How to Set Up your School Account

This article is intended to help Louisiana Schools understand how to set up their Odyssey school accounts. 

To begin, the school’s principal must first receive a welcome email from Odyssey with a link to register & set up the password for the school account. Once completed, they can log in to the Odyssey School account which will look like this: 

School Confirmation Set Up 

To start the set up, click on the [Start Registration] button. Once there, you’ll be prompted to fill out the required information.

1. Verify and edit the Primary Contact’s Information, if needed.

2. Verify and edit the School’s Information, if needed.

   Please note that you must verify the address by clicking on the box next to ”The address and details listed above are correct”.

    

3. Enter the Minimum and Maximum grade levels approved by BESE from the dropdown that will pop up.
4. Enter the projected capacity of GATOR students per grade level. 
   1. Please note that entering the projected seats does not constitute any requirement to admit GATOR students to your school; it’s only for planning purposes.
   2. You can click on the plus sign to add other grade levels or on the minus sign to delete any grade levels.
5. Review and confirm the Acknowledgements and click [Next] once you're done.  
6. In the School Acknowledgements section, read all the attestations and confirm them by clicking the checkbox next to each one. This is a required step.
7. After checking each box, please digitally sign and click [Submit] to finalize the School Confirmation Set Up.

Please note: After completing this portion of the set up, you’ll be taken back to the home page where you will see a checkmark next to [School Confirmation], your application’s status will move to In Progress, and the [Enter Banking Information] button will pop up. 

Bank Account Set Up

1. Click the [Enter Banking Information] button. 
2. Carefully read the instructions for the Stripe Setup. We recommend having the business or financial manager of the school assist with the setup process.
3. Enter the school’s address information, a mobile phone number in which you can receive Stripe’s verification code, and the school tax identification number.
4. Check the box next to “On behalf of the school, I verify that the details listed above are correct”. 
5. Click [Submit]. 
6. You will be taken to Stripe’s page where you will finish setting up your Stripe account by following the instructions as they come up.
   1. For detailed instructions on how to set up a brand new Stripe Account, please refer to How to Set Up Stripe for Schools.

Once everything is completed, your school account will be set up. You will be taken back to the home page where you will see a checkmark next to Bank Account Setup and your status will change to Enrollment, meaning you've successfully enrolled as a school in the Louisiana GATOR Program.

Video Tutorial on the Set Up Process: