Google and Microsoft O365 SSO information

Overview

Google and Microsoft O365 SSO enables teachers and pupils to log into their Discovery Education services using their school Microsoft O365 or Google SSO accounts. 

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Please email schoolsupport@discoveryed.com if you wish to activate SSO for your school.

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Requirements

To be able access the Discovery Education services via Google or Microsoft O365 SSO, you have to have Google or Microsoft O365 SSO in school.

The Google or Microsoft O365 usernames (email addresses) have to be entered in MIS preferably in the ‘work’ or ‘primary’ email fields.

Once the school approves the Discovery Education app on Wonde, the users (teachers and pupils) with work emails will come through to the Experience platform and will be able to access the Discovery Education services using their Google or Microsoft O365 accounts. Please read about the data requirements for the MIS integration.

MIS Data requirements

(Please note that if the below requirements are not met, the user accounts will not be created)

Teachers accounts

Below are the three key required fields for the teacher accounts to be created. These fields have to be populated in your MIS.

• First name
• Last name
• Work email address (Same as the Google or Microsoft O365 account)

The teacher work email address will be used to generate the teacher usernames to the Experience platform.

Pupil accounts

Below are some of the required fields for the pupil accounts to be created. These fields have to be populated in your MIS.

• First name
• Last name

• School email address (Same as the Google or Microsoft O365 account)

All teachers AND pupils must have Google or Microsoft O365 SSO accounts and must use Google or Microsoft O365 SSO in school.

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If you are using our User import tool for a manual upload please refer to the Bulk upload teachers, pupils and classes article. Note the above data requirements will still apply for the CSV templates.

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Logging in

Visit www.discoveryeducation.co.uk and select Experience from the Login dropdown in the top right hand corner.  

Select the appropriate SSO and login.

OR you can visit the below direct URLs to login –

Google: https://google.discoveryeducation.co.uk/

Microsoft O365: https://office365.discoveryeducation.co.uk/