How to Register Your Basic Parent Account

About Basic Accounts

As part of a partnership between CCGI and the California Department of Education (CDE), 6th-12th grade students in your school district can register Basic Accounts on CaliforniaColleges.edu. This means that students in your district will receive access to many of the college and career planning tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu.

About CCGI’s Partnership with CDE

If you haven’t already, we recommend using our District Lookup Tool to make sure you’re able to register for the type of account that’s available to you. If you used the District Lookup Tool and were redirected here, that means you’re the parent/guardian of a student that can register a Basic Account.

Because your child may use CaliforniaColleges.edu for college and career planning, you also have the opportunity to get a Basic Parent Account on CaliforniaColleges.edu, at no cost to you or your child’s school district.

Instructions

Click the bars below to obtain instructions for how to register your Basic Parent Account.

Follow the steps in the tutorial below to register your Basic Parent Account. If you’ve never used one of our tutorials before, watch this video to learn how to navigate one.

13 STEPS

1. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to register your Parent Account.

Navigate to CaliforniaColleges.edu and click Register Your Account.

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2. Select I am a Parent/Guardian from the dropdown menu.

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3. Start typing the name of your child’s school district. The school district’s name will auto-complete as you type it.

If the district doesn’t appear, you may not be able to register an account. Click this link if you can’t register your account.

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4. Start typing the name of your child’s school. The school name will auto-complete as you type it.

If the school doesn’t appear, you may not be able to register an account. Click this link if you can’t register your account.

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5. Click Next to continue.

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6. Enter your child’s first name, last name, Student ID Number, and date of birth.

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7. Click the checkbox certifying that you are a parent.

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8. Once you have completed each section, click Next.

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9. Once you register your Parent Account, you will be brought to the Family Dashboard.


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10. To add additional children, click Add Another Student under My Students.

Please note, once your child graduates from high school, the connection to your Parent Account will be terminated.

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11. Complete each section and then click the checkbox to certify that you are a parent.

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12. Once you have completed each section, click Save.

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13. Once you have saved your child’s information, you will be able to view their name listed on the Family Dashboard under My Students.

And that’s it! You’ve successfully registered and set up your Parent Account.

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Here’s an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2184224/How-to-Register-Your-Parent-Account?iframeHash=watchsteps-1

Once you’ve registered your Basic Parent Account, you can sign in and start using the tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu right away.

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If you need help learning how to best navigate and use the tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu, check out the interactive tutorials, educator guides, webinars, and other resources on the CaliforniaColleges.edu Resource Hub.

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