Your email address has changed. Lawson has moved both its faculty, staff and students to the new alabama.edu email run by the community college system. If you have not completed the set-up steps
to establish your new email with the Alabama Community College, scroll down below
to view the directions.
Email is the main communication system at Lawson State. As a student, it is important that you check email daily for college-wide announcements, instructor communication, registration information, and more. Lawson State does not recognize personal email accounts. College information is only sent via Lawson's official email system. For login directions and help information, view below.
NOTE: Delivery to Lawson State employees using non-Lawson State external email services is not guaranteed. Use your Lawson State email for all school-related communication.
Email Login Information for Student Users:
User Name: Your A# + @alabama.edu
Example: A00012345@alabama.edu
Password: Use the password you established when you set up the alabama.edu account. If you cannot remember the password, follow the steps below to establish a new password.
Password Recovery: Lawson State uses a single sign on platform to access eMail, Canvas and MyLawson. Email, however, controls all three. Thus, if you cannot login to eMail, you will have to change your email password. Once you do, use that same login (User Name and Password) to access your Canvas account.
Follow these steps to complete your password recovery process:
Use the password you established when you set up your alabama.edu EMAIL address. If you cannot remember your email password, click on the LOGIN button above and go through the automated password recovery prompts to set up a new password. To do so, after you click on the LOGIN button, enter your alabama.edu EMAIL User name and click NEXT. That will take you to the Password page. Select the "Forget Your Password" feature to recovery your password. Once you recover your EMAIL password, you will be able to gain access to Canvas, Email and MyLawson.
Effective August 8th Lawson State will be migrating from A#@lawsonstate.edu to the new A#@alabama.edu account. Part of this process is you must claim your new account. See "Claiming Your New Account" directions below. An email has been sent to your PERSONAL EMAIL (not your A#@lawsonstate.edu) from noreply@rapididentity.com with the title "Claim your Alabama.edu Account". If you have not claimed your account, please do so as soon as possible. If you have not received a claim email to your personal email address or need assistance claiming your account, please contact the Help Desk.
NOTE: Prior to contacting the Help Desk, run a search in your email for: noreply@rapididentity.com to see if you can find the email.
This new account will be your key to accessing your MyLawson account and course information in Canvas as well.
1. Within 24 hours of being accepted to Lawson State, you will receive an email to the personal email account you provided when applying to the college. The subject of this email will be "Activate Your Alabama.edu Account" and it will come from noreply@rapididentity.com
a. Note: Make sure you check your spam and junk. Also, make sure you provided YOUR email and not your parents, friends, or school account you no longer have access to.
2. Within the email you receive, you will be provided a 12-character claim code. You must have this claim code and your student A# (provided in your welcome letter) to claim your new account.
3. With your A# and Claim Code, you will then go to password.alabama.edu and click the "Claim My Account" button.
4. Enter your A# and your claim code and agree to the guidelines.
5. You will then be required to create a password for your account and set up your multi-factor authentication (Microsoft Authenticator App, call, or text). Note: Make sure you enter the proper phone number. It is best to set up the app because it is the most secure method.
Password Recovery: Lawson State uses a single sign on platform to access eMail, Canvas and MyLawson. Email, however, controls all three. Thus, if you cannot login to eMail, you will have to change your email password. Once you do, use that same login (User Name and Password) to access your Canvas account.
Follow these steps to complete your password recovery process:
Use the password you established when you set up your alabama.edu EMAIL address. If you cannot remember your email password, click on the LOGIN button above and go through the automated password recovery prompts to set up a new password. To do so, after you click on the LOGIN button, enter your alabama.edu EMAIL User name and click NEXT. That will take you to the Password page. Select the "Forget Your Password" feature to recovery your password. Once you recover your EMAIL password, you will be able to gain access to Canvas, Email and MyLawson.
Students should NEVER assume privacy related to their Lawson State email. All accounts are managed and access is granted by Lawson State. Your Lawson State email should only be used for professional and school-related correspondence. Students engaged in online bullying via their Lawson State email accounts would fall under the Student Code of Conduct. Student should never engage in online or email bullying and can be disciplined by the college if practicing such conduct.
Rule #1, regardless of who is asking, is NEVER share personal or private information via email. NEVER DO IT regardless of who is requesting.
Lawson State does NOT authorize any one access to it students to offer jobs, secure personal information, including scholarships (asking for application fees). Please know that such phishing scams are trying to get your money or steal your identity. They will even use our Logos, so ignore and delete such messages.
Never provide anyone you do not know access to your private or personal information or bank account information.
People do not hire people from email. These are phishing expeditions trying to get your money or steal your identity. Delete such emails. NEVER respond.
Watch the provided video to learn more about common phishing attempts in the U.S. aimed at getting access to your money illegally.
Popular Scams Targeting College Students: Click here for article link.
If you attempted to change your password using the automated recovery process, but you were unsuccessful, contact the Help Desk by clicking here.
