OCCO Instructions For Counselors

DMACC’s On-Campus Course Options (OCCO) program is available to eligible high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by DMACC. Courses are offered on a DMACC campus or virtually with set meeting days and times and students are required to attend all scheduled sessions. Before enrolling, please ensure that the course schedule aligns with the student’s high school schedule.

To maximize course selection and book availability for students, the following deadlines for DMACC OCCO registration for the 2025/2026 school year have been put into place:

Fall 2025 Term: July 25, 2025
Spring 2026 Term: December 1, 2025

*Any registration submitted after these dates may result in delayed communication and delivery of course materials.

Instructions for High School Counselors

OCCO offers the same classes as Online Course Access (OLCA). There may be some on campus courses that OLCA doesn't offer. At this time, classes with extra fees or required equipment are not allowed under OCCO. Classes that are restricted to certain program of study are also not allowed. Course Descriptions & Competencies with a course type of Voc/Tech are not allowed under OCCO. You can use our Loading...Course Catalog to view the course type. It is best for the counselor to ask if they aren't sure.

Registration for OCCO is an electronic process and has 2 options:

Counselors can send out a “Student link" to all students and have them fill it out themselves. After they submit their form, it gets automatically sent to their specific guidance counselor to approve/deny. After the counselor has logged in and approved or denied courses, they will click “Submit" which will send the form to DMACC Registration to register the student.
Counselors may complete all forms on student's behalf. After counselors click submit, the form is sent to DMACC Registration to register the student.

Here are the two links:

Below is the student link. This is needed if you choose to send students the link to fill the forms out themselves. No student LOGIN required. The forms will then be sent to counselors to approve/deny and then submitted to DMACC Registration to register.

Student link

Below is the Counselor link. LOG IN is required! If you need log in information, please email Staci Scholten at slscholten@dmacc.edu or Megan Mudd at mjmudd@dmacc.edu. This is required if you want to complete forms on your students’ behalf. This is also the link where you login to see your library of completed forms. Therefore, this link is necessary either way. If you are going to complete forms on behalf of students, you must click on “Create New Form" at the top to open a blank registration form.

Counselor Link

Please use our online schedule of courses to search for the class CRN number. The CRN number will be required to register for the class.

Counselors have the ability to approve/deny courses. If a student selects a course that is NOT approved by your specific high school, just deny that course request and let the student know

OCCO Books

Step 1

All OCCO books will automatically be shipped directly to your school. OCCO books will not be available on campus for pick up. Books will be shipped to the high school counseling office.

Step 2

High school counselors are required to return all OCCO books to DMACC at the end of the semester. You can return books with a DMACC representative or request a UPS return shipping label from Megan or Staci.

Students should not return OCCO books to a campus bookstore.

Questions regarding books orders and returns should be directed to Megan Mudd – mjmudd@dmacc.edu or Staci Scholten – slscholten@dmacc.edu.