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5 Key steps for a secure Back to School
July 27, 2023
Candice Whitney
Every year is an opportunity to support our students better than the year before, and that doesn’t require staying late in the office. 国产精品 simplifies your Back to School preparation as the one place for identity, access, security, and classroom engagement in one place. Get started in five steps.
Positive, powerful learning experiences with edtech start with securing data and simplifying access. In a recent survey, 89% of admins said students have sustained or more positive attitudes toward edtech in the last year (More insights to come in our forthcoming report, Classroom of the Future 2023.). For this upcoming school year, how can we connect more students to a world of learning?
We all want students to have more aha moments in the classroom, and that doesn鈥檛 require tedious or time-consuming preparation. Learn how 国产精品’s new features and simple steps help you get ready for Back to School.
Step 1: 馃攧 | Review your sync
From your dashboard, you have to ensure all your synced data is correct and add data from outside your Student Information System.
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Step 2: 鉃晐 Add applications
Do you have applications you’ve been manually rostering? The summer is the perfect time to switch them to 国产精品 from 鈥攁nd they’ll be ready for teachers and students when they log in for the school year.
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Once you鈥檝e added your applications, simplify access control with new, granular like 鈥渟tarts with any of鈥 and suppress PII with .
Step 3: 馃攼| Secure accounts
Designed to be secure by default, 国产精品 helps you stay compliant with FERPA, COPPA, GDPR, and more. You can also layer on tools like 国产精品 IDM to replace tedious, manual provisioning and custom scripts with automated identity management.
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Step 4: 馃鈥嶐煉粅 Roll out your portal
From the same place you roster applications, easily create your one-stop and set up for students of all grades. Make it easy for teachers to log into 国产精品 by emailing your district鈥檚 国产精品 Portal URL and the .
New! The streamlines navigation so teachers can access district resources and their favorite tools in fewer clicks. Easily measure impact all year, or for a specific date range, with 国产精品鈥檚 suite of .
Step 5: 馃摚| Train teachers
Training teachers on 国产精品 is the best way to help you reduce help desk tickets. They’ll learn how to troubleshoot right from their classroom, and you get tools like impersonation to quickly solve issues if they pop up.
New! Reduce your workload by hiring 国产精品 for a . Teachers will leave the session ready to use the time-saving tools 国产精品 has to offer鈥攍ike generating backup login codes so you don鈥檛 have to.
Let鈥檚 eliminate the manual processes and simplify Back to School prep this year. Check out the resources from 国产精品 below to get a head start on secure, uninterrupted learning on the first day.
Resources
Step-by-step guide:
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- Deep dive:
Here鈥檚 why Dr. Mullen in New Jersey uses 国产精品 Academy to get ready for the first day:

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