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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

  1. Go to: https://mypassword.oldscollege.ca

  2. Click on Reset my Password.

  3. Enter in your student ID (your nine digit student ID number, including all the zeros) into the User Name field, press logon.

  4. Click the "Use Email Verification" button. Check your personal email that was used upon applying to Olds College of Agriculture & Technology for an email containing a time-sensitive link.

  5. Click on the included link in the email. This will open a new window to reset your password.

*Note: if you have not received your email, you may use https://mypassword.oldscollege.ca to regenerate your time-sensitive link.

Please contact the IT Support Desk if you are a returning student that may have an inactive personal email address on record. The security questions and answers 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

  1. Go to www.gmail.com
  2. 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)

  3. Type your password - it's the same as the password you use for the Olds College network (computer login).

  4. 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:

  1. On your phone or tablet, open Gmail .

  2. For first time login: click Sign in along the bottom, or: In the top right, tap your profile picture.

  3. Tap Add another account.

  4. Choose Google.

  5. Enter your Olds College email address, i.e firstname.lastname@oldscollege.ca

  6. Enter your password

  7. 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

For iOS device:

  1. Go to settings (gears) and scroll down to Mail, Contacts, Calendars

  2. Add account. Select Google.

  3. This will take you to the standard Google sign-in screen
  4. Enter your Email address and password. i.e. firstname.lastname@oldscollege.ca

  5. 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.

For Android device:

  1. Go to Apps and select the Email app.

  2. Press menu (3 horizontal bars), select Manage Accounts then the + sign icon at the top of the screen.

  3. Select Google Sign-in
  4. This will take you to the standard Google sign-in screen
  5. Enter your Email address and password. i.e. firstname.lastname@oldscollege.ca

  6. 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.