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MyGateway System Help

Student Logon Information

The MyGateway site provides you with access to a course's online resources, as well as many other features such as: class e-mail, discussion forums, virtual chat, student Expo sites, an address book, a calendar and task list, and a variety of other Internet resources.

To log on to your MyGateway site, point your web browser to: http://mygateway.umsl.edu/. This will bring you to the log on page. Enter your username and password. Your username is also referred to as your Single Sign On ID (SSO ID) and password. To look up your student ID, activate your account, change your password or retrieve a forgotten password go to UMSL's Single Sign On (SSO) help page.

Once you log in to MyGateway you will see your home page. From this page you can access a variety of additional areas: a complete list of your courses, course announcements, Expo Sites, Tools, your calendar; you can also customize your site by modifying your content and layout.

Under the heading "My Courses," on the "MyGateway" page, click on a class name, and you will access the class MyGateway site. The first page displayed is "Announcements." Here you will see all class related announcements, including the availability of online progress evaluations, and other class related news. The buttons on the left-hand side of the screen (referred to as "Course Menu") give you access to the information available, the way it is organized, and the specific features available depend upon the needs and interests of the instructor for the relevant course:

• Course Information
  course materials--syllabus, grading policies, etc.
• Course Documents
  course materials--lecture notes, virtual handouts, study guides, relevant class materials, turn in assignments and receive instructor feedback
  
• Staff Information
  Contact information for your course instructor and teaching assistants.
• Assignments
  Possible materials--reading assignments, writing projects, and quizzes.
• External Links
  Possible materials--A variety of class related www sites and other general Internet resources.
• Course Tools
  check grades, your calendar, edit your personal information course homepage, student manual that will tell you more about the MyGateway system' access team sites, Electric Blackboard that enables to take, and keep, online class notes.
• Communication
  Class e-mail utility, access to student web pages, class discussion board for online discussions, Group Pages (available to any group of students who wish to work and study together online), a student roster, WimbaClassroom and the virtual chat for synchronous online chat.