Set Up Workday Off-Campus Login

The following instructions will allow you to access WorkDay using Multi-factor authentication (MFA).

PLEASE NOTE: You will need a phone to set up your off-campus login.
You will be using the same phone to verify your access to Workday whenever you login from off-campus.

INSTRUCTIONS TO SET UP YOUR OFF-CAMPUS LOGIN:

From off campus, in your browser, go to https://www.myworkday.com/gcccd

Type in your gcccd.edu login name if it does not already display it
(eg: firstname.lastname@gcccd.edu) and enter your network/email password.

You will see a screen that says 'Your admin has required that you set up this account for additional security verification'.
Select the button ‘Set it up now’:

An additional security verification screen will appear:

In the Step 1 window: How should we contact you? confirm that the ‘Authentication phone’ default is selected.
This is the only option supported by the District.

 

Complete the information requested:

• Select the country code
  • usually as United States (+1)
• Enter your phone number, including the area code with no dashes.
  • eg: 6195551212
• Next select a default method -You CANNOT CHANGE THE DEFAULT METHOD after you have completed your setup, but you CAN later choose ‘Use a different verification option’ to select the other method
  
  • ‘Send me a code by text message’ will send a 6-digit code to your cell phone which you will then enter into the window field as requested
  • ‘Call me’ will call your phone and you will press the # sign on your phone when requested by the automated caller
• Click the 'Next' button

Depending on which login method you have chosen, you will either receive a text message with a 6-digit code or an automated call for verification.

• If you chose ‘Send me a code by text message’:
  • Enter this code into the field in Step 2 as requested
  • Click the 'Verify' button
• If you chose ‘Call me’:
  • Press the # sign when requested by the automated caller

 

When the screen displays ‘Verification successful’, click the ‘Done’ button. Your setup is complete and your Workday Home page will display:

Be sure to logout of Workday when finished and close your browser.

Depending on which login method you have chosen, the next time you login from off-campus to the My Workday URL, it will either send you a text message with a 6-digit code or call you for verification.

If necessary, you can click ‘Use a different verification option’:

• If you originally chose ‘Send me a code by text message’:
  • You can select ‘Call me’ and you will receive a call to your phone.
  • Press the # sign when requested by the automated caller
• If you originally chose ‘Call me’:
  • You can select ‘Send me a code by text message’ and you will receive a 6-digit code in a text message on your cell phone
  • Enter this code into the field as requested