1. Financial Aid Management System Account Registration and Confirmation

2. Table of Contents Introduction What is the FAMS? Registration Confirmation

3. Introduction

4. 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

5. Registration New User Creation Upgrade an Account –Financial Aid Data Exchange –WV Higher Education Grant Program

6. Registration Creating a new account Click “New User” in the login panel Follow the on- screen registration wizard New Features! –Username –Security Question and Answer

7. Registration Upgrading 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.

8. Registration Upgrading 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

9. Registration User 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

10. Registration User Information Enter your –preferred salutation –First name –Middle Initial (optional) –Last name –Suffix (optional) –Telephone number –Extension (optional)

11. Registration Affiliate(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

12. Registration Privacy Policy and Terms of Use You must read and accept –Privacy Policy –Terms of Use

13. Registration Approval 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

14. 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”