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Technology Services Available: Setting up your USC Aiken Pacer Account

This page will provide help resources available from Technology Services.

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Account Associations

Account Association

USCA Pacer Student Account (Rest.USCA.Edu)

    • USCA Email
    • Library Database
    • Student WiFi
    • Campus Computer Login
    • Tutor Track
    • Admissions Application
    • Palmetto
    • ICE
    • Academic Success
    • Housing
    • Bookstore

Columbia Account (MyAccount.SC.Edu)

    • Blackboard
    • VIP ID
    • SSC
    • Navagate
    • Banner
    • Tutor Track

Personal Email Account

    • Math Placement
    • Campus Clarity

Account Setup Instructions

USCA Pacer (Email) Instructions

This will be your password for Pacer Student Email, Computer Login and WiFi. This account is in no way associated with your VIP ID / Blackboard / SSC account.

The password is set to the default. You must change the password from the default before you can get into the account. To change your password, go to http://Reset.USCA.Edu.

User Name is the first part of your USCA email. (Don’t include @USCA.Edu)

Current Default Password: The last 5 digits of your VIP number followed by the letters USCA (all caps), followed by the # symbol.

                Example: 12345USCA#

1.  Your new password must not contain any part of your username. For example, JQDoe@usca.edu could not have a password with “doe” in it.

2.  Your new password must consist of a minimum of eight characters.

3.  Your new password must include three of the following four-character sets:

a.   Uppercase Letters

b.   Lowercase Letters

c.   One special character -+!@#$%^&*()

d.   One Number

4. It may take approximately 15-45 minutes before you can access your account.