Infinite Campus Password Reset Enhancement

If you haven’t encountered it yet, you will the next time you log into Infinite Campus . . .

In order to protect your privacy and security, Infinite Campus has been updated with a new security feature that will require you to update your security preferences.  This Password Reset functionality allows you, as a user, to recover and modify your Campus account password without the need for district intervention.

Infinite Campus users are allowed to defer setting those preferences TWICE, but on the third login attempt, the system will force the process.  So be ready!

Below are the two preference choices that are required:

Set User Account Recovery Email
Enter your email address. This must be a valid email address and we suggest using your district email address. Password recovery is done through a unique URL sent to this email address. Failure to provide a legitimate email address means an inability to recover your password.

Set User Preferences
Set up your Likes and Dislikes selections.  You’ll need to make sure that a total of 8 Likes and 8 Dislikes images populate the Your Selection area prior to saving.

So . . . in the screenshot example shown below, in the left window, you will need to click on eight pictures that represent things you like or prefer. In the window on the right, click on eight pictures that represent things you dislike or do not prefer. In either window, you may choose pictures from one or multiple tabs. Your selections will appear in the Your Selection window and they will be used to help you reset your password should the need arise.

To change one of your selections, click on the picture to remove it and add a different one. You must have eight likes and eight dislikes selected in order to save. You can return and edit your selections at any time from the Account Preferences menu option inside Campus.

**To process your preferences, you’ll need to type your current password, then click on the Save Changes button.**

If you do happen to forget your password, all you have to do is click on the Forgot your password? link at the bottom of the login screen for Infinite Campus.

Student computer/network accounts have been reset.

Passwords for all WDMCS student computer/network accounts have been reset.  Note: this does not include Infinite Campus accounts/passwords, they have been left intact.

Q1.  Why are student passwords reset??
A1. Because a high number of students can not remember their password from the previous year. Over time, we’ve found that its much easier to reset all the passwords, this enables students to quickly get back into the system.

Q2.  What is the format of the accounts?
A2.  Same format as last year…    First Initial of First Name (or first initial of nickname, if available), First Initial of Last Name, then student number.

Example:  Will Doe, but goes by Bill Doe, so Bill is listed in his nickname field.  Student number is 12345.

His user id is therefore:    bd12345,  If he doesn’t have Bill listed in the nickname field, then his id would be wd12345.

Q3. What would the students password be?
A3.  Student passwords have been reset to match their unique user id.   Once they log in, the system will require students to change their password.

Q4. If they were a student last year – do they still have the same files in their H drive? 
A4. Students who moved from 6th grade to 7th grade are starting over with new, blank H drives.  However, all other students who had accounts last year, were allowed to carry over their files from last year.

Q5 . How often are accounts made/updated?  In other words – a new student walks in the building, when can they use their account?
A5.  Accounts are process every 6 hours.  This means that in most cases, it will be the next day before all accounts are properly processed.

Q6. Are students computer accounts being run by Infinite Campus this year? or do the buildings manually control the student accounts?
A6.  Students accounts will continue to be run automatically by the information in Infinite Campus.  Several times each day, the system looks to Infinite Campus for new students and/or changes to existing students – and then automatically handles the updates to the student accounts.