Financial Aid Management System

Account Registration and Confirmation

Table of Contents

• Introduction• What is the FAMS?• Registration• Confirmation

Introduction

Welcome to the FAMS

• FAMS– Financial Aid Management System– The FAMS is the next generation; combines

elements and styles from• Financial Aid Data Exchange• WV Higher Education Grant Program Web Site

Registration

• New User Creation• Upgrade an Account

– Financial Aid Data Exchange

– WV Higher Education Grant Program

RegistrationCreating a new account

• Click “New User” in the login panel

• Follow the on-screen registration wizard

• New Features!– Username– Security Question

and Answer

RegistrationUpgrading an account

• If you have credentials for FAMS, WVHEPC Financial Aid Data Exchange for the World Wide Web, or WV Higher Education Grant Program web site, please sign in using that set of credentials.

RegistrationUpgrading an account

• Sign in on the login panel using your email address and password

• Follow the on-screen registration wizard

• New Features!– Username– Security Question

and Answer

RegistrationUser Creation

• Your username can be any unique name• Password regulations

– At least 7 characters; no more than 10– Must include at least:

• One upper case letter• One lower case letter• One numeric digit

• You must supply a unique e-mail account• Security Question and Answer

RegistrationUser Information

• Enter your– preferred salutation– First name– Middle Initial (optional)– Last name– Suffix (optional)– Telephone number– Extension (optional)

RegistrationAffiliate(s) and Role(s) requests

• Choose an Affiliate• Choose a Program• Choose the Role(s) you

would like• Click “Add Selected

Roles”• Continue until you have

requested all necessary roles from each Affiliate and Program– Delete roles, if necessary

• Click NEXT

RegistrationPrivacy Policy and Terms of Use

• You must read and accept– Privacy Policy– Terms of Use

RegistrationApproval of requests

• Once registration is complete– Administrator(s) of the

requested affiliates will receive an email notifying that an active request is Pending

– The administrator must then either Approve or Deny each individual request against their own affiliate

Account Confirmation

• Once an Administrator approves your account, you will receive an email with confirmation instructions

– You will only receive one confirmation code for each Affiliate, regardless of the number of Program Role requests approved

• Click, copy and paste, or type the link provided• Log in using the username and password created during the Registration

process• Copy and paste the confirmation code into the box provided, then click

“Submit”