The Ultimate Guide: MySCAD Portal

Starting out as a freshman, new students need to digest a lot of information to have a successful life at SCAD. One of the main platforms that students use throughout their college experience is the MySCAD Portal. Here there is plenty of information regarding classes, registration, residence life, employment…etc. At first, it can be very overwhelming to navigate since there is an extensive list of links and details on every page. This article will serve as a basic and simplified guide of the most important sections of My SCAD portal. 

Table of Contents

1. Academic Status and Financial Aid
   • How to find your class schedule
   • Where to see your grades
   • Who your advisors are and how to contact them
   • Financial aid info
2. Registration Help
   • How to find your degree planner
   • Registration Time
   • Look up classes for Registration
3. Employment at SCAD and Beyond
   • Work/Study Employment at SCAD
   • Job Portal
   • Career and Alumni Success
4. Personal Information
   • How to change your SCAD password
5. Accessing Free Resources
   • Where to access Autodesk applications
   • How to get your Adobe Cloud license

Academic Status and Financial Aid

• How to find your class schedule 

There are multiple ways in which you can access your class schedule within MySCAD, and they can all be found under the Student Workspace Page. 

The easiest way to access the academic schedule for the quarter is through the “My Courses” channel. Here students can see the professor that teaches the class, the schedule, and the location where the course will take place. They can also access Blackboard here and reach the bookstore’s website to find the required materials and books for each class.

Students can also access a much more detailed schedule through “My Course Detail Schedule” and “ My Schedule by Day and Time” through the Student Toolkit channel.

• Where to See Your Grades

Students can view their course grades per quarter through this channel, right below the Academic Profile channel in Student Workspace. They also can access their specific grades for midterms and finals.

• Who your advisors are and how to contact them

The Academic Profile Channel, under Student Workspace, shares the student’s curriculum per quarter (Major, level, class standing, degree, etc.). It also lists the student’s Faculty Advisor, Student Success Advisor, Career Advisor, and heads of the department. Next to each name is a small icon the student can use to contact their advisor via email.

Scrolling down on the Student Workspace page, there is the Undergraduate Advising channel where students can schedule an appointment and access their Student Success Advisor.  

• Financial Aid Info

Under the My Info page, students can find the My Financial Aid Channel, where they can view their financial aid status, access financial aid resources, and fill out necessary documents, such as FAFSA, for the upcoming academic year. Below this channel, students can also submit the required documents for their financial aid.

Registration Help

• How to find your degree planner

The Degree Planner is an essential tool when it comes to registration. Here the students can view all the major-specific graduation requirements. There are multiple ways to access it under the Student Workspace page of MySCAD.

One way of finding the Degree Planner is under Undergraduate Advising. Here students can also find the Degree Sequencing Guides, which shows the list of degree requirements for all majors and minors offered at SCAD.

The Degree Planner can also be found under the Student Toolkit Channel.

• Registration time 

Registration Time is the period when students can add or remove classes to their schedule. It varies each Quarter depending on the student and their credit hours. Students can access the Registration Times under Registration Tools within Student Workspace. Here they can see the Quarter to which the Registration Time applies, when it opens, when it closes, and the status, whether it’s open or pending.

• Look Up Classes for Registration

Under the Registration Tools Channel of Student Workspace, the student can look for the classes to add for the upcoming quarter.

Employment at SCAD and Beyond

• How to apply for student employment at SCAD

1. Navigate to the “ My Info” tab on the MySCAD

2. Scroll down to the channel that says “ Student Employment” then click “How do I apply?”

3. Choose the filter you want on the employment website when looking for a job. For example, if you want to work on the Savannah campus, choose that.

4. Next, a pop-up will appear telling you a disclaimer; click “agree” to continue.

5. Now you can scroll down and look at all the job openings. If you’re interested in reading more about a job, click the title, and it will bring you to another page of the description. If you see multiple positions you are interested in applying to, you can select them all by clicking the little box next to where it says “SCAD” and then click “Apply for selected jobs” at the top in blue.

• How to Navigate to the SCAD Job Portal

1. Navigate to MySCAD and go to the “Student Workspace” shelf.

2. Scroll down to where you see a box that says “Career And Alumni Success” and select the link that says “SCAD Job Portal and Career Resources.”

3. We will have another article that will go in-depth about how to use the SCAD Job portal.

• How to Navigate to the Career and Alumni Success page

1. Navigate to MySCAD and go to the “Student Workspace” shelf.

2. Scroll down, and where you see a box that says “Career and Alumni Success,” is where all the information will be.

3. On this page, there are multiple links, and each has a description under them that tells you what they are.

Personal Information

• How to change your SCAD password

1. Navigate to “My Info” page. 

2. Select the hyperlink labeled “Update MYSCAD Password.” This one is the first listed.

In this tab, you will be able to change your personal information if you need to update emergency contact information, parking services, address, and other contact information.

Accessing Free Resources

• How to access AutoDesk Applications

In this section, I will show you where you can access AutoDesk products through the MySCAD page.

Click on the “Resources” tab and scroll down until you see the “SCAD Deals” section on the right side of the page close to the bottom. 

• Accessing Adobe Cloud

With tuition, you are given a free subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, accessible through the MySCAD page.

While in the “Resources” tab, scroll past the SCAD Deals section, and there are detailed instructions for accessing the Creative Cloud.

SCAD has a lot of resources, and with a little organization, students can access them all! This article is meant to facilitate the student’s navigation through MySCAD. Hopefully, after reading this, anyone can feel comfortable using this portal. Taking it step by step, everyone can access the needed resource.