Services

Online Services & Forms

Register for classes, download forms, access the portal and more.

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Portal

Access the student portal to manage your timetable, payments & more.

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Blackboard

Find answers to your Blackboard questions or get help from our staff.

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Webmail

Login to your college gmail account or employee mhc.ab.ca account.

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Forms

Forms & Applications

Download academic forms or access online applications for scholarships and residence.

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Student Computer Login

General Student Access Information

  • When logging into computers on campus, remember to select the ‘Student’ domain
  • To maintain security and protect privacy you must have a password and username to access computer resources
  • Your username never changes
  • You will be prompted to change your password every 120 days
  • New students will be assigned a user name and password
  • Returning students will continue to use your existing username and password

Your Username (new and returning students)
The format of your username will be firstname.lastname For example, Joe Canuck has a username of joe.canuck (there will be some exceptions for extra long or duplicate names.)

Your Password (new students)
For most new students, your first password will be the first three letters of your month of birth, with the first letter capitalized, followed by the four digits of your year of birth and the last three digits of your Student ID Number. Examples:

  • Joe Canuck's student ID number: 30000123
  • Joe Canuck's birthday: June 1990
  • Joe Canuck’s password: Jun1990123

You will be prompted to reset your password the first time you log into a computer on campus.

Changing Your Password
Every academic year you will be prompted to change your password. Passwords must meet the following criteria:
  • must be at least 8 characters;
  • cannot have been used in the previous 6 passwords;
  • does not contain your account or full name; and
  • contains at least three of the following four character groups:
    • English uppercase characters (A through Z);
    • English lowercase characters (a through z);
    • Numerals (0 through 9);Non-alphabetic characters (such as !, $, #, %)
    The password does not have to be a word; it can be a phrase or a sentence.

    Student Printing

    You are able to print at any available printer after logging on using your username and password. MHC has a pay-for-print system; you may add funds to your account in the Vera Bracken Library. Each time you choose to print, a dialog window will open confirming your desire to print and showing you the status of your print account. As your account is depleted you may add money to your print account.

    Printing and postal services are also available on campus in Room F104.