The WCLN site is available for any staff from a member district.   

As such, any staff (with district email address) can make an account on the site using the green button in the top-right of the site.

  • The basic (default) account enables the user to preview courses and view posts.  If staff would like to preview courses, they can do so at any time.   Also, some classroom teachers use the site for helping with interpretation of the curriculum and/or coming up with ideas for their students.
  • A Confirmed Teacher account enables additional access to teacher keys and forum posting.  Why confirm?  As some districts use a similar email address formats for staff and students, we require accounts to be confirmed by local admin before having further access.
  • Each district/program will have one (or sometimes two) Download Techs.    These folks are typically the technical leads within their program and will install courses for teachers.    As such, Download Techs have access to course downloads (found at the bottom of the Discussion Forums).   The Download Techs are assigned by the OL Program admin.
 

Teachers cannot use the WCLN.ca site for students.  If a teacher is wanting to use a course resource with their students, then they need to talk to their local admin about getting a copy of the course built for them on their local district server.   

If a teacher is using a WCLN resource with students, then they will want to:

  1. Go to the Discussion Forum and subscribe to the forums related to your course(s).   Otherwise, you will miss out on updates and related discussions.
  2. If you want access to teacher keys, you can find (as a Confirmed Teacher) at the bottom of the Discussion Forums.   
  3. You will need to set the passwords in your course (see: WCLN.ca > Teacher Support).
Last modified: Monday, 26 January 2026, 10:53 AM