How do I set up my username and password, or reset my password?
Answer
One of the first things you should do is to set up your student account. Your account will give you access to:
- College email
- Blackboard, an online tool that you’ll use in most of your college courses
- Student Self-Service Center, your one-stop-shop for school records and information
- Campus computers
- Library Online Resources
How to set up your account
You will need:
- Birth month and day
- KCTCS Student ID (it’s the nine-digit code at the top left corner of your schedule)
- Personal email address (if you provided one when enrolling)
Next, from the college home page go to:
- Choose Quick Links>Current Students from the menu at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to and click on Go KCTCS! Student Self-Service Center.
- Click on Activate Your Account and Reset Password.
- Choose Setup your User Profile.
- Enter your birth month and day.
- Enter your KCTCS Student ID, then click Next.
- Verify your identity by having a code sent to your personal email or cell phone. (Don’t have an email or phone number listed with us? Contact the Help Desk or see Student Services in the Learning Commons.)
- Once you’ve verified your identity, choose and answer three security questions.
- You will see your user name and be asked to create a password.
[Note: Your user name will be the first letter of your first name, your last name, and a series of four numbers. For example: bsmith0012.] - For your password, or passphrase, the minimum password length is 12 characters.
- Choose a phrase with multiple words that you can recognize and are familiar to you only so it will be easy to remember. Just a handful of normal words or phrases can work, as long as whatever associates those words in your mind are known only to you.
How to log into your account
- From the college home page at the top is a link to My Path. A tile for Blackboard is at the top of the page.
To reset your password
Did you forget your password or passphrase, or are you a returning student? Here’s how to reset your access:
From the college home page go to:
- Choose Quick Links>Current Students from the menu at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to and click on Go KCTCS! Student Self-Service Center.
- Click on Activate Your Account and Reset Password.