Note: This article applies only to Top-Level Administrators for School+ organizations.
After you’ve added the AofL Educator Center app (and any other of our apps you are licensing) and sent a connection request in ClassLink, you will need to connect the Educator Center to your ClassLink account so you can start the rostering process. During the connection process, you will be required to enter the following information for your organization:
- ClassLink Endpoint URL
- Tenant ID
- ClassLink Client ID
- ClassLink Client Secret
You may also wish to include your ClassLink District SourcedID to take more control of the rostering process.
This article will guide you through the process of finding all the needed ClassLink account information for your organization and then completing the steps to connect the Educator Center to ClassLink.
- How to Find Information for All Mandatory Fields
- How to Find Your ClassLink District SourcedID
- How to Connect the Educator Center to ClassLink
How to Find Information for All Mandatory Fields
- Go to the ClassLink login page at https://launchpad.classlink.com/login, and log in with your District Admin credentials.
- On the LaunchPad, click the ClassLink Roster Server button (you may also need to click a second Sign In button)
- Once logged in, at the bottom left of any page, you will see the ClassLink Endpoint URL and the Tenant ID. Your Tenant ID is the 4-digit number that follows your organization's name.
- Click the Apps dropdown in the top navigation, and then All Applications.
- On the right side, across from the AofL Educator Center app, click the Settings gear icon (More Actions).
- On the AofL Educator Center App Overview page, click API in the left-side navigation.
- Click the grayed-out API Credentials link on the page just above the date.
- You will now see your API Credentials for ClassLink (click the Copy to Clipboard button for each if you want to copy and paste these credentials):
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- Key: This is your ClassLink Client ID.
- Secret: This is your ClassLink Client Secret.
How to Find Your ClassLink District SourcedID
Entering a District SourcedID is not mandatory for ClassLink rostering, but Admins may want to include this ID if they want to specify which of their Districts they want to ingest roster information from. If the District Org ID is not added, all groups and users from their single District will be rostered in.
- Go to the ClassLink login page at https://launchpad.classlink.com/login and log in with your District Admin credentials.
- On the LaunchPad, click the ClassLink Roster Server button (you may also need to click a second Sign In button)
- Click the Preview drop-down menu in the top navigation and then click Orgs.
- Search for the name of your District in the NAME field.
- The SOURCEDID listed to the left of your district name will be used as your ClassLink District SourcedID.
How to Connect the Educator Center to ClassLink
Please make sure you have completed all the steps outlined in this article, How do I send a connection request in ClassLink?, before you move on to these steps.
- Log in to the Educator Center at educate.aofl.com.
- Click the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the screen that says "Welcome [your name]"
- Click Account Management from the drop-down menu.
- In the Third-Party Rostering Settings section of the page and click the Rostering System drop-down (the default is None) and select ClassLink. In the ClassLink Configuration fields, enter all the IDs and other information you gathered in the steps above.
- Click the Update ClassLink Settings button at the bottom. In a few seconds, you should see a green pop-up that says you have "Successfully updated the third party rostering system settings!"
- Refresh this page and under the Third-Party Rostering Settings heading you should now see a green checkmark and Currently connected to ClassLink status message.
- Click the Accounts menu and select Roster.
- Complete your Roster Setup by clicking the blue Sync Now button.
- Once your roster has synced, you should see a green pop-up message at the top of the Roster page confirming the import. The message will also remind you that any future edits will need to be made in ClassLink and will be updated in the Educator Center on the next system sync.