Getting Started
Activate 91¸£Àû Accounts
Activating your UMS account is important even if your class is offered at your high school. Your course may involve accessing the platforms listed below in order to connect with the UMS resources available to you as an Early College student.
Once we register students for a course, we will send them the following email with activation instructions:
Email Sender: ums.ec.activate@maine.edu
Subject Line: Time Sensitive – Activate Your UMS Account
Email Text: Welcome to the University of Maine System(UMS) Early College Program!
Below you will find the information needed to activate your UMS account, which will allow you access to the following:
To activate your UMS account go to the and click on Activate Your Account, then follow the on-screen prompts to complete the process. You will need the following:
- Your Identification Number is: XXXXXXX
- Your Activation Key: XXXXXXX
(this is comprised of only lower case letters and/or digits)
Please wait at least 15-30 minutes before attempting to log-in.
If you need further assistance with account activation, contact the IT Help Desk by phone (required) at 1-800-696-4357. For Help Desk hours and other resources
Forwarding 91¸£Àû email
As a 91¸£Àû Early College student you will need to access both your personal email account, listed in your ExplorEC portal account, and your UMS email, found through your UMS MyCampus account, for course information.
If you are looking to simplify your email accounts after enrolling in a 91¸£Àû Early College course, consider adjusting your Gmail account settings so that emails sent to your @maine.edu address are automatically forwarded to your personal Gmail account.
You can learn more about the steps you will need to go through for this process on the UMS .
If you have additional questions on this process please contact our UMS IT Help team at help@maine.edu or 800.696.HELP (4357).
To forward your email:
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- Sign in to the account where you want to forward messages from (@maine.edu account).
- In the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
- Click the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” or “Forwarding” tab.
- In the Forwarding section, click “Add a forwarding address”.
- Enter the email address you want to forward messages to.
- Click Next > Proceed > OK.
- A verification message is sent to the forwarding email address.
- In this other email account, click the verification link in the message.
- Return to the Settings page in Gmail.
- Refresh your browser.
- Click the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” or “Forwarding” tab.
- In the Forwarding section, select “Forward a copy of incoming mail to”.
- Choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails.
- It’s recommended you select “Keep Gmail’s copy in the Inbox”.
- At the bottom of the page, click “Save Changes”.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 as Amended, Maine’s Public Universities will not release student grades, schedules, financial information or other student education records to parents, or others, unless prior written permission is signed by the student. Students may give their parents or other 3rd parties access to their information by completing the FERPA authorization in their . and submitting it to us. Regardless of age, students enrolled in college courses are covered by Federal FERPA law. Students will need to assign a 4 digit personal identification number (PIN) to each person and share that number with them. When your parent or guardian calls the Early College Administrator, they will need to provide their PIN for verification purposes. This authorization will remain in effect until it is revoked by the student in writing.