Colleague Training & Documentation

Modified on Fri, May 5, 2023 at 11:26 AM

Once you have created an account with Ellucian, you have access to all of their documentation and resources available for the Colleague application.  Access to this content is easily accessible from the Colleague application and the ? HELP icon, including a number of items that do not require an Ellucian account and others that do.  Here is a summary of the options available to you:


General Help - An overview of the Colleague User Interface.

Process Help - When you are in a Colleague Form this button becomes available and provides information about that Form.

Field Help - When you are in a Form and on a field, this button becomes available and provides information about that Field.

List Keyboard Shortcuts - A list of keyboard shortcuts so you don't have to go between your keyboard and your mouse.

Quick Tour - A video tour of general Colleague navigation.

About - The Colleague version and build.

Privacy Policy - Ellucian's Privacy Policy

User Community Forums - Access to user community forums (requires Ellucian account). 

Client Communities - Access to client communities (requires Ellucian account). 

Ellucian Documentation - Access to the Ellucian Custom Support Center (requires Ellucian account).

Ellucian Support Resources - Access to the Ellucian Custom Support Center (requires Ellucian account). 


To access any of these options, follow the steps below:

  1. Log in to the Colleague application.
  2. Click on the ? HELP icon in the vertical navigation bar on the left.
  3. Select the option based on what you are looking to access.  Image below highlights the Quick Tour.

    Image of Colleague navigation to Help and Quick Tour

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