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Welcome

Welcome to Inver Hills Community College and our online orientation. This site is designed to provide you with important information as you begin your college experience at Inver Hills.

The Online Orientation is available to new incoming transfer students with a solid academic background and to students who are changing their admission status from "limited" to "regular."

Online orientation is designed for students who:

  • Have proven success at another college or university
  • Are self-motivated learners comfortable with a text-heavy computer environment
  • Are comfortable reading and interpreting a computerized report of transfer coursework and are confident about appropriate course selection
  • Can delay a counseling appointment until after the term begins

Online orientation is not appropriate for students who:

  • Require personal assistance with academic and/or career counseling
  • Are seeking entrance into programs such as Nursing and Emergency Health Services, which require an additional application and completion of prerequisite coursework
  • Have extensive questions regarding transferability of coursework

The orientation concludes with a comprehensive quiz.

Upon submitting the comprehensive quiz you will receive information about how to register. You will bypass any advising assistance and register on your own. Under this option you assume full responsibility for your course selections.

 

Getting Started

This site is designed for you to work through each module by selecting the "Next" (next) icon at the bottom of each page. You can go back to a previous module by using the Previous button. It also includes a menu system for easy reference in case you decide to return to an earlier topic or need to resume the orientation where you left off.

demo of menu navigation

Follow these recommendations to successfully complete this session:

  • Find a quiet location
  • Set aside about an hour
  • Bookmark this site for future reference.
  • Use a modern web browser such as Internet Explorer 7  or Mozilla Firefox 2 to ensure maximum compatibility.
  • To view the orientation videos, you will need Adobe Flash Player. To view PDF documents, you will need a PDF viewer, like Adobe Reader .
  • Many pages have a Find Out More section. These links will give you more information about topics covered on a given page. When you are finished reading about a topic, click back to return to where you were in the orientation. Links with a external link iconicon are external links that will open in a new window and links with a a pdf document icon icon are pdf documents which will also open in a new window. For these reasons, an Online Orientation window will always be open and you won't lose your place.

To begin, download and print the orientation packet for quick reference throughout the session.