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CT State Community College – Middlesex (Middletown, Connecticut) offers a variety of synchronous/asynchronous online classes, credit or non-credit, 5-Week Accelerated Courses (MAP) as well as fully asynchronous online non-credit Career Training Programs. With a wide range of fully credit online courses, students are able to complete an associate degree in General Studies – Liberal Arts focus.

The credit online classes are supported on the Blackboard Learn course management system and run throughout a regular semester during spring, summer, fall, and winter semesters. Financial aid is available for students to take credit online courses. Online students enjoy the same academic support services as students taking campus classes.

In partnership with Ed2Go, Middlesex also offers 400+ non-credit Career Training Programs and 800+ non-credit online courses. Non-credit career training online programs usually last 3–12 months starting immediately after you sign up. Non-credit online courses start on the third Wednesday of the month and last for six weeks.

You can take an online class 24/7—anywhere, anytime without coming to our campuses.

CT State Community College -Middlesex has been approved to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocal Agreements (SARA) with National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA).

News Alert

• Registration of Winter 2024 and Spring 2025 online courses is on-going.  Students can register in-person or online.
• Winter 2024 semester starts on December 27th.  Spring 2025 semester starts on January 24th.  After registering an online/hybrid/live remote online course, please click here to learn how to get started with online learning.
• Non-credit courses start on the third Wednesday of the month and last for six weeks. Click here for course catalog, registration, and login information.
• An online Career Training program can start at anytime and lasts 3–9 months upon registration. Click here for more information.
• Are you ready for learning online? Take the SmarterMeasure test to find out.
• SNEAK PEAK: Get an inside look at a Middlesex online class (video).

Login Information for Online Courses in Blackboard Learn

1. Open a web browser.
2. Go to my.ctstate.edu 
3. Enter your NetID and password, click Login.

NetID : firstname.lastname@ctstate.edu, if your NetID does not work,  Click here to check.
Password: The same password to log into a campus computer at any of 12 Connecticut community colleges. If you have never logged onto a campus computer, on the password page, click on “Forgot My Password”.  Follow the prompts to create a new password. Having trouble logging on? Click here for help.

4. Access Blackboard  (Alternative access: https://ctccs.blackboard.com)

Once you are in myCTState, click on Blackboard link. If you experience an error, clear your browser history/cache, restart the browser (or computer), and try again.  You will be on the Institution Page. Click on the Courses link on the left panel. Seven days before the first day of a course, students will see their registered course at the Courses page. Click on the course title, you will see help contact, orientation, and tutorials. To go to another course, close out the current course page, and click on the course title.  To avoid a timeout message, once you are on Blackboard, you will log out myCTState (pull the Main Menu icon at the upper left corner and select Logout at the bottom of the menu.)

logout MyCTState

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View Video Instruction on How to Log on to Blackboard.

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