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MyWestern, Blackboard, Zoom, and Teams

General resource guide for learning, understanding, and navigating Blackboard, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams at Western Technical College

Western Login

CURRENT STUDENTS Home Page

Explore the links: Start Strong, Interactive Map, and Cavalier Cupboard to learn more about navigating Western Technical College.

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WESTERN LOGINS

Your MyWesternWestern student emailBlackboard, and network user accounts are synchronized so they use the same password.

Here is what you should use for your username for each of these accounts:

  • MyWestern – Use your student ID number.
  • Western student email – Use your student email address.
  • Blackboard – Use your student ID number.
  • Network user – User your student ID number.

IMPORTANT 

  • The MyWestern link Self-service New will take you to the new Student Information System. Western is using Microsoft Single-Sign-on which requires you to set up an authentication method for your student accounts.
  • You must set up an authentication method before logging in to the new Self-Service for the first time. 
Microsoft Authentication Setup

NOTE: To change your password now or in the future, you need to have an authentication method setup. (Microsoft Authenticator):

If you do not have an authentication method setup, please refer to this document on how to enroll/setup an authentication method: Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) - Enrollment

If you have already setup an authentication method and need to change your password, please choose one of these options:

NOTE: If you need help with this process, please contact IT Help Desk at PCService@westerntc.edu or 608-789-6266. If you do not know your student ID number, please contact the Welcome Center (608-785-9553) or PC Service (608-789-6266) for assistance.

CURRENT STUDENTS

Scroll down the page to explore all the information you may want access to as a Western student. You will return to the CURRENT STUDENTS  home page again and again. Think of it as your personal connection to all of the information and services offered at Western.

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CURRENT STUDENTS Menu 

Important links to tools and help resources you'll be using as a Western student.

  • MyWestern (see MyWestern Features in the left column) 
  • Email
  • Blackboard (access tutorial in the left column)
  • Password Reset for Students
  • IT Help Desk
  • Academic Calendar
  • Staff Contacts

EMAIL 

Will link you to your Western Student email account - Microsoft Outlook. Checking your email daily or at least twice a week. You receive emails about updating your password every so often. Be sure to flag or pin the password change emails so you have a link you can use to update your password more conveniently.  If you can’t remember your password don’t guess because you can be locked out of your account and must call PC Services to reset your password.

After you change your password, you may need to wait a few minutes for it to synchronize with all your accounts (Office 365, Western email, network user account).

If you need further assistance, please contact the PC Services Help Desk at 608-789-6266 or pcservice@westerntc.edu

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  • Enter your student email

    • your student email is your last name and first initial of your first name

    • if you have a very common last name you might have numbers following your first initial

  • Enter your password

    • your password for your email is the same for your MyWestern and Blackboard

  • Your decision

    • click “Yes” or “No” to stay signed in

PASSWORD RESET

If you do not know your password, please use this link to learn about the process for resetting your password.

If you do not know your password and have not set up an authentication method for Western accounts previously, please contact PC Services at 608-789-6266 or pcservice@westerntc.edu for assistance.

 

BLACKBOARD LOGIN PAGE

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Cool Fact: if you sign into Blackboard first you will automatically be signed into your email if you use the SSO (single sign-in) method, using your student email address and be taken directly to your student email inbox. icon cool emoji wearing sunglasses

Attribution

icon lotusOur deepest thanks to Seng Khaleck for compiling the information in this section for her fellow Western students!


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