North Dakota State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced in June 2022 that school districts across the state can access ClassLink for the 22’-23’ school year at zero cost thanks to a state-wide partnership.
Baesler announced the state's collaboration with ClassLink at the opening of IgniteND, a three-day conference focused on computer science and cybersecurity instruction in North Dakota's K-12 schools. The state's ongoing project with ClassLink originated at the Department of Public Instruction and EduTech, a part of the state Information Technology Department.
ClassLink will make it easier, faster, and more secure for students and their families to use classroom technology.
School systems worldwide use ClassLink to deliver on the promise of education technology. Simplify access, analytics, and identity management—all with one platform and using secure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Join 17 million students and staff in over 2,200 school systems and bridge the gap between technology and learning with ClassLink.
Get StartedEnd the painful student login process. Save time and cut confusion with single sign-on to a library of 6,000+ connectors.
Make informed purchasing and training decisions with access to usage data for all of the digital resources in your district.
Deliver class rosters to all of your digital learning resources instantly and securely using open data standards.
Reduce the time it takes to create and manage student and staff accounts with secure, automated account provisioning.
Gain usage data for all the digital resources used on school-owned devices, even those accessed outside of ClassLink.
ClassLink supports MFA (multi-factor authentication) for users based on their profile. Choose from several second-factor options.
On June 6, 2022, North Dakota State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced that school districts across the state can access ClassLink at zero cost this Fall. Read all about the announcement and state-wide partnership here.
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We’re looking for a handful of districts and an REA to be a part of the Phase 1 - Pilot.
Complete the North Dakota – ClassLink Initiative Survey to select Phase preferences (option 1 and option 2)
Beginning Jun’22 and ongoing
Typical LaunchPad/Roster Server implementations take ~25 hours to complete over 8 weeks.
No, school districts will have the opportunity but not the requirement to implement ClassLink.
We're excited to partner with you! We'll be working closely with the ND Department of Public Instruction to select our first pilot schools. Please complete a short survey on the link below, expressing your intention to start using ClassLink.