Description and Utility
This article provides instructions on how to log in to myFolio and complete the foundational components of your profile.
Getting started
There are two ways to log in to your myFolio site. You can directly access your School’s myFolio page or go through the Folio Collaborative Website and sign in.
- School’s myFolio URL: schoolURL.foliocollaborative.org (Ask you myFolio School Admin for your school's direct URL, or go to the Folio website).
- Folio Website URL: http://www.foliocollaborative.org
Upon reaching the myFolio website, click the menu item “Login”. This will display a Sign In Page where you can either enter your Email and Password or sign-in with Google single sign-on.
Signing into myFolio Using Google Account Credentials
Follow the steps below if your school has allowed myFolio users to sign-in using Google Apps for Education/Work Account Credentials.
To sign into myFolio, click the “Sign-in with Google” button on the sign-in screen.
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If you are already logged into your Google Account, you will be taken to the “Request for Permission” screen. You will be prompted to allow myFolio to:
- View your email address
- View your basic profile info
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If you are NOT already logged into your Google account, you will be prompted to log into your Google Account. You then will be taken to the “Request for Permission” screen.
Click the “Allow” button, and you will be taken to your myFolio Homepage page.
NOTE:
- Your myFolio account email address must be the same as your Google App Account email address.
Signing into myFolio Using Email and Password
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The first time you sign in, you will need to provide an email address and password.
- Email: Your school email address
- Password: Ask your myFolio School Admin what your password is, or click the "Forgot your password?" link to reset your password.
Upon your first login, the myFolio platform will prompt you to immediately change your password. Please select a secure one that you will remember.
myFolio Profile Components
The Folio Homepage
The first page you will land on is the Homepage. This page provides an overview of your myFolio account. Some key components on this page are the widgets to create a Goal, Note, and various other features dependent upon what the school myFolio Admin has turned on. The Community Feed will be visible on the right-hand side of the page and other key overview items will be visible underneath the centered widgets.
Completing Your Profile
To begin, click your name in the top right-hand side of the screen. On the left-hand side of this page there is a module called “Complete your profile”. This will walk you through the profile items you will need to fill out to complete your profile. These items (except for Goals) can also be found by clicking “About”.
Clicking “About” brings you to the profile sections you will need to complete. These sections are entitled “Overview”, “Education”, “Five Words”, “Work”, “Accomplishments Personal/Professional”, and “Narrative”. An additional Profile Component called “Additional Information” may also be enabled by your myFolio Admin. If so, they may provide a customized label and instructions for your review. Check with your myFolio Admin on this component.
Completed Profile Sample
If you would like to see what a profile looks like once it is complete, please feel free to access the sample available via the link below.
- URL: sandbox.foliocollaborative.org (no www)
- Email: teacher13@sandbox.org
- Password: testdrive1