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Help is only a click away when you need it. If there are components of the system of which you are unsure, you can find help in the Student Orientation course or by pressing the Help button in your course. You can also contact the Distance Learning Help Desk by phone, email or by clicking on the “Tech Support” button in your class.

Contact the Registrar’s Office and they can help you get started.

To access your courses, please to your personal account at the Malone Online Campus. Using your Malone login credentials, enter you username and password.

New Malone users can determine their usernames and passwords with the following information. For complete information, see our .

1. Username = first initial, middle initial, last name, and the number 1. (If you are not the first individual with this sequence, your last name will be followed by a 2, 3, etc.)
   Sample name: John Q. Public
   Username: jqpublic1
2. Your default password will be a randomly generated 10 digit strand of characters. This password is in your admission letter or is available from your admissions counselor. 

All students are required to use their Malone-issued email account in the Distance Learning system. You can check your email anywhere you have internet access. The University and your instructor will communicate important information to you via email. It is recommended that you check it daily.

1. Using your web browser, type in the following URL in the address bar:
2. Enter your username and password
3. Click “Login”

Students are able to manage their username and password on our page. This page will enable you to change your password, unlock your account, and review a security Q&A.

We have created an orientation course for you to take before you begin your first course. You may enter this course at any time by logging into the system. Once you access your personal account, you will see a term name highlighted in gray titled “Special Courses.” 

Under the term name, you will see the “New Student Orientation Tutorial.” Click on the blue link to enter the course.

Success in your program begins with having the proper hardware. In order to ensure that you are ready to begin, you should review the technical requirements for our educational system at the technical requirements page. The system requirements are fairly basic and most computers meet these requirements.

You should first take our browser test. The browser test will make sure you have the general software necessary to use our system. If you are missing a piece of software, you will be directed to a site to download the software for free. Our software requirements are very basic and most computers already have the necessary software. 

Additionally, for most courses you will need to have word processing software and Adobe Acrobat reader.

You will be able to access your course on the first day of classes.

Textbook information is available in our . You can purchase your textbooks  or from the Campus Store located in the Brehme Centennial Center. The Bookstore can be reached at 330-471-8310 or bookstore@malone.edu.

Your online courses emphasize communication between students, their peers, and the instructor. Communication is facilitated by online discussion, email, online chat threads, and whiteboards. These communication tools offer the ability for students to communicate with their professors, work on group projects together, chat online, and view documents together.

�ճ��������Vlog Cattell Library provides access to a variety of online research databases as well as the Malone book catalog through remote access.

To access the online library resources, you will need to validate your user access, a process known as authentication, with your library barcode. Your library barcode can be found by clicking on the “Services” tab located on the left side of your online course personal student homepage and then by clicking on the “Library Services” link.