Upon acceptance to Terra, the Admissions office mailed you a letter containing your username and formula for your password. If you did not receive this letter, please contact the Help Desk in room B308 during Help Desk hours of service, the Student Records office in A200, or the Admissions office in A100.

You must also complete the following in order to open a computer account:

Read Terra's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Complete an Application for Individual Account

If you need to complete either of these forms, please visit the Help Desk in room B308.

Your user name consists of your first initial, last name, and a 3-digit number assigned by Terra Community College.

Your default password consists of your initials in upper case, a hyphen, your 4-digit birth year, and the last 2 digits of your SSN.

Your email address is your user name followed by @terra.edu

Once you have successfully logged in, please change this default password to keep your account secure.

Login to any computer on campus using your username and password.

Open Internet Explorer, and go to http://my.terra.edu

Click the “Student Portal” link located in the menu.

From any Web browser, go to http://my.terra.edu

Click the “Student Portal” link located in the menu.

Enter username. Your username consists of your first initial, last name, and 3-digit code. Be sure to delete whatever is in the username box and enter your username.

Enter your password. (Passwords are case sensitive.) Your initial password is a combination of your first and last initials capitalized, a hyphen (-), your 4-digit year of birth, plus the last 2 digits of your Social Security number.

Click the “OK” button.

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Register for courses

Read your email

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Login to any computer on campus using your username and password.

Open Internet Explorer, and go to http://my.terra.edu

Click the “Student Email” link located in the menu.

Enter your username. Your username consists of your first initial, last name, and 3-digit code. 

Enter your Password. (Passwords are case sensitive.) Your initial password is a combination of your first and last initials capitalized, a hyphen (-), your 4-digit year of birth, plus the last 2 digits of your Social Security number.

Click the “Log On” button.

From any Web browser, go to http://my.terra.edu

Click the “Student Email” link located in the menu.

Enter your username. Your username consists of your first initial, last name, and 3-digit code.

Example: jsmith001

Enter your Password. (Passwords are case sensitive.) Your initial password is a combination of your first and last initials capitalized, a hyphen (-), your 4-digit year of birth, plus the last 2 digits of your Social Security number.

Click the “Log On” button.