Physical Therapy

Transition Doctor of Physical Thearpy (tDPT)

ADMITTED STUDENT INFORMATION

Once an admissions decision for acceptance has been confirmed by the Dean’s Office, you will be listed as a Temple student in our data bases.  You will then need to follow the sequence of events listed below in a relatively short duration order to enroll in your first course.

To do so, you must first obtain a Temple University e-mail address and activate your Temple University e-mail account by entering information that you have already received (access user name and temporary password).  This can be accomplished by clicking on the following link, Temple Accounts.

As an alternative, you may contact Temple University, Computer and Information Services directly to activate your account at 1 (215) 204-8000.

Once you have activated your Temple University accounts, then you can

Register for Courses On-line.

Approximately 1 week prior to the start of classes, your course instructor will activate the auto-enrollment feature of the on-line interface that you will use for all of your course work known as Blackboard. 

Please Note: Only students that have officially registered at Temple University can be auto-enrolled into Blackboard.

Blackboard is the software used by Temple University to convey course materials to you, host on-line discussions , and permits you to access TU Libraries.  You can check to see if you have been enrolled in your course of choice and able to participate in the Blackboard activities by clicking on TU Portal.

You will need to enter your user name and newly acquired password.  Once you have entered the TU Portal, you will be directed to a page that has all of the courses in which you are enrolled.  Click on the course and follow the directions in the “Announcements” portion of the menu.

We expect that every student will check his or her Temple University e-mail account at TU Mail uusing your Temple User ID and password.

You will also need to open an Ovid account that will enable you to access many health related databases, so that you can search the literature sources from your home computer.  You can accomplish this at the following link Ovid Application.

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

Software: The Temple access software requires Windows XT or Vista or a recent Macintosh system. You will also need a current version of Microsoft Office 2003 or later to open many of the documents we will send to you.  We expect that you can open and create Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe pdf documents.  Submission of assignments using other software are not acceptable. If you do not have at least the Office 2003 version, we recommend that you purchase a new version.

Hardware: The fastest modem or other connection (DSL, Cable modem) that you can afford is probably the best idea.  As always, the fastest machine you can afford is always a good idea.

We have built in some support to help make the process smoother for you.  To do so, you can use the link Temple University, Computer and Information Services Help Desk

or call 1 - (215) 204-8000 during the day, Monday through Friday.