Fall 2024 Start of Semester Knowledge Roundup

A collection of resources useful for anyone returning to campus for the Fall semester.

Navigation

Select a link below to jump to that section:

• Getting Connected on Campus
• Picking Up Your Spartan Card
• Paying Your Bill
• Getting Started with D2L at MSU
  • For Students
  • For Instructors
  • Other Resources
• Getting Started with Spartan 365 at MSU
• Getting Started with Spartan Cash
• Useful Online Resources
  • Academic Calendar
  • Cable TV
  • Getting Around Campus
  • Parking Information
  • Securing Your Accounts
  • SIS Campus Solutions

Getting Connected on Campus

• Register your computer so it can connect to MSU's network (link, KB 7)
• Frequently Asked Questions about MSU WiFi (link, KB 1059)
• Acceptable Use Policy - https://tech.msu.edu/about/guidelines-policies/aup/
• Computer Lab Locations and Hours - https://tech.msu.edu/service-catalog/teaching/computer-labs-classrooms/locations-hours/
• Tech Bar Locations for Walk-in Support - https://tech.msu.edu/help-and-support/msu-it-tech-bars/

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Picking Up Your Spartan Card

Information for Spartan Cards can be found on this ID Office webpage (link).

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Paying Your Bill

Information on how to pay your MSU Bill is available on this Controller's Office webpage (link).

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Getting Started with D2L at MSU

• Linking Your Spartan Mail to Your D2L Email Account (link, KB 739)
• How To Pin a D2L Course to Your Homepage (link, KB 11)
  • Other Reasons a Course May Not Show on Your Homepage (link, KB 10)
• How To Allow Popups in Your Browser (link, KB 839)

For Students

• Best Practices for Quiz Taking (link, KB 1603)
• How To View Quiz Feedback (link, KB 837)
• Error: "Oops. File Could Not Be Submitted" (link, KB 750)

For Instructors

• Administrative
  • How To Change User Roles (link, KB 823)
  • How To Change the End Dates for a Course (link, KB 828)
  • Guides for MS Teams Integration with D2L (link, KB 816)
• Classlist and Communication
  • How to Add Users to a Classlist (link, KB 811)
  • How to Email the Students in Your D2L Course (link, KB 744)
  • How to Export or Print a List of Students in a D2L Course (link, KB 745)
• Course Content
  • How to Hide or Show Course Content in D2L (link, KB 751)
  • How to Copy Components from One Course to Another in D2L (link, KB 746)
  • How to Merge D2L Courses (link, KB 810)
• Grades and the Gradebook
  • Gradebook Basics (link, KB 805)
  • How to Change the Grade Scale to 4.0 on a D2L Course (link, KB 832)
  • How to Automatically Publish Quiz Scores to the Gradebook (link, KB 817)
• Quizzes and Other Assessments
  • How to Create a Submission Folders (link, KB 749)
  • How to Set Up Group Submissions for Students to Peer-Review Their Work (link, KB 748)
  • How to Make Quiz Feedback Visible to Students (link, KB 838)

Other Resources

• MSU D2L Help Site (link, help.d2l.msu.edu)
• Brightspace D2L Support Site (link, d2l.com/support)

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Getting Started with Spartan 365 at MSU

• General Information About Spartan 365 (link, KB 1168)

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Getting Started with Spartan Cash

• Policy page - https://spartancash.msu.edu/terms
• eAccount login - https://eacct-msu-sp.transactcampus.com/eaccounts/AnonymousHome.aspx
• FAQ - https://eacct-msu-sp.transactcampus.com/eaccounts/Faq.aspx
• Lost/Stolen card - https://spartancash.msu.edu/manage#lost

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Useful Online Resources

Academic Calendar

• Academic Calendar - https://reg.msu.edu/ROInfo/Calendar/Academic.aspx

Cable TV

• For Students - https://tech.msu.edu/network/telecommunications/cable-tv/cable-tv-for-students/
• Channel Listing - https://tech.msu.edu/network/telecommunications/cable-tv/cable-tv-lineup/
• Student Maintenance Requests - https://liveon.msu.edu/maintenance

Getting Around Campus

• Getting around campus (bus, bike, car, etc) - https://admissions.msu.edu/life-at-msu/getting-around

Parking Information

• Parking Permits - https://police.msu.edu/parking-services/permits/
• Parking Violation Information - https://police.msu.edu/parking-services/parking-violations/
• Visitor Parking - https://police.msu.edu/parking-services/visitor-parking/

Securing Your Accounts

• Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Setup - https://secureit.msu.edu/multi-factor/index.html
  • Issues - https://secureit.msu.edu/multi-factor/register.html#MFAISSUES
• Best Practices
  • Passwords - https://secureit.msu.edu/passwords/index.html
  • Phishing - https://secureit.msu.edu/phishing/index.html
  • Securing Devices - https://secureit.msu.edu/safe-computing/index.html
• Self-service Password Reset (login required) - https://secureit.msu.edu/sspr-process/index.html

SIS Campus Solutions

• How to Complete the New Semester Registration Activity Guide (link, KB 1246)
• How to Set Up Guest Access (link)
• SIS Campus Solutions Help and Support (link)
  • FAQ for SIS Campus Solutions (link)
  • Student Guides for SIS Campus Solutions (link)

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