How to Login

All users (Cal Poly faculty, staff, and students) login to PolyLearn through the My CalPoly Portal (http://my.calpoly.edu).

All Cal Poly members (faculty & students), with the default layout for the portal, will have the My Classes channel within the Main tab. Staff who are not registered in or teaching a course may not have this tab.

Portal tab window

  1. URL http://my.calpoly.edu
  2. Type your Cal Poly Username and Password in the top left sign-in box. Username is your Cal Poly email address (dsmith@calpoly.edu), and your Central UNIX password.
  3. Click on the Login button.
  4. Locate the My Classes channel, within the Main tab.
    screen image of My Classes channel
  5. Within the My Classes channel, click on the PolyLearn link to access a PolyLearn course.
    Screen image of My Classes

The My Classes channel displays a personalized list of courses for each user. Links are provided for both instructors and students and are listed under "Classes I am Teaching / Enrolled Classes. " Each course link will take the user directly to the PolyLearn course entry page without the need to provide any additional identification. If there is a unavailable icon after the link, then the PolyLearn course is not available for students. Only courses with the available icon are available to students. All courses are available to the instructors no matter which icon is shown.

Note: E-Permits, Wait Lists, & Class Lists are not provided through PolyLearn. PolyLearn is a completely different application and server than the Portal or PeopleSoft. The Portal just links to the PolyLearn system.

Adding the My Classes channel

There are three ways to access this channel:

1) Click on the Main tab. The My Classes channel will be displayed in the left-hand column.

2) If there is no My Classes channel, an option is to revert to the default portal layout; however, any customization of portal tabs and channels will be lost. To revert to the default layout:

  1. Click on the Customize button at the top center of this window.
  2. Click Revert to default layout link.
  3. Click the OK button and wait a few seconds. The portal layout will change back to the original layout.
  4. Click on the [ <- ] User Preferences link in the top left corner.

3) If a revert back to the default portal layout is not desired, you can subscribe to the new My Classes channel in the current layout:

  1. Click on the Add Content link at the top right-hand corner of this window
    Screen image of Portal Add channel button
  2. Click on a General Interest Column item, and click on the My Classes text, then click on the Add to my page button.

screen image of the chennel window