Dual Enrollment

Start at https://www.mendocino.edu/ and use either the Canvas link under “Current Students” in the upper right corner menu, or scroll down and select the Canvas button on the right-hand banded menu. This Canvas link is particular to Mendocino College, so be sure you start at MC’s website. Use your Mendocino College credentials to log in.

Start at https://www.mendocino.edu/ and select the “My Mendo” option from the “Current Students” menu in the upper right hand corner. Use your Mendocino College credentials to log in.

You are responsible for emails that go to your student account, so yes, it’s a great idea to check it! You can start by visiting gmail.com (your Mendocino College email is a gmail account), and if you know your credentials, use them to log in (including the “@student.mendocino.edu” portion of your email). If you have trouble, visit https://www.mendocino.edu/support-services/resourcestools/student-email for help troubleshooting

If you haven’t yet applied to Mendocino College, then it might be true that you don’t have a username and password. If that’s the case, visit our application support guide for help on first steps to becoming an MC student.

If you’ve applied through CCC and have received a welcome email from Mendocino College, then you do have a username and password, even if you don’t know them yet (pro tip: if you’ve ever taken a Mendocino College class before, then you do have a username and password, even if you can’t find the welcome email anymore). You can try self-service recovery here https://www.mendocino.edu/login-help, or email it-help@mendocino.edu for reset help. 

If you can find the welcome email from Mendocino College in your personal inbox, it usually contains your original username and password, which may still be current. If you can’t find that email, you can try self-service recovery here https://www.mendocino.edu/login-help, or email it-help@mendocino.edu for reset help. 

No! Dual Enrollment courses - including per-unit fees, center fees, and campus fees - are entirely free to students while still in high school. If you’re seeing a charge on your MC student account, please reach out to registration at your nearest Mendocino College campus, or get in touch with your high school counselor for help.

Congratulations! Your first steps are to familiarize yourself with the Dual Enrollment Student Handbook, make sure you can log in to your MyMendo, Canvas, and student email accounts, and check your schedule to make sure it is what you think it is. If you’re taking online classes, especially those that meet asynchronously, mark your calendar for the first day classes start to be sure you log in.

Yes, although if you’re considering a drop, we encourage you to reach out to your professor to discuss your progress. When dropping a class, be sure to take a look at the Mendocino College Academic Calendar. Where you are the semester will determine how dropping a class will affect your transcript.

Once you’ve completed a course, to see an official record of your grade, log in to MyMendo. If you’re still taking a course, reach out to your professor to ask about your grade in progress. Often, instructions will post grades to Canvas, although they’re not required to do so, and Canvas is not an official record of your grade.

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) applies to your academic record when you take college classes, even if you’re still in high school; because of FERPA, no one except you and your professors can have access to your academic record - including your grades! - unless you give them permission. If you’d like your counselor to have permission, you can reach out to your high school counselor and work with them to sign a FERPA release form with Mendocino College (available at the Admissions and Records forms page).

Depending on your pathway, it’s entirely possible to graduate from high school with a completed AA! Ask your counselor about whether you’re on a degree pathway.

Log in to your My Mendo account, and under “Student Self Service,” click on “My Classes.”

Mendocino College professors are listed in the Mendocino College directory. Your professors should also list their contact information and the best way to communicate with them on their syllabus.

You’re welcome to study at any of the Mendocino College campuses. You’ll find access to computers, free printing, library resources, and more!

CCAP stands for “College Career Access Pathway,” and SPAD stands for “Special Admission,” and both of these forms are part of the requirements for Dual Enrollment students to register for their classes. You’ll use one of these two forms (or sometimes both!) to give your permission for your student to enroll in classes with Mendocino College. In most situations, your student will get a SPAD or CCAP form from their counselor, fill it out with them as part of their schedule planning, and bring it home for you to sign. Both forms require your signature, your student’s signature, and a principal’s signature (or principal’s designee - such as a counselor or vice principal). If your student is taking classes on-ground at their high school as part of their regular high school schedule, you’ll most likely fill out a CCAP form; if they’re taking classes at a Mendocino College campus or online, you’ll most likely fill out a SPAD form. You’ll have to sign a new CCAP and/or SPAD form every semester your student registers for classes.

If you have any questions about a SPAD or CCAP forms, please reach out to registration at Mendocino College’s main campus in Ukiah (you can contact them here), or get in touch with your nearest Center.

When you sign your students’ CCAP or SPAD form, you’ll be able to take a look at which classes they’re taking for the semester.

When your student takes classes at Mendocino College, a law called the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act applies to their academic record. This means that their academic information - such as which classes they’re taking, their schedule, and their progress or grades in their classes - is private. They can share it with whomever they like, including their parents, but Mendocino College (including high-school based instructors for Mendocino College) can’t. This may be quite different than how their academic information has been shared with you so far, and may come as a surprise. If your student would like to share their academic record with you, a high school counselor, or an outside party (for example, another college to which they’ve applied), they can fill out a FERPA release form.

FERPA stands for the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It is a federal law that applies to the privacy of a student’s college-level academic record, and it means that only the student, their professors, and administrators at Mendocino College can access academic information without the student’s permission. When Dual Enrollment students take classes with Mendocino College, even if they’re a minor, FERPA applies.

You can troubleshoot a lot of Canvas and My Mendo issues in the Student FAQ on this page. If you’re still having trouble, you can reach out to it-help@mendocino.edu with specific questions, or stop by your nearest Mendocino College campus.

Yes! We offer computer access and free printing at our Main Campus library in Ukiah, and at our Centers in Willits, Fort Bragg, and Lakeport. We also have Chromebooks available (supply limited) for check-out at our library. For more information on digital support services, check out the Library’s Lending Library information page.

Yes! We offer free Wifi and computer access throughout all our campuses. We also have hotspots (supply limited) for check-out at our library. For more information on digital support services, check out the Library’s Lending Library information page.