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Student Email

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 mypassword.oldscollege.ca

  2. Click Reset my password
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  3. Enter your Olds College student ID# as the username and click logon
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  4. Click the option Use Email Verification
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  5. You will receive an email to the personal email you used to register for Olds College with. Click the link in this email to set your password.

The password that you create 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. Open your Internet browser

  2. Go to the Olds College home page and click on the “sign in” button or access through your browser at www.gmail.com.

  3. 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)

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

  5. 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 Collegeemail 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.