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Access to BIS for University staff
Access to BIS for University staff
For all campus management applications (e.g. eKVV, directory of staff and departments, examination management) and the connected services (e.g. learning spaces and the survey and evaluation software EvaSys), the BITS user name or the Uni.ID and the web password are used for registration (see this BITS information page).
We offer two-factor authentication for colleagues who work in BIS examination management and for all staff, people who want to provide their BIS approval with extra protection.
This page explains which services in Campus Management employees can use with their BIS approval.
We offer two-factor authentication for staff who use the BIS exam management application and for anyone who wants to add extra security to their account.
This page explains which services in the campusmanagementsystem members of staff can use with their account.
Forgotten your password?
Password reset
If you no longer know your web password and need to reset it, you can get started here:
You will find two options for resetting your password:
- Only for university members with a PEVZ entry
- For students and all other users
- Passwort-Reset mit PEVZ-Eintrag
Diese Option ist nur für Personen mit Eintrag im PEVZ nutzbar. Es sind diese Schritte zu absolvieren:
- Finden Sie Ihren eigenen PEVZ Eintrag durch Eingabe ihres Namens in das angebotene Suchfeld.
- Wenn Ihr PEVZ Eintrag angezeigt wird klicken Sie darauf, um zum nächsten Schritt zu gelangen.
- Nun müssen Sie noch über die Eingabe Ihrer Uni-ID oder ihres Geburtsdatum Ihre Identität bestätigen.
- Sie erhalten dann eine E-Mail mit der Information dazu, wie Ihr BITS-Loginname lautet und einem Bestätigungslink
- Klicken Sie den Bestätigungslink und Sie erhalten ein neues Passwort
- Password reset for all
This option is available to all users:
- In order to establish your identity beyond doubt, a number of factors such as your Uni-ID / matriculation number, UniCard number, BITS email address or private email address stored in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) are queried
- Once enough factors have been collected to confirm your identity, you will receive an email with information on what your BITS login name is and a confirmation link
- Click on the confirmation link and you will receive a new password
The address to which the emails are sent can be obtained from three sources and the password reset page will tell you which source this was:
- eKVV: The address you entered in the electronic course catalogue (eKVV) is used here, see the eKVV page 'My email address'
- PEVZ: Here the personal directory is searched for an address for you. Only personal addresses are used, not functional addresses
- BITS: In this case, your BITS e-mail address is used
BIS services for all employees
- Electronic course catalogue (eKVV) for teaching staff and faculty offices
In the electronic course catalogue (eKVV) the following tools are available for teachers and their respective faculty offices to organise their courses.
The starting point is the “My events” webpage, which is the landing page after staff members have logged in to the electronic course catalogue (eKVV).
List of participants and course registration management
View the current list of students who have registered on your course and edit this where necessary using the registration management function. Manage student access to learning spaces and the reach of your mail distribution lists.Add comments
You can add a course synopsis, stipulate course requirements and add course reading requirements.Reporting of credits
You can use the attendance list as a basis for reporting credits achieved by students to the examination office responsible.Email distribution list
Use the dynamic email distribution list for your course. You can write to individual students or a group of students within your course or allow tutors to use your automatic eKVV email distribution list.Offer appointments to students online
Allow your students to book appointments for consultation online.Attendee statistics
In addition to the list of participants, you can also view statistics that give an overview of the degree programmes and subjects semesters in which the students on your course are enrolled.Course scheduling
Teachers can mark individual course events as cancelled so that students can be informed in good time, to allow the central room allocation department additional planning options and to keep the course information on the display boards in the hall up to date.Further information
Our help pages are currently in the process of moving. Further information on the electronic course catalogue eKVV services for teaching staff and their respective faculty offices can be found in the BIS Wiki.- Electronic course catalogue eKVV for staff members
Book courses:
Employees can access the students' electronic course catalogue (eKVV) and create a timetable there.
To do this, they must register in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) for students. To do this, use the link "Registration for students" on this page, with your Uni.ID/login name and web password:
After registration, events can be added to the timetable. Employees will then appear with their Uni.ID and name on the course participation list. Via the menu item "my eKVV" in the top menu, the various timetable views (in the top left menu) can be called up and the courses taken can be viewed.
Save degree programmes as favourites:
Under the menu item "Degree programmes" menu item, all users can select the degree programmes and study programme variants that interest them (regardless of their own enrolment). Degree programmes selected in this way are then displayed more prominently in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) and study information so that they are easy to find. Users with degree programmes saved in this way are also included in the mailing lists for these degree programmes.
View student statistics:
The electronic course catalogue (ekvv) offers statistical views of student enrolment in related semesters per Faculty, degree programme or FsB, split into male and female students. These figures can be used to estimate capacity, to track the status of new enrolments in the first semester, or to determine the number of students in certain FsBs.
The support pages for student statistics can (still) be found in the BIS wiki:
Publish dates for booking:
All university staff can publish consultation appointments in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv), which can then be booked directly by interested parties. Read more about offering and managing appointments here: "My appointments"
You can set up appointments on the "My appointments" page in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv):
- The learning platforms Lernraum and LernraumPlus
Upload teaching material and current information directly to your teaching event and apply various e-learning options: Introduction to the learning platforms of Bielefeld University
- Directory of Staff and Departments
You can manage your personal profile in the directory of staff and departments.
To do so please go to this page in the directory (PEVZ)
"My personal details"Upload your own photo
You can upload your own photo to the personal directory and change it at any time.Office hours, homepage addresses, CV and more
You can edit your office hours in the personal directory. You can also add your curriculum vitae and add a summary of your current research topics.Create business cards and door signs
You can create business cards and door signs for yourself and others with the corporate design of Bielefeld University.Use call forwarding
You can divert your phone to internal or external phone numbers.Further information
See our help pages for further information on the directory (PEVZ) for employees:- "das PEVZ" (in german)
- Course teaching evaluation with EvaSys
The University uses the software EvaSys for course evaluation. This is organised within the faculties by evaluation officers (so-called EvaSys “subunit administrators”). You can find out whether course evaluation using EvaSys is already being used in your faculty and who is responsible for it in your department, for example, by contacting the dean of studies in your faculty. After registering through the administrator, you can access EvaSys via your usual login. (Teaching staff usually receive their course evaluation report by email directly after the evaluation has been completed). Further information on course evaluation can be found here.
BIS services for which additional access rights must be applied for
In all BIS applications, staff members who perform input, maintenance and administration tasks for their area require additional access rights. The corresponding request forms can be found on this page: Additional access rights
How do I change my password?
Forgotten your password?
Password reset
If you no longer know your web password and need to reset it, you will find a link in the login form that leads to this page: "Password reset"
There you will find two options for resetting your password:
- Only for university members with a PEVZ entry
- For students and all other users
- Password reset with PEVZ entry
This option is only available to staff, people with an entry in the PEVZ. You must complete these steps:
- Find your own PEVZ entry by entering your name in the search field provided.
- When your PEVZ entry is displayed, click on it to go to the next step.
- Now you have to confirm your identity by entering your Uni-ID or your date of birth.
- You will then receive an email with information on what your BITS login name is and a confirmation link
- Click on the confirmation link and you will receive a new password
- Password reset for all
This option is available to all users:
- In order to establish your identity beyond doubt, a number of factors such as your Uni-ID / matriculation number, UniCard number, BITS email address or private email address stored in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) are queried
- Once enough factors have been collected to confirm your identity, you will receive an email with information on what your BITS login name is and a confirmation link
- Click on the confirmation link and you will receive a new password
The address to which the emails are sent can be obtained from three sources and the password reset page will tell you which source this was:
- eKVV: The address you entered in the electronic course catalogue (eKVV) is used here, see the eKVV page 'My email address'
- PEVZ: Here the personal directory is searched for an address for you. Only personal addresses are used, not functional addresses
- BITS: In this case, your BITS e-mail address is used
Test password?
The additional password
For some special applications, such as seat allocation, you need an additional password in combination with your usual login name.
This is how you generate your additional password:
Log in here with your usual BIS approval: "My account"
You will find a link to generate the "additional password" in the right-hand menu
This additional password cannot be changed to a personal password. You can therefore either save it in a password manager (such as the KeyPass offered by BITS), or you can generate a new password whenever you need it. To use the space allocation software or the module database, please copy the password directly from the page into the login screen. If you close the page and call it up again, the password will no longer be displayed directly for security reasons. If you have not saved it, you can delete it with two clicks and generate a new one.