You will see course abbreviations for your current and most recent courses up to six weeks, or upcoming classes (3 days prior to start). Clicking a course abbreviation will open the Halo classroom for that course in a new window. The GCU Portal will remain open in the previous window. 

If you are unable to see your current courses listed under 'My Courses', you may need to refresh the tab.

1. Select the three dots at the right-hand side of My Courses.
   
   
2. Then, select Refresh. The course should then pop-up. If you are still unable to view the course, you can try basic troubleshooting.
   
   

Any survey available to you will be accessible in this section, such as the End of Course Survey or individualized surveys relevant to certain isolated student populations.

The My Surveys section will be visible regardless of if a survey is available to take or not. If there is no survey under this section, this means that there are no surveys for you to currently take.

In this section, you will see email and telephone contact information for your Student Services and/or Field Experience Counselors.

If you have set up a preferred email client (e.g. Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo) on your computer or device, clicking your counselor’s email address in this section will open a window to draft and send a message.

You can view and manage personal information in this section. Looking at this section from the homepage, you'll see your name, Student ID, cumulative GPA, and primary Program of Study. Click the vertical ellipses (three dots) in the upper right-hand corner of the section header and select View Details to add or change your personal information.

On the page that follows, you can click the vertical ellipses in the upper right-hand corner of the My Information section and select Edit Information.

This will open an Edit Address window where you can update your address, phone number, emergency phone number, and email contact information. Click Save to apply changes and close the window.

The Who has access to my information section shows you which third-parties, such as a parent or spouse, have access to your information through a Student Information Release Form (SIRF) that you filled out for them. For more information regarding third-parties with access to your information, please contact your SSC.

The majority of tools and resources available in the GCU Portal are accessed through a series of apps that appear on the My Apps dashboard. Clicking any of these will open the GCU Portal page or external website where that information is found.

By default, all available apps will appear on your dashboard the first time you log into the Portal. To customize applications on the My Apps dashboard, you can click the vertical ellipses (three dots) at the top-right of the section header and select Edit Apps.

This will change the appearance of all apps on the dashboard from color to gray-scale, as follows:

Selecting Edit will also create a menu of three colored buttons in the upper right-hand corner of the My Apps dashboard. You will use to these menu buttons to Add Apps (orange), Cancel Adding Apps (red), or Save Apps (green).

Clicking either the red or the green button will close the dashboard and app customization, returning you to the Portal Home.

Deleting an Application

While editing the dashboard, you can click the trashcan icon at the bottom of most apps to remove them from the Portal Home view.

Some apps do not have the trashcan icon. These permanent applications cannot be removed from the Student Portal homepage.

Adding an Application

Click the orange Add Apps button at the top-right of the section to add an application. This will open an alphabetical list of apps not currently displayed on the My Apps dashboard.

You must Select a Theme (i.e. color) for the chosen app before the green + Add App button can be clicked. Once the desired apps have been added, you can close this window (click the X in the upper right-hand corner) to see them on the dashboard.

Customizing an Application

Click the cog icon at the bottom of any app to modify its appearance on the My Apps dashboard.

This will open a window for you to change settings for that specific app. Customizations include the size and theme (color) of the app. Click Save to make the changes.

As apps are resized, the amount of information that is displayed on the Portal dashboard changes. Below is an example of how the Class Schedule/Grades app displays information at different sizes.

Moving an Application

You can rearrange apps on the dashboard by clicking and holding the drag arrow icon at the bottom-right of any app. While holding the drag arrow icon, you can then drag and release the app where you want it to appear on the dashboard.

Closing Application/Dashboard Customization

Click the green Save Apps button in the upper right-hand corner of My Apps to save any modifications, close dashboard customization, and return to the Portal Home.

You can return to the Portal homepage from any page in the GCU Portal by clicking the Portal Home link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

Click Choose Theme in the upper left-hand corner of the GCU Portal homepage (above the GCU header) to select and apply one of three color themes across all of the GCU Portal pages.

You may occasionally see a pop-up notification in the GCU Portal. These notifications are used to send important updates to students, such as college-specific alerts or requests for action. If you see a notification, you’ll have a few different options:  

• Remind Me Later: This button will “snooze” the notification for 30 minutes.
• Dismiss: You can dismiss the notification by clicking the “x”. If an action is required, the notification will re-appear after 30 minutes.
• Take action: If the pop-up is notifying you about an action you need to take, there will be a button allowing you to do so. For example, if you receive a notification about the End of Course Survey, you’ll be prompted with an option to Go to Survey.

There may be times where you need to sign out of the Student Portal. You might need to sign out to reset your password or to sign into another Microsoft account. To sign out, click the sign out option in the top right corner of your Student Portal. Depending on the device that you are using, the Sign Out button will appear differently.

On computers and tablets, it will appear as shown below:

While, on a phone, you will see the sign out button look like this: