How to create an account#

This guide makes you an account on a portal, so you can create records and edit the ones you are given access to. You do this once for each portal.

Before you start#

You need an email address you can read, because the portal sends a message there that you must open. If the portal says sign up is closed, ask its administrators to create an account for you.

Steps#

  1. Open the portal and select Create account under the buttons at the top of the Home screen.

  2. On the Sign up screen, type your email address in Email.

  3. Type a password in Password, and the same password in Password (again).

  4. Type your given name in First name and your family name in Last name.

  5. Select Sign Up.

  6. Open the email the portal sent to your address and select the link in it. If you cannot find the message, check your spam folder.

Sign up with ORCID instead#

If you have an ORCID iD, you can sign up with it and skip the password:

  1. On the Sign up screen, select ORCID.

  2. On the page headed Sign In Via ORCID, select Continue, then sign in at ORCID and authorise the portal.

  3. If the portal shows a page headed Sign Up, check your email address and Display name, then select Sign Up.

Signing up with ORCID also links any profile already made for you. See How to claim your profile with ORCID.

The result#

After step 5 the portal shows a page headed Verify Your Email Address. After you follow the link in step 6 you are signed in and arrive on the Home screen, headed My Dashboard, with a greeting such as Welcome, Ada!

Next, Create your first dataset, or edit your profile so colleagues can recognise you.