Corsair Connect Guide

Accessing Corsair Connect

Access your class schedule, SMC student email, add and drop classes, pay your fees, apply for financial aid, view your student records, and keep up to date with course dates and deadlines.

Video: How to Login to Corsair Connect

1. Go to www.smc.edu, and click on the login at the top of the page, then Corsair Connect.

2. Log in with your SMC username (not your ID number) and password.

Set Up Your Corsair Connect Account

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc. Enter your username and password. Student ID number can no longer be used in place of username.

• • If login in for the first time without having activated your SMC account, you will be asked to activate your account first.

Retrieving Your Password

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Select "I cannot access my account"
3. Select “I forgot my password”
4. Follow the instructions provided

Navigating Your Homescreen

Once you have successfully logged into Corsair Connect you will be directed to the “Home Screen.”

Accessing Your Student Email Account

Videos: How to add SMC email  account to your phone:  Android and iPhone 

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc, then click the “SMC GMAIL” link.

2.  On the SMC Single Sign-On page, enter your network username (Last Name_First Name_Middle) and the password is the same one you use to sign into Corsair Connect and click login.

3. You should then have access to your SMC Gmail account.

Accessing Your Canvas Account

Video: How to Log in to Canvas

1. Go to www.smc.edu, and click on the login at the top of the page, then Canvas. 

2. Type in your username, which is the first part of your SMC email name without the “@student.smc.edu.” Then, type in your password, which is the same as the one you use for Corsair Connect.

Using Schedule Planner

Schedule Planner is a web-based tool that that helps students create their preferred schedule each semester in just a few moments based on the options they select,while accounting for such things as work, family responsibilities, study segments, working out, etc. Schedule Planner does not enroll you in classes. You must enroll via Corsair Connect.

Navigating Your Enrollment Screen

Once you have successfully logged into Corsair Connect you will be directed to the “Home Screen”. On the Home Screen, in the middle of the page you will see the “Enrollment Services” tab, click on the tab and you will be taken to your enrollment screen.

Update Your Profile & Preferences

From this menu you can update your personal information such as your mailing address, contact phone number, educational goals and your major field of study. 

• Name Changes - Students are required to contact the Admissions & Records office to provide required documentation in order to process a name change. Once the change has been posted the student will need to access this menu to activate the change in order to update their Network ID and SMC Student Email.
  
  
• Address Changes – Students changing their address from out-of-state to CA (or vice versa) are required to fill out and sign a Change of Address form in the Admissions & Records office. Only in state address changes can be made by the student in this menu.

Enrollment Screen Options

When Enrollment Opens

1. Swap a Class
The added "swap a class" function allows students to "swap" (switch) a class currently enrolled in for another class (does not have to be the same course number). Swapping allows you to add and drop the two classes at the same time.

2. Open Seat Notification List

Students may now join the “Open Seat Notification List” once the class section has closed. All students in the notification list will receive an email alerting them of an open seat. Being on a notification list does not guarantee an actual seat to anyone.
Enrollment for the open seat is on a “first come, first to enroll” basis.

3. Request a Class
You may request a class to let the college know what additional courses they need to offer. However, this does not mean a new class may be added. Students will request the class by course name and preferred schedule (morning, afternoon, evening, no preference). Students will be allowed to request up to 4 courses per term.

Academic Affairs will have the ability to email students in the Open Seat Notification List, Wait List, and Request a Class Section list whenever a new section for a given course
is created. The email’s purpose is simply to alert them that the new section was created.

2 Weeks Before Start of Term

4. Wait for a Class
The Wait List for a class opens up to students two (2) weeks before the start of a term--first come, first served. The maximum capacity for a wait list is approximately 25% of the maximum seat capacity for the class. The wait list will be updated as students enroll in the class or remove themselves from it.

The wait list is in chronological order: the name of the student joining the wait list the earliest will be included at the top (#1).

Instructors may use this information when considering granting Authorization (add) Codes once the class starts. Students will be
able to see their position in the wait list (“Wait List Rank”) in Corsair Connect.

Students will be able to join a single wait list per course (only one section of the course), subject to any course/section eligibility requirements (e.g., prerequisites, time conflicts).

5. Crash a Class

• First, make sure you are on the Wait List
• Next, email the instructor from your SMC email to show your interest
• Due to COVID, no student should enter a classroom unless enrolled in the class. Signs posted near the door will aid instructors in reminding students of the policy against in-person crashing. Please note this policy applies even to students who say they are vaccinated; since it is not possible for an instructor to check the vaccination status of a student who is not on the course roster. All students must use email to contact an instructor for an add code.

 

Navigate Through the Searchable Class Schedule

Video: How to find classes that do not require textbooks (OER)

How to Add a Class

Video: How to Add a class

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down semester menu.
4. Click the “Add a Class” link and enter the 4 digit section number, and click the “Add Class” button.
5. You should receive a message saying you are successfully enrolled in the class.

How to Add a Class With an Add Code

Video: How to Add a class

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down semester menu.
4. Click the “Add a Class” link and enter the 4 digit section number, and click the “Add Class” button.
5. Enter the Add Code the instructor provided you when prompted.
6. Click the “Add Class” button.
7. You should receive a message saying you are successfully enrolled in the class.

How to Reinstate a Class

Video: How to Add a class

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down semester menu.
4. Click the “Add a Class” link and enter the 4 digit section number
5. Enter the Reinstatement Code the instructor provided you when prompted.
6. Click the “Add Class” button.
7. You should receive a message saying you are successfully /reinstated enrolled in the class.

How to Drop a Class

Video: How to Drop Classes 

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down semester menu
4. Click the “Drop a Class” link and enter the 4 digit section number, and click the “Drop Class” button
5. You should receive a message saying you have successfully dropped the course

How to Swap a Class

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. . Enter the 4 digit section number of the course you want to drop and the one you want to add. Then click the “Swap Classes” button
4. You should receive a message saying you have successfully swapped courses and enrolled

How Add Yourself to a Waitlist

The Wait List for a class opens up to students two (2) weeks before the start of a term.

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down menu and click the “Wait For A Class”option
4. Enter the 4 digit section number and click the “Wait For Class” button. If the Waitlist is still open the system will allow you to add yourself to the waitlist and indicate what number you rank on the list

How to Request a Class

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
2. Click the “Enrollment Services” link in the center of the page
3. Select the correct semester from the drop down menu and click the “Request A Class”option
4. . Enter The course you need, select the preferred schedule and time and indicate whether you
   want a regular course (in person) or an online section and then press the request a class button

How to Apply to Take a Course as Pass/No Pass

Qualifying students may choose to be graded for a class on a Pass/No Pass (P/NP) grading basis. A "P" grade will be recorded on the transcript for performance equivalent to "C" or better and a "NP" grade for less than satisfactory performance (D or less). The deadline to submit your request is the 30th percentile of the class session.

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc, then click the “Enrollment Services” link
2. Select the P/NP Grading link on the enrollment services tab. Make sure to review all
   eligibility requirements, then select the course from the drop down menu and click the
   request P/NP grading link at the bottom right hand corner
3. Agree to the P/NP terms and submit

Pay Fees Online

You can also pay fees by phone by calling the Cashier's Office at 310-434-4664.

Access Your Student Records

How to obtain unofficial grades and transcripts.

Video: How to view and order transcripts

1. Sign in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc, then click the “Enrollment Services” link
2. Select the “Student Records” link on the enrollment services tab
3. . You will then have access to your unofficial grades, transcripts, assessment scores etc.

How to Change Your Address

• Log in to Corsair Connect at smc.edu/cc
• Click on the “Enrollment” tab (top right)
• Click on “Profile/Preferences”
• Update your U.S. Mailing address (an any other information you want)
• If you are given a message that you cannot change your address on your own, please submit a “Change Request Form” available at www.smc.edu/forms.