Student-Accounts – Albright College

Welcome to Albright College! Click on the Account Activation section below to continue with the account creation process.

Your Albright LionLink Account (Username)

Your LionLink is your key to all online Albright systems and resources. Albright LionLink account is the portion of your email address before the “@albright.edu” and typically follow the format “firstname.lastname001″. After your enrollment deposit is confirmed by our Admissions Office, you will receive a confirmation email. Your LionLink credentials will be mailed to your home address in the LionGuide during the first week of May. If you do not receive this package, please contact the Office of Admission at admission@albright.edu or 800-252-1856.

Example: Your name is Sam D. Student, your Albright email address and LionLink will likely be:

Your name is: Sam D. Student

Your email address: sam.student001@albright.edu

Your LionLink: sam.student001

*Note: Your LionLink account name may differ if you have a name in common with another student, or if your full name is greater than 20 characters.

  1. To activate your LionLink account you will need your username and PIN from your LionGuide package sent the first week of May. If you do not receive this package, please contact the Office of Admission at admission@albright.edu or 800-252-1856.
  2. You must activate your LionLink account before you can access any other Albright online services, including student email.

LionLink Account Activation

  1. Gather required information Refer to the Deposit Acknowledgement email from the Office of Admissions for your LionLink username and 5-digit PIN.
  2. Activate your account 
    • Go to LionLink
    • Select ‘Activate New Account’
    • Enter your LionLink UserID and 5-digit PIN
    • Check ‘Agree to Terms and Conditions’
    • Create your password
    • Update ‘Security Questions’
    • Enter ‘Alternate Email’

    Your new password must be:

    • At least 10 characters long
    • Must contain at least one Uppercase letter
    • Must contain at least one Lowercase letter
    • Must contain at least one Number
    • Must contain at least one Special Characters (!,@,#,$,%,^,&, or *, for example)
    • Cannot contain segments of your username

Your Office 365 account at Albright gives you access to a number of services. You will access your Albright webmail here, but also have access to 1TB of One Drive Cloud Storage, Microsoft Office software online, and up to five licenses of the most current version of Microsoft Office for use on personal devices. To access this system you will go to the Office 365 login portal and log in with your Albright email address and LionLink password.

Your Albright Email Address

Albright email addresses typically follow the format “firstname.lastname001@albright.edu”. This may differ if you have a name in common with another student, or if you have a longer name.  Example: Your name is Sam D. Student, your Albright email address and username will likely be:

Your name is: Sam D. Student

Your email address: sam.student001@albright.edu

Your username: sam.student001

Activating Your Albright Email Account

Students in the Traditional Undergraduate Program

Your Albright student email address will be mailed to your home address in the LionGuide during the first week of May. If you did not receive this package, please contact the Office of Admission at admission@albright.edu or 800-252-1856.

  1. Get your Albright student email address Refer to the LionGuide sent by the Admission Office with your account account information. This packet is sent during the first week of May.
  2. Log in to Albright webmail Go to Office 365 and log in  using your Albright student email address and your LionLink password.
    *You must enter your full email address.
    *Passwords are case sensitive.
  3. Set your time zone Eastern time for Reading, PA is listed as GMT -5.
    *You may not be prompted to set this information.

Students in the School of Professional Studies

Your Albright student email address will be mailed to your home address in the LionGuide during the first week of May. If you did not receive this package, please contact the Office of Admission at sps@albright.edu or 1-888-253-8851.

  1. Get your Albright student email address Typically you will receive your Albright account information the night of your cohort orientation. If you are unable to attend or did not receive your credentials, please contact the School of Professional Studies at sps@albright.edu or 1-888-253-8851.
  2. Log in to Albright webmail Go to Office 365 and log in  using your Albright student email address and your LionLink password.
    *You must enter your full email address.
    *Passwords are case sensitive.
  3. Set your time zone Eastern time for Reading, PA is listed as GMT -5.
    *You may not be prompted to set this information.

Your Self Service account allows you to access course, grade, and financial information if you have made charges to your student account.

Accessing Self-Service

Go to Self Service and enter your LionLink credentials to log in.

Using Self Service

You can access details about your course and grade information on the following tabs:

  • Register – Register online for classes during the open registration periods. Watch for notices from the Registrar about these periods, and please reach out to the Regisrar with any additional questions you have about registering for courses.
  • Class – View information about your current or past classes.
  • Grade – View grade information for completed classes.

You can use the ‘Financial’ to access information about your Student Account. Under this tab, click the link or button to open ‘Lion Pay’. Once in LionPay, you can review billing information, pay your bill, or create an account for a parent or guardian to sign in to view your billing information

Canvas is Albright College’s learning management system (LMS). Your professor may require you to use Canvas to submit assignments or complete activities for your class. If you are not sure if you will be using Canvas for your class, please contact your professor for more details.

Canvas is accessed using your LionLink account. For assistance using Canvas, use the following resources:

Click on the Student FAQ for answers on how to use Canvas, or

Click on the Canvas Student Guides for detailed instructions on how to use each part of Canvas as a student, or

Contact Client Services if you are having trouble with Canvas, ZOOM or other tools

PawPrint is Albright College’s print management service, it is powered by YSoft’s SafeQ software suite.  Pawprint allows members of our community to securely print from labs, college issued computers and personal devices.  It supports direct printing, web uploads and email submission of compatible file types.  Documents are held in a secure holding queue until released to one of the campus release enabled copiers (Multi-function Device or MFD). Students are able to print in the Campus Center Main Lounger, Chapel: Haskel Lounge, CCM Labs, Teel 216, Science Hall Student Room 3rd Floor, Roessner Hall 1st and 2nd Floors in the Academic Halls, and the Masters Hall English Common Room.

Submitting Documents to the PawPrint secure queue

Academic Computers – Albright Lab computers now have the print queue “pawprint on net-print-safeq”. To submit a job from a lab computer, use the ‘Print’ option in the program you are using, and make sure “pawprint on net-print-safeq” is the selected printer.  This will submit the document to the PawPrint holding queue.

Email your documents to pawprint@albright.edu After signing in to your Albright Email account, start a new email. Attach to the email the document that you would like to have printed and enter pawprint@albright.edu as the recipient. Doing so will add the document to your personal PawPrint queue and will

Upload Your Document to the PawPrint

  1. Visit PawPrint at https://pawprint.albright.edu/m/ and sign in with your LionLink username and password (DO NOT use @albright.edu)
  2. Once you are signed in, you will see the page below. To send a new document to your queue, click on “Upload new print job”.
  3. Click “Browse” and navigate to and then choose the document that you would like to print. When you are finished, click “Upload”

Release Stations

There are two options for authentication at the PawPrint release stations:

  1. Entering your LionLink Credentials
  2. Tapping your Albright ID Card

If you would like to tap your card for authentication at one of the PawPrint release stations, you must first link your Albright ID card to your Albright LionLink Account. To do this, please:

  1. Tap your ID card on the Card Reader attached to the printer
  2. Enter your LionLink username and password on the MFDs input display and press the “Login” button

We recommend that you test your ability to sign in with your card after going through these steps. If you find that your ID card is not associating with your LionLInk account or have any other issues, please reach out to Client Services  for assistance at 610-921-7676 or clientservices@albright.edu

Releasing your print job

  1. Make sure the MFD is not is Power savings mode before you Tap your ID card.  If the display is dark, press the wake/sleep button
  2. Login to the MFD by Tapping your College ID on the Card Reader.  If you do not have your ID card you can login to the MFD with your LionLink Account.
  3. On the MFD’s input touch screen select Sharp OSA fro mthe tabs at the top of the screen.
  4. In the OSA module Select Ysoft SafeQ
  5. In The YSoft SafeQ Waiting section, select the documents you would like to print.
  6. Press the on screen Print button.
  7. Sign out using the orange Sign Out button in the lower right corner when you are done.

Click here if you would like a copy of the PawPrint instructions that are posted at MFD’s around campus.

The Identity System serves as a collection of information to help you keep organized as you pursue your degree at Albright. It contains your student “To-Do” list as well as other information, such as your course schedule, account balance, and complete Experience Events. Prior to starting at Albright College and throughout your time here, this system will identify steps you need to take to keep on track with forms and other tasks you need to complete to continue progressing towards your degree.

Check in often at the Identity System to follow for items you need to complete or check the other information available.

Student eDocs will be where you go to submit a number of forms ranging from your Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) form to submitting a request for a refund of a credit on your student account. You will be directed here from the Identity system to complete many forms before you start classes.

Accessing Student eDocs

You can access Student eDocs by going to Student eDocs System. Once there, use your LionLink credentials to log in to the system.

Submitting Documents

To submit a new version of a form, select the type of form from the dropdown box at the bottom of the page and click ‘Go’. Once the form is open, complete it and click submit. You should receive a notice if you’ve missed any information

Reviewing Documents

From the main page of Student eDocs, you can review any forms you have already submitted. You can click the ‘Open’ button to the right of the name of the form to view your submission, and if it is allowed on that form, submit modifications. If you have submitted multiple versions of a form you can view each of these using the ‘v#’ link in the lower right corner of the form

You will use the ID Photo system to upload your photo for your student ID. Sign in at ID Photo System using your LionLink credentials.

If you encounter any issues uploading your photo, please reach out to Public Safety by stopping by their office or calling (610) 921-7670. Please note that if you already have a photo uploaded, you will need to contact Public Safety first to clear that photo to upload a new photo.

If you cannot log into the ID Photo System, please try resetting your password at LionLink. If that does not help, contact Client Services at clientservices@albright.edu or 610-921-7676

The MyHousing Student Portal gives you access to information about your housing and dining selections and lets you complete online housing selection in the Spring. You can log in to MyHousing Student Portal using your LionLink credentials.

Please note that you must complete a Housing Form in the Spring Semester before you will be allowed to register for classes in the following Fall semester.

If you have questions about using this system or about your housing or dining selections, please contact the Office of Residential Life at reslife@albright.edu or 610-921-7641.

If you cannot log into MyHousing Student Portal, please try resetting your password at LionLink. If that does not help, contact Client Services at clientservices@albright.edu or 610-921-7676.