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Setting up myBCIT email

This section provides step-by-step instruction on how to configure your myBCIT email settings. myBCIT email is primarily used for

  • communication with instructors and school
  • registration on external sites or tools where student services are available.

To prepare your myBCIT email for the program, it's important to configure both email forwarding and signature.

Set Up Forwarding

By default, to check for new emails, you need to visit myBCIT site each time, which is not only time consuming, but also increases the risk of missing important messages. Therefore, setting up forwarding to an email account you use on your device is highly recommended.

  1. Login to myBCIT.

  2. Click My Mail.

    Click My Mail

  3. Click Setting.

    ✏️ The image for Steps 3 - 7 is shown together in after Step 7.

  4. Click Filters.

  5. Click + under Filters section.

  6. Set up forwarding.

    i. In the Filter Name box, give a name to your filter (example: Forwarding).

    ii. Select All messages under For incoming mail.

    iii. Click on the drop-down menu under ...execute the following actions, and Select Redirect message to.

    iv. In the text-input field to the right, enter the destination email address where you want incoming emails to be forwarded.

    Note

    If you want to forward to more than 1 email address, click on the + to add another email.

  7. Click save.

    Step 3 - 7 Click My Mail

Set up signature

When sending emails to instructors or school, you need to include your name, student ID, program, and set name. This can be tedious to enter each time and easy to forget. To avoid this, setting up a signature that automatically adds the necessary information at the bottom of your emails is also strongly recommended.

  1. Follow the Step 1 - 3 of Set up forwarding.

  2. Click Identities.

    ✏️ The image for Steps 2 - 5 is shown together in after Step 5.

  3. Click your myBCIT email address.

  4. Set up Signature.

    Note

    The example of email signature for myBCIT email: 

    FirstName LastName
Your Program (Example: CST Diploma)
A########(Your studentID), Term 1, Set# (Your set)

  5. Click Save.

    Step 2 - 5 Set Up Signature

Congratulations✨

That's it for setting up email! You're all set to receive and send emails with all the necessary information automatically included.

Conclusion

By the end of this section, you will have successfully set up forwarding and signature. Let's move on to the next step:

⏭ Applying for U-Pass