FAQs
Go to the website
Log in with your credentials and click on the link to Gmail
When Gmail is open, click on the gear symbol in the upper left corner and choose 鈥淪ettings鈥
Click the link that says 鈥淔orwarding and POP/IMAP鈥
Click the 鈥淎dd a forwarding address鈥 button
Enter email address then click 鈥淣ext鈥 and then 鈥淧roceed鈥, then 鈥淥K鈥
Check your email account you entered as the forwarding address and you will have an email from the VCCS asking for confirmation. Read the email and click the link within the email to confirm the request.
Go back to the 鈥淔orwarding and POP/IMAP鈥 section of 鈥淪ettings鈥
Click the button beside 鈥淔orward a copy of incoming mail to鈥 and take note of the settings in the two drop down menus, then at the bottom of the page click the button to 鈥淪ave Changes鈥 and you鈥檙e done.
While the site is open that is not functioning properly (if you closed the site, please navigate back to it), at the top left of Internet Explorer click on 鈥淭ools鈥. If you do not see this menu, press 鈥淎LT鈥 on your keyboard one time and it will appear.
Then, click on 鈥淐ompatibility View Settings鈥
Click 鈥淎dd鈥. The 鈥淎dd this website鈥 portion will be filled in for you. It will only have part of the address, so don鈥檛 be concerned if it looks much shorter than you expect. An example of this is:
https://cvcc.my.vccs.edu/personInfo
being changed to
vccs.edu
This is normal.
After the site has been added (it will appear in the large middle box), click 鈥淐lose鈥. The site will reload.
Try to continue what you were doing before and see if this has resolved the problem. This frequently fixes many issues with websites behaving oddly, and doesn鈥檛 require special privileges or access.
Go to the website
Log in with your credentials and click on the link to Gmail
Once Gmail is open, in the upper left corner click on the gear symbol and choose 鈥淢ail settings鈥
Click the link that says 鈥淔orwarding and POP/IMAP鈥
There are two choices, either 鈥淧OP Download鈥 for setting up your email on an email client like Outlook, or 鈥淚MAP Access鈥 for setting up your email in Outlook or most mobile devices.
Under each section, you can enable which one suits your needs, for most smartphones you will need to 鈥淓nable IMAP鈥, afterwards click the 鈥淪ave Changes鈥 button at the bottom of the page, then return to the 鈥淔orwarding and POP/IMAP鈥 page in 鈥淪ettings鈥
Click on the corresponding 鈥淐onfiguration instructions鈥 link to find out how to setup your email on your smartphone.
The 鈥淐onfiguration instructions鈥 will take you to a page where you will follow the steps provided for your device or email client based off which protocol you need to use. Once again, most devices will be IMAP.
All currently enrolled students at CVCC are eligible to download Microsoft Office365.
Students can access Office 365 by going to:
Upon entering your full VCCS student email address (e.g. student123@email.vccs.edu) in the username field and continuing, you will be redirected to the MyVCCS login page.
From there, you can download Office 365 apps.