Once You're Admitted: Online Orientation and Tutorials
In your acceptance letter you received your ECU Pirate ID. You will use your Pirate ID to access your ECU Email, ECU OneStop, Blackboard or other course management systems. A few weeks later you will receive your ECU/Banner ID in the mail.
Pirate ID
The pirate ID will include your last name, first initial (or additional letters of your first name) and the year admitted to ECU.
Last name:Doe
First initial(s):ja for James (or additional letters of the first name)
year entered ECU:2010 (year first admitted)
pirate id: doeja10
ECU (Banner) ID
ECU has developed an ID system for all faculty, staff and students to replace Social Security numbers. This system was developed to better protect your identity and confidential information and to comply with the Identity Theft Protection Act.
Upon admission to the university, all students are assigned a unique “ECU ID” that identifies you as an ECU student. All ECU IDs begin with the letter B followed by 8 numbers. Your ECU ID is included in your letter from the First Year Center
Example: B01234567
Checking ECU E-Mail
As an online student, your ECU e-mail account is your official channel of communication when contacting the university. Use this email account when corresponding with your instructor, the Office of Continuing Studies or other departments at ECU. Each semester, the Office of Continuing Studies will send important information to you utilizing this e-mail address. To access your e-mail account via the Web, go to https://mymail.ecu.edu/ and enter your Pirate ID and Passphrase (Your initial Passphrase consists of a $ sign and your ECU ID Example: $B01234567)
Example of ECU Email account:doeja10@students.ecu.edu
You can verify what your email account is by using the following link:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-ecu/email_phone.cfm (enter last & first name and select Students Only to access your information)
For an e-mail tutorial click here.
OneStop
The ECU OneStop portal allows students to personalize a single interface for access to internal campus resources such as tuition payment.
For a OneStop tutorial click here.
Banner
Banner is a tool available in OneStop that enables students to easily access course registration, financial aid and end-of-semester grades, just to name a few.
For a Banner tutorial click here.
Beginning your Classes
Course information will appear sometime during the first week of the semester. Some faculty will contact students via the ECU email system prior to or on the first day of class with instructions on how to proceed. You should check both your ECU email account and Blackboard to get information from your instructor. If you are unable to access course information, email your professor. To obtain your professor’s name and email address, go to onestop.ecu.edu and login using your PirateID and Passphrase (same as email). Under the TOOLS menu, choose Banner Self Service. A pop-up window will appear, so turn off your pop-up blocker to access this window. Choose the Student and Financial Aid link, Registration, Student Detail Schedule. You will see a list of your courses; click the envelope next to the instructor’s name to send an email to your instructor.
Blackboard
Blackboard (Bb) is a course management tool that allows professors a way to provide course materials online in a user-friendly environment. Exams, assignments, discussion boards, virtual chat rooms and other forms of contact for all class participants and instructors can be found once the student logs in. If you registered for an online course that is being supported by Blackboard software, you can go to the Blackboard site at http://blackboard.ecu.edu to access your Blackboard course and to familiarize yourself with how the system works. Your PirateID and passphrase are used to access your Blackboard course.
For a Blackboard tutorial click here.
We also suggest that students become familiar with:
Your adviser () ()
Finding Technical Assistance (Help Desk)
And of course Student Services for distance education students (Student Services)
We wanted to share some important information to help you prepare for your online courses:
Characteristics for successful on-line students
Tips for on-line success
Computer Skills
On-line course etiquette
Test taking
Internet Course Contingency Plan
