This document provides information and instructions for students about various online tools and resources at OCTC including: logging into email with a KCTCS address, creating a Merit profile, getting an OCTC ID card, installing the KCTCS app, accessing student self-service and changing passwords. It also includes tips for setting up email on a phone and references an online tools cheat sheet as well as strategies for college success in FYE 100.

1. OCTC Wired
EMAIL
MERIT
STARFISH
STUDENT ACCOUNT
STUDENT SELF-SERVICE
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2. Your username and e-mail@kctcs.edu
(first initial, last name, four digit number)
dearnhartjr0001@kctcs.edu
dpatrick0016@kctcs.edu
wscott0007@kctcs.edu
Wendell Scott - The first African-American NASCAR driver
and the first African-American to win a Grand National
Series race (now the Sprint Cup Series).
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3. Your student ID number
(nine digits)
001572016
001000037
001973224
Next Kentucky Derby
Years between Triple Crown winners
Fastest race – 1973 Belmont Stakes - Secretariat in 2:24
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4. Student Self-Service
(PeopleSoft)
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5. Student Self-Service
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6. Change/reset your password
User Account Center
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7. Set up e-mail on your phone (See Online Tools Cheat Sheet
under the Additional Resources tab)
Create your Merit profile (may be imported from
Facebook)
Get your OCTC ID card
Have a government-issued photo ID and OCTC schedule with you
Install the KCTCS app (Click this link for instructions
http://www.kctcs.edu/en/Students/App.aspx)
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8. Horse sense
Horace says: Electronic resources
usually work, but not always. Get
these things done now so if you
run into trouble, you can get help
online or in the CyberCenter
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9. Horsepower
These things may seem easy—and
many are—but they take time.
You need to invest the time now.
Get these done this week.
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