Attaching General Profile Information to Students

Users, such as school office administrators, can use the Profile sub-tab of the Student Profile to view or modify a student's demographic information. You must enter the required information when you are adding a student to the system. If all the information was not available at the time you added the student, attaching additional information to the Student Profile is vital to maintaining accurate student records.

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You may see fields in the following media that do not apply to your state. Please reference the written documentation for guidance on fields applicable to your state.

Audio Transcript

Attaching general profile information to students enables you to verify or modify demographic information for all your students. Let’s begin the process by navigating to the Student Profile feature within the Student module. After ensuring that we’re on the correct student profile, we can begin verifying and making modifications to each field as necessary. Some of these fields were previously filled out when this student was added to the system. We can update student demographics, such as name information, pronunciation details, birth date information, and more. For this example, we want to enter this student’s Gender Identity. We’ll also select the appropriate pronouns for this student now. We can scroll down to view more fields. Any student distribution information can be modified here by checking or unchecking the desired boxes. We can also check the boxes for Guardian Signed Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), Chromebook Documents Returned, Handbook Signed, UIL Fee Received, Opt Out Of Media, and Transportation Requested if needed. Further down on the screen, any state reporting information can be updated as needed. Lastly, we can modify any federal reporting information if we’d like. If any changes were made to this student’s profile, we can click Save Changes. Now that you know how to view or modify general information for your students, you can be sure that any updates can be made to keep your students’ records up to date.

Attaching general profile information to students enables you to verify or modify demographic information for all your students. Let’s begin the process by navigating to the Student Profile feature within the Student module. After ensuring that we’re on the correct student profile, we can begin verifying and making modifications to each field as necessary. Some of these fields were previously filled out when this student was added to the system. We can update student demographics, such as name information, pronunciation details, birth date information, and more. For this example, we want to enter this student’s Gender Identity. We’ll also select the appropriate pronouns for this student now. We can scroll down to view more fields. Any student distribution information can be modified here by checking or unchecking the desired boxes. We can also check the boxes for Guardian Signed Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), Chromebook Documents Returned, Handbook Signed, UIL Fee Received, Opt Out Of Media, and Transportation Requested if needed. Further down on the screen, any state reporting information can be updated as needed. Lastly, we can modify any federal reporting information if we’d like. If any changes were made to this student’s profile, we can click Save Changes. Now that you know how to view or modify general information for your students, you can be sure that any updates can be made to keep your students’ records up to date.



  1. Select Menu > Administrative Access > Student.
  2. Select Student Profile under Features.

    You see the Student Profile for the first student listed alphabetically in the entity or for the last student whose profile you had open.

  3. Verify you are in the correct Entity and school year by checking the information at the top left of the screen.
  4. Begin entering the student's name in the Student search field near the top left of the screen.
  5. Select the student from the drop-down list.

    You see the Student Profile for the student you selected.

  6. Select the General tab group at the left of the screen.
  7. Select the Profile sub-tab.

    You see existing profile information for the student.

  8. Complete the appropriate fields.

    Required fields are identified with an asterisk. You must complete required fields before you can save your work.

    1. Optional: Under the Student Details heading, verify the box for Name is One Name is checked or unchecked.

      If unchecked, continue to the next sub-step.

      If checked the Last Name, First Name, and Middle Name fields no longer display. Skip to sub-step e.

    2. Verify the student's Last Name or enter the correct name.
    3. Verify the student's First Name or enter the correct name.
    4. Optional: Verify the student's Middle Name or enter the correct name.

      Skip to sub-step f.

    5. Verify the Name or enter the correct name.
    6. Optional: Verify the student's Name Suffix or enter the correct suffix.
    7. Optional: Verify the Pronunciation or enter the correct pronunciation.

      You can use this field to indicate the phonetic spelling of a student's name if needed.

    8. Optional: Verify the box for Specify Separate Legal Name is checked or unchecked.

      If you checked the box, the Legal Name is One Name, Legal Last Name, Legal First Name, Legal Middle Name, and Legal Name Suffix fields display. Continue to the next sub-step.

      If unchecked, skip to sub-step o.

    9. Optional: Verify the box for Legal Name is One Name is checked or unchecked.

      When checked, the Legal Last Name, Legal First Name, and Legal Middle Name fields no longer display and the Legal Name field displays. Skip to sub-step m.

      If unchecked, continue to the next sub-step.

    10. Verify the Legal Last Name or enter the correct name.

      This field defaults based on the student's last name but can be modified if necessary.

    11. Verify the Legal First Name or enter the correct name.

      This field defaults based on the student's first name but can be modified if necessary.

    12. Optional: Verify the Legal Middle Name or enter the correct name.

      This field defaults based on the student's middle name but can be modified if necessary.

      Skip to sub-step n.

    13. Verify the Legal Name or enter the correct name.
    14. Optional: Verify the Legal Name Suffix or enter the correct suffix.
    15. Verify the student's Birth Date or enter the correct date.
    16. Verify the student's Gender or choose the correct gender from the drop-down list.
    17. Optional: Verify the student's Gender Identity or enter the correct gender identity.

      This field only displays if the box for Use Gender Identity is checked in the System Configuration of the Demographics module. Additionally, Gender Identity codes must exist in the Demographics module.

    18. Optional: Verify the student's Pronouns or enter the correct pronouns.

      This field only displays if the box for Use Pronouns is checked in the System Configuration of the Demographics module.

    19. Optional: Verify the Student Number or enter the correct number.

      The student number automatically generates when a student is enrolled, so this field may have an existing value. Alternatively, you can click Generate New Student Number to the right of this field to create a new student number.

    20. Optional: Verify the SSID or enter the correct ID.

      If you do not know the student's State Student Identifier (SSID), this field can be left blank. You can obtain a student's SSID through a request to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) or submit an extract for students without SSIDs using the SSID export/import process.

    21. Optional: Verify the Conversion Key or enter the correct key.
    22. Verify the student's Primary Language or enter the correct language.

      You can use this field for your organization's language tracking purposes.

    23. Verify the student's Native Language or enter the correct language.

      This indicates the first language learned by the student and is used for Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS) reporting purposes.

    24. Verify the Student Language Spoken at Home or enter the correct language.

      This indicates the primary language the student speaks at home and is used for CEDARS reporting purposes.

    25. Optional: Verify the Feeder School or enter the correct feeder school.
    26. Optional: Verify the box for Student Access is checked or unchecked.

      When checked, if the entity has an online payment vendor set up, the Override Fee Online Payment Access and Override Food Service Online Payment Access checkboxes display. Continue to the next sub-step.

      If you unchecked the box or if you checked the box and an online payment vendor is not set up for the entity, skip to sub-step ac.

    27. Optional: Verify the box for Override Fee Online Payment Access is checked or unchecked. If you checked the box, choose the Fee Online Payment Override Type.
    28. Optional: Verify the box for Override Food Service Online Payment Access is checked or unchecked. If you checked the box, choose the Food Service Online Payment Override Type.

      This field only displays when an API for online payment is set up.

    29. Optional: Verify the boxes for Distribute Student Information For are checked or unchecked according to your organization's policy.

      These boxes indicate whether student information can be included in a report and distributed to a requesting party. The options that display are based upon the selections made on the Distribution Settings tab in the Entity Group Year Configuration of the Student module.

      You can use the Select checkbox if you wish to check or uncheck all options.

    30. Optional: Verify the box for Guardian Signed Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is checked or unchecked.
    31. Optional: Verify the box for Chromebook Documents Returned is checked or unchecked.
    32. Optional: Verify the box for Handbook Signed is checked or unchecked.
    33. Optional: Verify the box for UIL Fee Received is checked or unchecked.
    34. Optional: Verify the box for Opt Out Of Media is checked or unchecked.
    35. Optional: Verify the box for Transportation Requested is checked or unchecked.
    36. Note: Some fields may be optional in the process but are required for state reporting purposes.
      Under the WA State Reporting heading, verify the Expected Graduation Year or check the box for Override.

      Typically, students are assigned an expected graduation year that is four school years greater than the year they begin ninth grade, or for transfer students from either out of district or out of state, based on a transcript evaluation. You should only check the box for Override to update the expected graduation year if a special education student may be assigned an expected graduation year that is beyond the standard four-year period, or for a student in a transitional bilingual education program, or for a migrant student.

      If you checked the box for Override, the Expected Graduate Year Override and Expected Graduation Year Override Comment fields display. Continue to the next sub-step.

      If you did not check the box for Override, skip to sub-step am.

    37. Enter the Expected Graduation Year Override.
    38. Enter an Expected Graduation Year Override Comment.

      You could enter an expected graduation year override comment to document the reason for the change in the Expected Graduation Year field.

    39. Optional: Under the Federal Reporting heading, verify the box for IB Diploma Programme is checked or unchecked as necessary.
  9. Click Save Changes near the top left of the screen to save your work.

    You remain on the Profile sub-tab of the Student Profile, which displays the changes you made.

Result(s)

You have successfully attached general profile information to a student.