Connecting a server to an existing school

Use Log In on a new Server Edition when your school already exists in Academium, for example when you are replacing the server computer, or the school was set up on a server before.

Connecting

  1. Open the Server Edition. On This server has not been set up yet, choose Log In.
  2. Enter the email address and password of the Academium Account that owns the school this server will run.
  3. If your account has more than one branch, Academium asks Which branch does this server run? Pick one. This server serves only the branch you pick.
  4. Academium connects the server to your school and gets it running.

Moving to a new server computer

  1. On the old server, take a backup and copy it to an external drive. See Backing up and restoring school data.
  2. Set up the new server with Log In, as above, using the same Academium Account.
  3. On the new server, choose Restore from another location and pick the backup.

Common issues

"No branch is set to Server Edition." The school was registered as an online school, from the Individual Edition, so it has no branch set up for a school server. Contact Academium support to move the school, or a branch, to the Server Edition.

"Could not reach the portal. Please check your internet connection and try again." Connecting needs the internet, once. Check the server's connection.

I am not the owner. Only the Academium Account that owns the school can connect a server. Ask the school owner to do it.