Detailed Instructions After submitting your application, watch for your LLCC Welcome email to activate your account. (Note: Welcome emails are sent on days the college is open. For applications submitted after 1 p.m., this email would arrive the next business day.) Then follow the steps below to successfully activate your LLCC account. Activation of your account is required before you can access any electronic resources at LLCC (i.e. email, Canvas, Logger Central, etc.) <span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span> Step 1: Collect the information needed for initial login All new students and employees are provisioned an email address and initial password. This information is required in order to activate your account and log in for the first time.  Please see below for more information: Your Email Address For students, use: username@llcc.edu   (provided on your Admissions Welcome information and/or Class Schedule) For employees, use: FirstName.LastName@llcc.edu Your Initial Password Your initial password should follow the formula described in the template below: AbCCCCDDEE where: A = The first initial of your first name (Capitalized) b = The first initial of your last name (in lower case) CCCC = The last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (international students - use 0000) DD = Your birth month in 2-digit numerical format EE = Your birth date in 2-digit numerical format Example user  Example User’s Initial Password Name: Jane Doe Last 4 of SSN: 1234 Birthday: 09/23/2002 Jd12340923   Step 2: Log in for the first time and set your password/security questions Click the button below (or go to login.microsoft.com)     When prompted, enter your email address and initial password  (for more information, see the section “Step 1: Collect the information needed for initial login” above)   You will be prompted to change to a new password Your new password must consist of: a minimum of 8 characters a maximum of 16 characters the password must have three out of four of the following: Lowercase characters Uppercase characters Numbers (0-9) Special Characters   When prompted, complete any security questions to set up password recovery and MFA (multi-factor authentication) criteria. Still need help? Contact our helpdesk at helpdesk@llcc.edu or 217-786-2555

Microsoft offers Microsoft 365 Desktop Applications to LLCC students and staff for free. Access Excel Outlook PowerPoint OneDrive for Business OneNote Students and staff can continue to use the software for free as long as their LLCC email account is active. Navigate to https://portal.office.com/account and select Install Office. Contact the IT Help Desk should you need any assistance at helpme@llcc.edu or 217.786.2555. IT Help Desk will provide assistance locating and accessing the page to download Microsoft 365 Desktop Applications. Please note that the Helpdesk cannot work on personal devices, though, due to liability and variation. Student Get Started Guide Staff Get Started Guide

Secure passwords can make all the difference in protecting your account (and ultimately the college) from cyber-security attacks.  Below is a list of best practices to help keep your password secure. Use unique passwords: Using the same password for multiple sites is an easy way to be compromised. Many potential attackers gain access to bulk lists of login IDs and password. They use these lists on many other sites hoping to find a user that re-used the same login information. Create secure passwords: The only secure password is the one you can't remember ( Opens in new windowTroy Hunt ). We strongly recommend you use a password manager to help with this (more information below). Do not make your password easy to get for someone who knows you. Avoid creating passwords using important dates (birthday, anniversary, etc.) and the names of pets. How to create a secure password. Use a password manager: Password managers store your passwords for you so you do not need to remember them. Most will generate strong passwords for you when you create a new login for a site. These allow you to use unique passwords for all your login credentials and they allow you to use stronger passwords without worrying about forgetting them. There are free password managers, but some require a subscription. Some examples are as follows: Opens in new windowBitWarden , Opens in new windowLastPass , and Opens in new window1Password . Verify the integrity of your credentials: Using a site like Opens in new windowhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/ can help inform you if your credentials have been leaked. The site keeps up-to-date with data breaches and can email you if your credentials are leaked. There is a page to inform you if your password has been part of a breach ( Opens in new windowhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords ). Change passwords (especially if you feel like you've been compromised): Immediately change any password that you feel may have been compromised.

Select Next to provide additional information to keep your account secure.  At minimum, two of the Authentication options below must be set up. This will allow your password to be reset, as needed, in the future. We will not use your information for Spam or Phishing purposes. For Employees, your office phone is automatically set up for you.  You can choose from the following:  Authentication Phone (use your cell phone),  Authentication Email (use a third-party email address)  Set up Security Questions.  Two authentication verification options have been set. You can choose to add an additional step or Finish.

You can update your security verification information and/or add an App Password to your Microsoft Office 365 account.  1. Open your LLCC email account and select your initials in the upper right corner.  2. Select the My account link. 3. Select Additional Security Verification under the Security info section. 4. Select the App Passwords link – this appears in a gray tone. The link is active to select. 5. Your App password previously created will appear. This password can be used more than once.  a. Please make a note of this so that you have access to it, if needed.   6. Once you have added Authentication Verification, you can view this information from My account.  7. Select the Security & Privacy section.  8. You can then update your phone numbers used for account security or create and manage app passwords in the future.

Install Office 365 apps on a Mac Sign in at https://office.com using your LLCC credentials. You will be using the [Install and more] button. If you don’t see that button then navigate to the home page of Office by clicking on the grid menu, then choosing Microsoft 365: Click on the [Install and more] button then choose to Install Microsoft 365 apps. Then from My account, choose to install Office: You will be requested to allow downloads. Allow downloads: The download may take some time. In the process you will see in your downloads folder a file with the “.download” ending. It may look like the following: When the download completed it will look like the following: Click on the “.pkg” ending file and it will launch the installation. Agree to the Software License Agreement. [Continue] Install for all users of this computer then [Continue] Continue with a Standard Install on “Macintosh HD” [Continue] If you might use Microsoft Teams, then make sure to Allow the use of your microphone. [Continue] You do not need to sign into Teams. It could slow down your computer, so only sign in if you will be using it. Finally finish the installation with [Close]. After a successful installation it is wise to move the Installer to the trash. Then Microsoft AutoUpdate will probably launch to make sure everything is fresh. Don’t be concerned if the update takes longer than what Microsoft tells you it would take: Here it stuck on “2 seconds remaining” for about 5 minutes. After it is installed, you can launch the freshly updated Word program by locating it in your app launcher. The first time you launch it you will probably get a “Get Started with office” dialog. You will need to sign in to your LLCC account using your LLCC user id and password. When your Word program launches from your local computer this is what it will look like. Many people confuse Word running in the cloud with Word running on a local computer. Make sure to see the differences. Also, to make your life easier, keep Word on your Dock, so you can find it easily next time. Right click on the Word icon in the Dock and then choose the option Keep in Dock. This is what Word looks like when it is running from your computer. Notice you are NOT running word within a browser like Safari. This is what Word looks like when you are running Word from the cloud. You can see the browser interface. This is what Word looks like when you launch it from office.com. Word running from your computer has more features. Just as important, your work is by default saved to your computer, NOT to the cloud. Note how the File menus are different when it comes to saving your work!! Understand that work saved on your computer will not be available to you at school, unless you bring your computer with you. Where the data resides is important! Learn how to upload your locally stored Word documents to your OneDrive on your office.com account. Here is a YouTube video that discusses the Online and Desktop version differences (A PC example is used). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsGUJLUgdhU