Making a Student Account in OLI Torus

Enroll in your OLI Torus Course and sign in after enrollment (Direct Delivery)

Students reach their course one of two ways. This article is for students with an enrollment URL or invitation link provided by their instructor or school to a Direct Delivery course section. Follow this link and create an account or sign in to an existing account to enroll in the course materials.

AlertIf you do not have an invitation link, you may have single sign-on (SSO) from your school website, like Canvas, Blackboard, or Brightspace. A single sign-on link never asks you to sign in -- it just takes you directly to the course. If your instructor uses a SSO link, that's all you need! Make sure to be signed in to your school's system before following the link to OLI Torus.

Direct Delivery students

Enroll in OLI Torus course (one time)

  1. 1. Follow the invitation URL provided by your instructor / school and click Create an Account or sign in with an existing account. Use a valid email.

  2. Note the confirmation message in the blue banner: To continue, check your email for a confirmation email. If you don’t receive this email, check your Spam folder or verify that the entered email is correct. 
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    Note: If you do not receive an email confirmation, please email oli-help@cmu.edu for assistance. Don't forget to check SPAM or other filtered folders!

  3. 2. Click the Confirm Email button from the email confirmation in that inbox with the subject "Confirm your email address" from Open Learning Initiative to confirm the email and go to the sign-in page.

    3. Sign in with your new account on the Torus tab that opens in your browser.


    4. Click to check "I'm Not a Robot" and Enroll.

  4. 5. Click the start course message as indicated by the Welcome course landing page.


  5. Make a note of your OLI Torus Student Account ID (email address) and Password!

  6. Alert
    If you do not see the enrollment after creating an account and confirming the email address, simply follow the invitation link again while signed in.

Access OLI Torus after enrollment in the course section

Return to your course by signing in at at https://proton.oli.cmu.edu/ with the existing learner account. 


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