New students
As a new student at UMass Dartmouth, you'll want to use email, Internet, print, and digital library services as soon as possible. UMass Dartmouth’s Computing and Information Technology Services (CITS) provides access to these essential resources and offers help when you need it.
Getting Connected
Your first step is to activate your UMassD Logon for email and other services: New Student Activation
(All entering students are invited to begin activation, via an email sent to the personal email address provided to the university.)
Start checking your email as soon as possible: email is an official means of communication at UMass Dartmouth.
Access your Office 365 email through myUMassD, our web portal.
Students should familiarize themselves with UMass Dartmouth IT policies.
Your UMassD Logon also provides access to a number of IT services beyond email.
The myUMassD portal provides a central location for quick and secure access to most online services for students, faculty, and staff. Use your UMassD logon to access the myUMassD portal.
myUMassD offers single-sign-on access to email and other university services such as online courses. Other important systems, such as COIN, are available with an additional login.
Make myUMassD your starting point for information and activities. Available through myUMassD:
- campus news
- important notifications
- ways to make connections within the UMass Dartmouth community
All students are required to sign into COIN: Corsairs Online INformation.
COIN is an official means of university communication for student information such as courses, grades, and class schedules.
You can access COIN through the myUMassD portal. More information about COIN is available at myUMassD, under Help.
myAlert is a notification system designed to immediately deliver emergency information to students via cell phone text/voice messaging. UMassD Alert is used to notify the UMass Dartmouth community of:
- emergencies that significantly disrupt daily activities or pose a threat to the health and safety of the community
- weather closing or restricted hours
When your UMassD logon is created, you will receive an invitation to log into UMassD Alert and provide contact information. You may also access UMassD Alert through the Campus Tools within the myUMassD portal launch pad.
View the CITS computer purchase guidelines for students. Some academic areas (Engineering, Law, Visual & Performing Arts) also provide specific recommendations for laptops.
For more information or questions regarding purchasing technology, please contact CITS at ITProcurement@umassd.edu.
Visit the Network pages to learn how to connect to eduroam, the primary on-campus network, and CorsairWifi, for gaming consoles and media streaming devices.
All student computers are required to have anti-virus software installed in order to connect to our campus network.
The Learning Commons on the first floor of the library, is where students can go to:
- use computers
- work and study in groups or by themselves
In addition, CITS offers a number of computer classroom spaces that are reserved for faculty using technology in their course work. When not being used for teaching, these classrooms become public access computer labs (with access for students as well as faculty and staff).
UMass Dartmouth uses Canvas as its Learning Management System (LMS) for face-to-face, blended, and fully online courses. You can access Canvas via the myUMassD portal.
CITS and the Library have introduced PrintLess, an initiative to reduce printing-related paper waste. Please visit the site for information about student printing and print allocations.