Video Tutorials
These video tutorials provide you with an overview of various resources that will help with your course selection, planning and registration.
Select the hyperlinked text in the menu below to jump to the video on this page. Video titles that are hyperlinked will connect you to additional resources by clicking on the hyperlinked video title. All videos can be viewed on YouTube.
- Academic Calendar
- Academic Timetable
- myTrent Portal
- Self-Service: Trent University's Student Planning & Registration system
- Introduction to Self-Service (general)
- Introduction to Self-Service for returning Trent Students
- Accepting Required Agreements in Self-Service
- How to Find Courses, Build a Schedule, and Register for Courses using Self-Service
- How to Drop a Course using Self-Service
- How to make changes to your course selection using Self-Service
- Link to Academic Skills Resources
- Academic Culture and Expectations
- Arrive and Thrive: Your First Term at University
- University 101: A Glossary of Terms
- How to Guides
Academic Calendar
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Academic Timetable
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myTrent Portal
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Trent University's Student Planning System (Self-Service)
Introduction to Self-Service
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Introduction to Self-Service for Current (Returning) Trent Students
While reviewing this video, we want to encourage everyone to write down any questions that you may have throughout the presentation. Should your question not be answered by the end, we encourage you to review the additional resources that are available to students on the Academic Advising webpages, and for further support, please feel more than welcomed to connect with Academic Advising in your College Office, or the Office of the Registrar.
The goals for this video presentation are to
- Review the steps for preparing for course registration this month
- Remind you of the resources available to you on the Academic Advising website
- Introduce the new features of Self-Service to current students
- Identify some of the differences and benefits of this new system
The following key sections in this video are linked in the video description if you open the video in YouTube.
- 3:32 Review degree requirements with an Academic Advisor
- 14:22 Introduction to Self-Service and the key changes and benefits for registration
- 17:27 How to find courses using the Course Catalog in Self-Service
- 21:36 Live demonstration of the Course Catalog in Self-Service
- 27:15 How to add courses to your Course Plan to create a schedule in Self-Service
- 33:32 Live demonstration of adding courses to Course Plan in Self-Service
- 45:39 How to submit a Prerequisite Waiver Request Form
- 48:42 How to add yourself to a course section with a Waitlist
- 50:33 How to complete your course registration in Self-Service
- 55:23 Tips for troubleshooting common errors
- 58:22 Introduction to My Progress - a degree planning tool in Self-Service
Accepting Required Agreements on Self-Service
This will be an annual step to complete before you can register for or making changes to your course selection/registration on Self-Service
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How to Find Courses and Register for Courses using Self-Service
The following key sections in this video are linked in the video description if you open the video in YouTube.
- 00:10 How to Find Courses using the Course Catalog in Self-Service
- 07:08 How to Add Courses to your Plan (Build a Schedule) in Self-Service
- 09:45 How to Register for planned courses in Self-Service
How to Drop a Course using Self-Service
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How to Change Course Sections for a Course using Self-Service
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