As part of the GO-Poly program, a group of experienced students designed a series of French tutorials to help you master the essential tools for your Polytechnique Montréal career. Each tutorial is accompanied by a PDF summary of the key information to help you understand it more easily.
These tutorials are part of a peer-support approach — designed by students, for students — and are supplemented by other useful external resources.
Begin with the introductory video, and then explore the tutorials organized under the various tabs below.
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In order to access Polytechnique Montréal's various computer tools and platforms, you will need to enter your personal identification information, i.e. your computer access code and password. This tutorial summarizes all the steps involved in retrieving the access code and password.
Checklist (.pdf)
The online student file is available to each student registered at Polytechnique Montréal. Through this file, you will be able to register for your semester, choose your courses, obtain an attestation of studies and benefit from many other functionalities presented in the tutorial.
Checklist (.pdf)
Moodle is a platform where you can find resources provided by your teachers. It also allows you to access distance learning courses and submit assignments and exams. There are also other resources that are not associated with credited courses, such as mandatory trainings, forms to access certain services, etc. Therefore, it is an indispensable tool that you should consult very frequently throughout your studies. The tutorial will introduce you to the basic functionalities of Moodle.
Checklist (.pdf)
Activating your Microsoft 365 account and student email address
All Polytechnique students receive an email address in the form prenom.nom@etud.polymtl.ca.
👉 Look at the procedure (available in French only) to activate your account, access your mailbox, and learn how to use the available digital tools.
In this video, you will learn, step by step, how to configure the proxy for Chrome, Edge, and most browsers (in Windows 11). This will allow you to access the library's e-resource collections form outside of the campus.
For configuration with different browsers and operating systems, other videos are available.
Some online courses and activities take place on Zoom, a videoconferencing platform used by several faculty members. To help you get started, Zoom offers simple, accessible tutorials.
Polytechnique Montréal's Virtual Private Network, more commonly known as a VPN, allows you to access certain computer services from your personal computer. For example, it will allow you to access Polytechnique Montréal's laboratory computers or to specific networks for research teams. The tutorial teaches you how to install, configure and use the VPN.
Checklist (.pdf)
Overleaf is a website giving access to a LaTeX editor that you can use in cooperation with colleagues. The tutorial shows you how to connect to Overleaf and how to create a new project and share it.
Checklist (.pdf)
