# Installing and connecting the Client Edition

> Academium Surepass Help › Client Edition
> For: Client Edition
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-installing-and-connecting-the-client-edition
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

The **Client Edition** opens Surepass from your school or centre server. Install it on every lab computer and staff computer.

## Install it

The easiest way is from your school server's own download page, which works without the internet. Ask your School Owner for the address, or see [Connecting computers to the server](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-connecting-computers-to-the-server.md). You can also download it from the Academium downloads page.

## Connect to the server

1. Open **Academium Surepass Client**.
2. It shows **Looking for servers…** while it searches your school network.
3. When it finds your school's server, click **Connect**.

If more than one server is found, choose your school or centre's server. Next time, the Client Edition connects by itself and opens the sign-in page.

## If no server is found

The screen says **No servers found**. Check that:

- the school server is switched on and says **Server Running**;
- this computer is on the **school network**, not a phone hotspot or another Wi-Fi.

Then click **Scan again**. If it still finds nothing, click **Connect manually** and enter the server address your School Owner gives you, for example `http://192.168.1.20:8080`.

## Switching to another server

Click **Switch Server** at the top of the window, then choose the server.

## Keeping the computer's clock right

The Client Edition sets this computer's clock from the school server every hour, so exam timers agree across the lab.

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