Passwords for Student Manager Users

When creating a new user record or editing/resetting the password for an existing user, you must enter the password twice for verification purposes.

After entering the password in the 1st Password field, press the TAB key to move to the 2nd Password Verification field.

Must Change Password

You can set a temporary password for the user and set the Must Change option to have them set their own password when they log in next. To do so, after setting the password (and verifying it by entering it in the Password Verification field), check the Must Change box.

Edit/Reset Password

To edit or reset a user's password:

1. Select Tools > Password Maintenance.
2. Find the user record.
3. Click into the Password field and type in the new password.
4. You must enter the password twice for verification. Press the TAB key to move to the Password Verification field and enter the password again.

5. If you want the user to change the password the next time they log in, check the Must Change box.
6. Click the Save button.

Password Restrictions

Student Manager User passwords can:

• be up to 29 characters long.
• consist of upper case letters (e.g. ABC), lower case letters (e.g. abc), numbers (e.g. 123), and symbols (e.g. #$@%).

Your Student Manager administrator can set requirements for you passwords. If those are in place, you will see a message if the new password does not meet the set requirements.

Requirements that can be set by the Student Manager admnistrator include:

• Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.
• Passwords must contain at least 1 of each: upper case letter, lower case letter, number, and symbol (e.g. Myp@ssw0rd).
• Passwords must be changed every 90 days.