Resources for Students with Partner Accounts

On this page, you’ll find information and resources specific to you as a student with a Partner Student Account.

About Partner Student Accounts

A Partner Student Account allows you to use all of the tools available to students on CaliforniaColleges.edu. If you’re enrolled in of our Partner Districts, then you should already have a Partner Student Account created for you. You will need to register your account before you can access CaliforniaColleges.edu.

Partner Districts have established a formal data-sharing agreement with California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI), which makes it possible for your school district to securely upload your transcript data into CaliforniaColleges.edu.

Student Tools Tutorials

Our interactive tutorials give you step-by-step instructions for how to use and navigate the student tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu. To access the tutorials, simply click on the dark blue bars below for the type of resource you’re looking for. This will expand each section and allow you to see the different tutorials we have available to help you explore the platform. Clicking on the “Start the Tutorial” button will launch the tutorial in a new tab/window on your browser.

If you’ve never used one of our tutorials before, watch the video below to learn how to navigate one.

26 STEPS

1. Read the screen for more information.

Click the right arrow below the tutorial to advance to the next slide.

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2. On the tutorial screen, you’ll find the title of the tutorial on the top right.

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3. On the bottom right, you’ll find an information box that tells you how many steps there are in the tutorial and how long it should take for you to complete it.

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4. Before moving on, we’ll go over how to change the learning mode of a tutorial.

This allows you to adjust the tutorial to the learning style that works best for you.

Click the Try It button on the bottom left of the tutorial.

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5. Clicking on the button will lead to the Select Mode pop-up window, which lists the different learning modes.

Our tutorials default to the Try It mode, which allows you to interact with the tutorial as it goes through different steps.

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6. The Scroll It mode provides you a list of steps and accompanying images.

The Slide It mode allows you to view the steps like you would a slide deck presentation.

The Watch It mode allows you to watch the tutorial like a video.

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7. Click the X button on the top right of the tutorial to close the Select Mode pop-up window.

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8. Next, we’ll go over how to change the language of the tutorial.

Click the Gear button at the bottom of the tutorial.

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9. If you don’t see the Settings button, look for the three dots on the bottom menu and click on it.

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10. In the popup menu, you’ll find the Settings button. Click the button.

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11. Clicking on the Settings button will take you to the Settings pop-up window.

Click Change.

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12. Clicking on Change will take you to the Choose Language menu, which is in alphabetical order. You can scroll down to find the language you want to translate the tutorial to.

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13. You can also use the Quick Find function to find the language you’re looking for. Simply type the name of the language in the search box.

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14. The language of your choice should appear as a choice beneath the search box if it is available.

Click the link.

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15. Click the X button on the top right of the tutorial to close the Choose Language pop-up window.

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16. The tutorial will automatically translate to the language you selected.

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17. Next, we’ll go over how to download the tutorial as a PDF.

Click the Download button at the bottom of the tutorial.

If you don’t see the Download button, you can find it in the extended menu by clicking the three dots on the bottom menu again.

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18. Choose the page orientation you want for the PDF. Click whichever orientation works best for you.

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19. Click the X button on the top right of the tutorial to close the Download PDF pop-up window.

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20. Next, we’ll go over how to view the tutorial in Full-Screen Mode.

To view the tutorial in Full-Screen Mode, click the Screen Mode button at the bottom of the tutorial.

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21. To exit Full-Screen Mode, simply click the Screen Mode button again, and it will minimize the tutorial to its regular size.

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22. Click the Start Tutorial button in the middle to start the tutorial.

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23. When you start the tutorial, a few other buttons will appear.

When using Watch It mode, you can click the Pause/Play button at the bottom of the tutorial to play or pause the video at any time.

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24. You can also use the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of the tutorial to move back and forth between steps.

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25. You can also zoom in and out of the page being displayed on the tutorial by clicking the Magnifying Glass button on the bottom of the tutorial.

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26. And that’s it! You’re ready to start using the tutorials and experience what it’s like to use and navigate CaliforniaColleges.edu!

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Here’s an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2194377/How-to-Use-the-Interactive-Tutorials?iframeHash=watchsteps-1

How to Register Your Student Account

How to Add a Secondary Email to Your Student Account

How to Reset Your Password

Middle School and High School Students

Our Career Assessments can help you identify your values, interests, learning styles, and strengths and learn how they can connect to fulfilling careers. Beginning in middle school, you can access the following Career Assessments:

How to Use the Interest Profiler

The Interest Profiler helps you discover how your interests connect to different careers by asking questions about how much you like or dislike different work activities. The Profiler then provides you with a list of careers that match the activities you like.

How to Use the Learning & Productivity Assessment

The Learning & Productivity assessment asks you questions about how you learn best, then uses your answers to highlight which styles of learning and what kind of learning environments might work best for you.


High School Students Only

How to Use the Personality Assessment

The Personality assessment is similar to a Myers-Briggs personality type assessment. It asks you to respond to different descriptions, then uses your responses to highlight characteristics that align to your personality and corresponding careers.

How to Use the Work Values Assessment

The Work Values assessment asks you to rank values related to work, such as coworker relationships, creativity, and compensation. At the end, you will be presented with careers based on the values that are most important to you.

How to Use the Intelligences Assessment

The Intelligences assessment asks you questions about how you think, solve problems, and come up with new ideas. Using your answers, the assessment will present you with information on your strengths, how to develop them, and what careers your strengths might match.

How to Use the Skills Assessment

The Skills assessment will give you a better understanding of your skills as they fall into five distinct categories: Conscientiousness, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Social-Emotional Ways. It’s designed to help you to develop your individual skills and find careers that are a good match for your skill set.

Our Career, Major, and College Search Tools allow you to identify potential careers that match your interests, find what majors will help you achieve your career goals, and explore what colleges best meet your needs.

How to Use the Career Search Tool

The Career Search Tool on CaliforniaColleges.edu helps you find the right career path by allowing you to explore careers that match your interests, learn what they involve, see what kind of pay and growth potential they offer, and understand what education and skills you will need to pursue them.

How to Use the Major Search Tool

Our Major Search Tool allows you to discover programs and majors that interest you, learn more about what they involve, and find colleges that offer them.

How to Use the College Search Tool

Our College Search Tool helps you find the best colleges for your needs in California and across the country, based on the factors that matter most to you.

Preparing to succeed in college, career, and life begins by making a plan. Our college and career planning tools can help set you up for success as you begin to plan for life after high school.

Middle School Students

How to Use the Academic Planner for Middle School Students

Our Academic Planner can help you set yourself up for success by allowing you to plan your future coursework, review your completed courses and grades, and make sure you’re on track to achieve your college and career goals.


High School Students

How to Use the Academic Planner for High School Students

Our Academic Planner can help you set yourself up for success by allowing you to plan your future coursework, review your completed courses and grades, and make sure you’re on track to achieve your college and career goals.

How to Use the CSU and UC Eligibility Tools

To achieve your college goals, you need to know what you’ve accomplished and what steps you still need to take. Our CSU and UC Eligibility Tools allow you to:

  • Track your progress toward meeting CSU’s and UC’s minimum GPA and A-G course eligibility requirements
  • Identify subject areas you have not yet satisfied
  • Seek advice from your counselor with any concerns about your coursework and grades

How to Use “My Goals”

My Goals helps keep you on track by allowing you to identify, set, and monitor your academic, college, and career goals.

How to Use “My Journal”

My Journal allows you to reflect about your past, make connections to your present, and plan for your future.

How to Use “My Documents”

My Documents is your free storage space where you can save important college, career, and financial aid documents such as college essay drafts, letters of recommendation, award letters, and others.

How to Use “My Experiences”

My Experiences helps keep you on track for future success by allowing you to identify, set and monitor your academic, college and career experiences.

How to Launch and Track Your CCCApply Application

The CCCApply application acts as your gateway to the California Community College campuses. By launching your application through CaliforniaColleges.edu, you and your counselor can track your all your community college applications in one place and verify which ones have been submitted.

How to Launch Your Cal State Apply Application

The process of deciding what you want to do about college is complex, but submitting your application shouldn’t be. By launching your Cal State Apply application through CaliforniaColleges.edu, you can track the status of all your applications to CSU campuses.

How to Import Courses and Grades Into Your Cal State Apply Application

Using CaliforniaColleges.edu to import your courses and grades into your Cal State Apply application ensures the accuracy of your information by verifying your data and helping prevent errors that can delay or deny admission.

How to Track Your Cal State Apply Application Status

In CaliforniaColleges.edu, you and your counselor can track your Cal State Apply application status and verify that it has been submitted.

How to Launch Your UC Application

Applying to a UC can be an important step toward achieving your college and career goals. You can launch your application directly from CaliforniaColleges.edu.

How to Import Courses and Grades Into Your UC Application

Import your courses and grades into your UC Application to ensure the accuracy of your information, verify your data, and help prevent errors that can delay or deny admission.

How to Review and Finalize Your Courses and Grades in the UC Application

After importing your courses and grades into the UC Application, carefully review your imported courses and grades and edit them as needed to ensure accuracy.

How to Track Your UC Application Status

In CaliforniaColleges.edu, you and your counselor can track your UC Application status and verify that it has been submitted.

Financial aid is one of the most important and complex parts of the college application process. Through CaliforniaColleges.edu, you can access tools that will help you learn about, plan for, and apply for financial aid.

Our financial aid lessons will help you understand:

  • How to find the cost of attending college.
  • What financial aid options are available.
  • How to apply for different types of financial aid.
  • How to complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application (CADAA).
  • How to choose the offers that best meet your needs.
  • What steps to take after submitting your financial aid application.
  • How to secure state aid.

How to Use the Financial Aid Lessons for 6th-10th Grade Students

How to Use the Financial Aid Lessons for 11th Grade Students

How to Use the Financial Aid Lessons for 12th Grade Students

How to Launch Your Financial Aid Application

How to Track Your Financial Aid Application

Other Resources

Looking for information you couldn’t get from the tutorials? Check out our other resources below that may help you find your answer.

Help

Our searchable Help page provides answers to common questions about CaliforniaColleges.edu. If you need help with something on CaliforniaColleges.edu, or want to know more information about something related to the platform, you might be able to find an answer on the Help page.

Tutorials

Interested in other tutorials about CaliforniaColleges.edu? Check out our Tutorials page for a full list of tutorials offered on the Resource Hub.

Digital Resources

If you’re looking for digital resources you can share via social media, email, or another communication channel, check out our Media page for shareable social media posts, newsletter/website blurbs, and more.