What is Self-Registration and how do I use it?

Self-Registration is the process for Instructors, Parents, and Students to register themselves into your Christ In Us portal. It will also allow for class rostering and linking students to parents.

Advantages and Disadvantages

The advantage of using Self-Registration is that you will not have to add users into your Christ In Us portal, thus eliminating a significant portion of the portal setup process. The disadvantage of using Self-Registration is that you must communicate the Self-Registration steps to your community members and wait on your users to Self-Register.

The Self-Registration setup process is linear, so follow the following steps in order.

1. Instructor Self-Registration
   1. Notify your instructors that they need to self-register themselves into the Christ In Us portal by providing your custom website address provided to you in your Welcome/Activation email.
   2. Go to the custom website address and select the blue Register tab.
   3. Select Instructor.
   4. Complete the required information on the form and select the green Create tab.
   5. Once Instructors have self-registered, you may create classes in your Christ In Us portal. Move to the next step.
2. Create Classes
   1. Once instructors have created accounts (registered), you may create classes. Follow the instructions provided in the How do I Add or Import Classes? document. NOTE: Students will self-register and roster, so you will not be adding students to the classes at this time.
   2. You will need to capture the Class Registration Code for each class you create to share with the parents and children in each respective class. TIP: If you have class rosters, note the Class Registration Code by each class name on your roster.
3. Parent and Student Self-Registration
   1. Notify parents of a given class that they need to self-register their children and themselves into the Christ In Us portal by providing your custom website address provided to you in your Welcome/Activation email. You will also provide them the Class Registration Code.
   2. Go to the custom website address and select the blue Register tab.
   3. Select Student.
   4. Complete the required information on the form for the child and select the green Create tab. Each child will now be registered as a student and enrolled in their class.
   5. Once students have been self-registered, parents will now register and link to their child(ren)'s account(s).
   6. Go to the custom website address and select the blue Register tab.
   7. Select Parent.
   8. Complete the required information on the form for the parent, including the Linked Student Account(s) section. TIP: To add additional children, click the plus sign in that section. Select the green Create tab. Each parent will now be registered and linked to their children.

As community members self-register, they will be visible in your portal under the Manage Instructors, Manage Students, and Manage Parent screens. In addition, you will have access to their usernames and passwords, should you need them.

Upon completion of this process, you will have added Instructors, Parents, and Students into your portal and created classes with students. In addition, your students will be linked to their parents so that parents can access student assignments, scores, messages, and calendars.