The Getting Started Checklist

Are you ready for school to start? Here is a checklist of the essential (and helpful) tasks you need to complete in order to have a successful term.

After completing this orientation, you should have:

• Logged in to Student Online Services
• Learned about other important services at OSU
• Printed or saved documents and bookmarked any websites that you want to reference in the future (including the orientation itself, if desired).

Next:

• Contact your advisor for an appointment if you don't already have one scheduled
• Ask any questions you may have
• Register for classes
• Set up your ONID email account (you have to wait up to 6 hours after you register before you can set up your ONID account)
• Buy a planner if you don't already have one, to record course assignments, deadlines, and exams

Before the term starts:

• Double-check your course schedule
• Order your course materials (remember to allow time for shipping.)
• Look for the Getting Started letter from Ecampus, either in the mail or via your ONID email. This letter includes helpful information, including a copy of the current terms' Academic Calendar and the fee schedule for dropping/withdrawing from a class after the term starts.

During the term:

• Routinely check your ONID email
• Login to Blackboard daily. (You will not see that you are registered for any courses in Blackboard until the instructor activates the course or the term begins.)
• Look for your eBill notification through your ONID email. This should arrive within the first two weeks of the term.