Talon – Getting Started
How to access your Talon course
To login to Talon, type the URL into
your browser
(https://talon.kirkwood.edu) or go to
the Kirkwood Homepage and click on
the link for "Talon" in the upper right
hand corner. Click on “Talon Login”
and use your knumber and password
to login.
The Minibar
The minibar is the blue bar across the
top of the page. Clicking on the "My
Home" will always take you back to
your personal homepage. Next to the
"My Home" link is your course
list. From here, you can click the
dropdown menu to navigate between
courses.
The Navbar
The Navbar will allow you to navigate
within the course as well as access
some institutional resources.
You may not see your course if it is
before the first day of class, if your
instructor is not using Talon, you have
just registered, or you have been
administratively withdrawn due to
nonpayment or attendance.
My Home
When you successfully login to Talon,
you will see your homepage. You can
always return to this page by clicking
on the "My Home" in the upper left
hand corner. On your homepage, you
will see several “Widgets,” including a
widget with your courses.
Course Content
The majority of your course
materials, learning modules,
dropboxes, quizzes/exams, and
discussions can be found under
Course Content.
To access the Course Content, click
on the "Course Content" link in the
Navbar.
This will take you to your main
content page, where you will see
several modules of content. Within
each of these modules you may find
pages, dropboxes, discussion forums,
quizzes, files, or links to other web
resources.
Talon Email
Talon has an email tool that allows
you to send email to your instructor
and classmates from within your
course. This is NOT an internal
messaging system. Replies to email
will NOT come into Talon. Email can
only be received and replied to
from your Kirkwood student email.
Talon email is send only.
To send an email through Talon click
on the Email link in the Navbar, enter
the email address of your sender. DO
NOT REMOVE the "Talon" and
course name in the subject line as
this will tell your recipient that this
email is coming from Talon.
Checking your Grades
The easiest way to check your grades
is to click on the Grades link in the
Navbar. Note - not all instructors will
keep course grades in Talon.
Another way to view your grades,
feedback, and detailed reports is
through the Progress tool. When in a
course, you can access the Progress
tool by clicking on the “Progress” link
in the Navbar.
On the Progress page, you can view
your progress summary,
grades/feedback, and progress of
specific content items.