Yes! NWIC’s two-year and four-year degrees can be completed online. Some certificate programs cannot be completed entirely online. See here for programs of study online.
Yes! NWIC’s Distance Learning classes are taught by the same faculty who often teach in-person, and vice versa. Distance Learning classes will have slightly different expectations and etiquette from in-person classes; click here to see our tutorials on Zoom and Canvas for more details.
Talk to your advisor, or if you are located near an NWIC site at Swinomish, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Tulalip, Nez Perce or Port Gamble S’Klallam, talk to your site coordinator. Click here to find site information.
Our Instructional Design team has you covered! You can attend an online tech orientation [link here] or if you just need a refresher, check out our many helpful tutorials!
You can take both online classes with regular meetings over Zoom, and classes that are asynchronous—which means there’s not a specific time to meet.
NWIC classes that use video conferencing will have a “VC” or “VCH” after the class’s name, for Video Conferencing. For these classes, the teacher will make sure you have access to a Zoom link through the “Zoom” item on the left menu in Canvas.Click here to see our class schedule.
Most NWIC video conferencing classes are taught by a teacher from their computer. In some cases, you may be participating with a classroom, on a high-quality camera interface that will let you interact with the teacher and other students.
A hybrid class will not meet in person as many hours as a normal class. Instead, hybrid classes will give you more work to do in Canvas.
For instance, a 5-credit hour class, when made a hybrid, might run for 2.5 hours a week on Zoom or in-person, but you would complete more work in Canvas. If your classes have an “H” in the designation, as in AH or VCH, they are hybrids.
OL stands for “online” and means a class that has no fixed meeting time, in which you’ll communicate with your teachers primarily through Canvas. You will still have weekly deadlines, and use the Canvas Discussions feature, which will allow you to talk to your fellow students in text-based discussions.
OL requires good study habits, and OL teachers do hold office hours on Zoom if you worry that you will be confused.
Classes that use Zoom to meet will be designated VC or VCH. Classes that do not have a fixed meeting time will be designated OL on your schedule. Your teachers will also message you at the beginning of the quarter with directions on how to sign in.
Some of your online courses will require textbook that are either online or a physical copy. If this is the case, you will want to order these at least a week before your class starts. Required textbooks must be posted by teachers to the class home page.
To order your text books must first request a book store voucher, then visit the bookstore website at nwic.bookstore.com to order books. There are a few steps involved, so we recommend clicking this link to an instruction guide, which outlines how to complete the full book ordering process.
NWIC offers two different tutoring services. Both are free and will come in handy!
The first resource is the Math and Writing Center. This service offers one-on-one help through Zoom, email, or in-person if you are on the Lummi campus. The tutors are either staff or students at the college . To reach out for a tutoring session, please email tutoring@nwic.edu
The second tutoring service at NWIC is TutorMe. This option is a third-party organization that offers around the clock assistance in a variety of subjects.
You can access TutorMe through your Canvas class in the left menu.
If you are not connected to a particular NWIC site, contact the advisors in Lummi.
If you are a student at one of our extended sites at Swinomish, Tulalip, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Port Gamble S’Klallam or Nez Perce, contact your site coordinator.
One of the first things you’ll need to do after registering for your classes at NWIC is set up your student email, which we will go over in this tutorial. Once you do so, you’ll begin to receive announcements from NWIC and the instructors from your courses.
During your time at NWIC, you will need to check your email regularly to make sure you are not missing anything important.
You can also download the Outlook app, which gives you the option of receiving notifications when you receive a new email.
Step-by-Step Guide
1. To begin, you will need to go to accounts.nwic.edu. After doing so, you should see a front page that looks like this:
2. Enter your student ID (it can be found on the top of your student schedule), your date of birth, then click Continue.
3. The next screen will ask you to select a username and enter a password. Please be sure to write this down! You do not want to be locked out of your account on the first day 🙂
In an effort to prevent your account from being hacked, please do not use a password that you use for other online accounts. If you want more information on how to protect your online accounts through varying your passwords, please see this resource on password protection
Once you enter in this information, click Continue.
4. From here you will be taken to an Account created succesfully page. Congratulations! Your account is now created.>
Keep in mind that it may take up to 24 hours before your information is logged into our email system, at which point you will be able to sign into your email account.
In an effort to prevent your account from being compromised, please do not share your password with anyone! At NWIC, we value internet security for our students and protecting our online systems, so we ask that everyone follow our security guidelines.
5. Once your information has been logged into the system by our administrators, you can go to office.nwic.edu.
On the front page you will be asked to enter your email, including the @students.nwic.edu tag. After doing so, click next and enter your password, then again click next.>
6. If you enter your information correctly, you will be taken to the MS Suite front page.
From here, click on the Outlook icon on the left hand side as shown below.
You are now logged into your email! If you run into any issues with logging in, please email is@nwic.edu and they will be able to resolve your problem.
Important!
After you create a new password, you will need to register for Self-Service Password Reset. Please click the link below for a guide on how to do this.
You may find that you are certain you remember your password, but still are not able to get into your NWIC online accounts. If you think it’s been over a year since you last set-up or reset your password, then it’s time to reset.
Fortunately, resetting your password is easy. To do so follow the steps below.
Step By Step Guide
1. You can log into password reset with this link password.nwic.edu or click on the Help header on the NWIC main page and click Self-Service Password Reset, like below.
2. From here, enter in your username, then your old password. Even though the password has expired, you should still be able to log into the portal.
For students: username@students.nwic.edu
For staff: username@nwic.edu
3. Once you are on the homepage, navigate to the top right and click Change/Reset password. Please note that the wording will be different than the box below (since my password isn’t expired). However, the password reset button is in the same place.
4. A box will pop up that will prompt you to enter your old password, then enter enter a new one. Be aware that that there are password requirements– please click the the Password Policy option as shown below to learn more. Make sure to write this password down somewhere you can find again, or you can use a password manager to help you keep track of all your passwords.
*You can reset your password before it expires. To do so just follow step 3. As you’ll notice in the image, the Change Password box shows you how many days you have left until your password expires.*
Important!
If you have not already done so, you will need to register for self-service password reset. If you are not sure if you’ve registered, you can look at the box highlighted below, which tells you your status.
To enroll in the service click Enroll and answer the questions. If you want a more in-depth guide, you can click the link below.
1. Staff and students can perform their own password resets for their accounts using the Self-Service portal accessible directly at password.nwic.edu or through the main website’s Help Menu.
2. Once on the Self-Service portal, you’ll see a Forgot Your Password? link below the sign in area. Click this
3. Enter your full email address for your username and click Next.
For students: username@students.nwic.edu
For staff: username@nwic.edu
4. Once you’ve entered your username, you will need to complete the CAPTCHA challenge.
5. Then answer two of the preselected six questions that you chose when you enrolled in the Self-Service portal. If you have forgotten your questions, you can re-enroll— just contact is@nwic.edu for assistance. Once your two questions have been answered you will be able to set a new password!
6. You can click Password Policy to see the required for a new password, and/or you can click Generate for the portal to create a complex password for you. Make sure to write this password down somewhere you can find again, or you can use a password manager to help you keep track of all your passwords.
If you are logged into your NWIC accounts on one of your devices, computers, or internet browsers, but are not able to log into another device because you cannot remember your password, you can check you internet browser’s password cache settings to see if it is saved.
For example, if you are logged into your Canvas account on your home desktop computer, but are not able to log in on your laptop, you can check your internet browser passwords settings.
Checking your password cache for each browser is different, so I’ve provided video for each of the major browsers. If this feels overwhelming to you, please reach out to elearning@nwic.edu and we can help quickly reset your password!
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Important!
If you have not already done so, you will need to register for Self-Service Password Reset after you complete resolving your password issue. Please click the link below for a guide on how to do this (or if you are unsure if you’ve done it).
