Accessing your Olds College email for the first time
Gmail is the official email of Olds College. Every Olds College student and employee has an Olds College email account. You can access your email from anywhere you have an internet connection.
If you are accessing your Olds College email account for the first time, you will need to follow the instructions below to set up your password.
How to set up your password
Off Campus
- Go to mypassword.oldscollege.ca
Click on Change my Password, it will now ask you to login
The username will be your Student ID number, with all the zeroes (e.g 000123456)
The default password is PWMMDDYY, where MMDDYY is your birthdate (e.g. PW012090 for January 20, 1990)
Click login
You will now setup your security questions to allow you to access your account if you ever forget your password or get locked out. Questions 1 and 2 choose from the drop down menu, Question 3 please create your own.
Select submit
Choose a new password, it must be a minimum of 8 characters long
Please note that if you fail putting in the password three times it will lock you out of the system for 30 minutes.
On campus
Go to any of the Olds College campus computers
Turn it on and hit the enter button to access the login screen
Username: will be your Student ID number, with all the zeroes (e.g 000123456)
Default password: is PWMMDDYY, where MMDDYY is your birthdate (e.g. PW012090 for January 20, 1990)
Hit enter or the little arrow beside the password box to login
It will now ask you to change your password, hit okay
Choose a new password, it must be a minimum of 8 characters long
Hit enter after confirming the new password to change your password
After logging in a security question form will pop up, asking you to fill out security questions for future management. Questions 1 and 2 choose from the drop down menu, Question 3 please create your own.
Hit submit
Please make sure you do complete and remember the security questions and answers as this will allow you to reset a forgotten password or unlock your account if you get locked out.
The password that you have just created is the same password that you will use to log into your Olds College email account, to log into the computers on campus, to access Olds College WiFi, and to log into your Moodle account.
How to Access Gmail
Open your Internet browser
Go to the Olds College home page and click on the “sign in” button or access through your browser at www.gmail.com.
Type your username - it's your Olds College email address.
Student Email: firstname.lastname@oldscollege.ca (jane.doe@oldscollege.ca)
Staff Email: firstinitiallastname@oldscollege.ca (jdoe@oldscollege.ca) Type your password - it's the same as the password you use for the Olds College network (computer login).
Click "Sign In"
How to add email to iOS or Android devices
As Olds College hosts all emails through Google, we highly recommend installing the Gmail app on your device.
Add Olds College email to Gmail app:
- On your phone or tablet, open Gmail
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- For first time login: click Sign in along the bottom, or: In the top right, tap your profile picture.
- Tap Add another account.
- Choose Google.
- Enter your Olds College email address, i.e firstname.lastname@oldscollege.ca
- Enter your password
- Authenticate with your 2-factor authentication. If you have not setup your 2-factor authentication you will be required to do so at this stage.
Non Gmail email apps
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