With CPTC's new support desk and knowledge base system, you can find step-by-step guides or submit a ctcLink help ticket and track a ticket's progress.
Please follow these steps when activating your account for the first time.
ctcLink Tutorials
With the ctcLink Student Homepage, you can manage essential registration tasks, view your academic records, connect with your advisor, and access your financial information 24/7 from any internet-enabled computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. See the additional slideshows below for navigation help.
ctcLink Account Setup
View Full Screen: How to Active your ctcLink Account
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Click on "Activate Your Account"
3. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, and ID Number. Under 'ID Type', select 'ctcLink'.
(You may change the 'ID Type to 'SID (old)', and enter your SID number.
4. Once all information has been entered, click "Submit".
5. Now you will be prompted to set up an account. Enter your email and complete the security question/answer information. (Enter a personal email that you have reliable access to. College communication will be directed to this address.)
Note: IT will not be able to recover your security questions or answers so remember to write them down.
6. Create a Password that has: at least 8 characters, 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, and 1 number. (Do not use your first or last name in your password)
7. Click "Submit" when you are done.
8. Your account will be activated right away. Be sure to tale not of your ctcLink ID.
Courtesy of Seattle Colleges
- Amharic – የግልዎን የ ctcLink አካውንት ያስጀምሩ
- Arabic – قم بتنشيط حسابك على ctcLink
- Chinese (simplified) – 激活您的 ctcLink 帐户
- Chinese (traditional) – 啟動您的 ctcLink 帳戶
- Khmer – បើកដំណើរការគណនី ctcLink របស់អ្នក
- Korean – ctcLink 계정 활성화
- Russian – Как активировать учетную запись ctcLink
- Serbian – Aktivirajte svoj ctcLink nalog
- Somalii – Ka shaqeysii akoonkaaga ctcLink
- Spanish – Active su cuenta de ctcLink
- Swahili – Amilisha akaunti yako ya ctcLink
- Tagalog – I-activate ang iyong ctcLink account
- Tigrinya – ናይ ሲቲሲሊንክ ሕሳብካ ኣበራብሮ
- Vietnamese – Kích hoạt tài khoản ctcLink của bạn
View Full Screen: How to Update your Preferred Contact
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Enter your ctcLink ID and password, and click Sign In
3. Click Student Homepage, then Profile
4. Go to "Contact Details"
5. Under the Phone section, click the Add icon (+) to add a phone number
6. Enter your preferred phone number and check the box next to “Preferred” amd click "Save"
7. Your preferred phone number has been updated
View Full Screen: How to Reset your ctcLink Password
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Click on "Password Help" and select "Reset Password"
3. Enter your ctcLink ID and select your desired method to reset your password
4. Follow the instructions sent to your desired method of communication (Text, Voice Call, or Email)
• The password reset instructions are sent to the phone number or email address that you have set when you activated your ctcLink account
5. Your password will be reset right away. You may log back into ctcLink.
Employee Tutorials
View Full Screen: How to Submit Time
Note: If you are a salaried employee or a full-time faculty you will not need to submit positive time. You will only need to request absences in ctcLink
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Click on the "Enter Time" tile
4. Select the Time Reporting Code on the left-hand side and then enter your reported time
View Full Screen: How to Report Time (Student Worker or Hourly Employee)
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Click on the "Enter Time" tile. Input your Start time, Lunch, In and Out Times. For the Time Reporting Code select Hourly from the dropdown menu.
Note: For Internation Student Employees: The Time Reporting Code you will select will be “00 OEX-OASI-Excludable Pay”.
4. Select the Time Reporting Code on the left-hand side and then enter your reported time. Then click Submit
View Full Screen: How to Request Absence
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Select the "Request Absence" tile
4. Select the type of absence, the duration, and additional notes
View Full Screen: How to View My Absence Request
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Time"
3. Select "View Requests" tile
4. The View Requests page will display. Select "Absence Request" based on the date and absence amount that populates on the right-hand side of the row. The Request Details display and the request details will populate on the screen in a view-only capacity.
View Full Screen: How to Cancel Absence Request
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service"
3. Select "Cancel Absence" tile
4. Select the absence request you want to cancel and click "Cancel"
View Full Screen: How to Check Bio/Demo Data
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service"
3. Click on the "Personal Details" tile
4. Review Data and Information
View Full Screen: How to Review My Paychecks
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on the "Payroll" tile. The Payroll page will display. It will automatically default to the Paychecks link
View Full Screen: How to Review and Update Direct Deposit
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Payroll"
3. The Payroll page will display. Select the Direct Deposit link. Once you select the Direct Deposit link, you will select the Direct Deposit Account information you want to view or update
4. The Edit Account page will display, and you can update the following: nickname, payment method, routing number, account number, account type and deposit type.
View Full Screen: How to Review W-2
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Time"
3. Select "Payroll" tile
4. Select the W-2/W-2c grid box and select the W-2/W-2c Consent link. (Select the check box to indicate your consent and select the Submit button.)
5. A Verify Identity page displays. To verify your identity, enter your password and select Continue
Employee Tutorials
View Full Screen: How to Submit Time
Note: If you are a salaried employee or a full-time faculty you will not need to submit positive time. You will only need to request absences in ctcLink
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Click on the "Enter Time" tile
4. Select the Time Reporting Code on the left-hand side and then enter your reported time
View Full Screen: How to Report Time (Student Worker or Hourly Employee)
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Click on the "Enter Time" tile. Input your Start time, Lunch, In and Out Times. For the Time Reporting Code select Hourly from the dropdown menu.
Note: For Internation Student Employees: The Time Reporting Code you will select will be “00 OEX-OASI-Excludable Pay”.
4. Select the Time Reporting Code on the left-hand side and then enter your reported time. Then click Submit
View Full Screen: How to Request Absence
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and select the "Time" tile
3. Select the "Request Absence" tile
4. Select the type of absence, the duration, and additional notes
View Full Screen: How to View My Absence Request
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Time"
3. Select "View Requests" tile
4. The View Requests page will display. Select "Absence Request" based on the date and absence amount that populates on the right-hand side of the row. The Request Details display and the request details will populate on the screen in a view-only capacity.
View Full Screen: How to Cancel Absence Request
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service"
3. Select "Cancel Absence" tile
4. Select the absence request you want to cancel and click "Cancel"
View Full Screen: How to Check Bio/Demo Data
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service"
3. Click on the "Personal Details" tile
4. Review Data and Information
View Full Screen: How to Review My Paychecks
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on the "Payroll" tile. The Payroll page will display. It will automatically default to the Paychecks link
View Full Screen: How to Review and Update Direct Deposit
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Payroll"
3. The Payroll page will display. Select the Direct Deposit link. Once you select the Direct Deposit link, you will select the Direct Deposit Account information you want to view or update
4. The Edit Account page will display, and you can update the following: nickname, payment method, routing number, account number, account type and deposit type.
View Full Screen: How to Review W-2
1. Go to the ctcLink Login page
2. Select "HCM Self-Service" and click on "Time"
3. Select "Payroll" tile
4. Select the W-2/W-2c grid box and select the W-2/W-2c Consent link. (Select the check box to indicate your consent and select the Submit button.)
5. A Verify Identity page displays. To verify your identity, enter your password and select Continue