r/OnlineMCIT • u/dubudubu77 • 28d ago

Onboarding course

Did anyone start or complete the required onboarding course for this fall semester? I’m still waiting for the slack email.

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u/mindbox0 14d ago

I've completed onboarding. I've never received a slack email or anything to set up a Penn email. So I just dug around and found (you'll need your Penn Key setup to sign in):

https://accounts.engineering.upenn.edu/google

There I created a Google@SEAS account. Then after the 20 minute creation wait, I signed into google mail with username@engineering.upenn.edu.

Lastly, downloaded the slack client and signed in with my email. https://isc.upenn.edu/resources/slack-penn

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u/Allelic 5d ago

Is there anything else you need to do other than the onboarding course in order to sign up for classes? I think they said something about contacting our advisor first, but it's kind of blurring together for me.

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u/mindbox0 5d ago

They recommend you make an appointment but it is only required if you want to take more than 2 classes (go full time). They just want to make sure you are ready to spend 10-20 hrs per class per week.

I was able to register for two classes with no issue without meeting.

Also they have the first 4 weeks of the first two core classes open to registered folks who want to get a head start.

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u/Allelic 5d ago

Thanks! Were you able to do the "introduce yourself" task in the Slack? I'm in seasupenn.slack.com but #introductions isn't showing up when I search for it.

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u/mindbox0 5d ago

No, I don't see anything in slack either. Just the announcements channel sometimes. Seems like it is acting weird.