Create Individual Students

This article explains how administrators create individual student accounts.

Role(s) Required: District Administrator or School Administrator 

This feature is for Self-Serve Rostering customers only. 

Create Students

1. Navigate to Manage in your administrator account.

2. If your account is associated with more than one school, click the Schools icon and select a school from the school list.

3. Click the Students icon.

4. Click the Options button and select Create Student from the drop-down menu.

5. In the “Create Student” modal, complete the required fields for the new student (required fields are denoted by an asterisk):

First Name*: The student's first name.
Middle Name: The student's middle name.
Last Name*: The student's last name.
Student ID*: The student’s unique ID. This student ID must be unique within your district. 
Email Address: The student's email address. This must be unique to the platform.
Username*: The username the student will use to log into Great Minds. This username must be unique within your district.
Password*: A temporary password the student can use to log in for the first time.

6. Click the Create button to create the new student. 

Field Requirements

Field	Requirements
Name Field	Alphanumeric and special characters
Student Id	Must be unique to the district Supported characters: [a-z]  [A-Z]  0-9
Email Address	Must be unique to the platform  Must be in email address format (name@domain.com)  Supported characters:  [a-z]  [A-Z]  0-9  hyphen, underscore, plus, dot, @
Username	Must be unique to the district  Cannot be an email address  Minimum of 5 characters  Maximum of 100 characters  Supported characters:  [a-z]  [A-Z]  0-9  hyphen, underscore, plus, dot
Password	Minimum of 8 characters  Must contain at least 1 lowercase letter  Must contain at least 1 number

Tips

Students will not receive an email that their account has been created.
Students created without email addresses will have to log in using a site code.
The "Student ID" field maps to sis_id in our system. Sis_ids should never be changed or reused for different users. If you need to change a user's sis_id or reuse a sis_id (not recommended) please contact our Technical Support Team for assistance.