FAQ's

• How do I find out what courses are available at CCRI?
• What if a course section is full (closed)?
• Where can I learn more about 7-week classes?
• What if a course gets cancelled?
• How do I get a transcript?
• How do I find out what my grades are?
• How do I find a CCRI Catalog?
• When is the office open?
• What kind of Information can I receive Online (What is MyCCRI)?
• How do I update personal information (i.e., chosen name)?

Q. How do I find out what courses are available at CCRI?

A. Information regarding which courses are currently open for registration is available at http://www.ccri.edu/availablecourses.html

Q. What if a course section is full (closed)?

A. If you are unable to register for the course you want, and there is a waitlist available for the course, you can add yourself to the waitlist. When a seat becomes available, you will receive an email notification through MyCCRI that a seat has opened and you are eligible to register for the course. You will NOT be automatically added to the course. You will have until the date and time stated in your email notice to login and register yourself for the available seat. If you do not register before the specified date and time, the available seat will go to the next person on the waitlist and you will have to re-add yourself to the waitlist to get another chance. Waitlists will be purged at the start of late registration (students will be dropped from the courses they are waitlisted for that semester).

Q. Where can I learn more about 7-week classes?

A.Visit our 7-Week Sessions page to learn all you need to know about taking classes in the 7-week format.

Q. What if a course gets cancelled?

A. When a course section is cancelled due to lack of enrollment, you may sign up for any other open section of the same course, provided one is available. When a course is cancelled, you will receive notification via campus e-mail prior to the first class meeting. Refer to the college calendar for cancellation dates.

Q. How do I get a transcript?

A. Official (and unofficial) Transcripts are available from a number of sources. See instructions for obtaining your official or unofficial transcript here:http://www.ccri.edu/onestop/records/onlinetranscript.html.

Q. How do I find out what my grades are?

A. Grades are available online through MyCCRI for all students whose financial obligations to the institution have been satisfied in full and who have complied with RI State Law regarding immunization. For more information on how to check your grades in MyCCRI, see https://www.ccri.edu/it/documentation/myccri-tutorials/student/grades.html.

Q. How do I find a CCRI Catalog?

A. The college catalog is available on the Web at http://www.ccri.edu/catalog. All requests for Foreign Student Admissions should be directly referred to the Admissions Office/Office of Enrollment Services.

Q. When is the office open?

A. A full schedule of office hours is available at http://www.ccri.edu/onestop/hours.html.

Q. What kind of Information can I receive Online (What is MyCCRI)?

A. MyCCRI is CCRI’s Web portal, connecting the college community via the Web to academic resources, administrative services, CCRI news and the Internet at large, all online.

You may use MyCCRI to register, make payments, check grades, use course tools, send and receive e-mail, create personal address books, access and manage personal, course and school calendars, create manage and join group homepages for clubs, organizations and committees, view targeted messages, news & events, campus announcements and much more.

Documentation on how to use MyCCRI is available at https://www.ccri.edu/it/documentation/myccri-tutorials/.

Q. How do I update personal information (i.e., chosen name)?

A. The Community College of Rhode Island recognizes that students may request the use of a preferred name to identify themselves. This differs from a legal name change. CCRI acknowledges that a chosen first name should be used wherever possible in the course of College business and education.

Students may designate a chosen first name via the MyCCRI student portal. Click Personal Information, Edit, and add Chosen (First) Name.

Chosen first name is used in the following places: 

• Class and Grade Rosters
• Blackboard
• CCRI Email (*If requested, see below)
• CCRI Student ID Cards (**If requested, see below)
• Diploma (As indicated on the graduation application)
• Starfish
• Dean’s List
• Degree Works

Legal name is used in the following places:

• Official transcripts
• Employment documents
• Financial aid
• Tax documents
• External communications
• Mailed communications
• Responses to enrollment inquiries such as enrollment verification requests (unless you have chosen FERPA Exclusion)
• Official letters or documents

*To request a username/email, please email [email protected] from your CCRI email. Please include your CCRI student ID with all messages.

**CCRI ID card and email changes should be requested prior to a semester start. Updating the documents mid-term may affect a student’s access to required course material, i.e., Blackboard.

By designating the use of a chosen name, the student acknowledges that their legal name will still be maintained and used when required by college policy or law.