Vista Username and Password Information

  1. Your username will be the first letter of your first name plus the first seven letters of your last name (eight characters total). Usernames are all lowercase with no spaces.
    Example: Patricia Johnson's username is pjohnson
    Example: Thadeus Seckinger's username is tsecking

    Please note that some usernames have numbers (i.e., pjohnso1, pjohnso2...pjohns17) attached to the end of the username, as there are other students with the same first initial and last name. Notice that there are still only eight characters in the username even if there are numbers added to the username (1-3 letters are replaced with 1-3 numbers).

    In addition, some students' usernames may be based on their maiden and/or married name, which is generated when you apply to Armstrong. Once your username has been created in Pirates' VIEW Vista, your username will not change even if you have turned in a "Change of Name" request to the Registrar's Office.
           
  2. Your password will be the same as your S.H.I.P. pin number.

    If you cannot login to Pirates' VIEW Vista with the username convention mentioned above, please go to https://cove.armstrong.edu/ and click "Look up your Cove, Vista or AASU ID" located in the top right corner of the page. Fill in the fields requested and click "Lookup ID." A page will appear that contains your Vista ID as well as your Student ID and Cove ID.

If you do not know your six-digit SHIP pin or your user name for Pirates’ VIEW Vista, you can look up your information in Pirates’ Cove:

Student Password Information

  1. Go to cove.armstrong.edu and log in to your Pirates’ Cove account.
  2. Click on “Links and Utilities” located at the top of the screen.
  3. Click on “AASU and Vista ID Lookup.”  Both your user name and password for Vista will appear.
Faculty Password Information

1. Go to cove.armstrong.edu and log in to your Pirates’ Cove account.
2. Click on “Lookup ID” located to the right of “Vista.”
3. Enter your 907#. Both your user name and password for Vista will appear.

If you need addtional information about your Pirates' VIEW Vista username, please contact the Helpdesk at 912.344.2518 or toll free at 866-533-6353.