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Create your own custom password & set your Recovery Questions
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Overview:
As part of our new security update, we are implementing a new password policy to keep your account secure. When you sign into ClassLink, you will be prompted to change your password.
Before we begin…
Review the Password Complexity Requirements below.
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Password Complexity Requirements
· Minimum Length: Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.
· Commonly Used Passwords: Passwords must not contain commonly used words such as Password, Columbus, Summer, or similar easily guessable terms.
· No Repeating or Sequential Characters: Passwords must not include repeating characters (e.g., aaa, 111) or sequential characters (e.g., 123, abc).
· Password History: Passwords must not be the same as any of your previous 5 passwords.
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Having trouble coming up with a password?
Try combining an object and an animal with two numbers to meet all the password requirements.
Create Your Password
Step 1: Sign in to your device.
This screen will appear, prompting you to change your password.
Step 2: Type your new password in the “New Password” field.
Step 3: Retype that password in the “Confirm Password” field.
Step 4: Scroll down past the Password Policy and click “Submit.”
If this screen appears, re-type your and click “next.”
Password Recovery Questions
Step 1: Open Chrome to access ClassLink.
A pop-up will appear like the one in the image above.
Step 2: Click “Set Up Recovery.”
Step 3: Click “Questions.”
Step 4: You will choose and answer three Recovery Questions.
Repeat (A) and (B), as listed below, until three questions have been selected and answered.
(A) How to select a question:
1. Click on the drop-down arrow (circled in the image below).
2. Click on the question you would like to choose from the drop-down menu (scroll to see more options).
(B) How to answer a question:
1. Click in the textbox to the right of the question you wish to answer.
2. Type your answer.
Answers must be at least three characters long.
Step 5: Click “Save.”
Step 6: Click the “X” to return to the ClassLink homepage.
