As part of our comprehensive prevention program for new students, Montana State University requires all incoming students to complete Thriving Together. This online training is designed to help build a campus culture of safety and well-being and to help you and your peers thrive in your new campus community. This training addresses campus safety topics such as sexual assault prevention, substance use prevention, hazing, and mental health issues, including strategies to address these issues in healthy ways. This training does not include explicit descriptions and has been designed with an intentionally trauma-informed approach. 

 If you have any questions, please contact thrivingtogether@montana.edu.

How to Access and Complete Thriving Together

Your Thriving Together training will automatically load in your Canvas dashboard. This course is required for all new students at Montana State University and all other campuses in the Montana University System (MUS). The course will take approximately 60 to 75 minutes to complete.

  • Login to Canvas, select the Thriving Together course and complete it at your own pace. 
  • Your progress will be saved, allowing you to return and resume from where you left off. 
  • You must score 100% on all Knowledge Checks in order to pass the training.


    Thriving Together Content

  • Module 0 – Course Overview 
  • Module 1 – Safety & Wellness in Montana’s Colleges and Universities 
  • Module 2 – Understanding Terminology 
  • Module 3 – Paying Attention 
  • Module 4 – Taking Action 
  • Module 5 – Providing Consent 
  • Module 6 – Reducing Risk 
  • Module 7 – Establishing Well-being 
  • Module 8 – Campus Policies & Resources 
  • Module 9 – Thriving Together 

Frequently Asked Questions

The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act and Title IX require education on alcohol and other drugs and sexual assault prevention for all members of our campus community.

Additionally, as of October 15th, 2014 the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education has mandated all new, incoming students to Montana State University (regardless of age) are required to complete an authorized program in alcohol education, sexual assault awareness and prevention, and financial literacy. Participation in this program is not an elective; if the modules are not completed in the time allotted, a hold will be placed on your ability to register for the following term.

If you have completed these courses previously, you will need to provide proof of completion to preventionedu@montana.edu. You will not be required to take them again. 

First log into Vector LMS. Your certificates should be visible. If not, please email preventionedu@montana.edu. Provide full name and last four digits of student ID number (GID).

You will receive a hold on your account which will prevent you for registering for the upcoming semester. When you complete Vector LMS in full, your registration hold will automatically lift. 

Following completion of Vector LMS, you will recieve a certificate of completion that can be accessed through your Vector LMS portal. Download this certificate for your records.

Yes, every incoming MSU student, in-person or online, must complete Vector LMS. 

Part 1 will take approximately three hours to complete. Students may complete the course at their own pace over multiple sessions as long as progress is saved. 

Part 2 will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. 

Yes, Vector LMS is deeply committed to ensuring that all students are able to access and experience their courses. Vector LMS is in full compliance with the guidelines and standards put forth by the Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The WCAG 2.0 covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content accessible to individuals with disabilities, including, but not limited to, visual impairment, hearing impairment, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these.

If you have additional questions regarding support services for students with disabilities, contact The Office of Disability Services. 

 If you do not have an accessible computer at home, you can use any publicly available computer with Internet access and audio capabilities. If you are on campus, MSU offers 12 student computer labs. See student computer lab locations.  Please be sure that the most recent version of Adobe Flash player is installed on the computer prior to registering for the courses.

If you do not receive a 75% or higher on AlcoholEdu, you will be instructed to retake the course.

 Please be sure to have the following materials readily available prior to logging in:
  • A computer with Internet access, audio capabilities, and Adobe Flash player.
  • MSU Student ID number. You can look-up your Student ID on your Cat Card. Please include all zeros and the dash. For example: -01234567

Please direct all questions to preventionedu@montana.edu.