Clubs Den User Guide

All LU students already have a clubsden.lusu.ca account connected to their LU credentials. Just follow the steps below to log in, explore clubs, and join one that interests you.

Step 1: Go to clubsden.lusu.ca

  1. Click Log In at the top right corner.
  2. Use your LU credentials to sign in:
    • Username: Your LU student email.
    • Password: The same one you use for your MyInfo Portal.
  3. If this is your first time logging in, you may be asked to complete a few setup questions.

My Account

Access account preferences and profile settings, and update personal information, communication preferences, and activity records. 

To access your user profile and account menu, click the profile icon in the top right hand corner. 

To access your user profile, click the Edit icon. 

  • Updating your User Profile:
    • Profile 
    • Privacy Settings 
    • Notifications 
    • Interests
  • Event History
  • My Organizations
  • Service Hours
  • LUSU Involvement Record
  • My Submissions
  • My Downloads

Updating your User Profile 

Profile 

  • Update basic profile details including:
    • Your profile picture, 
    • Name 
    • Your preferred email address if you would rather have notification emails sent somewhere other than your Lakehead email account. All emails sent from the system, including discussion comments, Club invitations, and event invitations will be re-routed to this preferred address.
  • Add Social Media Profile Links

Privacy Settings

Community Directory Settings

By selecting “Show” on the options your information will be made available to any authenticated (logged in) member of the community (Lakehead) with access to view your name within certain areas of the system. 

Organization Roster Settings (Club Specific Settings) 

Select your privacy setting for each position that you hold; if left undecided, your roster visibility will be disabled for club members and visible for club officers.  

Notification Settings

  • Decide when you receive a notification email:
    • Campus and Organizations (Your home campus and Clubs)
    • Organizations only (Clubs only)
    • None
  • Update your preferred email address if you would rather have emails sent somewhere other than your campus email. All emails sent from the system, including discussion comments, Club invitations, and event invitations will be re-routed to this preferred address.

Interests

Choose and rank your interests to help personalise what you see in the Clubs Den. Browse options on the left and add them to your list on the right. You can reorder your selections to show what you are most interested in. 

If no interests are selected, content will still appear based on general activity.

Event History

The Clubs Den saves a list of events that you have attended (RSVP’d). 

Click on the name of an event to access the event’s details page, the host organization or Club, and the event date and time.

My Organizations

Service Hours

If you have volunteered with a LUSU club or organization, record your service hours to have them included in your LUSU Involvement Record. Submitting through your user profile is a convenient option, especially when logging hours for multiple organizations at once.

All submissions must be approved by a club officer or LUSU Clubs staff.

  1. Log-in at clubsden.lusu.ca
  2. Click on your profile to bring up your profile menu at the top right hand side of your screen
  3. Click Service Hours
  4. Enter new hours for review. 
  5. Once your hours are approved, you can download this page as a PDF to add to your CCR file to submit to Lakehead CCR.

Access your LUSU Involvement & Club Record

  1. Log-in at clubsden.lusu.ca
  2. Click on your profile to bring up your profile menu at the top right hand side of your screen
  3. Click LUSU Involvement Record
  4. Review your record.
    You have the ability to customize which clubs and involvements you wish to show/hide, and everything is visible by default.  Please see Add additional information using “Reflections” and add service (volunteer) hours to your LUSU Involvement & Club Record below if you wish to add any of these. 
  5. Print / View PDF
  6. Save and/or print your document
  7. Submit as an added document to your Lakehead CCR.

Note: if anything is missing, or you need something changed, please contact clubs@lusu.ca with a description of what needs to be updated or changed. Please include the club, role, dates, and any important additional information so we can assist you. 

Add a Summary of your Involvement

Reflections will show up on your LUSU Involvement & Club Record under Summary of Involvement. To add a reflection / summary of involvement: 

  1. Log-in at clubsden.lusu.ca
  2. Click on your profile to bring up your profile menu at the top right hand side of your screen
  3. Click My Organizations
  4. View the club and position you with additional info for. Enter any additional information you wish to share about the role and position and experience. 
  5. Save changes. 
  6. Go back to your  “LUSU Involvement Record” to see these updates. 

My Submissions

Quickly access your form submissions at any time, whether they are in progress, awaiting approval, or already decided upon.
Non-officers have limited access to downloadable content. 

Managing Your Form Submissions

There is a status listed under each one of your submissions:

StatusDescription
In ProgressRequest has not been submitted and is still editable.
PendingRequest has been submitted and is awaiting approval.
ApprovedRequest has been approved by an LUSU Clubs Administrator. At this point, the item can no longer be modified.
DeniedRequest has been denied by an administrator and can be modified and resubmit.

In addition to the status, you are provided the status date (last time the status changed), date completed (submission date), and the ability to view, print, or delete the submission. You can also modify in progress submissions and resubmit denied submissions using the view button under the “Action” column.

My Downloads

Access any downloads you have requested. 

Non-officers have limited access to downloadable content.