Online and Distance Student Orientation

• John Burgeson, Dean of Continuing
Studies
• Patricia Hughes, Interim Associate Provost for Research and Dean of the School of
Graduate Studies

• Welcome you to Graduate Education at SCSU
• Introduce you to available resources.
• Provide an overview of the technologies you will use as an online or distance student.
• Introduce you to the proctored testing/testing center process.
• Answer any questions you might have about the
University, online and distance education, and the technology you will use.

• Website for Online and Distance Students
• http://www.stcloudstate.edu/graduatestudies/current/distance.asp
• Links to University Resources
• Library http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/library/services/distance/
• The Write Place http://www.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace/
• Announcements for online and distance students.
• Professional Development Workshops
• http://www.stcloudstate.edu/graduatestudies/current/involved.asp
• Thesis/Starred Paper and other Culminating Project
Workshops
• http://www.stcloudstate.edu/graduatestudies/current/culmProject/

• e-Services – login using your SCSU student ID (8-digits)
• To register for classes
• To pay your bill
• To find course start dates, drop dates, and withdrawal dates
• To view your unofficial transcipts
• To review your degree audit report – after filing a
Program of Study (.pdf), this report will be customized to you and allow you to track your progress on degree or certificate completion.

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• Email is the official form of communication at SCSU.
Make certain you activate your campus email:
• https://www5.stcloudstate.edu/its/activateaccount/default.asp
• Contacting Graduate Studies
Mail:
AS 121
720 4 th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone:
320-308-2113
Email: graduatestudies@stcloudstate.edu

SCSU Online Student Services Office
320-308-3181 8-4:30 M-F (starting in the 3 rd week of classes we will be open until 7PM Tu,
Wed, Thurs and 9-1pm on Sat) scsu_online@stcloudstate.edu
Normally we will respond within 24 hours

• Technology Homepage
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• http://huskynet.stcloudstate.edu/default.asp
Set up your Huskynet email – do this ASAP as email is the official form of communication at SCSU and required to login to
Login to D2L – Learning Management System – many courses and all online courses will have a D2L site (requires Huskynet)
Login to use your File/Web Space – 500Mb of backed-up storage space – free to students (requires Huskynet)
Login to the Virtual Lab – much of the software available in the labs, free for you to use online (requires Huskynet)
• MyHuskynet
• Login and set up a personalized portal to SCSU (requires
Huskynet)