Student Portal
Experience
Experience is the student portal at Rend Lake College that puts the college experience right at your fingertips. Stay on top of things with quick access to your grades, Canvas courses, class schedule and more.
Experience for RLC Students & Staff
Direct links to services in Experience
Canvas
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Canvas is RLC's Learning Management System. All online and hybrid classes will be using Canvas. Some traditional, face-to-face classes may also use Canvas to deliver their learning content to the students. Canvas uses your WarriorMail account to log in.
Password Reset
Students are able to change their password at their convenience. Students can change and reset their password at any time, even if they do not remember the old password. To learn how to reset password, please visit the link below.Warriormail
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Warriormail is your free RLC student email. We enjoy a mail system that allows us to send important RLC communications and any other approved email communications to our students. You'll enjoy the robust features of Google's Gmail — a heavyweight email provider.
PaperCut
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Our print management system gives students the ability to self-manage printing needs efficiently and securely.
Self-Service
Help yourself to our Self-Service dashboard. It's your online access to grades, classes and your financial account, as well as degree requirements, registration and more. Use the link below to log in or get help using Self-Service.
Resources
If this is your first time using Colleague, you will need to set up multifactor authentication.
PDF: Multi-Factor Authentication Guide
PDF: How to Sign up for a Payment Plan in Colleague Self-Service
Video: How to Confirm Your Information in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to Confirm Your Registration in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to View and Manage Your Financial Aid Information in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to Access Student Planning in Colleague Self Service
Office 365 for Students
Students can now download Office 365 for FREE! You will need to use your Warriormail to sign up. Office 365 can be installed on up to five devices such as PCs or Macs and Office apps on mobile devices including Windows tablets and iPad.
Office 365 contains the following 2016 programs:
Microsoft Word | Excel | Power Point | OneNote | Outlook | Access | Publisher
Plus you get 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage
Follow these simple steps to get your free Office 365:
1. Click the this link: Office 365 for Students
2. Click on the green box “Find out if you’re eligible”
3. Enter your complete Warriormail email address (i.e. smithj1234@warriormail.rlc.edu)
4. Click Sign up and complete the required fields. Remember the password you create!! You are the only one with access to your password!
5. Check your Warriormail. An email will be sent to you to verify your student status.
6. In the email, click the link: Complete Office 365 Education signup to finish creating your account.
When these steps are complete, you will be asked to enter your name and birthdate. The birthdate is a required field.
Congratulations!! You have now established your Office 365 account and can download all programs listed above on up to five devices. Again, you will need to remember your password you entered to access Office 365 in the future.
This service is provided free to students at Rend Lake College. Please remember after graduating, you will no longer have access to the Office programs obtained during your enrollment. You will need to purchase the Office suite or find compatible editing software to be able to edit your saved documents and projects.
Canvas
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Canvas is RLC's Learning Management System. All online and hybrid classes will be using Canvas. Some traditional, face-to-face classes may also use Canvas to deliver their learning content to the students. Canvas uses your WarriorMail account to log in.
Password Reset
Students are able to change their password at their convenience. Students can change and reset their password at any time, even if they do not remember the old password. To learn how to reset password, please visit the link below.Warriormail
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Warriormail is your free RLC student email. We enjoy a mail system that allows us to send important RLC communications and any other approved email communications to our students. You'll enjoy the robust features of Google's Gmail — a heavyweight email provider.
PaperCut
![]()
Our print management system gives students the ability to self-manage printing needs efficiently and securely.
Self-Service
Help yourself to our Self-Service dashboard. It's your online access to grades, classes and your financial account, as well as degree requirements, registration and more. Use the link below to log in or get help using Self-Service.
Resources
If this is your first time using Colleague, you will need to set up multifactor authentication.
PDF: Multi-Factor Authentication Guide
PDF: How to Sign up for a Payment Plan in Colleague Self-Service
Video: How to Confirm Your Information in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to Confirm Your Registration in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to View and Manage Your Financial Aid Information in Colleague Self Service
Video: How to Access Student Planning in Colleague Self Service
Office 365 for Students
Students can now download Office 365 for FREE! You will need to use your Warriormail to sign up. Office 365 can be installed on up to five devices such as PCs or Macs and Office apps on mobile devices including Windows tablets and iPad.
Office 365 contains the following 2016 programs:
Microsoft Word | Excel | Power Point | OneNote | Outlook | Access | Publisher
Plus you get 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage
Follow these simple steps to get your free Office 365:
1. Click the this link: Office 365 for Students
2. Click on the green box “Find out if you’re eligible”
3. Enter your complete Warriormail email address (i.e. smithj1234@warriormail.rlc.edu)
4. Click Sign up and complete the required fields. Remember the password you create!! You are the only one with access to your password!
5. Check your Warriormail. An email will be sent to you to verify your student status.
6. In the email, click the link: Complete Office 365 Education signup to finish creating your account.
When these steps are complete, you will be asked to enter your name and birthdate. The birthdate is a required field.
Congratulations!! You have now established your Office 365 account and can download all programs listed above on up to five devices. Again, you will need to remember your password you entered to access Office 365 in the future.
This service is provided free to students at Rend Lake College. Please remember after graduating, you will no longer have access to the Office programs obtained during your enrollment. You will need to purchase the Office suite or find compatible editing software to be able to edit your saved documents and projects.