Account setup


Please read carefully!!
After reviewing all of the Brightspace tutorial pages, you will locate your course and teacher. You will then email your teacher and tell him/her that you are ready to start your online course. On the following Monday, your teacher will reply to you with your login information needed to access your Brightspace course.
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​Accessing Your Course: 
Once you finish the orientation, you will be directed to email your teacher in order to activate your registration. He or she will reply with your login information. Once you have that,
​- Go to the St. Nicholas Adult High School website and click on the Student Portal link at the top.
- When prompted to login to your Google account, use the school Gmail account login and password (provided later by teacher).
** If you are not prompted, please be sure that you are logged into your own Gmail account (and not your child's or someone else's).
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​- In the student portal, click on the D2L/Brightspace icon (looks like an orange blob).
- Use your ocsbstudent Gmail account information to login.

​** If you have never previously synced your Brightspace and Google accounts, please do so as soon as you have logged into Brightspace using these instructions.
- To select your course, click on the waffle icon at the top right. Then, select your course from the dropdown list.

Password Change

We recommend changing your password which will affect your login for school computers, Brightspace and your OCSB Google account.  

​How to change your password:
  • From the login page (prior to logging into Brightspace), click the 'Change Password Tool' link.
  • In the pop-up window, enter your current username and password (provided by your teacher)
  • On the Password Change page, enter your current password, then enter your new password twice.  Click 'Change Password'.
  • Your new password should be 6 - 10 characters and must contain at least one numeric character.  It is recommended that you use a combination of lowercase and uppercase characters
  • Remember that your password is for Brightspace, school computers and your school Google account.
  • Please keep your password secure.  If you forget your password, contact your teacher to have it reset.
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