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Completing Setup in AP Registration and Ordering

To register a school to offer AP Exams in May 2026, the AP coordinator must complete the information in the Setup section of AP Registration and Ordering, and then electronically sign and submit the AP Participation Form that's generated. 

Receive your school's access code.

On August 1, AP coordinators and principals receive an email with their school's AP Registration and Ordering access code for the 2025-26 school year.

  • The access code is unique to your school. You can't use any other school's access code or share yours.
  • The code is specific to this school year. You can't use last year's AP Registration and Ordering access code. Schools receive a new code every year.
  • Your access code is active between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026.
  • If you’re the AP coordinator for multiple schools, you'll get a separate access code for each.

Important: You'll also need your AP Registration and Ordering access code for other AP Exam-related systems, such as the Digital Audio Submission (DAS) portal and when administering AP Chinese and AP Japanese Exams. After you complete setup, your access code will be listed on your homepage after you sign in to myap.collegeboard.org or through AP Central.

Complete the initial setup.

After you sign in to AP Registration and Ordering and enter this year's access code, you'll be brought to the Setup section. You need to complete the information in the School Information and Exam Administration sections. This information is needed to generate your AP Participation Form. All required fields in these sections must be completed before you can take other actions in AP Registration and Ordering.

Important: Even if you're not sure if your school will be ordering and administering AP Exams this year, select the option on the Exam Administration screen indicating your school expects to administer exams. You won't be able to change your selection after you complete setup, but there’s no penalty for selecting this option even if your school doesn’t ultimately order or administer AP Exams this year.

After setup: complete the AP Participation Form online.

After completing setup, you'll get an email when your AP Participation Form is ready for you to review and sign.

The AP Participation Form needs to be signed and submitted every year by the AP coordinator through AP Registration and Ordering. The form must be submitted before the AP coordinator can submit the exam order. You may print a copy of the completed form for your records. Don’t mail a copy of the form to the AP Program. 

Important: To ensure you receive the email notification about your AP Participation Form, please add @docusign.net to your address book. If you don’t get an email after completing setup notifying you that your AP Participation Form is ready for your review, go to Settings to access your AP Participation Form.

After setup: choose the setting for the student exam decision indicator.

There are two options for the student exam decision indicator:

  • Default Setting: All students have an Order Exam? status of Yes when they enroll in class sections. If this is the setting you prefer, there’s no further action.
  • Advanced Setting: All students have an Order Exam? status of Undecided when they enroll in class sections. Each student is responsible for indicating their exam decision as Yes or No by a deadline that you specify. Even with this setting, you still have the ability to make final changes to your exam roster, including changes to students' exam registration. If you want to use the advanced setting, you can select it in AP Registration and Ordering by going to Settings and then selecting Exam Decision Indicator: Advanced Setting.

Important: You have seven days from the time you complete setup to change the student exam decision indicator. After seven days, you won’t be able to change the indicator.

 

Resources

Download

For AP Coordinators: Setup, Enrollment, and Ordering

An overview and timeline of the steps teachers, AP coordinators, and students need to take before the final ordering deadline.

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AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 1, 2025-26

This manual provides detailed information about everything AP coordinators need to do from the start of the school year through the November 14 exam ordering deadline.

  • PDF
  • 28.78 MB

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