Changing from Email Login to Username Login

Changing from Email Login to Username Login

In this article, we're going to cover how to change your school's login mode from email to username. Please note that only School Admins can change this setting, and this change affects the entire school account (not a single set of students).

Considerations and Common Issues

Before changing your account from email login to username login, please consider that any students already registered will still have their email attached to the account. This means:
  1. These students can still use their email to log in - as the email will be treated as their username.
  2. Students are able to receive certain email notifications (like password resets).
  3. If you wind up switching back to email login, no changes will have to be made for that student's account.
  4. If you wish to remove the email data from our system entirely, you will need to delete the student and create a fresh account for them. However, this does erase all reporting and course data from our system as well.
For more information on the difference between Username Login and Email Login, you can check out this article here: Username Login vs. Email Login

Changing Email Login to Username Login

In this section, we'll cover how to actually change your login mode from email to username.
  1. Log in to your account.
  2. Click the Administration menu link.
  3. Select School Settings on the drop-down menu.


  1. On the School Settings page, locate the How will students login field and choose the username option.



  2. Once you update your data, click Save.
  3. Click OK in the confirmation pop-up window.
After doing this, the school will be officially changed to Username Login and you can start adding new students using usernames instead. As a last note, you may wish to review this article for further information for providing login details for students: As a teacher, how can I provide students their login information?

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