August 26 through 29 from 9am to 7pm at the HACC Gettysburg Campus. The document provides information about HACC IDs, PIN numbers, HACCWeb, Desire2Learn, HAWKMail, ALEKS, flash drives, and emailing attachments. It explains what these terms are and how students can access the relevant online systems and resources.
1. August 26 thru August 29
9am until 7pm
HACC Gettysburg Campus
2.
3. Your HACC ID
What is my HACC ID?
This is your identification number at HACC.
It starts with an “H” and can be found on
your HACC ID card.
I don’t know my HACC ID number. How
do I get it?
Go to the Welcome Center near the
entrance by Weis. You will need an official
photo ID.
4. Your PIN
What is my PIN?
This is a password chosen by you.
The first time you access your account, your
PIN will be your date of birth (MMDDYY). You
will be prompted to create a new PIN.
Your new PIN must be 6-15 characters with at
least one number.
5. What is it?
HACCWeb is a self-service portal where you can register
for classes, pay your tuition, change your pin number,
and more.
How do you access it?
From the HACC web page, the “HACCWeb” link is the
last one on the red ribbon.
Login to the “myHACC” portal.
6. You can see your class schedule, register,
drop and add courses, and pay your account.
View your current and past
semester grades here.
If you receive aid, you will see this section.
7. Change your PIN or security question here.
Change your personal information here.
Need help?
Click the HELP
button.
8. What if I forget my password or it doesn’t
work?
Try your birth date or another
password you frequently use.
Go to HACCWeb > Enter your UserID, leave
password field blank, and click on the
“Forgot?” button > Answer the security
question > Reset password
If you can’t answer the security
question, go to the Welcome Center
with a photo ID.
9. HACC’s official portal that allows students to log
into a single webpage and access many of our
online services, such as your account and
important dates.
What is it?
How do you access it?
From HACC’s main page click “myHACC” in
the upper right corner.
Login now and follow along!
10. Useful web links for students,
such as Desire2Learn, the
bookstore, iTunesU, and Zimride
(a private ridesharing network).
“My Account”
displays your
payments and
balances
HACCWeb is where you can
check your registration
status, look up classes to
add, and request a transcript
Important dates,
such as last day to
drop a class and
payment deadlines
View
your
grades
Find your
professor’s
contact
information and
the Student
Handbook
Find your
advisor’s name
Click the “Tutorial” tab to
get help
12. What is it?
The online system used in many online,
blended, and face to face classes. Here you can
see your homework materials and submit
assignments.
How do I access D2L?
Option 1: Log into the “myHACC”
portal. Click D2L link.
Option 2: Log in directly at
https://ehacc.hacc.edu
13. What if the MyHACC portal won't let me login?
Call the HACC Help Desk at (717) 780-2570. If the Help Desk
cannot resolve the issue or if the portal is down for any reason,
please use the secondary method of accessing D2L as described
below.
Can I access Desire2Learn (D2L) if the MyHACC portal
is not available?
Yes! Go directly to Desire2Learn at https://ehacc.hacc.edu
and log in manually using your User ID and your HACCWeb
Password.
For more information about D2L, visit:
http://hacc.campuspack.net/Technical_FAQs/Desire2Learn_Help_for
_Students
14. What is it?
This is HACC’s official student email system
used to communicate with you. Your username
and temporary password were sent to you in
your admission letter.
How can I open my HAWKMail account?
Option 1: From the HACC main page
(www.hacc.edu/),
click the HAWKMail link on the right.
Option 2: Login through the “myHACC” portal
15. What if I forget my HAWKMail username or
password?
To find your username, login to HACCWeb and
locate your HAWKMail username and email address
under the Personal Information tab.
To reset your password, call 717-780-2570 for
assistance from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday –
Friday.
16. For Students Taking
MATH010
MATH020
MATH045
MATH051
For Students
Taking
MATH100 or
higher
For Students taking FS107
What is ALEKS?
ALEKS is educational software that uses adaptive
questioning to quickly determine exactly what a
student knows and doesn't know in a course.
How will I access this program?
Your professor will give you sign-up instructions.
17. On the
Home
Tab
SpacingBold, Underline and Italics
Text Orientation
On the
Insert
Tab
Page Numbers
On the
Review
Tab
Spell Check
Text Style and Font Size
18. A storage device that you can use to save your research
papers, presentations, and other course assignments.
Step 1: When starting a paper, plug in your flash drive.
Step 2: Once your paper is set-up, click the “save” icon in
Word or other program.
Step 3: In the folders area, select your flash drive.
Step 4: Save often, making sure you are always saving on your flash drive.
Step 5: Before removing flash drive, click the “remove and eject” icon,
wait for the “safe to remove” pop up.
View video and add our documents to your new flash drive.
20. Step 2:
Click
“Attach
a file”.
Step 1: Type in email
address and create a
subject.
Step 3: Find your
flash drive and the
document you want
to send.
Step 4: Click “open” and
your document will attach to
your email.
We will cover:
Your HACC id number and your Pin number
myHACC
HACCWeb
Desire2Learn
HawkMail
Information for students taking math classes (i.e. MyMathLab)
Microsoft Word Basics
How to use a flash drive
How to attach a document to an email and send to your professor
First we will cover information about your HACC id number and your PIN.
This is the information you will need to access your personal accounts, print on campus, use the library, and access Desire2Learn for online courses.
Feel free to point anything else out that you think is important.
If you wonder where to go to access something at HACC, try myHACC first.
Login now if you want to follow along in your own account; otherwise, just watch the screen.
Some commonly asked questions that we hear.
From the HACC web site: “If you previously provided a personal email account to HACC, HACC will no longer use that email account to communicate with you. All future correspondence from HACC will come through your HAWKMail account.”
Students taking math or foundation seminar courses might need to use programs called MyMathLab or ALEKS. Here are links to instructions they will need to sign up. Their instructors will also provide them with this information.
Just a quick overview of Microsoft Word, answering the most common questions asked when students are writing papers.
There is a short video showing this procedure.
Give them one of the boot camp flash drives and have them add the Bootcamp documents to it. There should be a folder of documents on each computer in rooms 202 and 110.