Your first sign-in as the school owner
Once your school is created, sign in to Academium SMS as the school owner.
You sign in with your Academium Account
As the school owner, you always sign in with your Academium Account: the email address and password you used when creating the school. You do not get a separate username and password.
Where to sign in
| Your school runs on | How to sign in |
|---|---|
| Individual Edition (online school) | Setting up the school opens Academium SMS for you, already signed in. On another computer, open the Individual Edition, choose Log In, then Academium Account, and enter your Academium Account email and password. |
| A school server | Open the Client Edition or Individual Edition on another computer and connect to the server, or open the server's address in a web browser. See Connecting computers to your school server. On the sign-in screen, enter your Academium Account email address and password. |
If you later change your Academium Account password on the portal, use the new one. If the school server stops accepting it, reset it from the server control panel. See Subscription and the admin password.
Common issues
"Academium Account" is refused for a member of staff. Only the school owner can sign in with an Academium Account. Staff sign in with the username and password from their staff record, or a sign-in code.
My username and password are not accepted. As the owner, you have no separate username. Use your Academium Account email address as the username.
What happens next
- Your PIN and security questions. Choose a four-digit PIN to lock Academium when you step away, and three security questions. See Your first sign-in.
- First-time school setup. Academium checks that your school has a session, assessment types and classes. Because you set these up already, they show as Done. Choose your school's colour if you have not yet. See First-time school setup.
- The welcome. A one-minute welcome lets you choose your colour, add your logo, and add the standard Nigerian subjects.
- The tour. A short guided tour shows you around.
Then work through Setting up your school: a checklist.
Adding your staff
Your staff do not create accounts themselves. Add each person as a member of staff, then:
- on a school server, they sign in with the username and password from their staff record;
- on an online school, issue each person a sign-in code from Devices & Access.
See Adding and managing staff and Signing in with a staff sign-in code.