expired." This indicates that you must change your password in order to access SIS. Follow this procedure to change your password.
- Log into SIS
- When this message Displays "Your password has expired."
Select Click here to change your password.
Note: If a new page does not load upon selecting Click here to change your password and you are running Internet Explorer, see here: Third Party Browser Extension Turnoff in Internet Explorer
- Enter your Current Password.
- Enter your New Password using SIS - Password Rules.
- Re-enter new password in Confirm Password.
- Select [Change Password].
- At the "Your password has successfully been changed" message,
select [OK].
- Your password has now been updated, and you are brought back to the Change Password screen.
Close your SIS browser window.
- Open your browser & log into SIS again:
Enter your User ID.
Enter the Password you just set.
Select Sign In.
Note: Every time you request a password reset you will have to follow this procedure of changing your password, logging out and then logging in. You will be forced to change the password before you can do anything else.
Third Party Browser Extension Turnoff in Internet Explorer
- Select the Tools menu.
- Select Internet Options.

- Select the Advanced tab.
- Uncheck "Enable third party browser extensions."

- Select [OK].
- Close all instances of Internet Explorer and relaunch the program.