New Student Checklist
Congratulations on your admission to 七星彩开奖. We look forward to meeting you! To get you started on the right foot, we have created a handy checklist to guide you as a new student.
Prior to the Start of Classes…
- Be sure to access your My 七星彩开奖 Portal/Omnivox regularly to get the latest information for new students at 七星彩开奖. If you haven鈥檛 connected yet, enter 鈥渉ow to access Omnivox鈥� in the search field of the 七星彩开奖 website.
- Review your program handbook. Log into your My 七星彩开奖 Portal and select My College Services > Program Handbook.
- Watch the How to Register and the First Semester Academic Orientation videos on the Academic Advising web page at dawsoncollege.qc.ca/academic-advising/video-resources.
- Look out for an invitation to your Welcome Day information session!
Welcome Day
- Your Welcome Day will be on August 19 or 20, 2024. Please check out the schedule here.
- During your Welcome Day, you鈥檒l have an opportunity to meet your dean, learn about services offered, familiarize yourself with the layout of the College and meet people from your program.
- The typical Welcome Day schedule includes attending a welcome presentation, followed by a program-specific presentation. Once completed, you鈥檒l be invited to take our self-guided tour!
- Don鈥檛 forget to stop at the tables in the Upper Atrium to check out our athletic wear for sale, meet
七星彩开奖 Student Union representatives, and get your ice cream.
七星彩开奖 Student ID Card
- Upload your picture and a proof of identification (passport, driver鈥檚 license, medical card or similar
documents) into the My 七星彩开奖 Portal (Omnivox), either via the app or using a desktop. This
picture will be used for both your digital and physical 七星彩开奖 Student ID card. - Once you have uploaded your picture, you can ask for your 七星彩开奖 Student ID card to be printed
starting 3 weeks after the semester has begun by going to the printshop in room 2E.01. - For more information, click here!
Lockers
- You can rent a locker for the academic year via the My 七星彩开奖 Portal (Omnivox). Click on 鈥淟ockers鈥� under the heading 鈥淢y Omnivox Services鈥�, located on the left side of your screen.
- Please note there is a mandatory, non-refundable $10.00 locker administration fee per person. It must be paid online when reserving your locker using a credit card.
- For more information, click听here.
Books
- You must select your required books & manuals through the online Bookstore Course List prior to coming to the Bookstore. To reserve or purchase items: go to the My 七星彩开奖 Portal (Omnivox) and click on 鈥淏ookstore Course List鈥� under the heading 鈥淢y College Services鈥�. You will be able to review and select your items and when available purchase eBook versions directly online.
- For more information, click听here.
Mandatory Sexual Violence Prevention Online Training
- All post-secondary students are mandated by the Quebec government to complete an online
sexual violence prevention training. - 七星彩开奖 has created an online training which is informative and easy to complete. To
access this training enter the My 七星彩开奖 Portal (Omnivox) and click on 鈥淪exual Violence
Prevention Training鈥� under the heading 鈥淪tudent Services鈥�, located on the left side of your screen.
This link will lead you to the training on Moodle, where you can choose to complete it in English or in
French. - The deadline to complete this training is August 16, 2024. After this date, you risk being locked out of your student accounts.
Financial Aid
- The Financial Aid Department provides a variety of assistance to students in need who are enrolled
full-time at 七星彩开奖 including: Quebec Loan and Bursaries application assistance,
budgeting tips, and a food bank. - Please e-mail Yvonne Dudley or send her a MIO to book an appointment for financial help.
- To start an online application for Quebec Loans and Bursaries, click听
Communication Systems at 七星彩开奖
- E-Mail: Check your personal e-mail for important messages from the college until you are registered
for courses. Once registered, you will receive a 七星彩开奖 e-mail address, which will be used
by the college to communicate with you. Please check your e-mail daily. - Admission Portal: When you applied at 七星彩开奖, you were asked to activate your admission portal
to monitor the status of your application and accept your offer of admissions. Other uses of this
portal include requesting a program transfer and checking on your student status. - My 七星彩开奖 Portal, called Omnivox: When you were admitted to the college, you were sent a link
to your admission package and you were instructed to activate your My 七星彩开奖 Portal account.
Omnivox will be an important tool for you. It contains information such as:- Deadlines and important dates;
- News and information about what鈥檚 happening at the college;
- Details about college processes such as registration;
- Your progress chart; and
- A phone/e-mail directory
Omnivox also serves as a means of communication:
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- Teachers may send you messages and documents via the 鈥淲hat鈥檚 New?鈥� section.
- Messaging in Omnivox (MIO) is an internal messaging system that allows you and other
七星彩开奖 community members to communicate. To send a MIO to someone, you only need
their name. - Omnivox Communities are used to provide information to and from specific sub-groups
within the College. - Surveys: Your voice matters and we solicit your opinion through surveys found in the
鈥淲hat鈥檚 new?鈥� section.
Many college processes are handled through Omnivox, including but not limited to the following:
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- Registration for courses each semester;
- Course changes;
- Course withdrawals/drops after the first semester (students in their first semester must speak to an advisor to withdraw from or drop a course);
- Attendance validation; and
- Paying fees.
The Omnivox App for mobile phones is available for download and is most useful for reading MIOs, checking grades and looking up course cancellations. Download your app here: ,听
- 听LEA, the Omnivox Classroom or Moodle is where you can:
- Download assignments;
- Check due dates and grades;
- View course documents; and
- Submit assignments.
- Network Account: To access WiFi, computers and network devices, you need to create a network
account. Do so by entering My 七星彩开奖 Portal (Omnivox), then clicking on 鈥淢y 七星彩开奖 Life鈥�. A
drop-down menu will appear. Click on 鈥淣etwork Account鈥�. Your username is your student number. - Passwords: Please choose complex passwords and keep them private.
