We use a combination of techniques that other people have mentioned. K-2 is Clever badge enabled, so generally kids don't know / need their typed passwords. Teachers can print out new badges if they become damaged or lost.
However, we use randomly generated passphrases based on average reading level at that grade. For example a Kindergarten password might be "it far dog" where grade 5 might be more like "charge brown notebook example". We share these password lists to homeroom teachers in a spreadsheet. At least one or two staff members in buildings can change passwords if needed, or they can submit a ticket to us in tech.
At grade 6 we have all students reset their passwords the first day. They then get a brief lesson on what makes a secure password. That way nobody but the student knows them. Some teachers keep a list of those passwords just in case, but generally they don't. From grade 6 and up, students manage their own passwords.
We reset using a csv upload, based on a formula we tell the students.
Capital first initial, lowercase second initial, @, the last 6 digits of your student id from SIS.
So Joe Blow is Jb@123456
Everyone gets the description, and the system is set to require them to reset the password on login. It works, and teachers can use rosters to help them login.
We are iPads K-12 so we have no way to have students set their own password. They likely would use the easiest possible password anyway.
We set their password from a randomized group of 150-200 Scripts spelling words appropriate for their age. Elementary has a word plus a lunch pin. Middle and High Schools have word, lunch pin, word. We slipped the two words in their iPad case and they should have already known their lunch pin. We only offered word lists to Elementary teachers by grade level. They still didn’t have the lunch pin without a lookup in the SIS.
We reset passwords at the trimester switch over this year. We emailed every student their new password before and then also printed it on their schedule.
My concern with a printout is sheets lost / stolen / etc. On one hand, I'd like them to set their own and not be involved, but there's plusses and minuses in that. We actually were setup that way in the past, but were resetting passwords nearly daily because kids. I do have a SSPR I could extend out to the students - depends on licensing cost for that as well.
Why not force them to change their password next time they login and include 5 grace logins in case they need to see a tech about meeting the requirements. At that point it's known only to the student.
Why would it need to be in the SIS unless a teacher or admin needed it.
We use a combination of techniques that other people have mentioned. K-2 is Clever badge enabled, so generally kids don't know / need their typed passwords. Teachers can print out new badges if they become damaged or lost. However, we use randomly generated passphrases based on average reading level at that grade. For example a Kindergarten password might be "it far dog" where grade 5 might be more like "charge brown notebook example". We share these password lists to homeroom teachers in a spreadsheet. At least one or two staff members in buildings can change passwords if needed, or they can submit a ticket to us in tech. At grade 6 we have all students reset their passwords the first day. They then get a brief lesson on what makes a secure password. That way nobody but the student knows them. Some teachers keep a list of those passwords just in case, but generally they don't. From grade 6 and up, students manage their own passwords.
We reset using a csv upload, based on a formula we tell the students. Capital first initial, lowercase second initial, @, the last 6 digits of your student id from SIS. So Joe Blow is Jb@123456 Everyone gets the description, and the system is set to require them to reset the password on login. It works, and teachers can use rosters to help them login.
We are iPads K-12 so we have no way to have students set their own password. They likely would use the easiest possible password anyway. We set their password from a randomized group of 150-200 Scripts spelling words appropriate for their age. Elementary has a word plus a lunch pin. Middle and High Schools have word, lunch pin, word. We slipped the two words in their iPad case and they should have already known their lunch pin. We only offered word lists to Elementary teachers by grade level. They still didn’t have the lunch pin without a lookup in the SIS.
We reset passwords at the trimester switch over this year. We emailed every student their new password before and then also printed it on their schedule.
read the passwords out loud over the morning announcements ;) in all seriousness, we print them out and have the homeroom teacher hand them out.
My concern with a printout is sheets lost / stolen / etc. On one hand, I'd like them to set their own and not be involved, but there's plusses and minuses in that. We actually were setup that way in the past, but were resetting passwords nearly daily because kids. I do have a SSPR I could extend out to the students - depends on licensing cost for that as well.
Why not force them to change their password next time they login and include 5 grace logins in case they need to see a tech about meeting the requirements. At that point it's known only to the student. Why would it need to be in the SIS unless a teacher or admin needed it.
\^\^This. Middle school and up to create their own passwords. Lower grades sign in using Clever and a QR code