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The User Account Batch Wizard allows users to batch create student and staff user accounts using the census email address or a username pattern, enable student and staff user accounts, disable student and staff user accounts, force a password reset for student and staff user accounts, and add or remove user groups for user accounts en masse.
Accounts can be modified for all students or staff within a selected school(s) or for specific users. You can also preview the changes that will be made prior to initiating modifications within Campus.
This article includes the following topics:
This tool does not feature the ability to delete user accounts en masse. This option is not available due to the dangers mass deleting user accounts can introduce throughout Campus. Instead of deleting accounts, users are encouraged to disable them. If users have forgotten their account usernames and/or passwords, they are encouraged to use the Forgot Your Username? and Forgot Your Password? recovery options found on the Campus login page.
Image 1: User Account Batch Wizard
Tool Rights
PATH: System Administration > User Security > Users > Product Security Roles > Student Information System
In order to access the User Account Batch Wizard, you must be granted the Student Information System Product Security Role.
Image 2: Assigning the Student Information System Product Security Role
Enabling Student and Staff Accounts
The Enable Account option allows you to enable user accounts for all students or staff within a school(s) or for specific set of users. See the following sections below for more information.
- Enable User Accounts for All Students or Staff in a Selected School(s)
- Enable User Accounts for All Selected Students or Staff
Image 3: Enabling Accounts
Enable User Accounts for All Students or Staff in a Selected School(s)
To enable all user accounts for all students or staff within a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type.
- Students - Select this option to enable student accounts within the selected school(s).
- Staff - Select this option to enable staff accounts within the selected school(s).
- Select a Change Type of 'Enable Account'.
- Mark the Enable user accounts for all students in the selected school(s) OR Enable user accounts for all staff in the selected school(s) radio button.
- Select which school(s) will have user accounts enabled. To select multiple schools, hold the CTRL button while selecting each school.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be enabled, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the enabling of student or staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts enabled (see Image 6).
Student Accounts - Accounts will be enabled for students who currently have a disabled user account and have a current or future enrollment record in the selected school(s).
Staff Accounts - Accounts will be enabled for staff members who currently have a disabled user account and have a current district assignment record in the selected school(s).
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Enable User Accounts for Selected Students or Staff
To enable user accounts for a specific student or staff:
- Select an Account Type.
- Students - Select this option to enable specific student accounts within the selected school(s).
- Staff - Select this option to enable specific staff accounts within the selected school(s).
- Select a Change Type of 'Enable Account'.
- Mark the Enable user accounts for selected students OR Enable user accounts for selected staff radio button.
Enter search criteria for the student or staff member (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Grade) or staff (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Title, Role) and click the Search button. Users matching search criteria will appear in the window on the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- In the B. Select a person to add to edit list window, select the name of each person who will have their user account enabled. When a person is selected, their name will appear in the C. Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be enabled, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the enabling of student or staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts enabled (see Image 6).
Student Accounts - Accounts will be enabled for selected students who currently have a disabled user account and have a current or future enrollment record.
Staff Accounts - Accounts will be enabled for selected staff members who currently have a disabled user account and have a current district assignment record in the selected school(s).
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Below is an example of the CSV report that will generate once the Save Changes button is selected (Image 4).
Image 4: Example of the Enabled Accounts Report
Creating Student Accounts
The Create Account option allows you to create user accounts for all students within a school(s) or for specific students. Options are available for determining how username and passwords are automatically created, as well as the default homepage (Campus Portal, Campus Student).
See the following sections below for more information about setting up each option:
- Username
- Password
- Homepage
- Authentication Type
- Create User Accounts for All Students in a School or Select Students
When using the Create Account option, accounts will only be created for students with a current or future enrollment record who do not have an existing user account within the district. If the student transfers between schools in the same Campus district, they will retain the same student account.
Username
Usernames are generated based on two available options: the email address of the student (existing on the Demographics tab) or a pattern used to create usernames for each account. The table below describes each option.
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Use census email as account username
| Selecting this option means usernames will be generated to match the email address listed in the Email field on the student's Demographics tab (see below). If you would like to remove the domain from usernames generated from a student's census email address, mark the Exclude email domain in username checkbox. For example, if the user's email address is 'joetester@email.com', his generated Campus username would be 'joetester'. Usernames created via email account do not qualify for collision resolution. If the email address is missing or is already taken by an existing user account, the user account will not be created.
Once the user account has been created, the user will enter their email address as their username for logging into Campus via the Campus login screen (see below).
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Use a pattern to generate username for each account created
| Selecting this option allows you to designate a pattern for how usernames are generated for each account. For example, using the criteria entered in the picture to the left (Last Name, First Name, Student Number), if the student's name is John Doe with a student number of 123456789, he would log in with a username of Doe.John.123456789
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Authentication Type
The Authentication Type determines how users of the generated accounts will log into Campus.
This option will only appear if LDAP or SAML are configured in Campus. If hidden, the default authentication type is Local Campus Authentication.
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Password
When determining how user account passwords are created, you have the following two options:
This section is not available if the Authentication Type is set to LDAP or SAML as account passwords are controlled and managed via your IDP.
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Randomly generate password for each account created
| Selecting this option means Campus will randomly generate a unique password for each account created. For more information about communicating usernames and helping users log into their new account, please see the following articles: If generating random passwords for users, it is critical you follow the steps detailed in the article linked above. This is the only way to properly have a users log in and set their own password if a random password was established by Campus. |
Use a pattern to generate password for each account created
| Selecting this option allows you to designate a pattern for how passwords are generated for each user account created. In the example to the left, based on the criteria (Last Name, First Name, 10 characters), a user named Nate Student would have a password of 'studentnate'. When automatically creating new student user account passwords containing portions or a combination of a student's PII (Personally Identifiable Information), you do so at your own risk. Often much of a student's common PII attributes are public knowledge and can be easily ascertained. Please ensure the utmost due diligence when distributing communication of a password containing portions or combinations of student PII to the applicable student(s). |
Homepage
Once Username and Password criteria has been established, determine the Homepage of the accounts. The Homepage indicates whether the student will have access to Campus Student or the Campus Parent Portal. Select Campus Student.
For example, if the Homepage is set to 'Campus Student', each generated student account is defaulted to a Homepage value of 'Campus Student Portal', meaning they will be sent to Campus Student when logging into Campus. This value is set on the student's User Account tab.
Create User Accounts for All Students in a School or Select Students
Once Username, Password, and Homepage criteria is set, you must determine which students will have user accounts created. User accounts can be created for all students within a selected school(s) or for a specific set of students. See the following sections below for more information about these two options.
All accounts created require a password change upon first login.
For more information about creating letters and emails to inform users of their new user account, see the Informing Users of Newly Created User Accounts section below.
To create user accounts for all students within a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type of 'Students'.
- Select a Change Type of 'Create Account'.
- Set Username, Authentication Type, Password, and Homepage criteria (as described in the sections above).
- Select which school(s) will have all student user accounts created. To select multiple schools, hold the CTRL button while selecting each school.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be created, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the creation of student user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts created.
To create user accounts for a specific student or set of students:
- Select an Account Type of 'Students'.
- Select a Change Type of 'Create Account'.
- Mark the Create user accounts for selected students radio button.
Enter search criteria for the student (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Grade) and click the Search button. Students matching search criteria will appear in the window on the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- In the B. Select a person to add to edit list window, select the name of each student which will have their user account created. When a student is selected, their name will appear in the C. Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be created, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the creation of student user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts created.
Below is an example of the CSV report that will generate once the Save Changes button is selected (Image 10).
Creating Staff Accounts
The Create Account option also allows you to create user accounts for all staff within a school(s) or for specific staff members. Options are available for determining how usernames are automatically created, as well as the default homepage (Campus Tools, Campus Instruction).
See the following sections below for more information about setting up each option:
- User Groups
- Username
- Authentication Type
- Password
- Homepage
- Create User Accounts for All Staff in a School or Select Staff Members
When using the Create Account option, accounts will only be created for staff members with a current district assignment who do not have an existing user account within the district.
User Groups
User Groups can be automatically assigned to all newly created staff user accounts within a school or for a specific set of staff members. This functionality is useful for using user groups to mass assign tool rights and calendar rights for new user accounts and prevents the need to manage and assign these rights on a person by person basis.
User Groups are broken into the three following categories:
- Tool Rights Groups - These groups only contain tool rights and do not assign calendar rights.
- Calendar Group - These groups only contain calendar rights and do not assign tool rights.
- Mixed or Empty Group - These groups assign a combination of tool and calendar rights or they are blank and contain no calendar or tool rights at the moment.
By separating user groups into these categories, users have a better understanding of what types of rights will be assigned and can easily identify and sort through different user groups when assigning.
To select user groups for staff accounts being created:
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'.
- Select a Change Type of 'Create Account'.
- Search for a User Group by first selecting the Group Type. Only user groups of this type will appear in search results.
- Enter the Group Name being searched. Only user groups of the selected type which matches the group name entered will appear in search results.
- Click the Search button. Search results will appear in the Click on a group to add to the list window on the right.
- Select which groups will be assigned to these new accounts. Selected groups will appear in the Click on a group to remove from list window.
- Repeat steps 1-6 If additional tool rights groups, calendar groups, or mix user groups should be added.
- Once all groups have been selected, move on to the Username section below.
Username
Usernames are generated based on two available options: the email address of the staff member (existing on the Demographics tab) or a pattern used to create usernames for each account. The table below describes each option.
| Field | Description |
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Use census email as account username
| Selecting this option means usernames will be generated to match the email address listed in the Email field on the staff member's Demographics tab (see below). If you would like to remove the domain from usernames generated from a staff member's census email address, mark the Exclude email domain in username checkbox. For example, if the user's email address is 'joetester@email.com', his generated Campus username would be 'joetester'. Usernames created via email account do not qualify for collision resolution. If the email address is missing or is already taken by an existing user account, the user account will not be created.
Once the user account has been created, the user will enter their email address as their username for logging into Campus via the Campus login screen (see below).
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Use a pattern to generate username for each account created
| Selecting this option allows you to designate a pattern for how usernames are generated for each account. For example, using the criteria entered in the picture to the left (Last Name, First Name, Staff Number), if the staff member's name is John Doe with a staff number of 123456789, he would log in with a username of Doe.John.123456789
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Authentication Type
The Authentication Type determines how users of the generated accounts will log into Campus.
This option will only appear if LDAP or SAML are configured in Campus. If hidden, the default authentication type is Local Campus Authentication.
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Password
This section is not available if the Authentication Type is set to LDAP or SAML as account passwords are controlled and managed via your IDP.
For more information about communicating usernames and helping users log into their new account, see the Informing Users of Newly Created User Accounts section below.
If generating random passwords for users, it is critical you follow the steps detailed in the article linked above. This is the only way to properly have a users log in and set their own password if a random password was established by Campus.
Homepage
Once User Group and Username criteria has been established, determine the Homepage of the accounts. The Homepage indicates whether the staff will default to Campus Tools or Campus Instruction when logging in.
Image 14: Setting the Homepage
For example, if the Homepage is set to 'Campus Instruction', each generated staff account is defaulted to a Homepage value of 'Campus Instruction', meaning they will be sent to Campus Instruction when logging into Campus. This value is set on the user's User Account tab.
Image 15: Example of Where the Homepage Value is Set Within Campus
Create User Accounts for All Staff in a School or Select Staff Members
Once User Group, Username, Password, and Homepage criteria is set, you must determine which staff members will have user accounts created. User accounts can be created for all staff within a selected school(s) or for a specific set of staff members. See the following sections below for more information about these two options.
All accounts created require a password change upon first login.
For more information about creating letters and emails to inform users of their new user account, see the Informing Users of Newly Created User Accounts section below.
To create user accounts for all staff within a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'.
- Select a Change Type of 'Create Account'.
- Set User Group, Username, Authentication Type, Password, and Homepage criteria (as described in the sections above).
- Select the Create user accounts for all staff in the selected school(s) radio button.
- Select which school(s) will have all staff user accounts created. To select multiple schools, hold the CTRL button while selecting each school.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be created, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the creation of staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts created.
Image 16: Creating Accounts for All Staff Members in a School
To create user accounts for a specific staff members:
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'.
- Select a Change Type of 'Create Account'.
- Set User Group, Username, Password, and Homepage criteria (as described in the sections above).
- Select the Create user accounts for all selected staff radio button.
Enter search criteria for the staff member (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Title, etc) and click the Search button. Staff members matching search criteria will appear in the window on the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- In the Select a person to add to edit list window, select the name of each staff member which will have their user account created. When a staff member is selected, their name will appear in the Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be created, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the creation of staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts created.
Image 17: Creating Accounts for Specific Staff
Below is an example of the CSV report that will generate once the Save Changes button is selected (Image 18).
Image 18: Example of the CSV Report Detailing Created Accounts
Disabling Student and Staff Accounts
The Disable Account option allows you to disable user accounts for all students or staff within a calendar(s) or for a specific set of users. See the following sections below for more information.
- Disable User Accounts for All Students or Staff in a Selected Calendar(s)
- Disable User Accounts for All Selected Students or Staff
Image 19: Disable Account Option
Disable User Accounts for All Students or Staff in a Selected Calendar(s)
To disable all user accounts for all students or staff within a selected calendar(s):
- Select an Account Type
- Students - Select this option to disable all students within a selected calendar(s).
- Staff - Select this option to disable all staff within a selected calendar(s).
- Select a Change Type of 'Disable Account'.
- Mark the Disable user accounts for all students in the selected calendar(s) OR Disable user accounts for all staff in the selected calendar(s) radio button.
- Select which calendar(s) will have user accounts disabled. To select multiple calendar, hold the CTRL button while selecting each calendar.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be disabled, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the disabling of student or staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts disabled.
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Disable User Accounts for All Selected Students or Staff
To disable user accounts for a specific student or set of students:
- Select an Account Type
- Students - Select this option to disable specific students within a selected calendar(s).
- Staff - Select this option to disable specific staff within a selected calendar(s).
- Select a Change Type of 'Enable Account'.
- Mark the Disable user accounts for selected students OR Disable user accounts for all selected staff radio button.
- Enter search criteria for the student (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Grade) or staff (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Title, Role) and click the Search button. Users matching search criteria will appear in the window on the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- In the B. Select a person to add to edit list window, select the name of each person who will have their user account disabled. When a person is selected, their name will appear in the C. Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be disabled, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the disabling of student or staff user accounts, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts disabled.
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Below is an example of the CSV report that will generate once the Save Changes button is selected (Image 20).
Image 20: Example of the CSV Report Detailing Disabled Accounts
Forcing a Password Change
The Force Password Change option allows you to force a password change for all student or staff user accounts in a school(s) or for a specific set students or staff.
Only students with a student user account which is enabled and does not already have the Force Password Change field selected will be forced to change their password.
See the following sections below for more information.
- Force a Password Change for All Students or Staff in a Selected School(s)
- Force a Password Change for All Selected Students or Staff
Image 21: Force Password Change Option
Force a Password Change for All Students or Staff in a Selected School(s)
To force a password change for all student or staff accounts in a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type
- Student - Selecting this option means all students within the selected school(s) will be forced to change their password.
Staff - Selecting this option means all staff within the selected school(s) will be forced to change their password. Staff are identified based on the presence of a District Assignment record.
When forcing a password change for staff, the tool omits staff members with the following Product Security Roles: Application Security, Finance, Human Resources, Open Market Food Service, Payroll, Student Information System, Campus Learning.
- Select a Change Type of 'Force Password Change'.
- Mark the Force password change for all student accounts in the selected school(s) OR Force password change for all staff accounts in the selected school(s) radio button.
- Select which schools will have all student or staff accounts forced to change their password.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be impacted, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the forcing of a password change for student or staff user accounts in the selected school(s), click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts impacted.
Only students with an active user account, an active or future enrollment record in the selected school(s), and does not already have the Force Password Change field selected will be required to change their user account password.
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Force a Password Change for All Selected Students or Staff
To force a password change for specific students or staff:
- Select an Account Type.
- Student - Select this option to force a password change for specific students.
Staff - Select this option to force a password change for specific staff. Logic identifies staff members by looking for user accounts set with a Homepage of 'Campus Application' and then excluding some users based on their user group/product security roles.
When forcing a password change for staff, the tool omits staff members with the following Product Security Roles: Application Security, Finance, Human Resources, Open Market Food Service, Payroll, Student Information System, Campus Learning.
- Select a Change Type of 'Force Password Change'.
- Mark the Force password change for all selected students or Force password change for all selected staff radio button.
Enter search criteria for the student (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Grade) or staff (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Title, Role) and click the Search button. Users matching search criteria will appear in the window on the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- In the B. Select a person to add to edit list window, select the name of each person who will be forced to change their password. When a person is selected, their name will appear in the C. Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will be impacted, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- To initiate the forcing of a password change for all selected students or staff, click the Save Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format, detailing all user accounts impacted.
Only selected students with an active user account, an active or future enrollment record in the selected school(s), and does not already have the Force Password Change field selected will be required to change their user account password.
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Below is an example of the CSV report that will generate once the Save Changes button is selected (Image 20).
Image 22: Example of the CSV Report Detailing User Accounts Forced to Change Their Password
Adding User Groups to Staff Accounts
User Groups can be assigned to all staff user accounts within a school or for a specific set of staff members. This functionality is useful in mass applying calendar rights and tool rights for all staff members in a school or for a specific set of staff members (e.g., all teachers, specific counselors, etc).
User Groups are broken into the three following categories:
- Tool Rights Groups - These groups only contain tool rights and do not assign calendar rights.
- Calendar Group - These groups only contain calendar rights and do not assign tool rights.
- Mixed or Empty Group - These groups assign a combination of tool and calendar rights or they are blank and contain no calendar or tool rights at the moment.
By separating user groups into these categories, users have more control over what types of rights are assigned and can easily identify and sort through different user groups when assigning.
User groups containing all schools and all calendars cannot be added to staff accounts via the User Account Batch Wizard. User accounts requiring all schools/all calendars must be handled manually.
See the following sections below for more information.
Image 23: Add User Groups Option
Add User Groups for All Staff in a Selected School(s)
To add user groups for all staff within a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'
- Select a Change Type of 'Add User Groups'.
- Search for a User Group by first selecting the Group Type. Only user groups of this type will appear in search results.
- Enter the Group Name being searched. Only user groups of the selected type which matches the group name entered will appear in search results.
- Click the Search button. Search results will appear in the Click on a group to add to the list window on the right.
- Select which groups will be assigned to these user accounts. Selected groups will appear in the Click on a group to remove from list window.
- Repeat steps 1-6 If additional tool rights groups, calendar groups, or mix user groups should be added.
- Select the Add User Groups to all staff in the selected school(s) radio button.
- Select which school(s) will have selected user groups assigned to all staff members. To select multiple schools, hold the CTRL button while selecting each school.
- To preview a list of all user accounts and what user groups will be added, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- Select the Save Changes button. Specified User Groups have now been added to all staff members in the selected schools.
Image 24: Adding User Groups for All Staff in a School(s)
Add User Groups for Specific Staff Members
To add user groups for specific staff members:
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'
- Select a Change Type of 'Add User Groups'.
- Search for a User Group by first selecting the Group Type. Only user groups of this type will appear in search results.
- Enter the Group Name being searched. Only user groups of the selected type which matches the group name entered will appear in search results.
- Click the Search button. Search results will appear in the Click on a group to add to the list window on the right.
- Select which groups will be assigned to these user accounts. Selected groups will appear in the Click on a group to remove from list window.
- Repeat steps 1-6 If additional tool rights groups, calendar groups, or mix user groups should be added.
- Select the Add User Groups for selected staff radio button.
Search for a person by entering identifying criteria (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Title, etc) and click the Search button. Search results will appear in the window to the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- Select which users will have user groups added by click on their name in the Select a person to add to edit list window. Once a person is selected they will appear in the Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of what user groups will be added for which people, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- Once ready initiate the addition of the user groups, select the Save Changes button. Specified User Groups have now been added to the selected users.
Image 25: Adding User Groups for Specific Staff Members
Below is an example of the report that is produced once user groups are added.
Image 26: Example of the User Group Report
Removing User Groups to Staff Accounts
User Groups can also be removed from all staff user accounts within a school or for a specific set of staff members. This functionality is useful in mass removing calendar rights and tool rights for all staff members in a school or for a specific set of staff members (e.g., all teachers, specific counselors, etc).
See the following sections below for more information.
- Remove User Groups for All Staff in a Selected School(s)
- Remove User Groups for Specific Staff Members
Image 27: Remove User Groups Option
Remove User Groups for All Staff in a Selected School(s)
To remove user groups for all staff within a selected school(s):
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'
- Select a Change Type of 'Remove User Groups'.
- Search for a User Group by first selecting the Group Type. Only user groups of this type will appear in search results.
- Enter the Group Name being searched. Only user groups of the selected type which matches the group name entered will appear in search results.
- Click the Search button. Search results will appear in the Click on a group to add to the list window on the right.
- Select which groups will be removed from these user accounts. Selected groups will appear in the Click on a group to remove from list window.
- Repeat steps 1-6 If additional tool rights groups, calendar groups, or mix user groups should be added for removal.
- Select the Remove User Groups to all staff in the selected school(s) radio button.
- Select which school(s) will have selected user groups removed for all staff members. To select multiple schools, hold the CTRL button while selecting each school.
- To preview a list of all user accounts that will have user groups removed, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- Select the Save Changes button. Specified User Groups have now been removed to all staff members in the selected schools.
Image 28: Removing User Groups for All Staff in a School(s)
Remove User Groups for Specific Staff Members
To remove user groups for specific staff members:
- Select an Account Type of 'Staff'
- Select a Change Type of 'Remove User Groups'.
- Search for a User Group by first selecting the Group Type. Only user groups of this type will appear in search results.
- Enter the Group Name being searched. Only user groups of the selected type which matches the group name entered will appear in search results.
- Click the Search button. Search results will appear in the Click on a group to add to the list window on the right.
- Select which groups will be removed from these user accounts. Selected groups will appear in the Click on a group to remove from list window.
- Repeat steps 1-6 If additional tool rights groups, calendar groups, or mix user groups should be added for removal.
- Select the Remove User Groups for selected staff radio button.
Search for a person by entering identifying criteria (e.g., Last Name, First Name, Gender, Title, etc) and click the Search button. Search results will appear in the window to the right.
Search results are district-wide.
- Select which users will have user groups removed by click on their name in the Select a person to add to edit list window. Once a person is selected they will appear in the Click on a person to remove from list window.
- To preview a list of what user groups will be removed for which people, click the Preview Changes button. A report will appear in CSV format.
- Once ready initiate the removal of the user groups, select the Save Changes button. Specified User Groups have now been removed for the selected users.
Image 29: Removing User Groups for Specific Staff Members
Below is an example of the report that will appear once the Save Changes button is selected.
Image 30: Example of the Remove User Groups Report
Informing Users of Newly Created User Accounts
You can inform all users who have a newly created user account or who have never logged into their user account to log into their account and update their account password by using the User Account Messenger, User Account Messenger Scheduler, and Account Letter Builder tools.
See the following sections below for more information:
- Creating an Email Message to Inform Users of Their New User Account
- Establishing a Recurring User Account Activation Message
- Creating Letters to Inform Users of Newly Created User Accounts
Creating an Email Message to Inform Users of Their New User Account
PATH: System Administration > User Security > Batch and Import Wizards > User Account Messenger
You can use the User Account Messenger to send an email for users to follow and access their new user account.
In the example below, an Ad hoc filter was created which includes the total login count (usage.totalLoginCount) and if the account is flagged to require a password change (usage.forceChangePassword). These fields are important as can be combined with Filter Parameters to identify only those users who have a Campus user account who have never logged into their account and need to change their password (which will be the case for any accounts auto-generated via Account Security Preferences).
Use the following values to ensure a proper list is generated (see Image 32):
- usage.totalLoginCount
- Operator: =
- Value: 0
- usage.forceChangePassword
- Operator: =TRUE
Once this filter is created, use the User Account Messenger to send a message to each one of these users.
This message should include the following Campus fields:
- The accountManagement.username field.
- The accountManagement.uniqueLinkActivationURL field.
- The accountManagmeent.uniqueLinkExpirationDate field.
You should also enter an Account Activation URL Expiration Date (see Image 33). This is the date the unique activation URL contained in the message will expire. Users will need to select this URL prior to this date.
Filter criteria is important when sending this message. Only users who match the filter criteria selected (e.g., Student based Ad Hoc Filters, Census/Staff based Ad hoc Filters (Staff Accounts, etc) will receive the message and be able to activate their accounts.
For notifying Staff, please consider the following:
- If notifying staff of their newly created Campus Application accounts (System Administration > User Security > Users > User Account > Homepage = Campus Instruction OR Campus Application), use the Census/Staff based Ad Hoc Filters (Staff Accounts) filter option.
Establishing a Recurring User Account Activation Message
Once you have created and saved a user account activation message in the User Account Messenger tool (see the steps mentioned in the section above), you can establish a daily, weekly, or monthly recurring message event using the User Account Messenger Scheduler.
For example, using a user account activation message template and setting to a frequency of daily, you can set the User Account Messenger Scheduler to email the user account activation email to any user accounts created in the last 24 hours and repeat this process every day within a certain timeframe.
See the User Account Messenger Scheduler article for more information about this process.
Creating Letters to Inform Users of Newly Created User Accounts
PATH: System Administration > User Security > Batch and Import Wizards > Account Letter Builder
You can use the Account Letter Builder to all users who have a newly created user account or who have never logged into their user account to log into their account and update their account password.
In the example below, an Ad hoc filter was created which includes the total login count (usage.totalLoginCount) and if the account is flagged to require a password change (usage.forceChangePassword). These fields are important as can be combined with Filter Parameters to identify only those users who have a Campus user account who have never logged into their account and need to change their password (which will be the case for any accounts auto-generated via Account Security Preferences).
Use the following values to ensure a proper list is generated (see Image 35):
- usage.totalLoginCount
- Operator: =
- Value: 0
- usage.forceChangePassword
- Operator: =TRUE
Once this filter is created, use the Account Letter Designer to design a letter which will generate for each one of these users.
This letter should include the following Campus fields (see Image 36):
- The accountManagement.username field.
- The accountManagement.uniqueLinkActivationURL field.
- The accountManagmeent.uniqueLinkExpirationDate field.
Once the filter has been created and the account activation letter has been build:
Select a Filter Type.
Filter criteria is important when generating this letter. Only users who match the filter criteria selected (e.g., Student based Ad Hoc Filters, Census/Staff based Ad hoc Filters (Portal Accounts), etc) will have a letter generated.
For notifying Staff, please consider the following:
- If notifying staff of their newly created staff Portal accounts (System Administration > User Security > Users > User Account > Homepage = Campus Portal), use the Census/Staff based Ad Hoc Filters (Portal Accounts) filter option.
- If notifying staff of their newly created Campus Application accounts (System Administration > User Security > Users > User Account > Homepage = Campus Instruction OR Campus Application), use the Census/Staff based Ad Hoc Filters (Staff Accounts) filter option.
- Select the filter from the Saved Filters window.
- Select the letter from the Saved Account Activation Letters window.
- Enter an Account Activation URL Expiration Date. This is the date the unique activation URL contained in the message will expire (see Image 37). Users will need to select this URL prior to this date.
- Click the Build Letters button. The letters will appear in a separate window.
Below is an example of a generated letter using this scenario (Image 38).
