Webster University Account Login

Text on screen: How To Set Up Your Webster.edu Account for the First Time

[A voiceover begins with step-by-step instructions on how to set up a webster.edu account the first time.]

Voiceover

Good job on getting accepted into Webster.

[A screen of the Outlook app is visible, with an email titled “Welcome to Webster University, Please Register Your Connections account” from Webster University Information Technology.]

You should have received a greetings email from Webster University Information Technology. You need this email right now to set up your webster.edu account as it contains your webster.edu email address and a default one time-password.

First things first, set up your webster.edu account.

[The screen opens a new tab, redirecting to Webster’s Microsoft login page.]

Type in connections.webster.edu and click on use another account. Go back to the email I mentioned in the beginning and find your webster.edu email, copy and paste it here.

[The mouse highlights the webster.edu email and pastes it in the  Microsoft login page.]

Press next.

Text on screen: Taking you to your organization’s sign-in page …

[Microsoft loads and redirects to Webster’s organization sign-in page, with an email and password box.]

Copy and paste the one-time password you were provided with in the email. Press “sign in.”

[The page redirects to an “Update Password” page with multiple password boxes.]

Now paste the password again and come up with a new secure password. Click submit.

[The screen returns to the original Microsoft sign-in page.]

Sign in with your new password.

[After signing in, the screen brings up a “More information required” page.]

Text on screen: More information required

Text on screen: Your organization needs more information to keep your account secure.

Now you will see a “More Information Required” page. Click next.

[The page redirects to a page titled “Keep your account secure.”]

Text on screen: Your organization requires you to set up the following methods of proving who you are: App, Microsoft Authenticator

To keep your account safe, you have to download a Microsoft Authenticator app a.k.a MFA on your phone, through App store on iPhone or Google Play on Android.

When you install the MFA, click next.

[The “Keep your account secure” page updates, prompting account set-up.]

Text on screen: If prompted, allow notifications. Then add an account and select “Work or school.”

[A small phone screen appears and opens the Microsoft Authenticator app. The plus sign is clicked and the app gives the choice of “Add work or school account: Sign in, Scan QR Code” in a popup.]

Now open the app on your phone, press on the plus in the top right corner. Pick school or work account and press next on your PC.

[The “Keep your account secure” page updates again with a QR code. The phone screen on shows a demonstration of scanning the QR code.]

Scan the displayed QR code on your PC and click next.

[A final update of “Keep your account secure” page.]

Text on screen: Microsoft Authenticator: Let’s try it out

Now to make sure that it works, you will have to enter the number displayed on your PC to the app and the notification will be approved automatically.

Text on screen: Approve the notification we’re sending to your app by entering the number shown below: 68

[A pop-up asks “are you trying to sign in” on the phone screen. 68 is typed in, “yes” is chosen, and the phone screen disappears. The web page updates with “Notification approved.”

Press next. You've also been provided with a password, which you should remember so that you can regain access to your application if needed

[A “Success!” screen pops up and the mouse clicks “Done.]

Click done.

[The page redirects to the Webster University Connections Portal Homepage.]

Now that you've set up your webster.edu account, you can log into the Connections and use other tools provided by Webster to learn more about the online tools, such as the World Classroom Canvas.

[The voiceover ends and the Connections page fades to black.]

Text on screen: If you have any IT questions, please email support@webster.edu