There is often confusion surrounding the CALI authorization code among new students. Here are a few tips and a 2 minute video that should help avoid confusion. Please pass them on to your students:
- Before creating a new account at cali.org, find your school's authorization code and have it handy. Contact your school's rep at www.cali.org/contacts or just talk to a librarian at your school.
- You use your school's authorization code JUST ONE TIME: during your first cali.org registration/account creation process. Enter it into the box entitled "Authorization Code." You'll never, ever type or have to think about your school's authorization code again after your new cali.org account is confirmed.
- Your school's authorization code IS NOT your username or password: You create your own username during your first registration/account creation. You create a unique password by following a link CALI will send you in an email immediately following the first registration step. This may sound confusing, but take two minutes to watch the video and you should understand.
- Once you've registered, use the username/password you created during registration to login at cali.org. Once registration is complete and your account is created you use your own username and password -- not your school's authorization code, which you will never need again.