Configuring RapidIdentity GO! View

Configuring RapidIdentity GO! View

To configure the Portal, navigate to Configuration > SSO Portal. There are three menu options:

• Themes - This is where the school's logo and portal name is defined
• Personas - This is where the content of the portal is defined by groups of users (i.e. all students at ABC Elementary, all 3rd grade students in the district, or all staff members)
• Announcements - Post announcements by persona to target specific groups of users

There can be one global SSO portal that applies to all users, or there can be multiple portals, one for each school, each grade level, or staff vs. students, or any combination of these. SSO portal design is guided by your district's specific needs. When determining how many portals are needed, keep in mind the audience and which apps they will need access to view.

Images

When creating a theme, a URL for a logo is required, and a favicon URL is optional. Those images can be uploaded to RapidIdentity under Configuration > Systems > Data > Images. Click Add Image at the top right. A Public URL will be auto-generated, and this is the URL that can be copied and pasted when creating a new Theme.

Themes

The Themes menu allows administrators to set up branding for each Persona to include the portal name, a logo and favicon, and the portal name which displays at the top center. When defining a new Persona, at least one theme must exist, as this is a required value.

1. NAME: Enter a unique name for this theme. (This is not the name that will show at the top center of the portal; this is the name that identifies the contents of this theme.)
2. LOGO URL: Copy and paste the Public URL generated when uploading the image. (This URL is required.)
3. FAVICON URL: A favicon is the image that shows on the browser tab to more quickly identify the contents of that web page. Copy and paste the Public URL generated when uploading the image. (This URL is optional.)
4. SSO PORTAL NAME: This is the name that will display on the top center of the portal. This name does not need to be unique.

These two sections together provide the overall user experience for the Portal, depending on the user's role and application needs. A finished portal could look something like this:

Personas

A Persona is a group of users that share something in common: all staff, all students, students at a specific school or in a specific grade level, guardians, or other groups. Before designing a customized portal, think about who the target audience is, what rights they should have to customize their portal experience, and what app icons should they see on their dashboard.

Click Add Persona at the top right:

On the resulting screen, there will be three collapsible sections: General, Customization, and Applications.

General

• Name: Give the Persona a unique name that will describe the group of users that this Persona applies to.
• Access Control: Choose whether this Persona will be applied to users based on Roles or Attributes. If Role-based is chosen, search for one or more roles. If Attribute-based is selected, enter an LDAP filter that will define the users included in this Persona.

• Enable Third Party Portal: This is a premium add-on called the Universal Authentication Director that will navigate the user to another application (such as Clever) after authenticating through RapidIdentity. Toggle this to On and select the application the user should see once authenticated. The available applications in the dropdown list is generated from the SSO Applications set up in your system.

To enable this feature in your system, contact your Customer Success Manager.

• Theme: If Enable Third Party Portal is not selected, choose which Theme will apply to that Persona's user experience.

Customization

The Customization section is where you as an administrator can define the look, feel, and options available for this Persona's users. Toggle the Preview setting for a representative image of the settings as defined.

• Default UI: This will define the defaults that users in this Persona will see upon initial login. Here you can set the defaults for App Size (the size of the logo tiles for each application on the Portal), Density (the space between the logo tiles), and Mode (Light - white background or Dark - black background).
• User UI Customization: Toggle whether the users in this Persona will be allowed to alter the default settings after their initial login.
• User Feature Customization: These are a few more options to give to users to improve their portal experience after initial login. They can be allowed to Edit Favorites (choose which application icons are visible on their initial portal landing page), View Recents (the most recently accessed applications will be in a special section at the top of their Portal), or Rearrange Applications and Create Folders (to organize their icons in a more preferred order).

Applications

The Applications section is where an administrator will define the applications to display by default for this Persona.

1. First, you will need to click Add Applications to include some SSO applications to appear on the user's home screen. Select the desired applications for this persona and click the button at the bottom to add them.
   

2. Once the applications are added, you can determine which ones should show up (Favorites) and which applications cannot be removed from Favorites (Required).
   

3. Once the applications have been configured, don't forget to scroll down and click Save!

Themes

The Themes menu allows administrators to set up branding for the different Personas to include a unique Name, Logo and Favicon URLs, and the SSO Portal Name to display at the top. The theme does not affect the Persona Customization options, but does provide the Persona with a more customized experience for their portal.

These two sections together provide the overall user experience for the Portal, depending on the user's role and application needs. A finished portal could look something like this: