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Important Information

  1. The Summer 2008 Schedule of Classes is currently available online. Twelve week and first 6-week classes begin May 19. Registration for 2nd 6 weeks ends July 7, 2008. Second 6 week classes begin July 1. Registration for ELI online courses continues.
  2. Default passwords are not secure. If you are still using the default password initially provided to you (your birth date), please go to the Change Password page.
  3. Former NOVA students who have not taken credit classes since Spring 2005 need to complete the online application to update their information before they can enroll in Summer 08 courses. This also applies to students who applied but did not take classes. Spring 2008 will not show up in the list of terms until the online application has been completed. You can also contact a campus Student Services Center to update your information and be activated for Summer or Fall term.
  4. If you are directed to contact a System Administrator, College Registrar, or Central Records Office, you should contact a Student Services Center on one of the campuses.
  5. Only credit card payments made through the NovaConnect Web will receive an automatic refund to the credit card if a class is dropped or cancelled. All refunds for payments NOT made on the Web are by check and sent to you by mail within a few weeks of the "last day for tuition refund" date.
  6. To register for any Continuing Education courses, contact the appropriate Continuing Education Office or use the shopping cart feature on the campus Continuing Education web sites to register for Continuing Education courses.
  7. NovaConnect requires that if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to connect to NovaConnect; you must use Browser Version 5.5 with all the patches installed or Version 6.0. Recent versions of Firefox, Netscape, and Safari can be used.
  8. When logging into NovaConnect, make sure letters in your password are case sensitive.
  9. Users must check and reset user preferences to be sure NVCC is in the institution box and the term is the current one!!!
  10. Be sure to click on the class detail icon on the right side of each class listing before you register for the class. It will show details available online for the class.