Shoreline Network Account - New Student

Student applies to the college; activates with the State Board 

A Prospective Student will not have access to Shoreline accounts. A prospective student is someone who has not applied yet. 

  1. Student submits their application through the Online Admissions Application Portal (OAAP) for Washington State Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) to Shoreline Community College 
    • Student receives a confirmation email after they submit 
      • Only contains the application number with generic text 
  2. Student is accepted within 2-3 business days 
    • Possibly delayed if applying for a quarter very far into the future. 
    • Some processes are automated only for specific quarters 

Student is accepted at Shoreline; student activates CTCLINK Account

A Prospective Student then becomes an Applicant. They will then have State level access (ctcLink ID), but no local access (Shoreline Network Account ). 

  1. Involves a 2-step process within ctcLink. It may be 8+ hours between acceptance and when the “Welcome” email is sent. 
    • “Welcome” email must be sent from ctcLink, otherwise Shoreline Network Account will not be created until registration 
    • "Welcome” email contains their ctcLink ID number and instructions on how to activate 
    • Receiving of email may be delayed if student applied to a quarter far in the future 
  2. After Student’s ctcLink account is activated, student can register for OCEANS and update personal information.  
    • Student won’t be able to register if: 
      • Their application has not been admitted (“incomplete” in ctcLink) 
      • They are not active for the term/quarter they are attempting to register for (must be term activated by Enrollment Services) 
      • They need an ID Verification
      • or if the OCEANS Course is incomplete

Shoreline Network Account has been created

An Applicant will then have limited local access (Only software access would be for Starfish and AIM) 

  1. After the "Welcome" email is sent to student from ctcLink 
    • Shoreline's local system will create a Network Account for the student 
    • The Network Account should be migrated to Entra and synced with Local AD 
  2. Once their Shoreline Network Account is set to be verified on Entra 
    • A notifying email is sent to the student’s "preferred" email address in ctcLink 
    • In the Shoreline Network Account notifying email: 
      • Student is given their Network ID (firstname.lastname@go.shoreline.edu) 
      • Student is also notified that within 24 hours, they will have access to some services 
      • Student will also be given a temporary password with instructions on how to use the temp password (to reset their password) 
  3. Overnight, the student's Shoreline Network Account is sent to Starfish and AIM 

Student registers in ctcLink; Shoreline Network Account is fully enabled

An Applicant with limited local access will then become a Student. Students have full access. 

  1. Within 24 hours of registration in ctcLink, our local system is notified 
    • If student does not already have a Shoreline Network Account, one will be created now 
      • Once account shows up in Entra, the email for the Network ID is created 
  2. If the account was already on Entra or confirmed to be on Entra 
    • Notifying email is sent to the student as in Step 3, except they are instructed to reset their password 
    • Overnight, the Shoreline Network Account is sent to Starfish and AIM 

If you continue to have issues with activation, view Shoreline Network Account Issues.

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