Using myHilltop

At St. Edward's, myHilltop is your one-stop shop for everything you need. myHilltop is where our students, faculty and staff get things done.

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Using myHilltop

myHilltop is a search-based platform with several ways to find what you need. For an optimal and tailored experience, we recommend signing in to myHilltop regularly to receive important updates via announcements and content tailored to your university role (student, staff, faculty, etc.).

How It's Organized

In myHilltop, individual items are referred to as "tasks," while groups of related tasks are organized into "task centers." The homepage is designed to highlight important or frequently used tasks through several sections.

The "Most Popular" section of the homepage displays the most in-demand tasks within the St. Edward's community — the task order is updated based on trending popularity.

myHilltop features a section with timely, new or necessary tasks. The pinned tasks rotate throughout the year, depending on what's happening on campus.

Put the "my" in myHilltop

When you log in to myHilltop, you'll see tasks and messages tailored to your role. For example, you will see the"My Recently Used" section displays the tasks you've used in your recent session(s).

Favorites, Bookmarks, Collections and Canvas Courses

Upon logging in, you'll also find other sections like Favorites, a section you can customize entirely. Simply click the heart icon in the bottom right corner of the task or task center tile to add it to favorites, creating a section for your most frequently used or important tasks.

A screenshot of the OIT Support myHilltop task tile that has a read heart in the bottom right corner to show that it is favorited.

To customize your Favorites, click the Edit My Favorites  button at the top right of myHilltop.

Edit my favorites toolbar with Add Bookmards button


You can add bookmarks to sites not available via myHilltop. Create bookmarks for sites you use frequently, and they'll be accessible in your "My Favorites" section.

Add a New Bookmark window with option to add title and URL.

Click on the Done editing button to return to the myHilltop home screen.

If you have assigned Canvas courses, "My Canvas Courses" will be displayed on the landing page, providing easy access to your courses.

Reorganize Your Landing Page

The myHilltop landing page focuses on the most-used features for easy access. You can customize it by clicking the list icon at the top right under the search bar.


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In the window that appears, click and drag the titles in the desired order. Click "Save" when you're done.

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Filtering by Role or Category

You can find the tasks you need in myHilltop through various methods: Site search, homepage and browsing categories.

Categories are helpful if you know the type of task you're looking for, but you're unsure of its name.

myHilltop offers hundreds of tasks for everyone at the university, but not all may apply to you. To filter tasks, select your role(s), and you'll see the tasks relevant to you.
 

Authorizing the Canvas Connector

Access Canvas, the university's learning management system, via myHilltop. You can create shortcuts to your individual Canvas classes using the Canvas Connector in myHilltop.

myHilltop's Canvas Connector adds a section called "My Canvas Courses" to your homepage, showing your active Canvas courses. To view this section, you'll need to authorize the Connector, and you can de-authorize it at any time.

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