Create New User

Aug 25, 2026

Tools/Manage Users/Create New User

!Ask new staff if they already have a SIRAS account

Use Choose User to search for existing SIRAS account

We don't want to create duplicate account.

IF SELPA user creating account for District User

Switch Scope to District that user account needs to be from

Create New User

Create new user mode

Check Availability, Reset

Type staff persons firstname.lastname into the check availability box

Click Check Availability

see if the username is already taken

Click on 'check availability'

If it is, consider putting the number 2 in the username at the end of first or end of last.

newfirst.newlast2

If the username is not taken, we next set the temporary password.
Click to 'assign default password'

SIRAS will tell you the password when we finish creating the new user.

After clicking we can see the password assigned

Update / Verify

First Name

Last Name

!!We minimally need email when creating an account.

This email address is the one the Email Password Reset goes to!!

We don't assign students yet.
We can leave them a general user if all their students will be assigned individually.

Or we can assign User Access Roles.

Click Create New User

When user account is created successfully we will get the blue message up top.

In the message is the default password they can email the user when the account is done.