New Student Enrollment Instructions

The following directions are intended for parents who are enrolling your child(ren) for the first time in a Diocese of Lincoln School AFTER receiving the approval email message from your school. If you are re-enrolling your child(ren) for the upcoming school year, do not use this guide. Use the Returning Student Instructions instead.

Accessing Enrollment Forms

1. Open any internet browser on your computer (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Etc.)
2. Type https://powerschool.cdolinc.net/ into the address bar
3. Type in the Username and Password used to log into the PowerSchool Account. Then click the Sign In button
• If you do not remember your Username click the Forgot Username link under the Parent Account Recovery Links section at the bottom of the screen
• If you do not remember your Password click the Forgot Password link under the Parent Account Recovery Links section at the bottom of the screen
• If you don't have a PowerSchool Parent Portal account, please refer back to the approval email message from your school. This email contains your student's Access ID and Access Password. Once you have those two pieces of information, follow the guide on creating a PowerSchool Parent Portal account.

4. Once on the PowerSchool Parent home screen you will see the students you have associated with your parent account in the blue bar at the top of the screen. Click on a student to begin the enrollment process.
   • If you are missing a student in the blue bar, they are not associated with your account. Please contact your school and they will provide you with a letter that contains your student's Access ID and Access Password. Once you have those two pieces of information, follow the guide on creating a PowerSchool Parent Portal account

5. Then click on Forms button toward the middle of the Left Navigation

Filling Out Enrollment Forms

8. On the Forms Screen you will see a list of enrollment forms that need to be completed.
   • The progress bar above the forms will fill in green as you complete the individual forms.
9. Click on the first blue link in the list (usually A. Student Info) to be taken to the first enrollment form you need to complete.

10. Above the form is the Form Ribbon. This allows you to move between forms in the enrollment process. Use the arrows on either end of the ribbon to scroll to see more forms.

11. Just below the Form Ribbon is the Archive Header. If a form has been previously submitted, the archive header gives you the ability to view these submissions.

12. The rest of the page is the form itself. The form will be pre-populated with existing information the school has on file for your student. You need to confirm what the school has on file is correct, and update any information as needed.
13. Fields with the * icon are required fields. They must be filled out in order for the form to be submitted.

Uploading a Document

Some enrollment forms will require you to download additional documentation. These will be presented as hyperlinks that take you to a PDF file to download. You may need to download, print, sign, and scan before uploading these files. If unable to complete digitally, please drop off the required documents at the school office prior to the start of school

14. To upload a document you will need to click the Upload button
15. A side pop out window will open

16. Click the Browse button
17. This will open a file explorer on your device. Locate the file you need to upload and click it
18. Back in the side pop out window click the green Upload at the bottom
19. You will then get a File uploaded successfully message if every uploaded correctly

Submitting a Form

20. Once the form is filled out, press the Submit button at the bottom of the page. Your form will be submitted and reloaded. If the form submission was successful, a pop-up window will open thanking you for the submission.

21. Next to the Submit button is an arrow that brings up a couple of options for submission.
22. For some forms, the first may be “Submit for Family”. Choosing this option will allow you to choose which of your children you would like this submission to apply to. This is useful for a form that is not student specific. Using “Submit for Family” will change the values submitted on the form, for the other children associated with your account.
    • “Submit for Family” is only available on a few forms
23. The other option is to “Submit & Jump to…”. Below this option is a list of forms you can open after submitting this form.

24. Repeat steps 8 - 14 for any additional child(ren) associated with your account.

Save for Later vs. Submit

Along with the Submit button is the Save for Later button.

Use the Save for Later button if you have entered data on the from but are unable to finish or submit the form at this time. PowerSchool will save any information already filled out so you do not have to re-enter later. It is recommended that you save a form if you have to step away from your computer, as PowerSchool may log you out for inactivity.

Saved forms are saved locally on your computer. You can access the saved entry from your same user on the same browser. You will not be able to access the saved data from another device. A form with a saved entry will appear Empty in the form listing.

When to Save of Later:

• You need to step away from the computer
• You do not have all the required information but have filled out some of the information on a form

When to Submit:

• You are ready to send the form to the school for approval

Approval

All forms require a school administrator to verify the information before it is submitted. After submission the form will go into a pending state until the administrator approves or rejects the submission. A pop-up window will open on submission, informing you the form is pending approval.

The form will have a yellow background and edited fields that need approval will have a red flag beside them. Hovering over the flag will show the current and previous response for that field. On the Forms page, a pending form will have the status of Pending Review with a blue incomplete circle with checkmark icon.

If the form is approved, the status will be Approved with a green circle with a checkmark.

If the response to the form was rejected, he status will be Rejected with a red circle with a X icon.

Clicking the form name will display the form with a red background. A pop-up window will open, letting you know the form was rejected. If the administrator indicated a reason the form was rejected, that reason will also display on the pop-up.

Click the Edit Rejected button to be able to edit your submission. Once you finish making your changes, resubmit the form. It will return to pending status.

If the form is set up to send parent notifications and you have enabled them on your account, you will receive an email when a form's status moves from Pending to Approved or Rejected.