The new CatPAWs system provides greater security features than WebSTAR. --Linda Girard, Registrar

Students, faculty and advisors will soon say goodbye to WebSTAR and hello to CatPAWS, the new personal access to web services software.

Students will use WebSTAR the last time for Summer 2004 Pre-registration and Drop/Add. Fall 2004 Pre-registration and Drop/Add will be done on the new CatPAWS system

One of the biggest changes in using CatPAWS, which will have all the resources of WebSTAR such as billing, class registration, transcript information, etc., will be the use of the Bearcat Card ID Number as a username and a 6-digit numeric PIN for a password.

In addition, unlike with WebSTAR, students will enter a security question and the answer to that question, which will help them access their account should they fail to remember their password. Another key feature that differentiates the new system from WebSTAR is that the Pre-registration password that students get from their advisors, which allows them to register for classes, will be called an Alternate PIN. Unlike with WebSTAR, where the Pre-registration password was used only initially to enroll for classes, students must use the Alternate PIN each time they wish to Drop or Add a class.

Student documentation on how to use the CatPAWS system is available on the Client Computing On-Line Support web page.

The new CatPAWS system will go into effect for Fall preregistration on March 15.