USING THE MPC PORTAL The instructor will periodically communicate to the class through the campus email addresses provided to students. Each student must set up their email initially by logging on to a computer on campus. (You must actually log on to the computer, not just access the browser from a computer that has already been logged on. In XP, this means if a machine is already logged in to the network, you will click on the Start button, click on Log Off to log off the current user, and then type in your own username and password as described in the following link: http://www.mpc.edu/campuslife/pages/studentnetworkaccountstep1.aspx.) After initial setup, this account may be accessed from anywhere in the world. If you need help with this procedure, I can help you or an excellent resource is Steve Bruemmer, our division's lab technician, in BC-202. After setting up your account, you will access it by going to mympc.mpc.edu and logging in with lobosmpc\ + your username (your first initial, last name, and last 4 digits of your student ID). For example, my account name is lobosmpc\ngoehring6478 ngoehring6478. The password will be one you have set during the initial log in that activated your account. After logging in, you will see this screen:
Click on the My Site link at the upper right hand of the page. You will be prompted to log in again. Use the exact same username and password. The page you will see next is called your MySite page: USING THE MPC PORTAL 2 FALL 2008
At this site you will have a list of all the classes you are taking. If your instructor has published a site for your class, you will see a hyperlink at the left. (My guitar teacher has not created a class site, so my class shown does not have a hyperlink.) Click on the hyperlink to this class to access our class site. The site you are directed to contains links to all our class materials. To access your campus email, click on the Email window at the right. To log in to your campus email, in the Domain\username box type lobosmpc\ and then your same username you used to access mympc.mpc.edu. Your password will be the same as the one you changed it to when you first set up your account and were asked to change the password. USING THE MPC PORTAL 3 FALL 2008
Your email address at MPC is FirstName.LastName@mpc.edu Example: John.Smith@mpc.edu If there is more than one student enrolled with the same name as you, your email may have a number appended to your name, such as: John.Smith1@mpc.edu John.Smith2@mpc.edu etc. (If you were the first student to enroll with your name, you will not have a number in your email name.) I have sent all students in this class an email containing some useful links to materials you will be using during the semester. When your account is set up and you are able to retrieve the email I sent you, please REPLY to it so that I can see which email has been assigned to you. If there were duplicate names in the roster, I sent the email to all of them--in one case five students have the same name, and I need to sort out which one is you! I will be able to tell from your reply what your unique email address is. USING THE MPC PORTAL 4 FALL 2008
Here is an example of what your email account looks like once it is opened. It is a Web-based version of Outlook and works much like other email programs you probably have used. When you receive the email I sent you, please REPLY to it so I can know that everything is working correctly. I will be sending information to this account only, so be sure to get it set up within the first week of the semester. Your email account has a 50 MB size limit. You may use it for both school-related and personal email. Please let me know if you have problems in activating your MPC account. Remember, it must be done on campus and you must log off the current user if necessary and log yourself in with a predetermined formula as described on the following page. USING THE MPC PORTAL 5 FALL 2008
1st Logon - Activate your MPC account by changing your password Each new user must logon to a computer once on campus. The system will require each new user to change their password on the first logon. Once the password has been changed students can access their email, MySite, MyMPC and Class Sites from any computer whether on or off campus. Computers are available in the Library and other student computer labs around campus. 1. Get to the Log on the Windows window, generally by pressing the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys. 2. In the User name:" box, enter lobosmpc, then a backslash \ which is above the Enter key, followed by the first letter of your first name, then your entire last name, then the last 4 numbers of your Student ID. If you have a hyphenated name, please use your name as it appears on your registration sheet. 3. In the Password: box, enter A1*, followed by the first 4 letters of your last name in lower case, then the last 4 numbers of your Student ID #. (Note that the A is capital. Don t type the quote marks.) 4. Click OK Example for determining your initial login: Student ID # = 123456789 Name = John Smith Account name = JSmith6789 Password = A1*smit6789 Sign in with: lobosmpc\jsmith6789 You will receive the message: The user s password must be changed before logging on the first time. Click OK Then follow the instructions to reset your password. Your new password must be at least 8 characters. USING THE MPC PORTAL 6 FALL 2008
Sections of the MPC Portal www.mpc.edu Public Site All content is viewable by the public MySite Your Private site, only you can see this area You can: Add your Personal Documents that only you can access Add Shared Documents that you may want others to see Add your picture and bio information Decide who to share this information with Add Links to other websites Your MySite includes: A list of your classes Students will have a list of all their classes and live links to their class sites that have been published by the instructor MyProfile Semi-private Signed In users can view the items you chose to share from your MySite Class Sites - Enrolled Students and the Instructor Instructors can add documents, discussion groups, view a current list of enrolled students, etc Students will automatically gain access to an active site within 24 hours of registering for the class Students will automatically loose access to the site within 24 hours of dropping the class MyMPC Audience Based Intranet Students, Faculty, and Staff all have access to MyMPC They will only see those areas and links to which their group has been given access Through the Employee & Student Lookup you can find friends and classmates to add to your Colleague groups Example: Students will see links to the bookstore website, FAFSA, Student Clubs and WebReg. Faculty and staff will have access to documents from the Office of Academic Affairs and campus committee sites. Everyone may see general Campus Announcements. USING THE MPC PORTAL 7 FALL 2008