IV-E BSW & MSW Scholars need Portal Profiles to take courses through the MN Child Welfare Training Academy. If you have questions or run into technical issues, fill out a ticket form on the Contact Us page.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Important
- Use your school email, unless you are a UMN or UMD student.
- UMN/UMD students must use an email address that is NOT associated with your academic account including alternate email addresses.
- For Current Title/Role, select “Current Student/Intern”.
- For Start Date, select the date closest to the beginning of the current semester.
- For Agency Type, select “State”.
- For Agency, select your school/university.
- For Direct Supervisor, please leave blank.
- For Additional Comments, note that you are a current IV-E student and include the name and email of your coordinator.
How to create a Portal Profile
Step 1: Request a Portal profile
Video: Profile request tutorial
- Go to the Login or Register page: https://mnchildwelfaretraining.com/account/signup/.
- Click the yellow “new profile request form” button.
- Fill out the form (refer to the bullets above while filling out the fields).
- Click “submit”.
- The training team will review and approve your request. This may take a day.
- When you are approved, you will receive an email (titled "Your MNCWTA Training Portal Profile request has been approved") with instructions for the next steps.
- NOTE: If you already have a guest account, skip the create a guest account step in the email and go to step 3 in this guide.
Step 2: Create a UMN guest account
(Skip if you already have a guest account)
Video: Guest account creation and log-in tutorial
Fill out the Create Guest Account form. Use the same email as your Portal profile request and create a password.
Click Submit.
Your guest account has been created!
Step 3: Finish setting up your Portal profile
Video: Using the MNCWTA Training Portal: How to Grant Permission to Canvas tutorial
- Log-in to the Training Portal as an existing user at https://mnchildwelfaretraining.com/account/signup/ by clicking the purple "Log In" button on the left.
- You will be prompted to sign into the UMN guest account you just created.
- This will bring you into your Portal.
- You will see a pop-up to take a tour of the site. Please take the tour.
- Click the Grant Permission button so you can access Canvas through the portal.
Step 4: Connect with your coordinator
- Once your profile has been set up, please confirm this with your University’s IV-E Coordinator.
- To accept an invitation from your coordinator, follow the steps in MSW/BSW Students Connect with Coordinators.
Step 5: Keep your Portal profile updated
- When you have a supervisor, you can add them to your Portal Profile.
- When you graduate, your coordinator will disconnect from your Portal Profile.
- Do not create another Portal Profile or UMN guest account.
- If you need help updating your profile, submit a ticket with the MNCWTA help desk.
Other resources:
Purpose of University of Minnesota Guest Account
Resolve tech issues - for issues with the Portal or Canvas
Not getting a response from the help desk?