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User Account Center

Setting up Your Student Account and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

** If you have been locked out of your Microsoft Authenticator app,
please call the IT Helpdesk at 270-706-8817 to have it reset.

Step 1

Go to elizabethtown.kctcs.edu. At the top middle of the page, hover over Quick Links and click on Current Students.    

Screenshot showing the ECTC Homepage banner and pointing out the Quick Links and the Current Students links

Step 2

Scroll down and click User Account Center.

 Screenshot of the User Account Center tile

Step 3

To set up user profile, click Setup your user profile. If you already have a MyPath Account and need to change your password, click on "Reset Password".

picture that says Setup Your User Account/Profile

Step 4

Follow the onscreen instructions. Once completed, a username will be generated. Take a picture of this or write it down! Then continue with the steps to create your password.

Step 5

Go to MyPath.kctcs.edu and logon by adding @kctcs.edu to the end of the username that was created in Step 4. This is your KCTCS email address and what you will use to login to MyPath, along with the password you created.

Step 6

Upon entering your password you will receive a message that will state "More Information Required".
Click Next

Step 7

On the new screen, click I want to set up a different method to set up phone text.
Screenshot of the Microsoft Authenticator screen, highlight the I want to set up a different method option

Screenshot showing the Phone method

Step 8

Enter your phone number and make sure Text me a code is selected.

Screenshot showing the Keep your account secure screen

Step 9

You should receive a text message with a 6-digit-code. Enter that code and click Next

Screenshot showing where to enter the 6 digit code that was texted

 

Adding Additional MFA Methods

Adding a second MFA method, such as your personal email address, is a good idea in case you someday don't have your phone with you. Go to mypath.kctcs.edu and click on your profile icon in the top-right corner of the window,
and then click View account.

Screenshot of the top-right corner of the KCTCS MyPath page with arrows pointing at the profile icon and the View account link

On the Security info box, click on Update Info

Screenshot of the top-middle section of the KCTCS My Account page with an arrow pointing to the Update Info link within the Security info box

On the Security info page, click Add sign-in method
and choose the option you want from the drop-down list

Screenshot of the top-right corner of the Security info screen with an arrow pointing to Add sign-in method

** If you have been locked out of your Microsoft Authenticator app, please call the
IT Helpdesk at 270-706-8817 to have it reset.