Information Technology Student Welcome Guide

You should have received an email with a link so that you can claim your account and update your password. If you lost or did not receive this paperwork, don’t worry. Just give us a call or email us and we’ll be happy to help you get set up. You can also visit our knowledge base article on claiming your Lesley account for instructions.

Your Lesley email is your official means of communication while attending school here. Your professors, staff, organizations, and other students will use it to get in touch with you. You can access it on the web, or easily add it to your smartphone or other mobile device by installing the Outlook app. You can also add the full Microsoft Office 365 suite — including the Outlook desktop application — while you are a student at Lesley. Visit this article for directions on how to do so.

To log in to your Lesley email account on the web, go to lesley.edu/email and enter your Lesley email address and password.

You’ll access Self-Service to review admission and financial aid application statuses, your class schedule, grades, and unofficial transcripts. You’ll also use it to request official transcripts, register for classes, and apply for graduation.

Ellucian Experience is your personalized dashboard. When you log in, you’ll land on a home page made up of cards that surface useful information, like your class schedule. You can add, remove, and rearrange those cards to fit the way you work. For a walkthrough, see our article on navigating Ellucian Experience.

myLesley, also referred to as Blackboard, is a learning management system. You’ll use it to do things like access online courses, view class assignments and syllabi, have online class discussions, submit papers, contact your instructor and classmates, and access library databases. You will be able to access myLesley the next day after you register for your first class(es).

All the information you could need for our wireless network can be found via this knowledge base article.

In your dorm room, for the fastest speeds possible, plug your computer into the wired network. Pick up an Ethernet cable from a local office supply store and connect it from your computer to the red port in your room. You can find additional troubleshooting steps on this knowledge base article.

We have public computer labs with printers and scanners on every campus, and some are open 24/7 so that you can get your work done at any time of the day. You can also print to the lab printers from your own computer using a feature called WebPrint.