College of North West London Student Portal Student portal CNWL has developed a student portal to provide streamlined access to the online resources that students use during their time with the college. The portal opens up as in the screen image above, and is immediately accessible when the students log in to a College computer. The student portal can also be accessed externally and on mobile devices - myday.student.cnwl.ac.uk September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 1
Accessing email in the student portal At a touch of tile you are already logged in to your email, and as it is a live tile it keeps you updated when new mail comes in September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 2
Opening, saving and editing your documents in the student portal Student can open their personal and shared documents by clicking respectively on: OneDrive and Student Shared Area icons. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 3
To create a new document using web portal: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 4
The new document doesn t have to be saved, the background process saves automatically all newly created documents. The new document will be marked with a little green star when you access your OneDrive: You can click on any document to highlight it and then delete, edit, rename it by clicking on manage. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 5
Opening and saving documents from within the College using Office 2013 To open a personal document you need to open your OneDrive from your Computer: or from the Office 2013 by going to: File Open OneDrive _College of North West London Browse Documents. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 6
To open a document from the college shared drive: click on File Open Site_College of North West London Browse Students Shared Area. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 7
In order to save a document to your college OneDrive you need to: click on File Save as OneDrive College of North West London Browse Documents. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 8
You can also save your documents by dragging and dropping them into OneDrive. You will see it in your Computer: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 9
Dragging a document from the desktop. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 10
Dragged and dropped document: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 11
How to access the student portal externally To access your e-mails and documents from home enter the following address in your web browser: myday.student.cnwl.ac.uk In the security box log in with your student number and password (make sure you put Student\ in front of your student number : Student\your studentnumber Your password September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 12
From this screen you can navigate to your e-mails (Outlook), your documents (OneDrive) or shared drive by clicking respectively on Outlook, OneDrive or Sites on the red bar or on the colourful icons: Your Outlook Mail: Your Documents: Student Shared Area: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 13
If you need to upload/save any home documents onto your One Drive, you can do so by clicking on the Upload icon, browse to your file and click ok To create a new document, you need to click on new and select a type of document: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 14
and create a new document The new document doesn t have to be saved, the background process saves automatically all newly created documents. The new document will be marked with a little green star when you access your OneDrive: September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 15
You can once click on any document to highlight it and then delete, edit, rename it by clicking on manage. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 16
Student Advantage and Office 365 Pro Plus Every student enrolled in the college is entitled to free access to Office 2013 at home and outside the college. This offer is only valid while enrolled on courses at the college Every student of the college can down load a copy of office to use on their home computer which will be active until you leave the college Office 365 ProPlus for PC. Office 365 ProPlus for Mac To install office log on to: myday.student.cnwl.ac.uk from home on the computer you wish to install office. When you are logged on click the gear symbol top left and select Office 365 settings Next click on Software Install and manage software on the left hand side. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 17
For windows select your version of operating system 32bit or 64bit. If not sure leave as 32 bit and click install For Mac just click the install button. September 2014 CNWL guide to Student Portal Page 18