Student Accounts/Logins/Passwords
Computer/Google/Canvas
General Information
STUDENTS MUST LOG-ON TO A SCHOOL COMPUTER FIRST. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE ACCESS THE WIFI, CANVAS, GOOGLE ACCOUNTS, OR CHROMEBOOKS UNTIL THEY LOG-ON TO A SCHOOL COMPUTER.
Logging on for the first time
Directions
- Look up the student's username in Canvas. Click "people." The student's username is on the class roster, under Login ID.
- The student will enter his/her username and password to log-on to a school computer. At the first log-on, the student's password will be his/her username.
- The student will be prompted to create a new password.
Example for first log-on:
username: nsaban016
password: nsaban016
Student will receive a prompt to change/create new password.
First Time Log-on Problems and Solutions
- If the student's username is less than 8 characters, the student's PASSWORD will be the username with 0's added to the end to reach the 8 character length.
- Example- username: jdoe5 / password: jdoe5000
- Hyphenated names: It is suggested to remove the hyphen in both the username and password field.
Student Account Work Orders
From here forward, please put student account issues in a work order. *I will still take care of password resets.
Be sure to include the following information in the work order to ensure that the work order is assigned to the correct technician at Computer Services. Please see below
Subject Field: Include the student's name and short listing of problem
Description Field: Describe in detail the problem with the student's account. Always specify if it is a computer log-in issue, Canvas, Google, or iNow issue
Category: Accounts
Subcategory: Student Accounts
MCBOE#: 0000 or 1234 (Any number will do)
Click Create New Incident
Wifi
Students will log-on with their username and password.
Google Accounts
Students may access their Google Accounts AFTER they have successfully logged on to a computer.
Go to www.google.com. Then click "sign in" in the top, right corner.
Google log-on example:
username: nsaban016@madison.k12.al.uspassword: students enter the password they created at first computer log-on
Canvas
Go to mcboe.instructure.com
Students will log-in with their username and password.
Alison Madison
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