How To Obtain Parent Activation Codes

Parent Activation Codes can be viewed or downloaded from the main screen of your SchoolWise web portal. 

You can run a SW web query to view or download a csv file with all parent activation codes and then run a SW desktop report to generate an optional setup guide letter for parents if desired. 

We have several reports you can run from SchoolWise web Administrator Reports menu and SchoolWise SIS Reports menu to obtain activation codes or verify the parent portal account status for each student. 

• Class Rosters With Parent Activation Codes
• Class Rosters With Parent Activation Codes Whole School
• Class Rosters With Student Activation Codes
• Class Rosters With Student Activation Codes Whole School
• Student Activation Codes Whole School (ADA Enrollment Not Required)
• Student Parent Activation Status Whole District
• Student Parent Activation Status Whole School (ADA Enrollment Not Required)

Note: Make sure you provide the correct activation code or the wrong student(s) will be linked!

Activation Codes look like the following where the first letters T, M, P or S stand for Teacher (staff), Parent, Member,  or Student:

• T-A06B-EE02-5F941-432  (Teacher)
• P-A06B-EE02-5F941-432 (Parent)
• M-A06B-EE02-5F941-432 (Individual Member)
• S-A06B-EE02-5F941-432 (Student)

If an in-household parent does not have a web portal account, an activation code will automatically be generated when you enroll a student in your school (the creation of the enrollment record triggers this action, not the specific enrollment effectivity date). In-household parents (User Type P) web accounts are linked to all students in the family by FamID.

Activation codes for an individual web portal account for out-of-household parent/contact (User Type M) are generated upon request. Out-of-household parents/contacts (User Type M) web accounts are explicitly linked to specific students. Click here for instructions to link additional students.

Note: Once an activation code is used and an account has been created, the activation code is no longer of use. Activation codes are only generated for in-household parents who have not created an account. Many times users forget their user login and/or their password and want to have their activation code again. The activation code won’t help them. What they actually need to do is retrieve their user id and password. Click here for instructions.

Parent Activation Code Letters can be generated in this manner:

1. Login to your SchoolWise web portal account and click on the Parent Activation Codes link.

2. Click the Export Codes to CSV file link and save the downloaded file and remember the location on your hard drive where you have save the file.

3. In SchoolWise Desktop open the Report Explorer and navigate to the Gradebook folder and run the report Parent Portal Setup Guide Letter

It will prompt you to provide the code file you just downloaded.

Navigate to the Parent Codes folder and select the file and click Import. Be careful to select the correct file if you have saved other older files to that location by observing the file name and date.

Letters are then produced for each family with the correct activation code and URL. These letters need to be distributed to each family and then they can follow the directions and create accounts without having to have an email address.