College Email and IT Systems

Getting started

Once you’ve enrolled at Bradford College, you should log in to your College email account.

To login to your college email:

1. Go to: https://outlook.com/bradfordcollege.ac.uk

2. Enter your username.

Your username is your 8-digit student/enrolment number, followed by @bradfordcollege.ac.uk.

For example: [email protected]

3. Enter your password.

Your initial password is the first letter of your first name, your date of birth (six digits, so 1st September 1995 would be 01/09/95), and the first letter of your surname. Both letters should be lowercase.

For example, Joseph Bloggs, born on 1st September 1995, would have an initial password : j010995b

4. You will then be prompted to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to help keep your account secure (see below).

Setting up Multi-factor Authentication

Setting up Multi-factor Authentication

To help keep your account and College systems secure, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is required for all students and apprentices (from 19th June 2025).

MFA is also known as Two-Step Authentication.

It means you’ll need to verify your identity using an app on your phone or tablet (or a one-time passcode) when logging into College services like Microsoft 365 or Moodle from outside the College network.

What you need to do:

Follow this MFA Student Guide to set up MFA.

Student Portal

The Student Portal enables you to manage your module choices and personal details, and provides access to important information on assessments, results and student finance.

You will need to register an account on the Student Portal. (You will need to know how to access your college emails to register on the portal).

Your official transcript of results will be available to view on the ‘My Results’ tab of your Student Portal account 10 working days after the Award and Progression Board for your programme.

You will be informed via your College email account when transcripts are ready to view and you will be able to download a copy for your records.

You will also register onto the next stage of your award via your Student Portal account. Once you are eligible to register you will be sent a message to your college email asking you to confirm your intention to return via the ‘My Registrations’ tab of your HE Student Portal account. After you have completed this step you will be provided with further information on how to finalise your registration.

Studying online: Moodle

Moodle is the College’s VLE (Virtual Learning Environment). It is used to support teaching and learning online.

Alongside Moodle the College uses Microsoft Teams and tutors will explain how to download and access Teams during your induction.

Moodle is available to students at any time on any internet-connected computer, laptop or device with a web browser both on and off the college campus.

Moodle can be used to:

view or download resources or re-visit classroom activities online
submit assignments online, and view grades and feedback at the same time (summative assignments can be monitored for plagiarism)
track and monitor your own progress by taking online quizzes and informal tests
send messages directly to your tutor and other learners on your programme
access a wide range of electronic resources, e-books and journals to help with your research and assignments.

Getting started on Moodle

You can use Moodle as soon as you activate your College IT account. It’s the same username and password you’ll use to log in to campus computers.

Click here to access Moodle.

Need help with Moodle?

For help and assistance use the support links found on Moodle, which include a contact form. This will raise a support ticket and allow us to investigate your issue.

If you’re unable to access Moodle or if you cannot raise a support ticket, please email: [email protected].

You can also ask for help from a member of staff when you are in the college library.