You will need to access your username and password information. This information is utilized for accessing the College's computer network, Desire2Learn (D2L), and NetMail.

Access College Username & Password via two methods

• Riverland Website, Password Lookup
• Oncampus - contact a Computer Help Desk (Austin East, Open Computer Lab; Austin West, A228; Albert Lea, 101A; or Owatonna, 123).

• All letters in your username and password are lowercase.
• Usernames are all letters (users with common names may have a number at the end of the username eg wesmith1).
• Passwords contain letters (a - z) and numbers (0 - 9). Sample username - mmmouse for Mickey M. Mouse. Sample password - t6y2o0 (last two digits = a letter and number) and 9p3il1 (last three digits = two letters and a number)

College Username & Password NOT THE SAME as your Academic Record

Your College username and password is not the same information that you use to access your Academic Record (register for classes, view grades, financial aid information, view billing statement, or print unofficial transcripts) via the College's web site. In this situation, your username is your student/tech identification number (eight-digit unique identifier) and your password/PIN. If this is the first time using the College's web site, your password/PIN will be your birthdate in YYMMDD format. For example, if your date of birth is January 15, 1970, then your password/PIN is 700115. If you have previously accessed your Academic Record and changed your password, it will be what you set. Student Services can reset your password/PIN if necessary.

Utilize Desire2Learn to access your online course.

• Connect to the Internet utilizing Internet Explorer as your browser
• Enter https://riverland.ims.mnscu.edu/ as URL address
• Perform a system check (This will verify that your computer system is properly configured for a web course.)
• Type your username and password. Click Login.
• Unable to login:
  • You will not be able to access your course until the first day of your class. A D2L Help Course will be available prior to the start of the semester. This class allows you to experiment with D2L, no grades are assigned.
  • Your D2L account has not been created. If you are a late registrant, it takes a minimum of two days after your registration to be populated into your courses that uses D2L.
  • You are using the wrong username and password. Verify information, are you typing it in the appropriate case?

Logout

• Click Logout on the right side of the screen.