HCC Student Email – Houston Community College
Are you a student of Houston Community College? Do you want to access your student email address? You’re at the right place. In this article, you’ll learn how to create a student email address for Houston Community College. You’ll also learn how to access your student email using any device of your choice.
The HCC student email is a personalized email account provided by Microsoft Office 365. Upon registering for classes (NOT after submitting an application), you will receive the email address.
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HCC Student Email
Houston Community College has partnered with Microsoft to offer Office 365 as the College’s official student email system. This is the only email system the College will use to communicate with you about your student records. Your student email account will be available within 24 hours after your residency status has been determined and you have created your HCC account.
You are expected to log in to your email regularly.
NOTE: Your Office 365 email account will be deactivated and all information will be lost if you do not enroll in classes for three consecutive terms (one full year.)
Benefits of Student Email
With the student email, you can have access to numerous online resources. The student email offers you access to the following;
- Student Portal
- Canvas / Blackboard
- Turnitin
- Online Library
- Discount memberships
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the email system and take advantage of the many perks that come with it, including discounted memberships (Amazon Prime), free access to Microsoft Office 365 Pro for education, and more.
Features of College Email
- Official college email account
- Contacts and Calendars
- Download Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) on up to five devices.
- Access web version Office 365 suite from anywhere
- Access OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service with 100 GB of storage.
As an HCC student, you get a free college email account.
Office 365 is the College’s official email system. Your email account will be available within 24 hours after your residency status has been determined and you have created your HCC account. This account is the only email account the College will send messages to, so please check your email regularly.
This account will be deactivated and all information will be deleted once you graduate or if you do not enroll in classes for 3 or more consecutive terms.
How to Use HCC Student Email to Access Online Classes
If you are taking an online class, log into Canvas and get course materials, and communicate with your instructor and fellow students.
How to Access Your HCC Student Email Login
To access your HCC student email login, follow the procedures outlined below.
- Visit the HCC email login: http://outlook.com/
- To sign in, enter your HCC Eagle ID email address and password.
- After that, hit the signing button to access your email dashboard.
Your Eagle User ID is the same as your “User ID” which is used for Online Registration via the HCC Student System [example: W0034567]. If you have forgotten your User ID, you may look it up.
Your HCCS email will be your HCC Eagle ID with the domain @student.hccs.edu
Example: W211354867@student.hccs.edu Your password will be the same as your HCC MyEagle login. If you have forgotten your password or if you have forgotten your HCC Eagle ID, you can get assistance on this page under “Manage Your Account” section.
HCC Student Email Default Password
There is a default password to be used the first time you log in to your email account. The default password is:
- If you are new to HCC, you will receive an HCC email account when you enroll in a course. The log-in ID for this email account is the same as your Student System ID (your Eagle User ID). Your password is the same as the Student System password.
- If you are not new to HCC and have a HCC Student Email, your password to the Email “may be different” than the one to the Student System. However, you may change your password if you want to make it the same as your Student System password (see Password Reset, below).
