Logging Into Southern Miss Online

 

The following instructions illustrate the process of logging into Southern Miss Online.

After registering with the University of Southern Mississippi through SOAR, you need to enroll in Southern Miss Online.

NOTE: Courses will not be visible in the software interface until the first day of the semester.

1. On the University’s homepage, locate the Quick Links drop down menu and select Southern Miss Online.

Alternately, you can either click on the following link or type http://www.usm.edu/southernmissonline/index.php directly into your Web browser.

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2. At the Southern Miss Online Web page, locate and click on the Course Login button.

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NOTE: After you click on Course Login, you will be redirected to a new Web page. As the page loads, the system should perform a test to check your computer’s browser.

If it does not, you can manually perform the test by clicking on the Check Browser link. It is a good idea to perform this test to ensure your computer is configured properly for WebCT.

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If you do not understand the results of the browser test or experience any difficulty throughout the login process, contact the SLIS office at
(601) 266-4228.

3. Once the Check Browser test is complete, click the button labeled
Log In.

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4. On the next screen, locate the respective text boxes and enter your student ID number preceded by a W in the SOAR ID box, enter your SOAR password in the Password box, then click the button labeled OK.

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NOTE: While it may be tempting to bookmark the above page, please do not. Instead, you
should bookmark either of the following:

If a pop-up box similar to the one below appears do not worry. Click Trust. Other browsers might display different messages such as Security Alerts. Click Continue or Yes depending on whatever your browser says.

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5. The next page that appears on your screen will be the MyWebCT interface. When you first log in, check the center of the screen labeled Course List and ensure that the courses you registered for appear.

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