What is SSO?

What to Know About Single Sign-On for Education

SSO is the first step into building deeper integrations with school data systems. But SSO isn’t easy or universal to implement. Take these 5 tips to help guide you on your journey.

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How to Implement SSO with Microsoft Teams

Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to sign into different applications, platforms, or websites by using one set of credentials. Here are the beginning steps to implement SSO with Microsoft Teams.

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How to Implement SSO for Google Classroom

SSO allows users to sign into different edtech products using one set of credentials. With Google Classroom SSO, teachers and students can sign into an external app using their Google Account. Since this article’s writing, G Suite now is Google Workspace.

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How to Implement Blackboard SSO

Blackboard users can sign into platforms: SSO through the Blackboard API (OAuth 2.0) and SSO through the LTI standard launch.

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How to Implement SSO with D2L Brightspace

Brightspace supports two different SSO methods that apps can use to sign users into Brightspace: SSO through the Brightspace API (OAuth 2.0) and SSO through LTI launch.

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How to Implement Single Sign-On With Schoology

Learn how Schoology supports 2 different SSO methods that elearning apps can use.

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How to Implement Single Sign-On with Canvas

Learn how Canvas supports 2 different SSO methods that elearning apps can use.

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Why You Shouldn't Match Users by Email Address Where SSO Is Involved

For teachers and students, SSO is becoming a popular feature for online learning applications. But matching users based on email can cause a major security vulnerability. Here’s how to prevent it.

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6 Reasons To Give Schools Multiple Options for SSO

Nearly every website you visit today offers a way to sign in using an account already created. When creating an account on a new website, it’s common to see “Sign in with Facebook” or “Sign in with Google” instead of actually entering an entirely new username and password.

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The Benefits of Integrating Your App with an LMS

An LMS is the center of the digital classroom. LMSs allow teachers to deliver lessons, assessments, and feedback digitally to their students. So much of a classroom's online presence takes place in its LMS, it is logical to build on the LMS, as a hub, with applications that can integrate.

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Start a Clever Integration

Clever develops rostering and single sign-on (SSO) integration solutions for schools and edtech developers. Before developers start working with Clever, we suggest developers first need to understand what Clever’s solutions are like, what they do, and how they function within applications.