Whether you are a new student, returning student, faculty member, staff member, or alumni, you need to activate your MyUWF/ArgoNet account prior to accessing MyUWF.
Active students and employees need to activate their ArgoNet accounts. Faculty, staff, and student ArgoNet accounts include access to services such as UWF Gmail accounts, ArgoAir, and eLearning.
The process for activating MyUWF and ArgoNet accounts is the same.
Do not use it for such things as signing on to personal cloud services, paying bills or anything that would require access to the account after you are no longer a student or employee. |
Go to my.uwf.edu and click 'Activate your account'.
Follow the directions given in the "Activate Your Account" step requesting your personal information.
You will be asked to provide your last name and birth date to confirm your identity.
After confirming your identity we will locate your username to activate. If successful, click "Activate Account" to proceed to through the activation process (proceed to Step 4).
In rare cases, multiple accounts may be available for activation. Select one and proceed to Step 4.
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If we cannot confirm your identity you will be allowed to review the information you provided in previous steps and try again.
In all cases, please call the ITS Help Desk at (850) 474‑2075 for further assistance activating your account. |
If you are a student, faculty/staff, applicant, or alumni, a prompt will require you to enter an external email address once you have reached the 'Email' step of the account activation.
After this it will prompt you for a mobile number, which can be skipped if necessary
Other users will proceed to Step 5.
Select one of the following password options when prompted:
From 14 to 20 characters in length.
Must start with a letter.
Have at least one integer (0 - 9) or one of the following special characters: !%^*
If the account activation was successful, you will see the following advisory message.
Keep in mind that you will only see the red text advising you to enroll in 2-step verification if you are upgrading your account to an ArgoNet account.
After the account has been activated, be sure to follow the directions given carefully. Failing to do so may result in loss of account access. |
If account activation fails, you will see one of the error screens shown below. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you encounter any issues during the activation process.
