How Do I Enroll New Users so They Have Access Rights to EDconnect Transmissions?

Primary Destination Point Administrators (Primary DPAs) and their Secondary Destination Point Administrators (Secondary DPAs) for their organization should follow these instructions when enrolling users for access rights to EDconnect transmissions.

  1. Select the Primary Destination Point Administrator Access link on the home page.
  2. Enter your FSA User ID and p assword . Select Login .
  3. Read and accept the Privacy Act Acknowledgment and Rules of Behavior, and complete annual security training, as required by the Access Identity Management System (AIMS).
  4. Select Manage Electronic Services .
  5. Enter the TG number the new user will use to transmit batch data. Select Next .
  6. Select Add a new user from the menu.
  7. Enter the demographic information for the user you are enrolling. Select Continue .
  8. On the Online Services Selection Page, select Yes when asked “Do you wish to have access rights to EDconnect transmissions?” Select Next .
  9. On the EDconnect Entitlement Access page, select Yes when asked "Do you wish to access rights to EDconnect transmissions?" Select Continue .
  10. Select Open Statements (required) to print the Federal Student Aid User of Electronic Services Statement. A Federal Student Aid User of Electronic Services Statement must be completed for every employee to whom you grant EDconnect access. After the statement is signed by both the Primary DPA and the person he or she is enrolling, the Primary DPA must store the statement in his or her files. Do not send the statement to CPS/SAIG.
  11. After successfully printing the Federal Student Aid User of Electronic Services Statement, close the Adobe Acrobat window to return to the Federal Student Aid User of Electronic Services page. Select Continue .
  12. Select OK when asked if you have successfully printed the Federal Student Aid User of Electronic Services Statement. It is advisable to print the Receiving Confirmation page for your records.
  13. Select Continue on the Receiving Confirmation page to return to the Enroll Users for Online Services page. If you have additional users to add, return to step #5 in these procedures and repeat the process.

Before a new EDconnect user can log into EDconnect, he or she must have an FSA User ID. If the new EDconnect user does not have FSA User ID, he or she must go to the home page of the SAIG Enrollment site and select the FSA User ID Registration link to register. After the new EDconnect user has completed his or her registration, an FSA User ID will be e-mailed to him or her.