Set Up New Account

Setting up a New BeachBoard Account and Password

Step One: Get a Campus ID

All CSULB students and employees are issued a nine digit campus ID. Your nine digit campus ID is located immediately beneath the photograph on your BeachID card. If you have not yet received a BeachID card or a campus ID, please contact your department's timekeeper.

You will use your nine digit campus ID for both BeachBoard and MyCSULB logins.

Step Two: Set Up a Password

Once you have a nine digit campus ID, the next step is to "activate" your account. To do this

  1. Go to http://www.csulb.edu/tim/activate.html
  2. Read the instructions.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Proceed to TIM Logon Screen link.
  4. Key in your nine digit campus ID in the User ID box.
  5. In the Password box, key in your date of birth in MMDDYY format. For example, if you were born on July 4, 1776, you would enter 070476 as your password.
  6. A pop-up window will appear informing you that you password is no longer valid.  Click the OK button to close this window.
  7. Key in your old password [your date of birth in MMDDYY format].
  8. Key in a new password. Your new password must be at least 6 and no more than 9 characters and must include at least one number and one letter.
  9. Retype your new password in the Confirm Password box,
  10. Click the Submit button.
  11. A pop-up window will appear informing you that you have successfully changed your password. Click the OK button to close this window.
  12. This returns you to the password page.  CLOSE THIS PAGE.  You are done and do not need to reenter your old and new passwords again.

Step Three: Login to BeachBoard

  1. Go to https://beachboard.csulb.edu/
  2. Enter your nine digit campus ID in the campus ID box.
  3. Enter your password in the Password box.
  4. Click the Submit button.

More Information

Q: I entered my date of birth for my password and got an error message saying that "The value entered for the password is incorrect. There are four attempts left for entering a correct password." What went wrong?
A: This error message means that you have already set up a password. There are three ways to recover or reset your old password:

  1. Go to http://www.csulb.edu/tim/recover.html and recover your MyCSULB/BeachBoard password by following the on-screen instructions.
  2. Visit the Technology Help Desk's Walk-In Service Center in the lobby of the Horn Center and have your MyCSULB/BeachBoard password reset. Please remember to bring your campus ID.
  3. Contact the CSULB Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Helpdesk at (562) 985-7393 and request that they email you a link to reset your MyCSULB/BeachBoard password. This service is only available to CSULB instructors and staff, not students. HRIS will send a password reset email message to your "preferred" email address, the address you or your department previously set for you in MyCSULB.