Information Technology Checklist for New Students and Parents

Before you start

It will be helpful to have this information before you begin setting up your account:

Student ID Number

Taylor University Email Address and Password

Parent or Designated Individuals Email Address

 

Set your Taylor University Password – https://passwords.taylor.edu

1. Password requirements: At least 16 characters in length
2. Full instructions can be found here

 

Setup Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

• https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info
• Full instructions and videos can be found here

 

myTaylor – University Internal Website – https://my.taylor.edu

• Login using your Taylor University Email Address and Password
• All other links below can be found here

 

Email – https://outlook.office.com (or Mail on iPhone, Gmail for Android)

1. Login using your Taylor University Email Address and Password 

2. Confirm you have access to your Taylor Email and Calendar

 

Financial Aid – https://myfa.taylor.edu

Your Financial Aid User ID and password info is listed on the hard copy of your award letter and included in email correspondence from the Financial Aid office. Your User ID consists of numbers only, it does not include any letters. If you are unable to locate your User ID or password, please contact the Financial Aid office at 

• Phone: 765.998.5358
• Email: finaid@taylor.edu

 

Campus Bookstore – https://taylor.slingshotedu.com/

1. Login to myTAYLOR
2. Click on the Campus Store tile
3. Select Student Portal (Textbooks) from the list on the right side of the page
4. Login using your Taylor University Email Address and Password
5. Review the Automatic delivery options under the Textbook Preference section
6. To stop automatic delivery, select the option to opt out 
7. Click on FAQ's at the top or bottom of page to view additional information

 

Billing Portal - https://www.taylor.edu/paymybill 

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS (Adding an authorized parent or guardian for student billing access)

See this page for instructions on adding an authorized user in Touchnet

*PLEASE NOTE: If the parent or designated individual has multiple students, and wishes to see all of the records under one account, the student must create the Authorized User using the same email address used previously by the parent / guardian.

PARENT INSTRUCTIONS

1. At the TouchNet log in page ( https://www.taylor.edu/paymybill ), the authorized user will enter their email address and the temporary password that was sent to them.
2. After logging in, the authorized user will need to update their profile information and enter a new password.
3. Click Save to record the changes.

 

Add Emergency Contact (TOWER - Personal Information)

• Login into myTAYLOR
• Open TOWER
• Click on the Personal Information link
• Scroll down to the Emergency Contact section
• Click on the Add New button in the upper-right corner
• Enter all required information for the Emergency Contact
  • Only use numeric characters when entering the phone number (7659982731)
  • Do not use hyphens, parentheses, spaces or any other characters
  • Do not enter anything in the Extension field - it should be left empty
• Click on Add at the bottom of the screen to save the changes and add the Emergency Contact

 

Academic Information (TOWER Proxy)

Taylor University’s TOWER Proxy provides your parent or another designated individual online access to your academic information. TOWER Proxy gives you, the student, complete control of the process and allows you to authorize the academic information they can view.

FERPA NOTICE - You, the student, control who is designated as a proxy. You also choose what information your proxy can access. Designating someone proxy privileges will not be interpreted by Taylor University as providing a FERPA release allowing the university to share additional private student information. If you wish to grant permission to the university to share private information with an individual, such as a parent, a signed FERPA release must be on file in the Registrar’s Office - available online here.

Click this link for instructions on adding a parent proxy for Tower.

Parent/Designated individual instructions

Once your student has completed the above steps you will be able to login to Tower as an Authorized User.

Click this link for parent instructions

We recommend you bookmark this login page: https://services.taylor.edu/StudentSelfService/login/auth

 

My TU Degree - https://mytudegree.taylor.edu/

Online system for tracking progress towards your degree. Allows both for planning academic schedules and "What if" forecasting.

 

Microsoft Office - https://www.office.com

Taylor University provides each current student with a free Microsoft Office 365 license.

1. Login using your Taylor University Email Address and Password

2. Click on the Apps icon on the left side of the page
3. Click on the Install apps button in the upper right-hand corner to install the Microsoft Office 365 apps.

 

Helpdesk - https://service.taylor.edu

Login using your Taylor University email address and password

 

Brightspace (LMS) – https://taylor.brightspace.com

Login using your Taylor University email address and password

 

Student Jobs – https://www.taylor.edu/admissions/tuition-funding/student-jobs

Students will need to create an account in NEOED, our campus jobs software, to view and apply for available campus jobs

 

FAQs:

• What kind of computer should I purchase?
  https://www.taylor.edu/_docs/about/offices/what-computer-to-get.pdf
• How do I submit my photo?  
• https://service.taylor.edu/TDClient/141/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=1881
• Where is the FERPA form to allow faculty and the registrar's office to be able to talk with a parent about academic matters? 
  Online form available here