Student Tech Tools and Resources

Here are some links to technology tools for Highline students, including applications, tutorials, discount programs, password recovery, and other student technology services.

Check out the Student Technology Tools Overview to learn about these key tools: ctcLink, myHighline, MyApps, Watermark, and Canvas.

• Accessible/Assistive Technology
  • Access Services
  • Highline’s Accessible Technology Policy

• Account Setup and Quick Help
  • myHighline Student Account Activation
  • myHighline Password Help Guide
  • ctcLink Account Activation (for new/returning students)
  • ctcLink Account Recovery
  • ctcLink Changing your Password

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Highline’s Guide to GenAI
  • Google Gemini
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Canvas
  • Canvas Login
  • Canvas: Student Orientation
  • Highline’s Guide to Canvas

• CIS Lab
  • CIS VPN Guide

• ctcLink – Online Student Services
  • ctcLink Account Activation (for new/returning students)
  • ctcLink Student ID Number
  • Highline’s Guide to ctcLink
  • Okta Security Setup for ctcLink MyAccount
  • ctcLink Mobile App and Website
    • Download the ctcLink Mobile App
    • Search for Classes in the ctcLink Mobile App
    • Highline’s Mobile-Friendly Website
  • MyAccount  (used for MFA security purposes only)
    • ctcLink MyAccount
    • ctcLink MyAccount – Account Recovery Options
    • ctcLink MyAccount – Changing Password
      • See also: Highline Password Help Guide
    • ctcLink MyAccount – Add/Remove Phone Numbers

• Device Checkout and Student Technology Resources and Discounts
  • Student Technology Request Form to Check Out Devices
    • Guide to Student Technology Requests
  • Affordable Technology & Services for Education

• Email for Highline Students
  • Highline Student Email Login
  • Highline’s Guide to Student Email
  • How to Report Spam and Phishing in Gmail

• Faculty Information
  • Faculty Evaluations
  • Faculty Office Hours and Contact Info

• Google Workspace
  • Gemini (AI)
  • Google Drive – web interface
  • Google Drive Help
  • How to Report IT Security Concerns in Google Drive
  • How to Report Spam and Phishing in Google Suite

• Highline Campus Emergency Alerts
  • Highline College Campus Text Alerts Signup

• Information Technology Services (ITS) Information
  • ITS Operational Policies and Procedures
  • Highline’s Mobile-Friendly Website

• IT Security
  • IT Security Handbook
  • Reporting IT Security Concerns

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Security and Okta
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Guide
  • Highline’s Guide to Okta
  • Okta Security Setup for myHighline
  • Okta Security Setup for ctcLink MyAccount

• MyApps Dashboard
  • Log in to MyApps Dashboard
  • Tutorial – Logging into ctcLink through the MyApps Dashboard
  • Tutorial – Update Address/Personal Details

• myHighline Student Account
  • myHighline Account Guide
  • myHighline Student Account Activation Guide
  • Okta Security Setup for myHighline
  • Retrieve your myHighline user name or password
    • See also: Highline Password Help Guide

• Microsoft Office365 – Free for all students
  • Login/Register for Microsoft Office 365
  • Step-by-Step: How to Download Microsoft Office 365
  • Microsoft Copilot (AI)

• Online Courses
  • Online Courses: Minimum Technical Requirements for Students Note: These are basic requirements; additional requirements will be identified by your class instructor.

• Panopto: Lecture Recording Platform
  • Panopto Homepage
  • Panopto Orientation

• Password/Username Help
  • Highline Password Help Guide
  • ctcLink MyAccount – Changing Passwords

• Printing at Highline
  • Highline Printing Guide (PaperCut)

• Read&Write – Free literacy support software for all Highline Students
  • Read&Write Installation Guide
  • Read&Write Activation Guide

•  VitaNavis
  • Login to VitaNavis
  • Student Help Guide

• Watermark (previously known as Aviso)
  • Watermark Login
  • Highline’s Guide to Watermark for Students

• Wifi
  • Wireless Network Guide

• Zoom
  • Log in at the Highline Zoom Homepage
  • Highline’s Guide to Zoom
  • Download Zoom
  • Joining a Zoom Meeting

Questions?

• Please contact the Help Desk.