When do students taking online distance learning courses need Odin accounts?
All students taking online credit courses must have Odin accounts. PSU systems have been set up so that WebCT course websites are automatically populated with user accounts if registered students have created Odin accounts. Conversely, if registered students do not create Odin accounts (or do not have them created for them), they will not have access to online courses in WebCT. It is crucial that students taking online courses receive advance information regarding creating Odin accounts so that they will have access to their courses by the first day of class. Program staff should use the following website, which explains Odin accounts and how to get them, in their advance communications with students: http://extended.pdx.edu/distance/welcome.shtml It is also very important that Programmers inform ES registration in advance if a course they are offering has an online component that requires access to WebCT. ES registration flags these courses for priority registration so that students a
