Google, Clever, ClassLink, Microsoft Teams Single Sign-On (SSO)

Take advantage of single sign-on with your Google, Clever, Microsoft Teams, or ClassLink account, and roster your classes from Google Classroom, Clever, ClassLink or Schoology. Below, we explain the differences among them.

• Anyone can use Google SSO as long as they have a Google-associated account.

• Google SSO can be used to log in to the Teacher Portal or to a student account.

• Not all Google SSO users take part in Google Classroom, but all Google Classroom users take part in Google SSO.

• Google Classroom allows you to sync your classes/students from your Google Classroom into Typing.com.

• Google Classroom syncs when you click Sync with Google Classroom, which sits at the top of the Classes page in the Teacher Portal, next to the date of your last sync.

• The window that opens lists every class in your Google Classroom account, so you can choose which ones to bring into Typing.com and which to leave out.

• To learn how to use Google Classroom with Typing.com, check out the following articles:

  • Sync With Google Classroom (Teacher)

  • Instructions for Managing Students in Your Class on Typing.com if You Are Using Google Classroom

  • How to Delete a Class (Teacher)

• Anyone can use Microsoft Teams as long as they have a work or school Microsoft account. You can't sign in with a personal account.

• A Microsoft account signs you in to the Teacher Portal, and signs your students in to theirs.

• To learn how to use Microsoft Teams with Typing.com, click HERE.

• For a fee, developers can integrate their apps with Clever Secure Sync; once an application is integrated, it appears on the Clever "app store."

• This allows district/school administrators to connect their district or schools with various applications (such as Typing.com!)

• Each app syncs with the entire Clever roster on a nightly basis. This way, teachers never have to waste time updating their classes manually (individually removing or adding students). The roster is regularly updated by district/IT administrators.

• The service includes SSO, so everyone can enjoy the advantages of a single login to access all apps facilitated through Clever. 

• For more information review the articles listed below:

  • Sync with Clever

  • Clever FAQs

  • Can't See Students' Names (Not Set)

• From the user's perspective, Clever Library is the Clever equivalent of Google Classroom, in the sense that it does not sync on its own: a sync button appears at the top of the Classes page in the Teacher Portal, and the teacher clicks it.

• However, the backend is different, as Clever Library (and Clever Secure Sync) pull data from Clever SIS (School Information System) vs just the Google Classroom account that contains only classes/students.

• Clever Library exists because teachers didn't enjoy having to always ask their district/school administration to accept an app or enable their class; through Clever Library, teachers have the autonomy to choose which apps they want to use (as long as they are in Clever's app store).

• This service is free for developers, unlike Clever Secure Sync.

• A district can enable Secure Sync for the app, and the automatic syncing would instantly take over; the teacher wouldn't have to do anything. The only change they'd notice is their sync button would disappear (since it's no longer needed).

• When a Clever user signs up and logs in for the first time, they are prompted by a sync modal where they choose which classes they'd like to sync/not sync with Typing.com. This same modal pops up every time the "sync" button is clicked.

• For steps on how to sync with Clever Library, click HERE.

• ClassLink is basically identical to Clever Secure Sync in every way. It's district-based, syncs automatically every night, and includes SSO.

• The main difference is the district pays for the service instead of app developers.

• Review the links below for more information regarding ClassLink:

  • Sync with Classlink

  • ClassLink FAQ's

• Schoology is a learning management system, so it rosters your classes rather than signing you in. Your IT administrator shares the roster with Typing.com through Clever or ClassLink, and then installs the Typing.com app from the Schoology App Center so everyone can reach it from Schoology.

• For more information, review Schoology FAQs.