Question
n: What is Edline?
E
Answer: Edline is a web
w based to
ool that allow
ws parents/gguardians to m
monitor studdent’s classrroom
ormance onliine, check fo
or large projeects or assignnments and communicatte with teachhers.
perfo
Question
n: How do I get an Edlline accountt?
Answer: Every studeent at Julius West MS haas an accounnt, and each student accoount has a
"pareent account" linked to it. This allowss the parent//guardian to view inform
mation from
classrroom teacheers.
Question
n: How do I access Edliine?
Answer: You need to
o activate yo
our account. Activation
A
ccodes have bbeen mailed hhome and w
will
be/weere given ou
ut at back to school nightt. Sixth gradde students acctivated theiir codes duriing
the media
m
center orientation and
a seventh and eighth ggrade studennts who are nnew to the scchool
or wh
ho had not acctivated theiir codes, actiivated them tthrough theiir first periodd classes. If you
still need
n
your acctivation cod
de please con
ntact Anita A
Anderson thrrough e-maill at:
Anita_
[email protected]
Question
n: How do I activate my
m account?
Answer: Once you have
h
your acctivation cod
de follow theese steps to aactivate yourr account.
1. Open
n the school web
w page at http://www.mcps.k12.m
md.us/schoolls/westms. C
Click on the
Edlin
ne box; this will
w open thee Edline hom
me page.
2. Click
C
on “Sig
gn Up”.
3. Enter
E
the 12 letter
l
code th
hat was mailled or emaileed to you in the box and click Enter..
Notice
N
that yo
ou can comb
bine accountts if you havee more than one studentt enrolled at the
scchool to creaate a single account.
a
Y
name an
nd school sh
hould appearr under Seconnd. Make suure it is reallly your name.
4. Your
Now
N Select “Activate This Code”.
A
the liccense agreem
ment. Click on
o I Agree.
5. Accept
6. Select the pro
oper accountt type, eitherr a New Accoount for a neew user, or C
Combined
Account
A
in orrder to add more
m
studentts to an existting account.
n the next seeries of stepss you will Crreate Your A
Account. Chhoose a screeen name and a
7. In
password. If you receive a message that
t says youur choice forr a screen naame may nott be
av
vailable, please continuee to select sccreen names until one is accepted.
y
name orr names (of both parentss). Click on C
Continue.
8. Please enter your
N
please click
c
on Add
d Email Add
dress.
9. Now,
E
your prim
mary e-mail address. Re--enter it. Notee that you willl be sent a coonfirmation
10. Enter
message
m
and must
m use the link
l in the meessage to actiivate the emaail. Click on Save & Retuurn.
11. You
Y may add
d another em
mail if, for example, both parents wouuld like sepaarate email
reeports. If yo
ou want grad
de reports sen
nt to your em
mail, make ssure you click the New
Report
R
Alertss box. Select a Security Question orr make up yoour own. Thhe question w
will
alllow your paassword to be
b sent to you
u in the evennt you forgett it.
12. The
T next window shows you
y links to Edline help documents if you ever nneed to referrence
an
nything. Cliick on Contiinue when yo
ou are finishhed.
13. You
Y will now
w be at your home
h
page for
f the schoool. You mayy now look aat the Combiined
Calendar.
C
Heere you will find informaation that thee teachers haave posted fo
for you to seee
reegarding classes. In ordeer to view yo
our child’s ppage, you maay have to cllick on My
Edline
E
(the drrop-down menu)
m
to view
w his/her nam
me. You willl see their classes in the
cllasses sectio
on. You can also select the
t Private R
Reports optioon in the Useer Content
seection. Thiss link is used
d to view graade progress reports.
14. This
T will brin
ng up all the classes that have a gradee progress reeport availabble
Seelect
th
he View optiion.
15. A grade progrress report will
w show up
p. A sample one is show
wn below.
Question
n: I have acttivated my account. Do
o I need to k
keep the acttivation code?
Answer: No, you maay discard yo
our code because you wi ll now accesss Edline usiing the screeen
namee and passwo
ord you creatted during th
he activationn process.
Question
n: I have forrgotten my screen nam
me and or paassword, wh
hat should I do?
Answer: First try the link at Edlin
ne that will send
s
your innformation too the email aaddress that you
proviided during the
t activation process. Iff that does n ot work or yyou did not pprovide an em
mail
addreess you will need to send
d an email to
o Anita_J_Andderson#@mccpsmd.org
with the student’ss full name and,
a
if know
wn, their MCP
PS ID numbber stating thhat your forggot
your password. Please
P
also prrovide a pho
one number tto contact yoou.
Question
n: How often will gradees be updateed?
Answer: Teachers will
w update Edline once every
e
two weeeks. Pleasee keep in minnd that teachhers
d their best to maintain accurate graade books. Y
You may recceive a Grad
de Report eemail
will do
even if your chilld’s grade has
h not been
n posted yet.. Any time tthe teacher pposts grades,,
even if he/she posts for half the
t class, you
u will receivve a grade reeport. Pleasee wait at leasst 24
hourss before conttacting the teeacher. A teeacher may aalso have poosted grades to Edline, buut
Edlin
ne updates on
nce every 24
4 hours after the school dday.
Question
n: My studeent's schedu
ule is incorreect. When w
will this be ffixed?
Answer: Please hav
ve the studen
nt check with
h his/her couunselor.
Question
n: I do not seee my questiion listed - where
w
can I gget more hellp?
Answer: Read through the help document
d
in
n Edline, or ssend an email to:
Anita_
_J_Anderson#@mcpsmd.o
org
Be ass specific as possible wh
hen describin
ng your probblem or requeest.