After you've registered, there are 3 steps to start your Online Class:

1. Activate your new Lanier Tech e-mail address
2. Establish contact with your instructor
3. Login to your Blackboard classroom online

It is YOUR responsibility to complete these steps by the first day of class each quarter, or you may be dropped from your online class.

1. Activate your new Lanier Tech e-mail address:

Your new Lanier Tech email address will enable you to keep in touch with your online instructor regarding class work and assignment submissions.

1. Click here to Log into BannerWEB.
2. Enter your Social Security Number without dashes into the User ID: area (example: 1234567890)
3. Enter your Date of Birth without dashes as month, day, last two digits of year into the PIN: area (example: 102785 for October 27, 1985)
   Note: If you have used Banner Web before and have changed your PIN, please enter your new PIN instead. If you have forgotten this PIN, click the Forgotten PIN? button and follow the instructions. If you cannot access BannerWeb, contact Student Affairs at 770-531-6300.
4. Click the Login button
5. On the Main Menu screen click Personal Information
6. On the Personal Information screen click View E-mail Address(es)
7. Under the heading Email Address Provided by College, you will see an email address in the format UserName@student.laniertech.edu . Your User Name is everything before the”@” character. In the case of jdoe4@student.laniertech.edu, the User Name would be “jdoe4”.
8. Student email is accessed from http://studentmail.laniertech.edu
9. Type the User Name you retrieved above in the User Name field. Your default password is the same as your Banner Web password, or your birthday in the form mmddyy (See #4 above). Click the Login button after filling in the fields. You have just activated your new Lanier Tech email address!

2. Establish contact with your instructor:

You must wait for a Welcome email from your instructor for each online class you are taking. If you have not received this email by the first day of class, it is YOUR responsibility to contact your instructor(s) via email or phone after the first day of class.To get your instructor's email address and phone number:

1. Visit http://www.laniertech.edu/online_/schedule.asp
2. Locate the class you are enrolled by CRN number (5-digit number listed on your registration print-out)
3. Click on the instructor's email address to send email or call the phone number listed

3. Login to your Blackboard classroom online :

Your class will not be available for you to access until the first day of class.

1. Go to the GVTC Blackboard site at http://gvtc7.blackboard.com
2. Click on Login button
3. Enter your username as 34_ (underscore) then your 9 digit student ID, all lowercase, into the USERNAME area. (example: 34_910001234)
   
4. Enter the same information into the PASSWORD area (example: 34_910001234)
5. Click the Login button
6. Click your online class(es) in the My Courses box or under the Courses tab at the top of the screen
   
   Please contact your instructor first. If you have any questions, please contact GVTC Coordinator Angelia Olson at 770-531-4515 or aolson@laniertech.edu.