Step 1 - Claim your VIP ID and Set Your VIP Password
- Go to my.sc.edu/vipid
- Select I am a new user who has never used my VIP ID and need to establish my password
- Enter your VIP ID which can be found on your acceptance letter
- Enter the last four digits of your Social Security Number
- Enter your legal last name
- Enter your date of birth
- Enter the displayed letters, then click continue
- Enter your password and set your security questions then click continue
- Your VIP ID and Password are now claimed
Step 2 - Multifactor Authentication Setup (Mobile Phone)
- Go to my.sc.edu
- Scroll to the bottom and select Multifactor Authentication Setup
- Login with your VIP ID and password
- Answer the security question and click submit
- Enter your mobile phone number
- Select mobile, choose your platform then click submit
- You will now be on a screen with a QR code, keep this screen open while setting up your mobile phone
- On your mobile phone, use your app store to search for DUO Mobile
- Download and open the DUO Mobile app
- In the DUO Mobile app, press the + sign at the top of the screen
- With your mobile phone, scan the QR code on your computer screen
- Your DUO Mobile app will confirm your account
- On your computer, click on Return to Overview
- At the bottom of the page, click Test Authentication
- Enter your VIP ID and password and click Sign in
- Click Send me a Push
- Open the DUO Mobile app on your phone and click Approve
- You have now setup and verified your Multifactor Authentication
Step 3 - Setup Your Network Username Password
- Go to my.sc.edu
- Scroll to the bottom and click on View my IDs and manage my passwords
- Log in with your VIP and password
- Go through the Multifactor Authentication process of your choice to finish logging in
- Under Your USC Identifiers, go to Network Username
- Your network username will be the first part of your USC Sumter email
- Example: smithjo@email.sc.edu, smithjo is your network username
- Click Manage Password
- Create a password you will remember following the rules laid out in the description
- Click Set Password
- This network username and password will be used to login to Blackboard, your student email, and your Self Service Carolina account
Step 4 - Access Blackboard
- Go to my.sc.edu
- On the left menu, click Blackboard
- On the drop-down menu, click USC Columbia & 2 Year Campuses
- Login with your network username and password