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Student Help: Guest Accounts

  1. What is a guest account and who needs one?
  2. Do I need a guest account to preview a course syllabus?
  3. How can I request a guest account?
  4. Is a new guest account required for each class or each quarter?

1. What is a guest account and who needs one?

All students enrolled in Humanities classes, and all instructors teaching Humanities classes, have an Ecampus account automatically created for them. These accounts, which allow access to Humanities course sites, are generated from the Registrar's database. In some cases, non-standard students, like auditors, UCLA Extension students, and Distance Learning students, are not in the database but need access to course sites. Since Ecampus accounts are not automatically created for such students, the Ecampus team must create guest accounts for them on a request basis.

If you have recently enrolled in a course and do not have Ecampus access, you do not need to request a guest account. It takes at least 24 hours for the Registrar and Ecampus to complete their processing and add new students to the system (and usually until Monday if you enroll on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday). Once Ecampus has captured an enrollment change, you will have a regular Ecampus account and access to all Humanities course sites in which you have enrolled. Click here to learn what your Ecampus account is and how to log in.

If you already have an Ecampus account from a previous Humanities course, you may be able to use self-registration to gain access to a course site. This option allows you to add Humanities course sites to your Ecampus account through the first two weeks of the quarter.

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2. Do I need a guest account to preview a course syllabus?

No, you can preview a syllabus or course description without having a guest account. If the instructor has made the course syllabus publicly available, you will see a link labelled "Course syllabus/info" in the top left of the course welcome page / info page (see picture below). If no such link appears there, the instructor has chosen not to make the syllabus publicaly available. In this case, you should email the instructor or department directly to request course information. Or, if it is before Week 3 of the quarter and you have an existing Ecampus account, you can self-register for the course site to see if a syllabus has been posted on the Homepage.

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3. How can I request a guest account?

If you are taking a course but do not plan to enroll as a regular UCLA student and do not expect to appear in the Registrar's database, you can request a guest account. Please send an email to the course instructor with the following information:

  • Your full name: First / Last
  • Your 9-digit UCLA UID (if any)
  • Your current email address
  • Course details for which you are requesting access. Please include:
    • Department or subject area
    • Course number
    • Lecture or Seminar number (If there is one.)
    • Academic term (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Session A, B or C)
    • Instructor's name
  • To avoid delays in processing your request, please include all the required information

Send the above information to the instructor and request that s/he forward your email, with permission to give you guest access, to ecampus@humnet.ucla.edu. We must have the instructor's prior consent before we can create a guest account.

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4. Is a new guest account required for each class or each quarter?

No. Guest accounts, like regular accounts, persist in the system as long as they are active, so they can be reused. For this reason, creation of new guest accounts each time is discouraged. You can use an existing guest account to add another class. Have your instructor email ecampus@humnet.ucla.edu to request the addition of his or her class to your existing account, or use self-registration during the first two weeks of the quarter.

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