How To: Access Online Classes

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  1. Log in to My VolState.
  2. Click the “eLearn” icon.
  3. eLearn Icon

  4. Your online classes will open in a new window or browser tab.

How To: Check Faculty & Staff Email

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  1. Log in to My VolState.
  2. Click the “Employee Email” icon.
  3. Employee Email Icon

  4. Outlook Web Access will open in a new window or browser tab.

How To: Check Student Email

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  1. Log in to My VolState.
  2. Click the “E-mail” icon.
  3. Student Email Icon

  4. Outlook Web Access will open in a new window or browser tab.

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  1. There are lots of ways to get to the portal log in screen, including the direct address portal.volstate.edu. But for the sake of this How To we’ll assume you start at the Vol State homepage.
  2. Vol State Homepage

  3. Open the “Quick Links” panel at the top of the page. You’ll find a link to “My VolState” under the “Student” heading.
  4. Quick Links

  5. You will be taken to the My VolState log in screen.
  6. Portal Log In Screen

  7. Enter your username and password and click the “Login” button. Students: Use your email username and password, not your V-Number. Faculty & Staff: Use the same username and password you use to log into your office computer or your email.
  8. Log in info entered

  9. You will be taken to the “Home” tab inside the My VolState portal.
  10. Home Tab

How to: Report Attendance

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  1. Log into the My VolState portal at https://portal.volstate.edu/.
  2. Click on the “Banner” tab.
  3. Locate the “Faculty-and-Advisors-Menu”. By default it is in the right-hand column below the “Personal-Information” menu.
  4. Click the “Attendance Reporting” link.
  5. Choose the term from the select menu and click the submit button.
  6. The “Select CRN” screen will display all your courses for the selected term. Choose one from the select box and click the submit button.
  7. Choose the proper attendance status for each student and click the submit button.
  8. To report attendance for another course in the same term, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “CRN Selection“ link.

How to: Find your academic advisor

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  1. Log into the My VolState portal at https://portal.volstate.edu/.
  2. Click on the “Academics” tab.
  3. Locate the “Academic Profile” channel. By default it’s the 3rd box in the left-hand column.
  4. At the bottom of this channel you will see an “Advisors” section. Click the envelope icon to email your advisor. Your advisor’s name is also shown.
  5. If you need a phone number or an office location for your advisor, use the “People Finder” channel on the “Search” tab.

How to: View your grades

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  1. Log into the My VolState portal at https://portal.volstate.edu/.
  2. Click on the “Academics” tab.
  3. Locate the “Student Grades” channel. By default it’s at the top of the left-hand column.
  4. Select the semester (“term”) for the grades you want to view and click the “Go” button
  5. If you want to see how this semester’s grades affect your overall GPA, click the “Final” link at the bottom of the grade report. You’ll be taken to the “Final Grades” screen.
  6. At the bottom of the page you will see the “Undergraduate Summary” section. The far right-hand column of this table is your GPA. The “Cumulative” row shows your GPA calculated over all semesters here at Vol State.

How To: Register for a class

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  1. Log in at portal.volstate.edu.
  2. Portal log in screen

  3. Click on the “Academics” tab.
  4. Academics Tab

  5. Find the “Registration Tools” channel; by default, it is the 2nd box down in the left-hand column.
  6. Click on the “Look Up Classes” link.
  7. Look Up Classes Link

  8. The Select Term screen will open in a new tab. Select the term you want to register for from the select box.
  9. Term Selection Screen

  10. You have a lot of advanced search options on the Look Up Classes screen. Those are worthy of their own entry in the future. For now just select the subject area you are interested in, scroll to the bottom of the screen, and click the “Class Search” button.
  11. Class Search Submit

  12. Find a section of the class you want to sign up for, check the box next to that class in the far left-hand column of the search results table. If a class does not have a check box in that column then it may be full or there may be a hold preventing you from registering.
  13. Select Class

  14. Once you have checked the box for the row of the class you wish to register for click the “Register” button to sign up for the class.
  15. Register Button