Creating Student Logins

How-to

This program will generate usernames and passwords for students at a school(s) or district wide. Use the following steps to generate this list.

1. After logging in to WebPams, select Loaders under Student Master.
2. Select Student Login Editor.

Setup Box Options

1. Year and District--These will default based on security settings.
2. School--You may select a single school, a group of schools, or all schools in the district.
3. As-of-Date--This is the enrollment date for students. It will default to the current date.
4. Select Grade--Leave the Grade field blank if all grade levels are to be included. Otherwise click in the box to the right of “Grade” to select the desired grade level(s) to be included.
5. Select Ethnic--Leave the Ethnic field blank if all ethnics are to be included. Otherwise, click in the box to the right of Ethnic to select the desired ethnics to be included.
6. Select Gender--Leave the Gender field blank if both genders are to be included. Otherwise, click in the box to the right of Gender to select the desired gender(s) to be included.
7. Select Programs--Leave the Programs field blank if all Programs are to be included. Otherwise, click in the box to the right of Programs to select the desired Program(s) to be included.
8. Select Club--Leave the Club field blank if all Clubs are to be included. Otherwise, click in the box to the right of Club to select the desired Club(s) to be included.
9. Select Sport--Leave the Sport field blank if all Sports are to be included. Otherwise, click in the box to the right of Sport to select the desired Sport(s) to be included.
10. The first Show selection allows you to restrict your list of students to All, Sped Only, or Non Sped.
11. The second Show selection allows you to restrict your list of students to All, 504 Only, or non 504.
12. Click Ok to move to the next screen.

Definitions of Column Headers

Sidno--Local Student ID number

Student--Full name of student

School--School in which student is enrolled

Login ID--Username generated by program. Standard format is first initial last name and a sequential number if needed.

NOTE Existing Login IDs that do not follow this format can be created on a student by student basis. These non-standard logins can be kept or replaced when making mass changes.

Password--Automatically generated value. It can be changed using the instructions below.

Inactive--Check this box to temporarily remove a student's or group of students' permission to use the Student Progress Center.

To Mass Generate New Login Ids and Passwords through the Student Login Editor

1. Use these instructions to mass generate logins and passwords for the first time. The mass generation can be done for the whole district or school by school.
2. If this is the first time to generate Login IDs and Passwords you probably do not have any information in these columns.
3. To generate new Login IDs and passwords for every student, click the check box in the column header at the top left of the student list.
4. Click the Generate button at the bottom of the screen.
5. An Auto Generate dialog box will appear.
6. Indicate which one or both of the items you want to generate (Login ID/Password) by clicking the appropriate check box. This will generate Login IDs for students without one and it will generate new passwords to replace existing passwords for all students. This is a mass replacement of all passwords.
7. Respond to the question about whether or not you want to keep the existing generated Login IDs.

   Answering Yes will not change existing Login IDs but will generate new IDs for any student without an ID.

   Answering No will change existing Login IDs that do not follow the first initial last name format and will generate new passwords if you have requested to do so above.

8. Click the Generate Login Data button.

To Edit Existing Login IDs and/or Passwords through the Student Login Editor program

1. Select an individual student or a group of students by clicking the check box to the left of the name(s).
2. Click the Generate button at the bottom of the screen.
3. An Auto Generate dialog box will appear.
4. Indicate which one or both of the items you want to generate (Login ID/Password) by clicking the appropriate check box. This will generate Login IDs for selected student(s) without an ID and it will generate new passwords to replace existing passwords for all selected students.
5. Respond to the question about whether or not you want to change the existing generated Login IDs.

   Answering Yes will not change existing Login IDs but will generate new passwords if you have requested to do so above.

   Answering No will change existing Login IDs that do no follow the first initial last name format and will generate new passwords if you have requested to do so above.

6. Click the Generate Login Data button if you are changing multiple students.
7. Click the Save button if you are changing an individual student. Changing individual students allows you to create Login IDs that do not follow the standard format.

To Edit Existing Login IDs and/or Passwords through the Student Master

1. Select Student Master from the areas on the left of the main screen of WebPams.
2. Find the student whose Login/ID and/or Password needs to be changed.
3. Click the Permissions tab at the bottom of the window.
4. Click the View Access button.
5. The Student Login Permissions popup will appear with three options.

   Inactive--check to temporarily remove this student's permissions to access the Student Progress Center.

   Login ID--replace existing Login ID for this student with a new ID.

   Password--replace existing Password for this student.

6. Click Save at the bottom of the Student Master window.
7. Click the Generate Password button to replace existing information.