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How to Create a CampusKnot Account (Students)

A complete guide to learn how to sign up and create an account as a student

Written by Amanda

⚠️ Create your account in a web browser, not the mobile app. Visit CampusKnot from a web browser on a computer, iPad, or tablet. Once your account is created, you can log in on the app.

Create an Account

Step 1 Create an account here

Step 2 Choose the Student option

Faculty and Teaching Assistant options highlighted on the account type step of the CampusKnot sign-up form

Step 3 Input your name and school email address

Student name and email options of the CampusKnot sign-up form

⚠️ Use your school email (.edu or .ca). Personal email domains (@gmail.com, @outlook.com, @icloud.com, etc.) are not accepted during sign-up

Step 4 Click the 'Next' button

Next button highlighted below the completed sign-up form with name and school email filled in

Step 5 Confirm your campus and choose 'Next'

Next button highlighted below the campus part of the sign-up form

⚠️ Don't see your campus after entering your school email? Contact support@campusknot.com.

Step 6 Create a password following these guidelines:

  • A minimum of 8 characters

  • At least one upper-case letter

  • At least one number

  • At least one special character (@$!%*?&#)

Step 7 Verify all the information is correct and agree to our terms of use and privacy policy and select 'Create Account'

Verification step showing account details for review, with the terms checkbox selected and the Create Account button below

⚠️ If you already have a CampusKnot account, the sign-up page shows an error. Log in instead.

Error message stating the email is already associated with an existing account

Step 8 Open the verification email sent to the .edu inbox provided during sign up

Step 9 Click on 'Verify my account'

Join a course

There are two ways to join a class on CampusKnot, depending on how you were invited: with a course code or through an email invitation.

Join with an email invitation:

If you received an email invitation from your instructor, it will contain the email you need to use to log in or sign up.

Step 1 Click 'Take me to my course'

Step 2 After you log in, the course appears on your Courses page. Click the course card to open it

Join using a Course code:

Plus icon highlighted next to My Courses for joining or creating a course.

Step 1 Click on the '+' icon

Step 2 Copy and paste the 8-digit code can be found in the course syllabus or course homepage

FAQs:

​→ How to Sync Your LMS Account as a Student (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle)

→ How to Join a Course on CampusKnot

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