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If you are registered for a current term continuing education class through another college, please follow these instructions for logging into Canvas.

Please allow up to a day after registering for your Canvas course access to be set up.

Your HCC Login ID is your PGCC OWL username  +  .PGCC (example HCC Login ID: jsmith1234.PGCC).

Your password is going to be your PGCC student ID number with zeros added to the beginning to make it 8 digits long (example password: 00123456).

 Should you have any questions or concerns with the instructions, please notify the Technology Service Center for assistance. 

Step 1

Open a web browser and navigate to http://www.howardcc.edu.

Step 2

Click on the “Tools and Resources” link located on the upper right hand corner above the search box.

Step 3

Select “Canvas” from the menu.

Step 4

Click the “Non-HCC Students” button.

Step 5

Login using Canvas Login: User Name and Password (see the example logins section below.)

Step 6

Once you are logged in, click on “Courses” to select your course.

Example Logins

User Name is: the first character of your first name + the first seven characters of your last name + the last four digits of your student ID number  +  .ALL (Allegany) or .BCC (Baltimore city) or .CCC (Carroll CC)  or .CEC (Cecil CC) .CHE (Chesapeake) or .FCC (Frederick) or .HAG (Hagerstown) (see exceptions below)

Password must be 8 characters long. It is your full college student ID number plus leading zeroes to make it 8 digits (see examples below)

Other exceptions:

Allegany students - password: add 0 (zeros) in front of your ID number as needed to make 8 digits. Passwords must be 8 digits.

Baltimore City students receive their user name and password in a separate email.

Frederick students: Use the online registration student number (a 5 digit number) on the registration confirmation. Password: add 077 in front of the 5 digit online registration number to make 8 digits.

Cecil students- Password- add zeros (0) in front of your ID number as needed to make 8 digits. Passwords must be 8 digits.