Hello! Congrats on getting into BCIT 👏 With a new school unfortunately comes with a new email system. This guide will walk you through some neat tips and tricks into how to use the myBCIT email system to make your life at school a lot easier.

The topics we cover are:

• Email forwarding
• Email signatures
• Replying to instructors

Having struggle ourselves through using the email system, much of what we referenced was from our own personal experience. Classmate inputs were also taken to help provide the easiest streamlined guide.

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This documentation was made to help incoming BCIT students use their MyBCIT email account to the fullest while reducing the confusion that comes with some tasks. It was enjoyable for us to write as many of these tasks were things we had to figure out ourselves in our first term.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this! We hope this documentation helps you figure out your MyBCIT email and that you pass it on to anyone else who may find it useful.
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