This article covers the process for getting students up and running with any given Project STEM course.
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We offer two types of enrollment for our courses: Secret Word and Email / SSO. Secret Word enrollment allows you to enroll your students ahead of time, and prompts your students to log in by selecting their name and inputting automatically-generated secret words. Email / SSO enrollment allows your students to create their own Project STEM accounts with an email address and password or their Google/Clever account. After they create their accounts, students can join your course by inputting the section token in their Student Dashboard. Within each course, you can choose either Secret Word login OR Email / SSO login for your students.
You can read on to determine which enrollment method will work best for you and your students.
Secret Word Enrollment
To get started, navigate to the Manage Enrollment tool for your course:
Click on Change Enrollment Type and make sure "Secret Words" is selected, or choose it from the enrollment options:
Next, you can enroll students individually by clicking on Class Roster. To enroll multiple students at once (either by uploading a .csv or by typing student names in a list), click Add Multiple Students:
Each method has further instructions available upon selection:
Please follow these instructions to add accounts for your students. Please note that you will need to download our CSV template if you want to upload a .csv, and that there can be a delay in the system if you add a large csv. If you don't see the students populate right away, give the system a few minutes to catch up before you try to upload the .csv again. If you have any questions with this process, please reach out to support@projectstem.org!
Once you have added your students to the roster, you can use the tab on the left to print login cards for your students:
The login cards will contain step-by-step instructions for students to access the course, and can be printed, separated, and shared with your students.
Once your students are enrolled, you can use the Manage Enrollment menu to review and adjust your roster, either by adding one at a time in the Class Roster table or by choosing from any of the options in the left-hand menu.
Please note that these accounts are always specifically tied to one particular course instance. This means that a Secret Words student account can not be enrolled in any other course instance under any circumstances. If you want to enroll students using Secret Words into another course, you will need to follow these instructions again in the other course, and provide your students with a new randomly-generated secret words specific to that course.
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Email/ SSO Enrollment
If you would prefer students to log in with their Google or Clever accounts, or to use their personal or school email addresses to create their Project STEM accounts, select the "Google/Clever SSO/Email" option as shown below.
To toggle Email/SSO Enrollment, go to Manage Enrollment and ensure that the "Google/Clever SSO/Email" option is selected:
This enrollment method is student-driven: you will need to share instructions with your students so that they can enroll in your course. You cannot enroll students ahead of time if you want to use this enrollment method. (Note: if using Clever SSO, your school's Clever Administrator will need to add Project STEM via the Clever App Gallery.) Upon choosing this option, the Manage Enrollment tool will display the correct instructions for you to share:
After your students complete the initial signup, they will need to confirm their account. Students using an SSO option (either Google or Clever) will confirm their account automatically as part of the SSO verification, while students using email / password combinations will receive an account verification link via email. Please make sure that the Project STEM email domain is whitelisted for students, or they will not be able to receive confirmation emails!
You can also share enrollment instructions directly with students from the Manage Enrollment page:
Upon confirming their accounts, students will be directed to their Student Dashboard. Here, they should click the "Join New Class" button, enter your section token, and click "Join Class". This process will allow students to appear in the roster for your class. Your section token is included in the "Set Up Your Class" instructions on your Manage Enrollment page, and can also be found on the course card in your Dashboard.
Please note, students may need to refresh the page in order to see the course in their Student Dashboard.
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