How to Log In | Find Username and Password

When you register and pay for your courses at NOVA, the following four accounts are created for your use. (It may take up to a week for all three accounts to be created.)

• A VCCS email account, which you must use for all private communication with your instructor or other students.
• A VCCS Blackboard account, which you will use to view and complete most course activities.
• A VIVA account, which allows you to use the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA).
• A MyNOVA account which you use to register and pay for your NOVA course online.

All four accounts use the same username and password. Your Blackboard username and password are the same as you NOVAConnect username and password.

How to Log In 

You access Blackboard two ways either via MyNOVA or learn.vccs.edu. Once you have your Blackboard account username and password, you are ready to log into Blackboard. If you do not know your username and password, please review How to Obtain Username and Password.

Method 1

1. Open a Web browser window, from the NOVA home page click on MY NOVA tab on the right had side, which will take you to the single user login page, from where you can log in to Blackboard.

2. Enter username and password and click Log In.

3. Once logged in, select Blackboard 7.

Method 2

1. From your Web browser window type http://learn.vccs.edu and you will be directed to the Blackboard portal page. 

2. Enter username and password and click Log In.

Note: We recommend that you bookmark one of these sites to make it easier to access throughout the semester.

How to Obtain Username and Password

1. Go to the NOVA home page, http://www.nvcc.edu/.

2. Click on MyNOVA tab in upper right hand corner.

3. Click New to your college? Look up your username and set your password.

4. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Birthdate (MMDDYY) and Social Security Number and click on Search. 

5. Enter a new password. Your new password must have at least seven characters but not more than ten. Your password must contain a combination of:

• At least one UPPERCASE letter
• At least one lowercase letter
• At least one number (0-9)

6. Enter a security question. You must provide a security question with an answer that only you will know. This question will be used if you need to reset your password in the future. You may either type your own security question into the box on the left, or, alternatively, click on one of the questions listed on the right. If you click on one of the questions provided in the list, the question will be entered into the security question box for you.

• Enter the answer to the security question.

NOTE:  Pay attention to how you spell the answer, including capitalization, because if you ever have to use the security question to retrieve your password, you will have to type in the answer in exactly the same way that you enter it on this page.

8. Click Next.

9. Click on a question to put in Question box above.

 

 

10. Your username, Student ID, email and college are provided.

10. Go to How to Log In instructions and follow those instructions to continue logging in to the Blackboard Course Management System.

NOTE: These same instructions can be used to change your password.

Remember to Sign Out and close browser window to ensure the security and privacy of your account information.