Signing Up and Signing In

Creating an account

  1. Go to the Register page. This creates a student account, instructor accounts are set up by a Unit Administrator or System Administrator, not through this page.
  2. Fill in your details: Name, Email (unique), Password and confirmation, and optionally your Institution from a dropdown of schools already set up on the platform.
  3. Complete the reCAPTCHA check and submit. You are signed in right away.

After registering you will be asked to verify your email. Most of the app stays locked until you click the link in the verification email, so do this before trying to open a course or lesson.

The optional Institution field

If your school is listed in the dropdown, selecting it joins its roster and reporting right away. If it isn't listed, or you're a self-directed learner with no institutional affiliation, leave it as "None / not listed". You can change it any time under My profile > Profile > Home institution, for example if you transfer, or once an administrator adds your school. See Canvas Integration.

The optional Student ID field

If the institution you selected uses student IDs to match grades, a Student ID field appears right after you pick it. It's always optional, leaving it blank just shows a reminder that you can add it later from your profile, it never blocks your registration. If the ID you enter is already registered to another account, your account is still created; visit your profile afterward to report the mismatch.

Signing in

Enter your email and password on the Login page. As a student you land on the Courses dashboard (/courses), showing every course you're enrolled in. If you clicked a link that required signing in first (for example, a lesson link you opened while logged out), you're taken to that page after you log in instead of your usual landing page.

Visiting the home page (/) while signed in sends you to the same place, so an old bookmark of the home page still lands you correctly. Signed-out visitors to the home page see the public landing page with a catalogue of open courses, never a login wall, see Courses and Lessons for what a signed-out visitor can do.

Your role, and how it changes

Everyone starts as a student; there's nothing to sign up for, it simply means "no staff role." Only an administrator can grant Instructor or Administrator access; there is no self-service request button. If your role ever changes, it takes effect the next time you load a page.

Deleting your account

There is no self-service account deletion. If you need your account removed, contact an administrator (see Contact Us).

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