Reading Assistant Classlink Rostering

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Last updated: Nov 07, 2024
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Rostering with Reading Assistant in Classlink

 

My District uses Classlink. How do I get started with Reading Assistant? This article will cover the setup process for sharing data with Reading Assistant.  

Once your district/school has purchased Reading Assistant, you’ll get a reach out from your CSM for a leader planning meeting. In this meeting, they’ll review your goals and desires and how best to implement Reading Assistant for your team and students. Important information will also be gathered in this meeting for rostering, such as who your rostering/IT contact is, the schools you will be using, etc. 

With this information, your CSM will open a case to request that our rostering team roster your district. If necessary, we’ll meet with you to discuss requirements, questions, and the data being shared. It’s important to share information only with schools and users who need access to Reading Assistant.

 

Classlink Specific Information

  • The only roles supported by Reading Assistant are Administrator, Teacher, and Student.

  • Only District and School orgs are supported by Reading Assistant (department orgs are not supported)

    • A district org is required to be shared, and only a single district org should be shared.

  • Administrators assigned to the district org will have District Admin access within Reading Assistant. Administrators assigned to a specific school will have School Admin access to the assigned school.

 

When you’re ready to add applications like Reading Assistant Learning to your Classlink Org, follow the steps below.

 

Classlink Roster Server   

The roster server is where you manage your data and share it with apps.

  1. In Roster Server, go to Apps at the top of the page

  2. Click the blue +Add button on the far right to add a new app

 

  1. In the search box, type in Reading Assistant, then click the blue Add button next to the app. Once you do this, you will be taken to the filtering screen, where you can add your permissions.

We recommend using Rule-Based permissions to share data with Reading Assistant. It’s crucial to the success of your implementation that you only share data with Schools, classes, and users who need access to Reading Assistant. 

  1. To add a rule, click the blue + icon on the far right. Add permissions for the school, courses, teachers, students, and admins who need access.

When adding classes, it will automatically pull in associated students and teachers.

 

 

NOTE: Reading Assistant needs access to your District organization and the schools using It. 

  1. If this is your first time adding Reading Assistant, you need to enable the app next. Go back to Apps at the top of the page. Next to the Reading Assistant Learning app, it will say “Disabled” with a toggle button. Toggle this to enable Reading Assistant Learning. 

 

We cannot sync your data if you do not Enable Reading Assistant.

 

Management Console

 

Now that you’ve shared your data with Reading Assistant, you should go into your Management Console to assign permissions. This is where you manage your SSO applications and user assignments.

  1. Add Reading Assistant Learning app in the application library. Go to Applications > Add & Assign Apps.

  1. In the App Library, type in Reading Assistant and select Add on the app to add it to your SSO application list.

 

 

  1. Go back to your app library and search for Reading Assistant. There are two ways to assign the application to your users. 1. Assign the app to an entire library. If you add the app here, any teacher in that library can see the app and add it there. 2. Assign App allows you to assign the app to specific profiles, orgs, groups, users, etc. This is the method we recommend.

 

Note: If you assign the app to users who you have not shared with Reading Assistant via the Roster Server, they will not be able to launch Reading Assistant.

You’re all done! Now that you’ve assigned the app to users, Reading Assistant Learning will appear on their Classlink dashboard!

 

Reading Assistant must provision your org before users can launch and use Reading Assistant.

Now that you’re all done, the final step is for the Reading Assistant team to connect your Classlink data that you’ve shared with Reading Assistant. Until this happens, users will not be able to launch Reading Assistant and will get an error message. Be sure to let your rostering partner know you’ve completed these steps.

This process can take up to 72 business hours. Once the connection is made, your Reading Assistant roster partner will contact you and let you know you’re all set up. 

 

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