Student Tools & Resources Directory

Check out The Essential Student Toolkit to learn about the most important apps and systems you will need to use at Highline: 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

• Campus Emergency Alerts
  • Highline College Campus Text Alerts Signup

• Campus Map
  • Highline College Campus Map

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

• CIS Lab Students
  • VPN Guide for CIS Students

• 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

• Directory
  • Highline Directory of Faculty, Staff, and Departments

• 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

• 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

• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
  • Highline VPN Guide

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

• 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.