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Retiree Guide to myCOD Student Portal |
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The myCOD student portal provides more than just e-mail. There are multiple tools available to students, faculty, and retirees to assist them in their everyday pursuits. This video gives an overview of what is available within the myCOD student portal. View the video: Overview of features available Faculty and retiree accounts use a different format than those of students. Faculty and retiree accounts are set up so they match their Microsoft Exchange account names (this is the part before @cod.edu in your business e-mail account.) Your default password will be sent to you when the account is created. If a retiree forgets their password, they should follow the online links for "forgot my password." If they still can't recover their password, retirees can call the IT help desk to have their passwords reset. (Students can only reset their password via the online student system as described in the "How students log in" video clip.) View the video: How faculty log in (Procedure is the same for retirees.) In addition to the tutorials and frequently asked questions found on the welcome page, myCOD's student portal contains an extensive online help system. The help system can be found in the upper right hand corner of the screen. In the help you will find many handy "Quick Reference Guides" that you can print for handy reference. Forwarding your email by creating a forward filter If you'd like to forward your @dupage.edu email to another account, you should create a forward filter. This video demonstrates how to create (and remove) a forward filter. View the video: Creating a forward filter. Please note that the forward filter option is not available to students. Electronic mail, or e-mail is one of the most important features found on the myCOD student portal. With it you can send and receive messages from students, fellow faculty members, or any other person with an email account. This video gives an overview of how to use the email feature on myCOD. View the video: Using email Cruiser Alerts is a feature of the MyCOD student portal that allows the college to send out notices about emergencies, school closings, or other important information to the college community. There are three delivery options available within Cruiser Alerts:
Signing up for Cruiser Alerts is optional. Please be aware that depending on the service plan you have with your cell phone provider, you may be charged a fee for each text or voice message sent to your cell phone. This seven and a half minute video explains how to sign up for Cruiser Alerts. View the video: How to use Cruiser Alerts Please note that signing up to Cruiser Alerts is a two-step process: first, activate your Crusier Alert profile, and then select the channels to which you want to subscribe. The dashboard is a customizable access point to all of the features of your myCOD student portal account. It is the page you are taken to whenever you log into the myCOD student portal. This video gives an overview of the dashboard and explains how to customize it to best fit your personal habits and work preferences. View the video: Customizing the dashboard Creating and managing tasks using the tasks tool The tasks tool can be used to create and manage an online to-do list within your myCOD student portal account. This video walks your through creating and managing tasks. View the video: Creating and managing tasks. Each community on the portal has its own announcement board for quick communication to all of its members. Announcements can contain formatted text and attachments and be set to expire after the information is no longer relevant. The video clip takes you through the steps to post an announcement. View the video: Posting Announcements See also: Campus-wide announcements Message boards exist for each community on the student portal and allow for two-way asynchronous communication. Messages can be sorted by date, subject, or discussion thread. Attachments can be added to any posting. This video clip demonstrates some of the features of the message boards. View the video: Message Boards The shared files tool allows members of a class to share, access, and store class related files. This is a good place for storing data files needed by a class and to store lecture notes and Power Point slides for review by your students. The video clip gives a brief introduction to uploading and deleting files and folders. View the video: Shared Files The user directory allows signed on users to look up the email account name of other users on the system. This video shows you how to look up names in the user directory. View the video: User Directory The photo album tool allows you to upload, store, manage, and share photos. This video shows you how to use the photo album tool. View the video: Photo Albums |
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You can use the archive email feature to make an archive of older messages. View this video for the details. View the video: Archiving Email Changing your Bulk Mail Settings You can use the bulk mail settings to control the amount of SPAM recieved in your inbox. Follow these steps to change the settings. 1. Log on to the MyCOD student portal. Click the e-mail icon on the toolbar. 2. Click on the 'Filters' option in the tool menu.
3. Click on the "Bulk Mail Filter" tab.
4. Change the Personal Filter Level to "High."
5. Click the Save button to save your settings. Want to know more about the MyCOD Student Portal? Here is the documentation for the system. Academic Tools Guide for Student Members This is the Academic Tools Guide for Student Members. Students will need to know how to use the following tools:
The following topics will not be covered in this guide, as they are available in the Community Tools Guide:
This is the Campus / Content Tools Guide, which provides instructions on the following:
While instructions on using the General sub-tab are covered in this guide, instructions on using the Offices sub-tab are provided in the Community Tools Guide. This document is intended for all users. Guide to Community Tools for Hosts Each community has the following set of tools, and all of these tools are described in this document. For Guests (non-members) and Members:
For Members only:
For the community Host / Administrator:
Departments and Class communities have extra features not available to the other communities, and those features are discussed in the Academic Tools Guides. This document is intended only for Hosts / Administrators of a community. Guide to Community Tools for Students Each community has the following set of tools, and all of these tools are described in this document. For Guests (non-members) and Members:
For Members only:
Departments and Class communities have extra features not available to the other communities, and those features are discussed in the Academic Tools Guides. This document is intended for members in a community. This is the Personal Tools Guide, which provides instructions on using the following:
This guide is intended for all CampusCruiser users. See also: Managing Your Personal Photo Album Managing Your Personal Web Pages Retirees, and faculty can forward their myCOD student portal email to another account using the "Forward Filter" feature. This feature was disabled for students as of January 11, 2006, but is still available to faculty and retirees. Follow the instructions in this online video to set up your forward filter. Auto-Reply allows you to specify a message to be sent to the sender when you receive a message. This is most useful when you plan to be offline for an extended period of time. This automated service will only attempt to notify senders who sent messages directly to you. If you're part of a mailing list, or you have been CC'ed, the Auto-Reply service will not be activated. Also, you can specify a list of e-mail addresses that the service should NOT reply to. You can enter the address list in the Do Not Reply Addresses area. Find the Auto-Reply feature by clicking on the email icon in the toolbar, then selecting "Settings" from the "Tools" menu on the left of the screen. The tab for "auto reply" appears in the center of the screen. The form for posting campus-wide announcements on the MyCOD student portal, as well as on the plasma displays and LCD signs, can be found at http://www2.cod.edu/announcements. Note that this website is only accessible from the College network (on campus) or when dialing in via the College's dial up phone numbers. |
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