myOakton and Email for Students

myOakton
myOakton is our web interface (portal) with our student record system, as well as a place for campus announcements, student news, and general college information. Applicants have direct access to services like registering online, adding and dropping classes online (within the add/drop period) and students can look up grades, get unofficial transcripts and more. myOakton is also used for access to online or web enhanced classes, email and most other web resources for students. Access to this portal is at my.oakton.edu. The Login ID is constructed from your name and your Oakton-assigned "Banner ID" and is printed on your bill/schedule.   Your instructor also has your Banner ID on the class roster. An ID Lookup form is available to locate your ID online; see also Student Network Login IDs.

Student Email
All student accounts (even those without on campus network access) have an Oakton email address. This address is listed in the student directory/address book and is used for all official Oakton email. If you supplied a non-Oakton email address on your application, mail sent to your Oakton email address is automatically forwarded to the address you provided. If you would like to activate your Oakton email account instead of forwarding your mail, log into my.oakton.edu and select the email icon near the top of the page; directions explaining your options will come up on subsequent pages. Additional options for email can be found in my.oakton.edu under the Register/Pay/Grades tab, in the Personal Information menu.

Once your account is activated (and you have not chosen to forward your mail), you can access your email account on or off campus with our Web Mail system; there is a guide to Reading Oakton Email Off-campus with Webmail.  On campus you can use the more sophisticated email program, Firefox Thunderbird.    Students email accounts provide 75MB of storage.

If you are not currently enrolled in classes, your login/email account becomes "inactive." You may continue to receive Oakton email if it is being forwarded to a non-Oakton account. If you wish to set up forwarding, use the my.Oakton.edu to change your mail settings.

Preferred Email
Your preferred email is either the non-Oakton email address you provided on your online application (or set at a later date), or your oakton email address.  All bills will be sent to your preferred email, so please be sure to verify your email in my.oakton.edu under the Register/Pay/Grades tab, in the Personal Information menu.