Resource: Student Accounts You Need for COLL101 and Beyond*
Cascadia College COLL101 Team
*To get started at Cascadia College (and in COLL101), all students who have applied to Cascadia must have Cascadia email/network accounts and ctcLink id accounts set up. Those accounts then either auto-create other essential accounts or give students access to setting up additional accounts that are essential to their success as students. Most of these ‘essentials’ accounts will continue to be used in courses after COLL101.
‘Getting Started’ Student Accounts
- Cascadia email (aka network account)
- ctcLink id
‘Essential for Success’ Student Accounts
- A. Canvas
- B. UWnetID
- C. Navigate
- D. Career Planner and/or CIS360
- E. WAMAP, for math courses
- F. Possible accounts for 3rd party apps
‘Getting Started’ student accounts: The details
1. Cascadia email
(aka network account: ends in @student.cascadia.edu)
What can you do with it?
- Use campus network, to print, use wireless, use computers
- Purchase parking permit
- Get access to Navigate and Career Planner applications
- Get access to Microsoft Office 365, on the web and downloadable apps
- Get discounts on Amazon prime or other software
- Get support from IT for equipment
- Set up UWnetID for campus library access
- Sign on to use computers on campus, at Bock Learning Center or in study spaces
How?
- From the Cascadia College homepage go to one-stop shop: Student Toolbox (or click on it across the top ribbon of college website)
- Find the section on Cascadia email/network account and follow the instructions.
2. ctcLink id
What can you do with it?
- Register for classes via ctcLink to register for classes, and manage your student profile, view notes from Advising
- Sign on to Canvas (for web-enhanced, online, and hybrid classes): ctcLink id automatically creates your Canvas account which you will use in most classes.
How?
- Go to the ctcLink self-service portal on Cascadia College website, or click on ctcLink across the top of the website ribbon, or go to the one-stop shop: Student Toolbox.
- Follow the instructions.
‘Essential for Success’ Student Accounts: The details
A. Canvas
What can you do with it?
- Enter online and hybrid classes
- Get to assignment drop boxes and other resources for many face-to-face classes
- Seek online tutoring or other student support services
- Complete STAQ for COLL101
How?
- This account is automatically created as soon as you get your ctcLink id. Follow the next steps to find Canvas, after your ctcLink id has been created.
- Using ctcLink id, log on to Canvas: https://cascadia.instructure.com/login/canvas
- Click on Courses to see courses
- Click on Account to edit profile and notifications
B. UWnetID
What can you do with it?
- Use wifi at library and in the LBA building
- Check out books
- Use library online
How?
- Have Cascadia email address (network account) handy
- Go to Cascadia homepage www.cascadia.edu
- Click on Student Toolbox>>UWnetID, follow the instructions
C. Navigate
What can you do with it?
- Get summaries of academic advising appointments and interact with advisors
- Receive notifications from Kodiak Corner, including academic alerts
How?
- Have Cascadia email address (network account) handy
- Go to EAB Navigate.
- Follow the instructions to log in
D. Career Planner and/or CIS360
What can you do with it?
- Take and save personal career and educational explorations, assessments, and search results. Career Planner and CIS360 are offered by the same organization, and they have the same exploration options but operate on different web platforms and they look a bit different. Select the one that works best for you based on how you use a computer and your preferences. You may use both tools.
What can you do with it?
- Access most math class course materials
How?
- Go to WAMAP: https://www.wamap.org/
- Set up a personal account
- Use the access code provided by your math instructor to enter their site
F. Other 3rd party apps
If you have accessibility accommodations, you might use a tool called Accommodate. Other 3rd party applications may be introduced by instructors, or classmates may organize collaborations with each other using these.
What can you do with these (and what are some of them)?
- Access course materials (e.g. Textbook publisher-specific website, MS Office tools, Google Suite tools)
- Attend office hours or some synchronous class sessions (Zoom, MS Teams, Google meet)
- Complete course assignments (e.g. MS Office tools, Google Suite tools, Flipgrid)
- Chat with classmates asynchronously or synchronously (e.g. Slack, Discord)
- Keep track of your accessibility accommodations–contact Student Accessibility Services, sas@cascadia.edu (e.g. Accommodate)
How?
Your instructor or classmates will guide you, probably with links to access. You may or may not need to create log in accounts.
