Pupil Passwords

[adrianjones]

Hi all

 

A lot of time is spent changing pupil passwords Im curious do other schools allow pupils change their password on first log on, or lock down pupil passwords?.

[hardtailstar]

Hi all

 

A lot of time is spent changing pupil passwords Im curious do other schools allow pupils change their password on first log on, or lock down pupil passwords?.

 

If pupils forget their passwords here then teachers email IT. We then change the password to password and make the student change it when they login with password.

[Sagima]

Pupils (years 5+) can change their password whenever they like. Change is only enforced on first logon or if we remotely change it - if they come in they can type what they want into the boxes. It never expires

Pupils below year 5 cannot change their password - staff have a list

[Garacesh]

Secondary school here. When an account is created it gets the default password, with the flag set that it must change the password on next login. The kid logs in and then gets to set their own password. If they forget it, their current teacher phones/emails us and we just change it back to the default one, again making them change it when they next log back in. Standard complexity requirements are applied. Kids can also change their own password at-will via the C+A+D menu.

 

I suspect this approach wouldn't work in primary schools, though. So it depends on your cohort.

Edited January 17, 2017 by Garacesh

[FN-GM]

Hi all

 

A lot of time is spent changing pupil passwords Im curious do other schools allow pupils change their password on first log on, or lock down pupil passwords?.

 

We allow them to change to whatever they like. However its not IT that reset them but the class teacher. That way they don't have to leave the room. Im convinced half the kids did know their password but fancied a wonder.

[Boredguy]

Secondary here.

Our system initially creates new student accounts with their DoB as their password and also sets the "change at next logon" flag. Logon details are e-mail to tutors to give out in that mornings registration (if they remember)

 

We then have a webpage that staff can access to search for students by username or surname/inital and the ability to reset their password to a random 6 character word and reset the "change at next logon" flag.

 

It cut down the number of password change requests a log when we first implimented it, and these days it's only every now and then we do it (if the teacher can't remember how to do it or not at a computer)

[Bedders]

When I used to work in a secondary school a year ago (wow, that didn't seem like that long!) we used to set all student passwords for years 7 - 11 as 4 numbers randomly chosen and logged in a spreadsheet. This way any one of us in IT Support could browse through the password list and hand it to the student ​if they forgot it.

 

These master lists of each year group were then split down into IT Classes and distributed to the IT teachers at the start of the year. Worked well as they then had a copy for the first few weeks (until it went missing).

 

Sixth form could set their own after an initial default of 12345. If they forgot it, they got something amusing like imanidiot or imustnotforgetmypasswordagain. Usually didn't see people forgetting it twice!

[Scrambles]

Secondary School.

When a new account is created, they are set a random password that they update upon first logon. We email new starters accounts to the ICT Teachers and the students Form Tutor the day they start.

Then class teachers have the ability to reset a student password again to keep students in lesson.

We use Burconix Password Reset running from the staff share to allow the password reset.

We have a security group delegated in AD so we can remove individual's rights to reset passwords easily if there is a need to.

[enjay]

Secondary school. New users have default generic password based on their initials and DOB (this prevents students logging in as someone else and changing their password for them, as they only know their own generic password). Users are forced to change their password at first login; students can keep that password for ever, staff must change it every 120 days.

 

Students who forget their password come to IT Services (on their own, and with a note from their teacher) and we allow them to reset it; I am investigating options for allowing staff to do this since (as @FN-GM says) I think for some students forgetting their password is a good way to get out of doing any work.

Edited January 18, 2017 by enjay