Course Access Instructions

If you are a student from a Great Plains IDEA member university who is taking a class at K-State, but K-State is not your home university, please click the steps below to gain course access.

Step One: Submit and create a K-State eID

If you have taken a K-State taught class before, please use and submit the same eID that you used previously.
If you have not taken a K-State taught class before, go to http://www.k-state.edu/its/eid/ and click on the purple box “Register for an eID”.
As a non-K-State student you do not have a WID. Do not enter a number or your social security number in the box requesting this information. You can continue without it.

Step Two: Complete the K-State Course Access Form

Step Three: Prepare for your course

Check your course start dates, textbook information, instructor information, and much more by reviewing the Course Information pages for your program.
You will access your K-State taught course through our learning management system, Canvas.
For help with Canvas, check out these resources.
Typically, courses will not be open and available on Canvas until the first day of class.
If you experience any difficulties with your eID, please inform your instructor and the K-State Campus Coordinator.

Step Four: Review student success resources

When you take a course with us, you are a member of our big, purple family.

You will have access to K-State's online library resources during the semester that you are taking a K-State taught course.
The Great Plains IDEA Student Success Center provides several writing and research resources.
Contact our IT Help Desk with technical difficulties not related to your eID.
Familiarize yourself with Canvas, which is the platform you will use to complete your coursework here at K-State.

Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.