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Generate One-Time Login Passwords for Students

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When a student forgets their login details or cannot receive email, the teacher can create a one-time password for them in the session so they can log in straight away. Each step comes with a screenshot, and the red numbered markers in each screenshot match the numbered instructions in the text.

Demo video: Create a One-Time Password for a Student

Section 1 Create a One-Time Password

Step 1Choose the student
  1. Open the student's session and click the Login tab (marker 1). To open a session, see the Teacher Quick Start Guide.
  2. Choose the student in Select Student by Name (marker 2), or by email or username in Select Student by Email / Username (marker 3).
  3. Click Generate OTP (marker 4).
The Login tab.
Figure 1. The Login tab.
Step 2Give the password to the student
  1. The table shows the Student (marker 1) with their username in brackets.
  2. The One-Time Password (marker 2) is an 8-digit number.
  3. Expire after (marker 3) shows how long the password is still valid. It lasts 10 minutes and works only once; after it expires, click Generate OTP again.
The one-time password.
Figure 2. The one-time password.

Section 2 The Student Logs In

Step 3Enter the password on the login page
  1. On the login page, the student opens Log in using one-time password from teacher (marker 1).
  2. They enter their email address or username (marker 2), the name in brackets in Figure 2.
  3. They enter the one-time password from the teacher (marker 3).
  4. They click Login (marker 4).
Logging in with a one-time password from the teacher.
Figure 3. Logging in with a one-time password from the teacher.
Tip For other ways to log in, see User Login and Change Display Language.