Effective July 15, 2008, students no longer are able to access eSIMS, Blackboard, and
DegreeWorks (Student/Advisor Degree Advisement) with their Social Security Number, Last Name and Date of Birth.
This requires all eligible students to register with the CUNY Portal to obtain a user-id and password.

eSIMS      Blackboard   

eSIMS

eSIMS: You should use your CUNY Portal Username and Password to access eSIMS. If you have not already done so, please go to http://portal.cuny.edu, obtain a Portal Username and Password. Login to the Portal. On your MYPAGE you should see an eSIMS single-signon selection. Click it and your eSIMS menu will be brought up. If the correct college is not made available to you, go to your Portal Profile option on the bottom of the left side panel. Select Modify Profile. Select the college from your Primary Affiliation that you want to register for. Modify the Profile and go back to the eSIMS single-signon selection. Please click here to continue.

Instructions to Access eSIMS via CUNY Portal.

Blackboard
Blackboard: The best way to access Blackboard is by utilizing a Portal User-id and Password. If you have been using Last Name, Date of Birth and SSN to access Blackboard, please obtain a Portal User-id and Password. Please click here to continue.