Overview: What is Clever?

Clever provides rostering and Single Sign-On (SSO) services for numerous educational applications, serving 70% of schools in the USA. Our platform saves teachers and students time by streamlining account management, enabling them to focus on learning. Clever integrates seamlessly with any Student Information System (SIS) through direct integration or SFTP automation.

For developers, Clever’s APIs allow integration into nearly any school district without requiring additional development or integration work.

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Step 1: Creating Your Development Application

1. Sign Up
   Register for your development application.

   • All applications are granted access to SSO by default.
   • For Secure Sync (rostering) access, contact: [email protected].

2. Sandbox Environment

   • The development application is designed to work with sandbox district environments.
   • Live district data access requires Clever certification.
   • Clever certification ensures your application meets core development requirements for live school district connections.
     Learn more in the Certification Overview.

3. Multi-Application Integration

   • For multi-application integration, contact: [email protected] to provision a multi-application environment.

Step 2: SSO into the Applications Dashboard

1. Default Access
   Clever provides default access to the applications dashboard by creating accounts with individual passwords.

2. SSO Configuration

   • To configure SSO for better application management, contact: [email protected].
   • SSO is configured via SAML connection.
   • During setup and testing, admin user password access remains available.
   • After SSO verification, disable password logins to manage all access through SSO.