student portal

Doyle_G · 09-09-2009 10:30am #1

i registered this morning but I can't access my student portal page with the username and password that i've been given... does it take a while? i know it takes 24 hours for your e-mail to work but is it the same for the student portal?? :eek:

half_life_man · 09-09-2009 12:27pm

I'm having similar problems. I went to see if I could find my timetable but no luck. Just says my portal page is not available. Must take a while for it too work.

argonaut · 09-09-2009 12:32pm

Doesn't work for me, either.

phasers · 09-09-2009 12:43pm

Mine works fine, but I registered a couple of days ago so it may need 24 hours to activate as well.

Pygmalion · 09-09-2009 1:17pm

I registered last nice (about 2 or 3 in the morning) and it didn't work, it is now though, so just wait a while.

Doyle_G · 09-09-2009 1:35pm

Pygmalion wrote: »

I registered last nice (about 2 or 3 in the morning) and it didn't work, it is now though, so just wait a while.

Is your e-mail address working too? It's telling me that authorization is required

challengemaster · 09-09-2009 2:00pm

phasers wrote: »

Mine works fine, but I registered a couple of days ago so it may need 24 hours to activate as well.

How'd you manage that one when registration for first years opened today?

Stev_o · 09-09-2009 2:08pm

challengemaster wrote: »

How'd you manage that one when registration for first years opened today?

HEAR students register sooner AFAIK.

phasers · 09-09-2009 3:29pm

challengemaster wrote: »

How'd you manage that one when registration for first years opened today?

I have no idea, it just let me register on the 7th :eek:

challengemaster · 09-09-2009 3:33pm

phasers wrote: »

I have no idea, it just let me register on the 7th :eek:

I tried logging in the day I got the reg pack just to see and it worked, but just for the sake of it I said i'd leave it until it was actually open

Pygmalion · 09-09-2009 3:35pm

Doyle_G wrote: »

Is your e-mail address working too? It's telling me that authorization is required

Lets me log in but you get a giant message telling you that this account won't exist for long and that this year it's being migrated to Google Apps, so that account doesn't matter really.

challengemaster wrote: »

How'd you manage that one when registration for first years opened today?

I was able to log in to the registration site on the day i got the details in the post and it seemed fine.
Though i didn't chance registering until last night because I figured that they had a good reason for telling us not to register until the 9th

Isaac702 · 09-09-2009 3:46pm

Pygmalion wrote: »

Lets me log in but you get a giant message telling you that this account won't exist for long and that this year it's being migrated to Google Apps, so that account doesn't matter really.

The login to DCU apps is here : http://www.dcu.ie/iss/dcuapps/
I havent tried to login yet as I dont have my password at the moment however that link has been up since about 9 this morning. You can also get at it through http://mail.google.com/a/mail.dcu.ie. However this just redirects to the same login screen.

Pygmalion wrote: »

I was able to log in to the registration site on the day

It appears that alot of us tried this on the day we got it. I did the same. I guess the only reason why they said the 9th was to make the registrations easier to process.

Pygmalion · 09-09-2009 3:52pm

Isaac702 wrote: »

The login to DCU apps is here : http://www.dcu.ie/iss/dcuapps/
I havent tried to login yet as I dont have my password at the moment however that link has been up since about 9 this morning. You can also get at it through http://mail.google.com/a/mail.dcu.ie. However this just redirects to the same login screen.

It's supposed to be the same as your registration username and password I believe, the other email account was anyway and that worked, but I get a 404 error when I try log in.

phasers · 09-09-2009 4:14pm

challengemaster wrote: »

I tried logging in the day I got the reg pack just to see and it worked, but just for the sake of it I said i'd leave it until it was actually open

That's what I did too :pac:

I was actually kind of freaked out when I got the email saying I was registered! like it was from the future or something

I got into my portal thing today, but now I'm getting 404 errors left, right and centre. Must just be acting up or something.

Doyle_G · 09-09-2009 4:26pm

I've tried all the links that you've posted above and none of them work!!! I'm WAY too impatient to wait 24hrs!!!!

Ken Griffin · 09-09-2009 6:34pm

Doyle_G wrote: »

I've tried all the links that you've posted above and none of them work!!! I'm WAY too impatient to wait 24hrs!!!!

Just wait a little longer - there's nothing wrong with the system! I did my BA at DCU so my user account already exists and it all works fine for me. It works too well - apparently I owe DCU 25c for printing from my undergrad days... :eek:

I think there's just a slight lag while your details are processed.

Doyle_G · 09-09-2009 8:16pm

i suppose i should really just wait the 24hrs!!! I just checked again there and i'm still getting a 401 authorization required message!! I'll wait till tomorrow and c what happens :pac:

Doyle_G · 10-09-2009 2:31pm

it's been more than 24hours and i'm still being told that i need authorization and it won't let me into e-mails or my portal page :mad: what am i gonna do?

andyman · 10-09-2009 3:16pm

You're not the only one with the problem. It's something on their end I reckon. I wouldn't worry about it unless you can't access the day before we're due to start.

Doyle_G · 10-09-2009 3:21pm

I'm after ringing the computer support place and they said that there had been problems. he took my student number and asked what time yday I registered at. said he'd have a look into it. I'll let you know what he says :pac: they really need to sort out their systems ASAP

Frank Grimes · 11-09-2009 12:59pm

Just tried again and I can login to the portal and the email.

Doyle_G · 11-09-2009 1:21pm

can get into the portal page but not the e-mail!!! dunno if i'm using the right username!!!

andyman · 11-09-2009 1:27pm

I still can't get into either.

Frank Grimes · 11-09-2009 1:33pm

Doyle_G wrote: »

can get into the portal page but not the e-mail!!! dunno if i'm using the right username!!!

I'm just using the same username and password I used for the portal page and the registration page and it's letting me in.

Stev_o · 11-09-2009 1:46pm

Iv gotten into both but still haven't seen my time table =/

Frank Grimes · 11-09-2009 2:44pm

Stev_o wrote: »

Iv gotten into both but still haven't seen my time table =/

According to the email I got the timetables will be online from Monday onwards. I don't know if that's a general thing or specific to the course I'm in.

Medievalist · 11-09-2009 2:51pm

The time table for my course is the one from 2008/2009. Hope they update it soon! Took more than 24hours, but now I can log into everything.

I quite like the layout of the Portal Page. There's so much info specific to the course, it's great! There were also recommended library resources based on my undergrad degree I did in UCD....always seems a bit spooky when an organisation knows that kind of stuff. I know I gave them the info but still....I wasn't expecting them to be efficient enough to act on it! A good start methinks!

andyman · 11-09-2009 4:07pm

Managed to get into the portal, not the e-mail yet though.

Pygmalion · 11-09-2009 4:17pm

Yeha I could get into the portal within a few hours, still can't get into the google apps after a few days

challengemaster · 11-09-2009 9:11pm

Reg'd yesterday, everything's working for me now

portal page is boring tho >.<

OneArt · 11-09-2009 11:34pm

Wtf is going on? I tried registering yesterday, but once I type in username & password it just says "Database Unavailable" or whatever.

That's it. Monday morning I'm phoning them and I'm yelling. Loudly.

grodge · 12-09-2009 3:31am

logged in there now using username and password supplied with registration details.

got mail up and running and personalised, also set it up on my phone. you gotta love gmail.

also received my giro which i requested on wednesday. very prompt which im happy about, its seems to be run very well. i have studied in DIT for 4 years and the level of support services DCU have seems to be way ahead.

Doyle_G · 12-09-2009 9:59am

OneArt wrote: »

That's it. Monday morning I'm phoning them and I'm yelling. Loudly.

Please do yell at them!! still can't access e-mail yet! student portal page is boring alright!! they need to sort out the e-mail tho. should be a priority

DimestoreSaint · 14-09-2009 12:50pm

I'm logged in but my timetable or anything like that aren't on there.

mmalaka · 14-09-2009 1:04pm

I am trying to register but when I select "I Accept" in step 4 Rules & Regulations I got the attached alert and I can not continue to step 5!!!!

Any advice?

NerdPantzz · 14-09-2009 1:06pm

mmalaka wrote: »

I am trying to register but when I select "I Accept" in step 4 Rules & Regulations I got the attached alert and I can not continue to step 5!!!!

Any advice?

Me too!!

And I regisered the very 1st day and i still cant access my email!!

Stev_o · 14-09-2009 1:16pm

mmalaka wrote: »

I am trying to register but when I select "I Accept" in step 4 Rules & Regulations I got the attached alert and I can not continue to step 5!!!!

Any advice?

Use a different browser then IE.

mmalaka · 14-09-2009 1:28pm

Stev_o wrote: »

Use a different browser then IE.

I tried FireFox, Chrome, and IE.... still not working... I emailed them

Doyle_G · 14-09-2009 3:35pm

downloaded google chrome and got in first go.... bad form if it works only on google chrome tho:eek:

mmalaka · 14-09-2009 4:39pm

This is still not working for me......no reply from DCU...

Jammy · 14-09-2009 5:18pm

It won't let me accept either!

It says I have to fill in the subjects section but I'm not allowed to!

But I've paid the registration and got an email from them!

:eek:

stylee · 14-09-2009 5:23pm

me too

ive tried registering and between step four and step 5 theres like this fullstop. anyone else seeing this? then it says i have to do the "." step. this is so annoying

Jammy · 14-09-2009 5:28pm

It's scary!

But I have access to my dcu email so does that mean that I'm all registered? That's the student portal isn't it?

Pygmalion · 14-09-2009 5:43pm

Jammy wrote: »

It's scary!

But I have access to my dcu email so does that mean that I'm all registered? That's the student portal isn't it?

Yeah it does, told me I couldn't choose courses either, I think some courses don't have optional modules so it'll just put you in all of them and not give a choice.

Doyle_G · 14-09-2009 7:52pm

mmalaka wrote: »

This is still not working for me......no reply from DCU...

I e-mailed the help desk last Thurs and I still haven't heard anything from them. My portal page worked since Fri but I only got the e-mail working today after I downloaded googlechrome.

Medievalist · 14-09-2009 8:01pm

stylee wrote: »

me too ive tried registering and between step four and step 5 theres like this fullstop. anyone else seeing this? then it says i have to do the "." step. this is so annoying

I wondered about this too, but once I clicked the 'I accept' button in Step 4, I could move straight onto Step 5. Are you still havng trouble with it? The system looks simple on the surface, then all the niggly flaws start coming through. There's a podcast for registering at

http://www.dcu.ie/registration/registration_instructions.shtml

My Portal and email seem to be working fine. I'm using Firefox. It's seems to be completely random whether they work or not for people. :rolleyes:

phasers · 14-09-2009 8:37pm

My mail still won't work :mad:

NerdPantzz · 14-09-2009 8:57pm

When people say their mail "won't work" is it that when you enter your username and password it says they are incorrect? Because that's whats happening to me, but I've tried loads of times and made sure I'm entering the correct username and password but it still doesnt work

phasers · 14-09-2009 9:38pm

Yeah, it keeps saying my address is invalid, but then some other times I get an error with a picture of a big bird :eek:

Pygmalion · 14-09-2009 9:47pm

phasers wrote: »

Yeah, it keeps saying my address is invalid, but then some other times I get an error with a picture of a big bird :eek:

Same here, thing is, if I enter in some other email/password then I just get a simple "Authorization failed" message, if I enter the right one I get taken to a different page and get some weird error message.
So surely our accounts are in there in some form, just not letting us use them

challengemaster · 14-09-2009 9:53pm

So....you'd all hate me if i sent you emails from my dcu account laughing at ye?

:pac:

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