The University’s myU portal provides a central, customizable space where all students and staff and faculty members have single sign-on access to commonly-used University tools such as e-mail, Web course sites, UMCal, UMChat, the Bookstores online ordering system, One Stop, and FormsNirvana.
Why Use myU for WebVista Access?
WebVista is the current centrally-supported course management system (CMS) used at the University. In the future multiple versions of WebVista or other CMS(s) also may be supported. Using myU gives students and staff an easy and transparent way to access all their current course Web sites without having to be aware of which CMS is being used.
Further, WebVista is currently spread across two “clusters,” or environments, and exists at more than one Web address or URL. Students and staff and faculty members may have course Web sites on more than one “cluster,” so the myU portal provides a common access point for all course Web sites, no matter where those sites exist.
Other advantages of using the myU portal include the following:
- Students and faculty and staff members may access in the my Toolkit section the University’s WebMail, UMCal, and UMChat programs.
- Students and faculty and staff members may opt in the my News section to receive recent news, weather, or departmental updates by e-mail.
- Non-University users may create guest IDs for access to myU pages.
- Students and faculty and staff members may use myU to conduct online discussions and polls and to share files outside of WebVista.
For more information about the myU portal and how it works, see myU Help.
How Often Is myU Updated?
At the beginning of each semester, a common question from students and faculty and staff members is, “When will I see my new course Web sites listed at myu.umn.edu?”
Most Updated View
If you do not see your WebVista Web site listed at myU my Toolkit, follow these steps:
- Select the WebVista or WebVista B link in the myU portal my Toolkit listing for a view of the real-time enrollment at the My WebVista home area of each cluster.
- If you do not see either a WebVista or WebVista B link in the myU portal my Toolkit listing, that means you have not had previous access to either cluster. Please wait 24 hours and check again.
WebVista Link (Cluster 1)
Web Sites on Cluster 1: Cluster 1 includes but is not limited to the following campus and college Web sites:
- Crookston
- Duluth
- Morris
- Carlson School of Management, Curtis L.
- Continuing Education, College of
- Medical School
- Nursing, School of
- Pharmacy, College of
There may be some exceptions. Please note that not all University classes have WebVista Web sites.
WebVista Credit Course Web Site Updates: Your enrollment status in credit classes with WebVista sites is updated in the myU WebVista listing once every 24 hours.
WebVista Non-Credit and Development Web Site Updates: Your enrollment status in noncredit classes with WebVista sites and courses with WebVista development sites is updated in the the myU WebVista listing once every week over the weekend. We anticipate that this time will decrease as we implement technical upgrades.
WebVista B Link (Cluster 2)
Web Sites on Cluster 2: Cluster 2 includes but is not limited to the following college Web sites:
- Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, College of
- Biological Sciences, College of
- Dentistry, School of
- Education and Human Development, College of
- Human Ecology, College of
- Liberal Arts, College of
- Natural Resources, College of
- Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of
- Public Health, School of
- Technology, Institute of
- Veterinary Medicine, College of
There may be some exceptions. Please note that not all University classes have Web sites.
WebVista B All Web Site Updates: Your enrollment status in all classes with WebVista B sites is updated in the myU WebVista B listing once every 24 hours