Creating a New Student Account

Use this page to add a new student account. 

 Permission

To create a new student, the "Add Students" permission is required. 

To personalize the grading, pacing, and grade weights settings, the "Change Pacing, Grading, and Assessments" permission is required. 

  1. Click Students
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  2. On the Registration tab, click Create student
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  3. Enter the student's first name, last name, username, and password (entered twice). The other fields are optional. 

     Note

    User names must be unique and contain at least 1 character and no more than 100 characters. Effective March 30, 2023, passwords for all new accounts and any changes to passwords for existing accounts must have a minimum of 8 characters.

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  4. Set the following options for the student. The defaults are already provided.
      • Specify the course options for the student. 
        OW-create_student-specify_course_options.png
      • Personalize the grade weight category for the student. 
         OW-create_student-grade_weights.png

         Note

        If changes are made to GPA and/or Weighting then it creates new criteria across all courses for that student. If GPA and/or Weighting only needs to be changed for one course, this can be done at a later time during the course enrollment process.

      • Set the permissions for the student. 
        OW-create_student-set_permissions.png
      • Set additional permissions for the student. 
        OW-create_student-set_addl_permissions.png
      • Set writing-specific permissions for the student. 
        OW-create_student-set_writing_permissions.png
  5. Click Save
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