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Coursera - Accessing CU on Coursera and Coursera Partner Consortium for Students

CU on Coursera offers 200+ non-credit courses taught by University of Colorado faculty from all four CU campuses, while Coursera Partner Consortium offers thousands of non-credit courses taught by faculty at many of Coursera’s elite global university partners. These courses are available at no cost to all faculty, staff and students (degree-seeking only for Consortium) at any of the four CU campuses and the CU System office.

This tutorial shows how to access these programs through Buff Portal for students. For other instructions, visit the Accessing CU on Coursera and Coursera Partner Consortium for Faculty and Staff tutorial.

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Log in to buffportal.colorado.edu. In Buff Portal's menu at the top left, search for "coursera"

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Select either CU on Coursera or Coursera Partner Consortium

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Depending on your selection, click either Launch CU on Coursera or Launch Coursera Partner Consortium.

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When the login window appears, click Log in with University of Colorado.

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Select your campus, and log in using your IdentiKey credentials.

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After authenticating with your identikey, you’ll return to the CU on Coursera homepage. Select anything from the collections of courses, enroll, and start learning.

For help using the website, visit the Coursera Learner Help Center.