# Sharing a computer with colleagues

> Academium SMS Help › Client Edition
> For: Client Edition
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-sharing-a-computer
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

On the Client Edition, several members of staff can stay signed in on the same computer. Each person switches to their own account with their PIN, without typing a password every time.

## Adding your account to a shared computer

1. On the account screen (**Who is using this device?**), choose **Add another account**.
2. Sign in once, with either:
   - your **username and password**, or
   - a **login code** your school gave you. Codes work once; after that, this computer remembers you and your PIN is all you need.

Your account now appears in the list on this computer.

## Switching to your account

1. On the account screen, choose your name.
2. Enter your **PIN**.

If you have forgotten your PIN, choose **Forgotten your PIN? Use your password** and switch with your password instead.

## Stepping away

Always lock the screen or switch accounts when you leave a shared computer, so the next person cannot use your account. See [Signing in, your PIN and the lock screen](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-signing-in-and-your-pin.md).

## Good to know

- Each account keeps its own preferences, notes and sidebar arrangement.
- An administrator can see which computers you use, and sign you out of one, from **Devices & Access**.

## Common issues

**"Login codes need the Academium app."** You are in a web browser, not the Client Edition. Use your username and password, or open the Client Edition.

**"This session cannot identify the computer."** Close the Client Edition and open it again to use a login code. In the meantime, your username and password work.

**"That password is not correct."** Check your password, or ask your administrator to reset it from your staff profile.

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