North Dakota Loves Learning

• The state is always looking to help all districts be successful. We found that some districts were successful with easy SSO access to resources, usage data analytics, secure rostering, and the advanced use of MFA, all through ClassLink.
• We want to help districts that do not have these advanced technologies so we can ensure technical equity for students and teachers across the state.
• We evaluated an existing technology with notable successes in ND, positive customer service, all the technical functionality needed and more.
• We negotiated a more favorable volume price with the vendor so we can bring this technology to all ND districts that choose to participate.

Full ClassLink suite (classlink.com/videos)

• LaunchPad: End the painful student login process. Save time and cut confusion with single sign-on to a library of 6,000+ connectors.
• Roster Server: Deliver class rosters to all of your digital learning resources instantly and securely using open data standards.
• OneSync: Reduce the time it takes to create and manage student and staff accounts with secure, automated account provisioning. Provision accounts for Google, Office365 and Active Directory.
• Analytics: Make informed purchasing and training decisions with access to usage data for all of the digital resources used through ClassLink.
• Analytics+: Expand your understanding of digital engagement with usage analytics for all the digital resources used on school-owned devices, even those accessed outside of ClassLink.
• MFA: Strengthen cybersecurity by implementing multi-factor authentication. ClassLink supports MFA for users based on their ClassLink profile. Choose from several second-factor options.
• Public Portal: Establish transparency and build trust with a public-facing inventory of digital resources used in your district. Community members can see privacy settings, intended use, and the types of student data shared for each specific resource.
• Parent Portal: Make managing school life easier for parents and guardians with a consistent place to access grades, lunch accounts, library assets, newsletters, and other supports.

Support Services

• Implementation: A dedicated project manager is assigned and responsible for creating an individualized project plan with the district. The team will meet regularly and support every implementation step using our interactive project management software.
• Engagement: Once ClassLink is live, our Engagement Director will be the single point of contact for the district. You will be personally informed of new and upcoming product features, able to join our ClassLink community of thousands of districts, and participate in user groups.
• 24/7 Service Center support. Our service center has people ready to take your calls and emails at anytime. Product teams ensure the highest level of expertise needed is available and accessible.
• Unlimited training resources for the life of the partnership: webinars, ClassLink Academy courses, live customized training, support for personnel changes, etc.

School districts are invited to select the phase they would like to participate in for set up and implementation of ClassLink.

Complete the North Dakota – ClassLink Initiative Survey to select Phase preferences (option 1 and option 2)

Beginning Jun’22 and ongoing

• Communication and education on ClassLink
• Group and personal demonstrations

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.

• No, ClassLink’s LaunchPad is designed to bring all your resources into one place, no matter how you sign in to or roster the resource.
• Applications inside of ClassLink could be single sign-on native to LaunchPad, Sign in with Google, Clever, Office365, Canvas or vendor-issued username/password, etc.