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MyCVTC
MyCVTC (https://mycvtc.cvtc.edu) is a web portal for students to access the information and tools they need throughout their educational career at CVTC. It provides students access to their email, Canvas, SIS (Student/Staff Information System), College announcements, the Library, and much more. A student receives access to a MyCVTC account within 24 hours of registration for credit, internet, or basic skills classes. The account remains active until one year after the last day of the student’s enrollment.
To login to MyCVTC, students need to know two items—username and password. The username is their email address without the @student.cvtc.edu (example: jsmith102). To login to MyCVTC for the first time, students are required to complete the account activation form. The account activation is located below the username and password fields on the MyCVTC login page and can be accessed by clicking on “Activate MyCVTC Account”. Complete the required fields: first and last name, date of birth, student ID number, select a secret question, enter a secret answer, and create a SIS Pin and password (all of which are case sensitive). Note: In the event a password needs to be reset the username, secret question, and answer will be required.
Computer Access & Use
Students may use computers in labs at any CVTC campus or in the Learning Center at BEC. MyCVTC can be accessed off-campus via a link on MyCVTC Student Portal or https://mycvtc.cvtc.edu.
CVTC computers and computer systems are to be used only for academic/ instructional activities, and other official college business. Use of CVTC computers and computer systems for illegal, fraudulent, or unethical purposes is prohibited. Students who violate CVTC's Computer Use Policy may lose access to the computers and computer systems or be subject to other disciplinary action. See also the Internet/Email Acceptable Use Policy.
Student Laptop Checkouts
Available for 7 day checkout (students only), with renewals depending on reservations, simply stop by the Learning Center or reserve one here http://libguides.cvtc.edu/technology/laptops.
Canvas
Canvas is CVTC's learning management system. With Canvas, students can access course materials, view grades, submit assignments, participate in discussions and chats, and take tests and quizzes. To learn more about Canvas, visit https://kb.cvtc.edu/canvas.
Email for Students
All of the important information including registration timelines & details, graduation, financial aid, College events, course information from faculty, how to access grades, notification of academic status, and much more will be distributed to students via their CVTC email account. Students are strongly discouraged from forwarding CVTC email to a personal account as some internet providers view this as spam and block it accordingly. It is the student’s responsibility to open and read their email regularly. See the Internet/Email Acceptable Use Policy at the end of this Technology section.
Email Access
After registering for classes, students are provided an email account that can be accessed through the College web portal at https://mycvtc.cvtc.edu. For a step-by-step guide, go to https://kb.cvtc.edu/email.
Student email addresses start with the username, which has a standard naming structure as follows: <username>@student.cvtc.edu (i.e. jsmith2@student.cvtc.edu). Find your username by going to the initial MyCVTC Secure Login page at https://mycvtc.cvtc.edu and clicking “What’s My Username?”
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