Workshop for students new to BTC that provides info on logging in to networks, student email, Canvas, & some basic Word and PowerPoint tips.

1. Computer Boot Camp
GET CONNECTED AND LEARN THE BASICS

2. Get Logged In
Logging on to the network:
Username: your last name followed by the last four digits of your BTC SID
lastname1234
Password: btc - your 8 digit birthday
btc-mmddyyyy

3. Reset Your Password
Go to the BTC Homepage: http://www.btc.ctc.edu/
Click on the tab at the top of the page
Choose the “Computer and email Password Reset” link: http://www.btc.ctc.edu/PasswordReset
Fill out the password reset form (your “pin” is your six digit birthday)
Note that your password must contain at least:
8 characters
one number
one letter
one of the special characters indicated

4. What Does the Password Reset
Form Change?
Using the password reset form will reset:
Your network password
Your BTC email password
Your SharePoint password
Your MyBTC Portal password

5. Set Up Your Email
Go to the BTC Homepage: http://www.btc.ctc.edu/
Choose the tab at the top of the page.
Select the “Student Email” link.
Here you will find instructions for logging in
You will also be able to connect to your email account with the “Student Email Login link”:
http://www.btc.ctc.edu/StudentEmailLink

6. BTC Email Username & Password
Your email username is:
Your last name followed by the last four digits of your BTC SID followed by @beltc.ctc.edu
lastname1234@beltc.ctc.edu
Your email password is:
btc – your 8 digit birthday
btc-mmddyyyy

7. Find Your Online Classes
Go to the BTC Homepage: http://www.btc.ctc.edu/
Click on the tab at the top of the page
Choose the “Canvas Login” link
Username: Your full BTC SID number
8########
Password: The first 6 letters of your last name (if your last name is shorter than 6 letters, start
spelling it again – Smith = smiths)
smiths

8. Word
Microsoft Word is part of the Microsoft Office Suite, and is available on all networked computers
on campus. You can also access it through Remote Desktop, and there is an abbreviated version
available through OneDrive, a cloud tool associated with your BTC Email account.
Where to find it
How to open a new document
How to save

9. PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft Office Suite, and is available on all networked
computers on campus. You can also access it through Remote Desktop, and there is an
abbreviated version available through OneDrive, a cloud tool associated with your BTC Email
account.
Where to find it
How to open a new presentation
How to insert a new slide
How to view a presentation
How to save a presentation

10. Questions?
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