MyApps is the first view after logging into ClassLink LaunchPad. This gives you instant access to the resources that have been provided for you by Boise School District. In order to customize your MyApps screen, you can add your own apps by visiting the App Library, add your own web-links as apps, and you can also create folders.

 

Overview

• ClassLink Extension
• Tool Bar
• What are SSO apps?
• Edit Mode
• Updating/Changing Your Password
• Adding Your Own App, (Staff only)

ClassLink Extension

Most SSO apps require a browser extension to be installed. When users click an SSO Browser Extension app, a prompt will appear to install the extension, this is ok to install, it allows Chrome to work with ClassLink to make Magic Happen, the Magic is MyApps signing you into the system the icon represents on your MyApps page.

Below is an example:

Click Install Extension and ok the following prompts.

 

Tool Bar

Search: Allows you to search through your apps to find a specific app. You do not need to click the search bar to start searching, just begin typing the name of the app and it will automatically search your apps.

Edit Mode: move your apps around, delete apps, moves apps into folders or edit folders you create by clicking this button.

Notifications: View notifications sent out by administrators. (BSD in the works)

Profile Settings: Change your avatar, themes, and colors. Access your password locker, set up two-factor authorization, and connect student ClassLink cards for quick student login.

 

 

What are SSO apps?

ClassLink has the ability to link you seamlessly to your various web accounts from within ClassLink. This feature is called Single Sign-On (SSO) which means you will not have to enter your username and password every time you enter that website - your username and password for applications are saved. Apps that have single sign-on capabilities can be found in the App Library. They are differentiated by SSO banners with a key in the top right corner.

When clicking on an application, in some cases, the username and password is embedded - you will click on the application and it will log you right in.  In other cases, a Password Locker will prompt you to enter your username and password and then click Save, just one time.  ClassLink will then store that username and password combination for you and you will not have to enter it again.

 

To browse and search our Single Sign-On applications, navigate to our App Library , use Add Apps in the top left corner 

 

 

Edit Mode

Edit Mode is located on the top left of the bar. 

 

 

Edit Mode in the Professional theme can be accessed on the left sidebar.

 

 

Note: Edit Mode is not available in the Primary theme

 

Edit Mode allows you to change Themes, Font Styles, Palette, Wallpaper (if allowed), in addition to the app size. New folders can also be made from this menu.

 

 

1. Delete apps you've added by hovering over an application and clicking on the red x on the top right of the app.

   Note: Remember that you can only delete apps that you've added. Apps that have been District assigned are managed by a District IT Manager.

2. Rearrange apps by dragging them to a different location and dropping them.
3. You can move apps inside a folder by hovering over the folder and dropping the app inside.
4. You can create a folder by hovering one app over another app and dropping it. This will create a new folder with the two apps inside.
5. To rename the folder, click on the folder and then click on the name.
6. To add a new application, select New App and you will be taken to the App Library.

Note: If you search for an application that you log into and can not find it in the App Library, you can click choose Request a Single Sign-On for this Application. You can also request a new icon for the app.  

 

Updating or Adding a Password Locker

To update or change your password, right-click the app from the My Apps screen and click Edit Password.

 

 

Click the Edit icon to update your username or password.  Click the red X to delete an existing Password Locker.

 

To add an additional account with a different username and password, right-click on the app, click Update Password, then click Add Locker to enter a locker name and the new account's username and password and click Save.

Be aware of saved passwords you have set in Google Chrome as the saved passwords in Google Chrome can conflict with the saved passwords for MyApps.  Details about Chrome passwords here.

Add Your Own Apps is encouraged for STAFF ONLY.  If students add apps it may decrease functionality of other application sites (ie Google Meet, iReady, etc)   If Staff want students to have an app  - see: Teacher Console & My Backpack

1. Go the the App Library (+).
2. Click Add App (if this feature is available to you).

1. Enter the app's URL.
2. Provide the name of the app.
3. Choose an icon.
4. Save.

 

Note: If you search for an application that you log into and can not find it in the App Library, you can click choose Request a Single Sign-On for this Application. You can also request a new icon for the app.  

 

When creating your own app keep in mind you are creating a shortcut to a LINK to a website, this shortcut in MyApps is called an App.  

To remove an app you have previously added, on the top right select Edit Mode, if the app can be removed from your page, click the red X. 

 Note: While using MyApps.Boiseschools.org keep in mind the Chrome saved credentials you have chosen to store for the Apps you use regularly or apps you create and add to MyApps, which secures your BSD accounts a bit further.