Flexible Learning Resource Guide

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• Important Terms Used at Wheaton: 
  
  • Wheaton Portal is the place to access information and tools such as your my.wheaton.edu email account, Banner Self Service (though which you register for courses, drop and add courses, see your grades, request transcripts and so on), Schoology, access your student account, pay your bills, see academic calendars and resources and more. By logging on to the portal, you are will also be automatically logged into many of the online systems used at Wheaton. 
  • my.wheaton.edu email address. It is Wheaton College policy that students, faculty, and staff are to communicate electronically only via my.wheaton.edu email, Wheaton Portal, and Schoology. Be sure to check these regularly. Before you do anything else, make sure you’ve set up your my.wheaton.edu email account by visiting Account Setup. 
  • Schoology Learning Management System houses your course assignments and your program-related Community Group. Once you register for classes, you will be able to use your normal log in to see your courses in Schoology and your Program Coordinator will add you to Community Groups for your program.
  • Banner is the administrative software database program that powers everything from applications to the Wheaton portal to grading to transcripts after graduation. Virtually every office at Wheaton relies on to enable us to get our jobs done. Banner allows you to do all the things listed in the description of the Wheaton Portal (above).
  • AIT: Academic Instructional Technology: our campus tech people that help with everything tech-related. 
  • ThunderCloud: Wheaton’s cloud-based services for Wheaton student, staff and faculty needs such as printing via the Net, Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus software, and Box cloud storage. 
• Enroll in Classes at Wheaton: Our helpful form provides all the steps in the process.
  
  • Lumina Steps to Enrollment
    
    
• Register for Classes: Note: you must first be enrolled as a student and have a MyWheaton account to register for classes.
  • Instructions for Using Banner Self-Service to Register for Courses (PDF)

Recommended

• Order Your Books
  • Visit the Wheaton College Bookstore and click on "Shop Now."
• See Your Courses in Our Learning Management System, Schoology
  • Get Started with Schoology
  • Access Your Courses on Schoology
• Review Resources for students with documented learning disability
  • Learning and Accessibility Services website
  • Learning and Accessibility Services Policy Manual (PDF)

Academic Resources

• Academic Calendar
• Buswell Library Guide for Students at a Distance
• Registrar's Office
  • Academic Deadlines for Students
  • Academic Petition (PDF)
    To be used by students to request variations from stated academic policies and procedures. 
  • Access Your Grades Through DegreeWorks
    Our user-friendly degree-tracking application.
  • Address Change (PDF)
    Use this form to let us know if your address has changed. 
  • Apply for Independent Study or Tutorial
  • Candidacy Form
  • Course Catalog
  • Course Schedules
  • Dropping a Course - contact the registrar and your advisor as soon as possible!
  • Registrar Forms
  • Transcript Request Process

Technology Resources

• General Academic and Institutional Technology Helps
• My.Wheaton Account information
• FREE Microsoft Office Software for students. NOTE: If you are going to be using large media files in PowerPoint, or creating videos from your powerpoint for online presentations, the best version to install is Microsoft ProPlus (which is the 64-bit version). To install that version, when you click on the link, go to “Other install options” and then select “Advanced” and choose the 64-bit version to download.
• FREE Lynda.com Training for students

Other Resources

• Wheaton College Student Handbook
• Watch Past Graduate Chapels on YouTube
• Center for Vocation and Career 
  (job postings, resume help, etc.)
• Wheaton in Network (WiN) 
  For networking with other Wheaton Alumni

• Intercultural Studies Schoology Community Group