Setting up Single Sign On (SSO) with EdSmart

EdSmart continues its commitment to ensure the widest possible access methods for the platform are available for our schools. We are pleased to advise we have added SAML2 to our list of single sign on (SSO) solutions.

SSO enables school staff to sign into EdSmart using their existing school-issued username and password, just the same as they would to access other applications.

SAML2 availability means EdSmart integrates with any large identity management system that supports the SSO industry standard SAML2 (Security Assertion Markup Language) authentication. As part of the deployment we will create a custom domain for your staff to access EdSmart, for example myschool.edsmart.com.

EdSmart now provides SSO solutions for:

• Google Apps
• Office365
• StudentNet CloudWork [http://studentnet.net/]
• SAML2

Enabling SSO for your school is a straightforward process, depending on the selected SSO method we will require certain pieces of information from you to enable us to configure your EdSmart account. 

Please mail help@edsmart.com with the following information to get started:

• SSO service type: (e.g. Google)
• If using Google or Office365, provide your school’s domain:  (e.g. schoolname.edu.au)
• Whether you wish to allow all users in your domain to sign in, or limit to users synced with your uvEdSmart_Staff SQL view