Login with Google

Understand how to configure Google SSO for your organization.

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Requirements

Activate Google SSO in School Passport

Sync the district’s data from Google Workspace to School Passport

Sign in with Google

School Passport SSO allows students and teachers to log in using their district email addresses provisioned by Google. Users need to use their district-assigned email and password to log in to School Passport.

Requirements

  • If email addresses synced into School Passport from the Student Information System (SIS) match Google email addresses, then enable Google login. No further actions are required.

  • If email addresses from your SIS do not match Google email addresses, you should additionally sync your data from Google Workspace to School Passport

Activate Google SSO in School Passport

  1. Log in to the School Passport and go to the Connect.
  2. Go to the Administration > Login Methods.
  3. Click Add new IdP on the bottom right and choose Google.
    Add Identity Provider
  4. Click Activate

Now all users in the organization will be able to log in using the Google SSO on the login page.

Login with Google

Sync the district’s data from Google Workspace to School Passport

  1. Log in to your School Passport, and navigate to the Connect.
  2. On the Application Gallery select the Google Workspace app, and click the Activate. You will be redirected to the configuration section.
  3. Click the Sign in with Google, select Google account, and then click Allow when School Passport asks for permission to access the data.
     School Passport wants access your Google Account
  4. Click Next on the bottom right.
  5. In the Mapping Rules, click Finish Configuration.
  6. Once you configure the Google Workspace app, please notify GG4L Customer Support about it. Our Support Agent will configure mapping rules to correctly sync your data and add Master Fields to avoid duplicating data from multiple data sources.
  7. On the Google Workspace app dashboard, run sync.
  8. Once data sync with Google Workspace is complete, turn on the Google SSO.

Sign in with Google

When Google SSO is turned on for your district, users with valid Google email addresses can use the Google SSO on the login page. This option allows them to sign in to School Passport using their Google credentials.

  1. Open the School Passport login page.
  2. Click Sign in with Google.
  3. Choose your Google account associated with your  School Passport access from the list or enter your Google credentials if prompted.
  4. Grant the necessary permissions if prompted.
Once authorized, you'll be redirected to School Passport and logged in using Google account credentials.