Students may need temporary access to their course material. Instructors can share a key with the students to provide this access.
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1. First verify that the correct course is listed by your class because the temporary key corresponds directly to your class’s course.
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- If you are using an LMS system, click a link within your LMS to get to the platform resource and then click the Title icon to go to the home page.
- If you need to change the course, click the more button (the 3 dots) across from your class, select Edit Class, change the course if needed and click Save.
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2. Across from your class click the more button.
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3. Select Temporary Access. (Please note that this option is only available during the first 14 days of your class start.)
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4. A key is listed for the respective course. Click the copy icon by the key.
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5. Now you can paste that key into a post or email it to the students.
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- Tip: If you need to invite students to your class include the temporary access key with your invitation to join the class.
- Underneath the key is displayed the valid period.
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6. Click the X in the upper right to exit the screen. However, you can always return to this page if you need to access the key again.
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7. After the student logs in they will select the Activation Required link across from the class or click Add by My Courses.
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- Enter the access key, copy and paste is the best option.
- Click Activate.
- The product is now listed in the My Courses.
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8. During this temporary period students will be reminded once each day they access the product that the key they are using will expire.
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Students should purchase their access key prior to the free access period ending for uninterrupted usage.
- That purchased key can be entered on the Temporary Access page by clicking Enter an access key or from their home page by clicking Add by My Courses.
- The expiration period is automatically updated when their purchased key has been entered.
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Students should purchase their access key prior to the free access period ending for uninterrupted usage.
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9. As students begin to use the temporary key, you can view who has activated it and when. Across from your class click the more button and select Temporary Access.
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- Under Activations Used a list of the student’s names and date the course was activated will be outlined.
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This key is only temporary. Please encourage students to purchase their access key prior to the expiration of their temporary key.