For non-rostered students accessing our products via Single Sign On for the first time, they will now be able to link their EL account to their SSO ID, whether they have a class code or not.
*Students will only go through this process once to initially link their school-based SSO ID to an EL account. Subsequent logins will take the student directly to a product or a product selection page (if they have multiple product subscriptions).
SSO Linking
The SSO linking screen will be used by all students, prompting them to enter a username
Students will now see a single prompt to enter a “username” value.
Rostered students who use SSO will still not have class codes.
Student Redeeming Class Code
“Have a Class Code?” will be the link for a student to click to redeem a class code from the SSO linking screen.
Students will be redirected to the same class code page non-SSO students use.
Students will have to use the browser “back” button or close out and re-open EL through their LMS to return back the initial linking screen page.
Upon providing a valid class code, the student will be prompted to create a new account or log in with an existing account.
Existing Student Account
If a student has an existing Gizmos account, they can log in with their username and password to join the class.
Entering their username & their password
If a student has an account but cannot remember their username/password, they click “Back” and choose to create a new account.
If a student created a new account previously but cannot remember their username/password, they can contact their teacher, who can then provide them with that information from the class roster, or
They can click on “Create an Account” located under the username/password fields.
If a student successfully logs in with their account, they will see a notification indicating they have been added to the class.
The student’s SSO ID will now be linked to this account for future direct product access via SSO.
Create New Student Account
When a student clicks to create a new Gizmos account:
The student will be prompted to enter their first name, last name, grade, username, and password for this new account.
Username must be unique across all EL accounts.
After providing the required information, the student will click “Next” which will then create a new account and add that student to the class roster.
The student’s SSO ID will now be linked to this account for future direct product access via SSO.
After a student has gone through the process of linking their EL account to their SSO ID, all future logins will take the student directly into Gizmos.