麻豆社

Getting Started with 麻豆社 – Adjuncts

Welcome to 麻豆社!

This tutorial will walk you through the steps to setting up all the accounts you will need to access as an adjunct. The steps include:

  • Setting up your password
  • Logging in to your Microsoft Office 365 account
  • Accessing your 麻豆社 email account
  • Logging in to Canvas

To begin the process of setting up your East Central accounts, you will need the聽@eastcentral.edu聽email address that you were given to use as your username. For example, if your My麻豆社 user name is聽franklin.falcon, your 麻豆社 Email address will be聽franklin.falcon@eastcentral.edu.

Setting your password

Creating strong passwords

Before creating your 麻豆社 password, please review these tips for creating strong passwords.

  • Variety 鈥� Your password should use a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
  • Unique 鈥� Don鈥檛 use the same password for all of your accounts.
  • No personal information 鈥� Avoid using names and dates.

麻豆社 password guidelines

When creating your 麻豆社 password, your passwords must:

  • Contain 12 to 25 Characters.
  • Contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • Contain one or more numbers.
  • Contain one or more special characters, excluding spaces and the invalid characters listed below.
  • Cannot contain parts of the username that exceed three or more consecutive characters.

Invalid characters for passwords:

; ? : @ & = < > \

Use  to test your password strength.

Steps to setting up your password in Microsoft Office

  1. Go to the .
  2. In the Sign in box, enter your East Central email address and select the Next button.
  3. On the Enter password box, you will be prompted for your password. Select the Forgot my password link below the Password prompt.
  4. On the Get back to your account box, enter your email address again. Then, fill out the CAPTCHA before selecting the Next button.
  5. Finally, you will be prompted with a list of alternative authentication methods to reset your password.
If you need instructions with screenshots or assistance with the Reset Methods options, check out the Setting up your 麻豆社 account password page.

Log in to Microsoft Office 365

Once your password is set up, log in to the .

When you log in, you should have access to all Microsoft Office products available with your 麻豆社 account.

Instructions with screenshots are available at the Accessing your 麻豆社 email account page

Steps to access your 麻豆社 email account

  1. Find the link to 麻豆社 Email under the Log In dropdown button in the upper-right corner of the header.
  2. If you aren鈥檛 already logged in, you will see a Microsoft Sign in box.
  3. Enter the password that you created for your account.

Instructions with screenshots are available at the Accessing your 麻豆社 email account page

Log in to Canvas

To access Canvas, the learning management system used for 麻豆社 classes:

  1. Find the link to Canvas under the Log In dropdown button in the upper-right corner of the header.
  2. Click on the Log in to Canvas button on the 麻豆社 Online page.
  3. Use your 麻豆社 email address and password to log in to Canvas.

From the 麻豆社 Online page, you will also be able to access the  and Canvas Faculty Help Videos if you need help using Canvas.

Other information

Review Cybersecurity information

More information on cybersecurity is available from the IT department at the Falcon Nest on SharePoint.

To access these files, log in to the  and follow this path:

Employee Resources 聽> 聽IT 聽> 聽CyberSecurity