Identity Management in Education

Connections between School Information Systems and Virtual Learning Environment

User account management for students (login names etc.), is becoming increasingly complex. Accounts must be created at the beginning of each school year, while the frequency of account changes during the year continues to increase. There are reports that student names have been misspelled, changes in group memberships occur, passwords have to be reset, etc.

A considerable amount of student details are already present in the student tracking system. Tools4ever’s User Management Resource Administrator (UMRA) ensures that the data from the student administration system (e.g. Magister or Power Campus) is made available automatically, without the need of user intervention, in Active Directory, Exchange, eDirectory (Novell), GroupWise and the file system, as well as in access systems, library systems, electronic learning environments (ELOs), etc. The solution can be used to create, modify and remove accounts automatically for all applications used by the school.

Read how our customers in the education sector managed to regain control over their network using our solutions and were able to streamline their user account management.