1. Start your browser software (Internet Explorer or Firefox). The link to get to the course is: https://etudes-ng.fhda.edu/portal
2. You will see an Etudes page with a User id and password box at the top.
Your User ID: The first 2 letters of your first name + the first 2 letters of your last name + the last 5 numbers of your student id number
Please be sure to use lower case. John Lennon's User ID would be jole45678 (if he had a student ID of 123-45-678)
Your Password: month and day of birth It must be 4 digits, so add zeros if necessary. For John Lennon, it would be 1009—he was born on October 9th.
When you successfully login, you should see a screen with tabs at the top for My Workspace and each of your online classes.
3. Change the default password upon login. Once you log on, click on Account (under My Workspace on the left menu), scroll down a bit, and click on "Modify Settings." Set the password to something you can remember. PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN! This account will give you access to all your ETUDES courses forever, whether you take them from Harbor or another college that uses this course management system for their online, hybrid, or other instruction.
If you forget your password, go back to the login page and click the Reset Password button on the left side of the page. I cannot change or check your password.
4. After that, click the tab for your class section and go to the class Home page.
LAHC COS 058 7610 F09 is CO SCI 58 Computer Literacy INTERNET
LAHC COS 058 0956 F09 is CO SCI 58 Computer Literacy F 9-12:10pm
LAHC COI 001 7615 F09 is CO INFO 1 Principles of Business Computer Systems and CO INFO 23 lab
LAHC COS 344 7638 F09 is CO SCI 344 Programming in Java and CO SCI 53 lab
5. Look at the list on the left side, starting with Home. You use these buttons to move through the course.