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Congratulations, if you are watching this video that means that you have been offered a place at the University of Derby Online Learning, but before you can delve into the world of your online studies, we first must get you enrolled so let us take a look at what you need to do next.

Check your inbox (including your spam/junk). You will have been sent two emails to get started with the enrolment process. The first will be your invitation to enrol, and the second will be instructions on how to set up your user password and account, which you will need to do first before you can access the applicant portal and complete your enrolment.

The It Service Centre will have sent you an email titled “It’s time to set up your University of Derby password,” welcoming you to the password creation center and featuring instructions on the three stages to setting up your password.

Within the “It’s time to set up your University of Derby password” you will find a link to a guide which will take you through each step of the process or alternatively you can follow along with this video guide pausing at the relevant moments.

It’s worth opening two separate browsers windows so that you can easily follow along with the information while working through the enrol process. On both windows and mac, you can split two browsers across one screen.

On windows you can do this by left clicking and hold on the title bar of the window and draft it to the right/left edge of the screen. In the middle you will see a faint outline of a box that will take up half the screen. Release the left mouse button and on the opposite side of the screen you will see all the open windows displayed in the tiles. Click any tile to maximize that window into the other side of the screen.

On a mac: Click and hold the full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a browser window. Choose ‘Tile Window to left of Screen or Tile Window to right of screen from the menu then click a window on the other side of the screen to start using both windows side by side.

Okay so let’s create your password.

At the bottom of the “It’s time to set up your University of Derby password” email you’ll find a ‘start’ button by selecting that you be directed to the Password Creation Centre with the first display simply explaining what you are about to do and featuring contact information if you need any further help through the process.

Select Start in the bottom right-hand corner.

The next page requires you to verify your date of birth. Once you have verified your date of birth, tick on the continue button.

Next, you will be asked to create a password. Passwords should be at least 8 to 16 characters and require three of the following.

Lowercase letters

Uppercase letters

Number (0-9)

Symbols

Type in your new password, confirm the password and hit the set password button, and you will have successfully created your password, but we have not finished just yet; now we need to register for the password management system, so select the next stage button in the bottom right-hand corner.

During this stage, you will add security information to your account. This means you will never be locked out of your account as you can rest your password and unlock it using your phone or email account.

You’ll first need to log in using your university email address, shown at the top of the ‘It’s time to set up your University of Derby password’ email, followed by the password you have just created.

Once you sign in, you’ll be asked to set up an app on your phone. You can also select ‘I want to use a different authenticator app’ to use a different method. You’ll then be asked to verify the details you’ve provided.

Now that your password is all set up and you’ve registered with the password management system, you are ready to log into your student portal and begin the next step of the enrollment process.

Return now to your Invitation to enrol email and following along with Step 2 and in the next video I’ll show you how to access UDo and continue the enrolment process.

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