1. Pre-Registration
Please note: Though video examples may look different than the Registration Planner in the MyVCCCD portal, the information is current.
Pre-Registration Checklist
Complete your checklist before you register! It includes a registration status check, contact information validation, and other important tasks.
View Pre-Registration Checklist
Appointment Times and Holds
View your appointment date in the Portal! If you have not completed your checklist or if you have a balance on your account, you may see a hold placed on your account. You will not be able to register for classes until the hold is lifted. Check your holds before your registration appointment.
View Registration Page in the MyVCCCD Portal
Registration Priorities
Are you unsure if you have a registration priority?
Important Note: Online registration is closed daily from 2:00 am to 6:00 am pacific time for system maintenance.
March 17, 2023:
Continuing student registration appointment times are listed on MyVCCCD.
April 17
Registration for students (with less than 90 units) who participate in:
- CalWORKs
- EAC/ACCESS
- EOPS
- *Foster Youth and former foster youth as established by statute.
- Homeless Youth as established by statute.
- Military Veterans and active duty personnel (Contact the Records Office for Appt.)
April 21
Continuing Student Athletes with less than 90 units and students currently participating in a First Year Experience cohort:
- Priority is for 2nd semester verified athletes – see Athletic Director or Coach for information
- Continuing students must be in good academic standing
- New students must complete orientation, assessment, and educational plan.
April 24
Continuing Student Priority Registration (with less than 90 units)
- Must be in good academic standing**
- By appointment only – automatically assigned based on the number of units completed at Moorpark, Ventura, and/or Ventura College.
- Register by MyVCCCD
April 27
High School on College Campuses
- El Camino High School @ Ventura College
- Oxnard Condor Middle College @ Oxnard College
- High School @ Moorpark College
May 1
Start of New Student Priority Registration
- Must complete orientation, assessment, and educational plan.
- By appointment only – automatically assigned after completion of orientation, assessment and an educational plan.
- Register by MyVCCCD
May 1
Start of Returning Student Priority Registration (with less than 90 units) Includes students who have not attended the college within the past year, and not been on two consecutive semesters of academic and/or progress probation.
- Must first reapply for admission
- Must complete (or have completed) orientation, assessment and educational plan.
- By appointment only – automatically assigned after completion of orientation, assessment and educational plan.
- Register by MyVCCCD
May 3
Start of Summer and Fall Open Registration Includes students with 90+ units, or ➢ not in good academic standing**, or who have not completed orientation, assessment, and an educational plan.
- No appointment necessary
- Application must be on file
- Students that have not attended in over a year (i.e. Returning Students) must submit a new application for admission.
- Register by MyVCCCD
May 4
Start of Summer and Fall Dual Enrollment Registration
- for grades 9 – 12
May 22
Start of Summer Dual Enrollment Registration
- for grades 8th and below
- instructor permission required
May 22
4 & 6 Week summer sessions start at Moorpark College, Oxnard College, & Ventura College
11 Week summer sessions start at Moorpark College & Oxnard College
- Add authorization codes now required to add all summer classes
- Add codes are obtained from the instructor
May 29
Memorial Day Holiday: campus closed
June 12
4 and 8 Week summer sessions start at Moorpark College
8 Week summer session begins at Ventura College
- Add authorization codes now required to add all summer classes
- Add codes are obtained from the instructor
June 19
Juneteenth Holiday: Campus Closed
June 20
Week summer sessions begin at Moorpark College, Oxnard College, & Ventura College
5 Week summer session begins at Oxnard College 6 Week summer session begins at Oxnard and Ventura College
- Add authorization codes now required to add all summer classes - Add codes are obtained from the instructor
June 22
Summer Graduation & Certificate Petition Deadline due to Admissions and Records Offices by 12:00 PM PST
July 4
Independence Day Holiday: campus closed
July 10
4 Week summer sessions start at Moorpark College, Oxnard College, & Ventura College
- Add authorization codes now required to add all summer classes
- Add codes are obtained from the instructor
August 5
Last day of Summer Sessions and
Last day to apply for pass/no pass for a Summer course
August 14 (Fall)
Begin dual enrollment registration for fall.
- For grades 8th and below
- Instructor permission required
- See dual enrollment requirements
August 14
Fall 2023 semester begins
August 12 - 18
Late registration & program adjustment - Week 1.- No add authorization needed if class is open & there is no waitlist (Full semester classes)
- Waitlisting still available for closed semester-length classes
- Add codes required for all short-term classes starting this week
August 21 - 25
Program adjustment - Week 2.- Add authorization numbers now required for all semester length classes
- Waitlists now closed for semester-length classes
August 25
Last day to drop with full refund or credit (Full semester only).
September 4
Last day to drop a semester-length class without a "W".
September 5
Labor day Holiday: campus closed
September 19
No Classes - Flex Day
October 18
No Classes - Flex Day
November 9
Fall Graduation & Certificate Petition Deadline due to Admissions and Records Offices by 12:00 PM PST
November 10
Veterans day Holiday: campus closed
November 17
Last day to drop a semester-length class with a "W".
November 23-26
Thanksgiving Holiday: campus closed
December 15
Last day to apply for pass/no pass for Fall classes
December 16 - January 5, 2024
Winter Break: no classes in session.
VCCCD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or sexual orientation.
2. Registration
Note: Information shown in screenshots of videos shows test versions of the MyVCCCD Portal and systems, but information and workflow shown are current.
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Go to the Registration Page in the MyVCCCD Portal
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Click on Registration Planner
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Choose the term you are registering for and select which campuses' schedules you'd like to choose from.
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Build your schedule
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Want to explore your options? Look up classes by subject or instructor. Add these courses to your planner, generate possible schedules, and compare your options to find what works best for you!
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Know exactly what you want? Directly add courses to your shopping cart by CRN in the "Current Schedule" button.
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Register for classes in the Shopping Cart
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Review your Account Balance
Registration Planner
VCCCD offers a helpful tool for assisting in registering for classes, and creating schedules that work for you. The Registration Planner is available to use on the Registration Page in the MyVCCCD Portal. You can view a short tour video below on how it works.
Ventura County Community Colleges provide classes in various of different types of instruction type. These varies based on what is currently being offered for a given term. Below are descriptions of each different type offered, and instructions on how to search for classes that offer these various types of instruction.
Note: International students can only take 3 units Online during each semester. When in doubt about your classes please reach out to your international counselor or the international office at your campus.
In-Person
Meets face-to-face on campus, or an assigned off campus location.
Fully Online (synchronous/required Zoom/live sessions)
Synchronous instruction is when classes occur on a set schedule; students and instructors are online at the same time; classes have at least one scheduled live session, either Zoom or Canvas. Students must attend (be online) at the exact same time as the professor.
Fully Online (asynchronous/no Zoom or live sessions)
Asynchronous class instruction, assignments, assessments, and communications occur online through the learning management system, Canvas. There are no Zoom or live sessions.
Partially Online (In-Person/Online Mix)
A mix of in-person and online instruction.
Hybrid/Partially Online
During the transition back to campus, the maximum number of students attending in-person meetings for hybrid/partially online classes will adhere to current social distancing guidelines. In some situations, students may be placed into groups that will attend in-person class meetings on a rotating basis at the arrangement of the instructor.
Please contact your instructor for more information regarding when you are required to meet in-person and when you are required to meet online before coming to campus.
HyFlex Classes
Certain hybrid/partially online classes are designed to provide students with more flexibility in their mode of attendance. These HyFlex classes involve class sessions in which some students attend class meetings in-person with the instructor on campus, and some students attend remotely and synchronously via a live Zoom meeting.
HyFlex classes may or may not also include asynchronous course activities in Canvas. This class modality also allows for the possibility for more students to engage in the on-campus classroom as social distancing conditions improve, or it may allow for some students to remain remote via Zoom and Canvas for the entire semester.
Please click on the notes section of your class to determine whether it is HyFlex. If you are enrolled in a HyFlex class, please contact your instructor for more information regarding when you are required to meet in-person and when you are required to meet remotely via Zoom before coming to campus.
*Only specific courses are being offered in both an in-person and hybrid format. These courses, and the programs they are offered through, have been approved to have either full-time or part-time on-ground instruction, while also following social distance and health and safety guidelines.
How to search for classes with or without Required Zoom Sessions
From the Class Schedule, click Advanced Search. You can search for online classes that have required live Zoom sessions or other online classes without required live Zoom sessions.
3. Paying for College
Note: Information shown in screenshots of videos shows test versions of the MyVCCCD Portal and systems, but information and workflow shown are current.
Payment Options and Fees
Students have the options of paying all of their fees in full, signing up for an interest-free payment plan, or having a sponsor or family member pay their fees. These options can be viewed and paid for in the MyVCCCD portal.
All fees are due and payable immediately upon assessment, which may or may not be at the time of registration. To view Payment Options, click the button below to visit our Paying for College page.
Paying for College (View Payment Options
Looking for more details on Fees? Click on the buttons below for more info:
Student Schedule/Bill
View and print official course registration, dates and times, important deadlines, and your account balance for the term
Frequently Asked Questions
Each course offered by the Ventura County Community College District and its colleges is open to enrollment and participation by any person:
- who has been admitted to the college and
- who meets the prerequisites to the class or program, unless specifically exempted by statute.
- Prerequisites are listed in the online Schedule of Classes and the College Catalog.
- Information on requesting clearance for prerequisites can be found by visiting our colleges' Academic Counselling Offices.
Fees are due at the time of registration and must be paid promptly to finalize your registration and prevent holds being placed on your records and future registration privileges.
- Need assistance paying fees? Contact your colleges' the Financial Aid office for help applying for FAFSA or the California Dream Act Application, or sign up for a payment plan in your MyVCCCD portal under the Register/Pay tab.
Print a copy of your Student Schedule/Bill to verify your registration in your MyVCCCD portal. Your Schedule/Bill provides the names of your instructors, days, times and locations of class meetings, and the deadline dates that apply to each class
Students may have the option of placing themselves on a waitlist for closed classes. If a seat opens up, waitlisted students will automatically be registered in the class in order of their priority on the waitlist. Students will be notified through MyVCCCD email when they are moved into a course off the waitlist and prompted to pay for the course to finalize registration.
See Waitlist Information for Closed Classes for further information about the waitlist process.
General Information
A waitlist allows the student to wait for an open seat in a full class. Being on a waitlist does not guarantee enrollment in the class. If an enrolled student drops, the open seat may be filled by the next student on the waitlist in priority order. Payment within 24 hours is required to complete enrollment in the class.
If a seat does not open up, the student may request an add code from the instructor before the last day to add deadline for the specific CRN listed in the online Schedule of Classes. If the instructor agrees to add the student and gives the student an add code, students must utilize the add code in their MyVCCCD portal to register in the course. Payment for the course must be made to finalize registration.
Students are not officially enrolled until their name appears on the current faculty class roster. Canvas is not the official class roster.
The waitlist process functions different for semester length classes versus short term classes. Please consult the start and end dates of your course carefully to determine which process applies.
Semester Length Classes
The waitlist process extends through the end of the first week of the semester and applies to semester length classes only. That means students can still add their names onto waitlists for the first (1st) week of the semester and add authorization numbers will not be needed until the beginning of the second (2nd) week of the semester.
As students drop classes and adjust their schedules during the first week and as you drop no-show enrolled students, their movement out of a class will open up a seat and the first waitlisted student will automatically be enrolled. This will then allow all other students on the waitlist to move up a position and create space for a new student to add their name to the waitlist.
Short Term Classes
Waitlists for short term classes close the day before the class begins.
Canvas Access
Students that are waitlisted will have access to Canvas. When a student is waitlisted, they will show up on the class roster as waitlisted.
Students will only have access to Canvas as a waitlisted student for up to 14 days for semester length classes. Students waitlisted in short term classes will have access to Canvas as a waitlisted student for up to 3 days.
This means if the student is not officially registered after the time allotted was a waitlist student, they will be automatically dropped from the waitlist and lose access to Canvas.
You can drop a course in Registration Planner by doing the following:
- Go to the Current Schedule section in Registration Planner
- Look for the course you wish to drop
- in the drop down menu next the the course, select "Withdraw"
- Confirm you wish to save changes in the popup window
- You will then receive a popup window confirming you dropped the course.