Password

EDT automatically generates a password that the user must modify during his/her first connection.

Specification of the passwords

Define the minimum length and rules to be followed

1. Go to the menu Parameters > options > Security.
2. In the drop-down menu, select the minimum number of characters authorized for the passwords.
3. Tick the wanted options to render the password complex (include at least one letter, digital character, special character, etc.).
4.  New  If you want users to change their passwords regularly, you can set a maximum password lifetime. After this time has elapsed:

• if you choose Force change at expiration, the user is obliged to change his/her password;
• if you choose Only notify at expiration, the user is incited to change the password (but is not required to do so). 
  In both cases the user is notified a few days before his/her password expires.

Force the personalization of the password during next login

 Prerequisite  You must login as the SPR.

1. Go to the menu File > User administration.
2. In the popup window, click on .
3. Select the concerned user.
4. Right-click and choose Force password change.
5. The icon  appears in the column Password. The user will have to change this password the next time he/she logs in.

Consult the passwords

View the password of an administrative user or teacher

 Prerequisite  You must login as the SPR.

1. Go to the column Password.
   • either in the menu File > User administration. In the popup window, click on ;
   • or in the tab Timetable > Teachers >  List. By default, the column Password is hidden. Click on the button  on the top right of the list to display it (List).
2. Place the cursor on the dots  to display the password in an tool tip.

Note: the password is only visible when it has been personalized by the user. The dots are replace by circles .

Communicate the passwords

Send a username and password by mail to the teachers

1. Go to the tab Timetable > Teachers/Staff >  List.
2. Select the recipients in the list.
3. Click on the button  in the tool bar.
4. In the dispatch window, select the Type of output (Printer, PDF or E-mail).

5. Select the standard letter of the type Connection. This standard letter is modifiable in the tab Communication > Mail >  Editing standard letters ( Standard letter).

6. Click on the button Print/Generate/E-mail.

Send username and password by SMS to teachers

 Prerequisite  You must be registered to send SMS (SMS).

1. Go to the tab Timetable > Teachers >  List.
2. Select the recipients in the list.
3. Click on the button  in the tool bar.

4. Select the standard SMS of the type Connection. This standard SMS is modifiable in the tab Communication > SMS >  Editing standard letters ( SMS).

5. Click on the button Send.

Modify the passwords

Modify his/her password

 Prerequisite  You are authorized to modify your password.

1. Go to the menu File > Utilities > Modify the password.
2. In the popup window, enter the current password.
3. Enter the new password, enter a confirmation and validate.

Modify the password of an administrative user

 Prerequisite  You must login as the SPR.

1. Go to the menu File > User administration.
2. In the popup window, click on .
3. Select the user in the list on the left.
4. Double-click in the column Password, enter the new password and validate using the key [Enter].
5. The user must necessarily modify his/her password during the next connection.

Generate new passwords for the teachers

 Prerequisite  You must login as an administrator.

1. Go to the tab Timetable > Teachers >  List.
2. Select the teacher(s) for which you want to generate a new password, right-click and choose Modify > Random password.

Plan for password renewal

1. Go to the menu Parameters > options > Security.
2. Select Force change at expiration, as Expiration policy for passwords.
3. Enter a number of days for the password to be valid, after which the user must change it.

 Also see

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