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Instructor Guide

Our Instructor Guide is a centralized resource designed to provide faculty with easy access to essential information in one convenient location. Curated by our staff based on frequently asked questions, it includes website links and helpful tools to support your success and streamline your work.

General Information
Parking Information
Campus Map
Technology Support & Logins

Teaching Information
Blackboard - View training materials here!
Textbook & Course Pack Ordering
Academic Calendar - Check for important dates such as the start and end of classes and holidays.
Submit Course Outline - View training materials here!
Submit Final Grades - Please note that you need to be faculty to access this page. 

Clerical Procedures
If you have questions about any of the following speak to your chair or coordinator:
Supplies
Mailbox
Office Space
Office Hours
Keys
Copying Procedures
Evaluation of Faculty Performance
Sick Days
Items Required in Your Course Syllabus

Need a semester-long checklist to stay on track?

Semester Checklist

FAQ

Updated September 12, 2025

Medicine Hat College restricts logins to @mhc.ab.ca accounts from outside Canada for security reasons. To request access to Microsoft365 and Blackboard while abroad, please complete the Foreign Travel Account Access Form at least one week before departure.

Foreign Travel Account Access

Once abroad, reply to the confirmation email from your personal account with your current IP address (check it at https://whatismyipaddress.com/). This allows ITS to enable your access.



First 2 letters are the type of course:

  • FL = Flexible Learning
  • LC = Lecture
  • LB = Lab
  • CL = Clinical
  • BL = Blended (part online, part face to face)
  • WB = Web Based - online class running on the standard semester schedule (eg. Jan 5 – Apr 24)
  • DL = Distance Learning - online class running on a 4 month semester (eg. Jan 1 – Apr 30)
  • SO = Special Offering – online class running on a standard semester schedule

3rd letter is whether the course is Med Hat (M) or Brooks (B) campus.

4th letter is the section number, "A" is there is only one section of the course

 

 

Semester Codes

After the underscore is the semester the course runs in. SP22ST run on, or after, May 1, in Standard Semester (ST). Almost everything is in Standard Semester except Trades are in Appreticeship Semesters. 

  • FA = Fall
  • WI = Winter
  • SP = Spring

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