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Connect websites

Updated over 3 months ago

You will only be able to follow these directions if your account on your district or organization's main website has Multisite Management.

Before you can switch between your organization's Edlio websites, you'll need to connect to your account on each website.

Connections are made between individual accounts on each website. So each district website administrator must go through this process of connecting to their own accounts on the school sites.

1. Log into your district or organization's main Edlio website using the account you wish to be connected.

If your organization is using LDAP authentication, read more about connecting with LDAP.

Please Note: The account with the username of "admin" cannot be used to connect multiple sites. Read more.

2. Click on your organization's name in the top right and select Manage websites

If you do not see a little down arrow next to your organization's name, your account does not have Multisite Management. If you believe this is an error please contact your organization's main website administrator.

multisite management dropdown

3. Click + Connect on a site you wish to be able to switch to

multisite connect button

4. Enter the username and password for your account on that website then click Connect

username and password fields

Can I connect to the admin username on that website?

No. For security purposes you cannot connect to the admin username.

The admin username is a reserved account with special super admin privileges. Usually one or more individuals at the school level have access to the admin account so that they can better manage the website administrators and users on their own site.

If you were to connect your account to an admin account then every user at that school who can log into the admin username on the school site can now access your account on the district site as well as every other school website you have connected. Obviously, this is a big security risk. To help you keep your sites secure, the admin username cannot be connected.

You can, however, create a new account for yourself on the school website right here in Manage websites.

admin error screen

What happens if I don't have an account on the site I want to connect to?

  1. Enter the username and password you wish to use on that site.

  2. Click Connect.

  3. It will give you a message saying the account cannot be found.

  4. Click Create Account.

create account link

5. Once successful, you can see the connected username. You may disconnect later if desired.

successful connection screen

6. Now you can switch to any connected website using the dropdown

manage websites button

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