The ITS Department of Mount Wachusett Community College strives to provide students, faculty and staff with many technological services to increase productivity, improve communication, and allow new interactive methods of teaching and learning, utilizing the advanced technologies of today.

Our trained and experienced workforce ensures that members of the college community use information systems and technologies effectively and efficiently. We aim to provide students the best in services for your success here at 开元棋牌. Meanwhile, we allow for staff and faculty to take advantage of the latest technologies for teaching and assisting students through web services such as Blackboard and WebConnect. Our team would be more than happy to assist you with all our services. Please explore our site for more information about the services we offer.

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Our experienced help desk team is dedicated to helping you every step of the way in getting your PC hardware and software up and running. We support all college-owned computing equipment, and we鈥檒l also assist with getting your personal laptop on the free wireless network provided by 开元棋牌 (students only).

We are available to serve you every weekday, 8础惭鈥4笔惭, with all kinds of computer-related services, including:

  • Computer account setup
  • Email
  • Network (wired/wireless) connectivity
  • New/Replacement computer equipment
  • Password resets (computer login, iConnect, student e-mail, Banner)
  • Printing
  • Relocating computer equipment

Our phones are open 24脳7, so please contact us any time of the day to request our assistance.

Username and Password

If you are a registered student, you must activate your account in order to obtain your unique username and password. Passwords are randomly generated and are case-sensitive. They cannot be customized.

Account Setup

All students must fill out the聽Account Activation聽form to generate a new username and password.

  1. Go to聽
  2. Click the 鈥淎ctivate your Account鈥 link below the login form
  3. You will need your student identification number (available from Student Records). Fill out the Account Activation form according to directions.
  4. If successful, you will be given a username and a randomly-generated alpha/numeric password.

Please note:聽Usernames and passwords are case-sensitive. Your username will be in lower case and your password will be in uppercase (with or without numbers). Usernames and passwords are randomly generated and cannot be changed by you personally. Please store this information in a secure place.

These new credentials will give you access to 开元棋牌 computers, access to 开元棋牌鈥檚 wireless network (via your own laptop), and iConnect (Email, WebConnect, Blackboard are all available via iConnect).

Account Information Retrieval

If you have already activated your account but forgot your credentials, or wish to create a new randomly generated password:

  1. Go to聽
  2. Click on 鈥淪tudent Password Reset鈥 below the login form. Follow the directions carefully.

Every registered student receives an 开元棋牌 email account. Use of this account is governed by the聽开元棋牌 Acceptable Usage Policies. This account can be used by any computer via the Internet. 开元棋牌 will only use this email account for its electronic communications to students.

Your Email Account

开元棋牌 uses Google鈥檚 Gmail service to provide an email account for all registered students, featuring unlimited storage, spam filter, automatic forwarding, and many other useful features. Using the credentials provided to you (see above), you can login to your email by going to iConnect:

  • Your email address is聽@mwcc.edu.

Forwarding Email to Another Email Address

If you have another email account that you would prefer to use, you can easily re-direct your 开元棋牌 email to that account. To do this, you log in to聽聽and click the GMail button. Once connected, select 鈥淪ettings鈥 from the links on the page and 鈥淔orward a copy of Incoming Mail to.鈥 Carefully enter the email address to which you want email directed and select 鈥淜eep Mount Wachusett Community College鈥檚 copy in Inbox.鈥 Click the 鈥淯pdate鈥 button on the page to complete this command.

Please be sure to test the re-direction by sending an email to yourself.

Common Errors

  • Entering an incorrect username to log on (remember, usernames are case-sensitive!)
  • Entering an incorrect password (case-sensitive!)
  • Attempting to send an email to the wrong domain. For example, username@mail.mwcc.edu is incorrect; the correct address is username@mwcc.edu.
  • Using the wrong domain for faculty. 开元棋牌 faculty member emails should use the following setup: first initial, last name@mwcc.mass.edu. Professor John Smith鈥檚 email would be jsmith@mwcc.mass.edu.

If you have questions or issues the 开元棋牌 Help Desk is available 7/24. Call 866-520-7129 or email聽helpdesk@mwcc.edu. The help desk team is located in Room H048, Gardner campus (downstairs in the Library).

Your Username and Password

Your default username is typically your first name鈥檚 initial, followed by your last name, and possibly a number at the end. For example, John Smith could be:

  • jsmith3

To activate your account (or retrieve your credentials for an active account) go to the employee portal and use the links on the right side of the page:

You will need your 开元棋牌 Banner ID to activate. Unlike your username, your password is case-sensitive.

This username and password is used for logging into computers on-campus as well as using your email. The logins are tied together, so if you change your password for your email, it also changes your password for the network, and vice-versa.

Your Email Account

开元棋牌 uses Microsoft 365 for faculty and staff email. You can use almost any computer on-campus to access your email through Microsoft Outlook聽or on the聽. We also provide email access on the web, which will let you log into your email and use basic functions from any device capable of internet access with a web browser.

Email addresses use the following convention (in this example, for John Smith):

  • jsmith3@mwcc.mass.edu

We provide聽1TB (approx. 1,000 GB) of storage for each faculty and staff member.

Another cap we have is the maximum attachment size, which is聽25MB. You cannot send email if the total size of all attachments exceeds this limit. We recommend using 7-Zip to compress your attachments into a聽.ZIP听辞谤听.RAR聽file to reduce the size.

Sync Email with your Phone

You can access your email through your phone using the official Microsoft Outlook app on聽聽(Android) and聽听(颈笔丑辞苍别).

Reset Your Password

To reset your password as a faculty or staff employee, follow these steps:

  1. Go to聽
  2. Click 鈥淓mployee Password Reset鈥.
  3. Enter your username.
  4. Follow the steps provided on the page to reset your password.

Student Accounts

Account Information Username/Password
Web portal 鈥 provides single sign-on to web applications, provides news and event information to 开元棋牌 students, staff and faculty.

Account does not expire

System-generated username/password.

Username is made up of first initial, last name (may be truncated), random number.
Password is 6 random uppercase letters/numbers.

Blackboard Online classes/learning application Linked to iConnect
Email Gmail 鈥 email service provided by Google Account does not expire Linked to iConnect
WebConnect Academic and financial information, course registration, transcript requests. Account does not expire Linked to iConnect
On-campus computers Access to all on-campus computers (including Library, computer labs) Linked to iConnect
Wireless Access Access to 开元棋牌 wireless network Linked to iConnect

Faculty/Staff Accounts

Account Information Username/Password
iConnect Web portal 鈥 provides single sign-on to web applications, provides news and event information to 开元棋牌 students, staff and faculty. Account does not expire Linked to email
Email Office 365 鈥 accessible off-campus through or at Username is made up of first initial, last name (may be truncated), and random number. Password is 6 random uppercase letters/numbers.

To change your password, you must first enroll into Self Service Password Manager. You can get directions on how to enroll . Once you鈥檙e enrolled, you can find directions on how to reset your password .

If you鈥檙e having trouble with changing your password, please visit the Help Desk page to see how to get help.

Blackboard Online class management Linked to email
WebConnect Course management (for faculty) Linked to email
Banner Internal databases Username/password provided by ITS on case-by-case basis
SharePoint Online workspace, collaboration, document sharing, electronic workflows Linked to email
On-campus computers Access to all on-campus computers (including Library, computer labs) Linked to email
Wireless Access Access to 开元棋牌 wireless network Linked to email

Blackboard is the web-based software that is used by many instructors to provide students with access to course materials, assignments and to allow interaction between class members.

Here are instructions on how to access Blackboard.

Access Blackboard at either:

  • 聽(under My Apps)

Credentials

If you have already聽聽and wish to retrieve your username and password or generate a new password, use the appropriate 鈥淧assword Reset鈥 link (found on the聽). These forms will create/modify your credentials for your 开元棋牌 computer logins, Email, WebConnect and Blackboard.

For help within Blackboard, please use the following resources:

  • Take the easy online tutorial on聽. Click on 鈥淟ogin鈥 and type in 鈥渄emo鈥 as the username and password.
  • 866-520-7129

The Mount Wachusett Community College self-service information system is available to students through the聽WebConnect聽system. Student email accounts have also been provided for all students. Access is available to you once you have been accepted to the college.

Registering Using WebConnect

  1. At the Main Menu for WebConnect. Click on the 鈥淪tudent and Financial Aid鈥 tab the options will include Registration (to register/get class schedule), Student Records (grades/transcript), and Financial Aid.
  2. From the 鈥淪tudent and Financial Aid鈥 page, click on the 鈥淩egistration鈥 link to get to the registration menu.
  3. Select the term from the drop down box. Click submit.
  4. Click on the 鈥淎dd or Drop Classes鈥 link. Enter the CRN numbers of the courses you have selected. If you click on the 鈥淎dd to Worksheet鈥 button, the course will be transmitted to your registration form, BUT NOT ADDED to your course schedule officially. Once you have entered all of the CRNs, click on the 鈥淪ubmit Changes鈥 button to complete your registration.
  • If you would like to plan your schedule on-line, click on 鈥淟ook-up Classes鈥 from the Registration menu. By first choosing a subject area in the first section, you may then search by any other variables (e.g. course number, campus, instructor, days, etc . . . ) When you have entered all of your variables, click on the 鈥淐lass Search鈥 button to obtain your search results. To register for any of the courses in your search, click on the box in the left hand column next to the course or courses you have selected. Click on the 鈥淩egister鈥 button to add a course or courses to your schedule.
  • Your confirmed course enrollment will appear after you have clicked on the 鈥淩egister鈥 button.聽If there are errors with your schedule, they will appear below your schedule with a red 鈥淩egistration Errors鈥 button.聽The course(s) appearing in the error section are NOT part of your schedule. A link at the bottom of the page gives an Error Message Explanation describing each of the possible error.
  • To add additional courses to your schedule, you may continue to add classes in the lower section of the page or to complete another search, click on the 鈥淐lass Search鈥 button.
  • Once you have selected all of your courses in the term for which you are registering, click on the link at the bottom of the page to 鈥淩egistration Fee Assessment.鈥 A summary of the charges for this semester will appear.

Printing/Viewing Your Schedule

You can print and/or view your schedule by following the links below:

  1. Log onto聽
  2. Click the WebConnect icon
  3. Select the Student and Financial Aid tab
  4. Click the Registration menu link.
  5. 鈥淲eek at a Glance鈥

Printing/Viewing Grades

You can print and view your semester grade report or an unofficial copy of your full transcript by following the links below:

  1. Log onto聽
  2. Click the WebConnect icon OR click the Student Summary tab in iConnect
  3. From WebConnect, select the Student and Financial Aid tab
  4. Click on Student Records
  • To review the聽final grades聽for the past semester, click on the Final Grades link. From the drop down box, select the term you wish to review. Click the Display Grades box.
  • To review your entire聽Academic Transcript, click the Academic Transcript

To request an official transcript click, the Request Printed Transcript link at the bottom of the Academic Transcript Options page.

Where Can I Call for Help?

Contact the help desk for assistance at聽helpdesk@mwcc.edu or 866-520-7129. You can access WebConnect from any location where you have Internet access. Open-access computers are located in the lower level of the 开元棋牌 library and in the Advising and Counseling Center.

开元棋牌 provides secure high-speed wireless data service at the Gardner, Leominster, and Fitchburg campuses. Wifi Network Access - 2024

If the laptop is owned by 开元棋牌, access to all 开元棋牌 internal network resources will be available; if it is your own personal laptop, you will receive Internet access only. ITS does not support personally-owned laptops and other devices.

Anti-virus software is required before access to the wireless network will be approved. ITS staff will review anti-virus software, and configure the computer to recognize the wireless network.

Student Access

Students, faculty and staff employees may use the eduroam wireless network while at any 开元棋牌 campus. Configuring your device for the eduroam network will allow you to connect to the network at any college campus that supports eduroam.

Please follow the instructions below based on your device.

Please make sure to connect to eduroam at 开元棋牌 before using it at other participating campuses.

Android

  1. Connect to the network ID 鈥渆duroam鈥
  2. IMPORTANT: When prompted for username (or 鈥渋dentity鈥) and password, enter your username followed by @mwcc.mass.edu (e.g., jdoe@mwcc.mass.edu) and your 开元棋牌 password.
  3. If prompted about a certificate, select "Do not validate"
  4. Tap 鈥淐onnect鈥

You can also聽.

Mac OS X

  1. Connect to the network ID 鈥渆duroam鈥
  2. IMPORTANT: When prompted for username and password, enter your username followed by @mwcc.mass.edu (e.g., jdoe@mwcc.mass.edu) and your 开元棋牌 password
  3. Accept the certificate

iPhone, iPad, & Other Apple Mobile Devices

  1. Connect to the network ID 鈥渆duroam鈥
  2. IMPORTANT: When prompted for username and password, enter your username followed by @mwcc.mass.edu (e.g., jdoe@mwcc.mass.edu) and your 开元棋牌 password
  3. Accept the certificate

You can also聽.

More Information


Guest Access

If you鈥檙e visiting Mount Wachusett Community College, you can use the 鈥溈迮 Guest鈥 wireless network for temporary access to the internet. The network is a free service and is intended for general internet activities while on campus. The guest network uses an unsecured connection, so it is strongly recommended that guests do not transmit sensitive data while connected (such as mobile banking).

Registration

At registration, you will be asked to provide your name, phone, and email for the purpose of being able to contact you in the event of issues with your registered device. The College does not share your personal information with any other entities, and it will not be used for any other purpose.

To set up your device on the wireless network, follow these steps:

  1. Choose 鈥溈迮 Guest鈥 in the list of available networks on your device.
  2. Read the information and fill out the registration form in the browser window that automatically opens upon connecting.
  3. Accept the College鈥檚 Acceptable Use Policy.

Duration

Access is granted for a 30-day period that begins at the time of registration. Guests may re-register as needed.

Ports and Protocols

The following ports and protocols are allowed on the 鈥溈迮 Guest鈥 guest network.

Service / Protocol Port
HTTP/HTTPS TCP 80, 443
POP TCP 110, 995
IMAP TCP 993
SMTP TCP 25, 465, 587

Need Help?

If you have problems accessing the wireless network, please visit the ITS Department in Room H038, Gardner campus (downstairs in the Library) or call 866-520-7129.

Please note:聽Wireless access points may only be installed by 开元棋牌 ITS staff.