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

  1. Go to the Login or Register page: https://mnchildwelfaretraining.com/account/signup/.
  2. Click the yellow “new profile request form” button.
  3. Fill out the form (refer to the bullets above while filling out the fields).
  4. Click “submit”.
  5. The training team will review and approve your request. This may take a day.
  6. 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.
  7. 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

  1. Go to https://my-account.umn.edu/create-guest-acct.

  2. Fill out the Create Guest Account form. Use the same email as your Portal profile request and create a password.

  3. Click Submit.

  4. 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

  1. 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. 
  2. You will be prompted to sign into the UMN guest account you just created. 
  3. This will bring you into your Portal. 
  4. You will see a pop-up to take a tour of the site. Please take the tour.
  5. Click the Grant Permission button so you can access Canvas through the portal.


Step 4: Connect with your coordinator

  1. Once your profile has been set up, please confirm this with your University’s IV-E Coordinator. 
  2. To accept an invitation from your coordinator, follow the steps in MSW/BSW Students Connect with Coordinators.


Step 5: Keep your Portal profile updated


Other resources:


Purpose of University of Minnesota Guest Account

Update your email and/or name

Resolve tech issues - for issues with the Portal or Canvas

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