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 [email protected].

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. All students across the country are required to learn about issues related to campus safety and to be provided information about campus policies and processes to support them if issues arise.

You are not required to complete the course twice. If you have previously completed Thriving Together at another Montana University System institution, you do not need to repeat the training at Montana State University.

*Note: If you have previously completed Vector Solutions: AlcoholEdu and Sexual Assault Prevention for Adult Learners, the prevention team will accept proof of completion through Spring 2028.

First log into Canvas. Your certificates should be visible. If not, please email [email protected]. 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 Thriving Together in full, your registration hold will automatically lift. 

When done, you will recieve a certificate of completion that can be accessed through the portal. Download this certificate for your records.

Yes, every incoming MSU student, in-person or online, must complete this program. 

The course will take approximately 60 to 75 minutes to complete.

Yes, Thriving Together is committed to ensuring that all students are able to access and experience their courses. The program is in 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 to have the following materials readily available prior to logging in:
  • A computer with Internet access and audio capabilities.
  • 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 [email protected].