Newly Admitted Students
December 6, 2024 2024-12-18 16:56Newly Admitted Students
Welcome to
OU Online!
Our students make up a diverse community,
but we are all part of one university.
Getting Started: Degree-seeking Undergraduate Students
Welcome!
This is a step-by-step guide for newly admitted OU Online degree-seeking undergraduate students. If you're not admitted yet or if you are interested in applying, visit our Admissions information page for application procedures and requirements.
“It has meant a lot to me to be able to earn my degree without sacrificing my income and time with my kids.”
— Jessica Armitage, B.S. Criminal Justice, 2024
Tech Set Up
STEP 1: Activate Your Account
Go to one.ou.edu, and click “New to OU? Set up your OU account.” Click “What’s this?” to find your OU Net ID using your SSN and date of birth. Enter your OU Net ID and date of birth to identify your account.
Within the one.ou.edu student services portal, you can access:
- Browse class schedule
- Enroll in classes
- Check your schedule
- View grades
- Print an unofficial transcript
- Pay tuition and other bursar charges
STEP 2: Set Up Your Email
From this point forward, your OU email account should be your primary one, as that’s where the university sends all important information (i.e., enrollment dates, 100% refund dates for dropped courses, new course offerings, graduation checklist, convocation information, etc.). If you forward your OU email address to another email address, there is a chance the firewall will block emails with attachments. For this reason, you need to use your OU email address as your primary email account while you pursue your degree.
STEP 3: Secure Access
After setting up your OU account and email, you must enroll in PingID, a mandatory two-step authentication system.
Academic Prep
STEP 4: Complete the OU Online Orientation via Canvas
Canvas is an online learning management system used by OU to manage and deliver your classes. There you will find your assignments, quizzes, and course materials. It allows you to access your courses, communicate with instructors, and track your progress all in one place. Log into your Canvas (you have one-click access from your ONE account) and complete your orientation course. It is located on your Dashboard.
STEP 5: Make a New Student Advising Appointment
After you complete the OU Online Orientation, you will want to connect with your academic advisor. You should have received an email from your advisor with their contact information. You should contact them directly to schedule an initial advising appointment.
If you’re an undergraduate student and need help contacting your academic advisor, please email pacsadvising@ou.edu.
STEP 6: Go Over Your Personalized Degree Plan
Your personalized graduation plan is the degree audit tool you use to chart your progress toward degree completion. We do not use the degree navigator in the one.ou.edu system to track our degrees. From now on, mark the classes you have taken, thus revealing your remaining requirements after completing each semester’s enrollment. Your advisor will send you updated grad plans along the way but understand that you are responsible for knowing your degree requirements.
STEP 7: Register for Classes
You register for classes by logging in to the university’s web-based record system. Download the detailed instructions for enrolling.
Before your first enrollment, you will need to complete the online Sexual Assault Prevention training to satisfy the Title IX registration hold that is placed on all accounts for new students. Once this tutorial is completed, the hold will lift automatically, and you may proceed with registration. You will find the tutorial here. This hold sometimes takes a few hours to lift once training is done. For more information on the training, visit the FAQ page.
To help you identify when each course is offered within each semester, we offer a numbering system for our courses. The numbering system is shown below.
STEP 8: Order Textbooks
Selecting and ordering course materials is now done completely online through the OU Bookstore.
Class Registration Guidelines
To help you identify when each course is offered within each semester, we offer a numbering system for our courses.
Fall 1August – October |
100s |
Fall 2October – December |
200s |
Spring 1January – March |
300s |
Spring 2March – May |
400s |
SummerJune – July |
500s |
Apply for Financial Aid
Information regarding financial aid is located here, or you may contact them via email at onlineaid@ou.edu or phone (405) 325-2929.
Set up Military Tuition Assistance
Set Up GI Bill®/Vocational Rehab Assistance
“OU Online is both challenging and rewarding.”
—Carole Dobrowilski, Master of Accountacy, 2024
Student Services
Check Out Our Student Services
We are here to support you during your time at OU. We have an abundance of academic and student support resources available to help you thrive in your academic program, and we encourage you to take advantage of all of them!
We also have several ways to connect with other online students through our Online Student Association or our student groups. We hope you will find community with other online students and build a supportive network during your time at OU.
