This article assumes that the district/school Admin account has already been created. If it has not, please email education_info@discoveryed.com for additional help.
Note: If your district/school administrator is able to pull teacher, student, and class data from your data management system into a .CSV file, use our Bulk Upload Tool.
Create a Teacher Account with Passcode
In order to create your account manually, you will receive a passcode from your District/School Administrator who oversees Discovery Education users. Please reach out to your point of contact to receive this passcode.
To create your account from a passcode, visit www.discoveryeducation.com (or www.discoveryeducation.ca in Canada) and click on Login in the top right corner of the screen. From this page, click Create account with school passcode.
Fill in the requested information.
Once you have verified all the information is correct, click Let's Get Started to access Discovery Education.
The first screen you will see gives you the ability to select your grade level(s), subject(s), and other interests. Discovery Education is customizable to your interests in order to best meet your needs. Once you have made your selections, click Let’s Get Started to access Discovery Education.
Manually Add Students in Classroom Manager
Select Classrooms from Discovery Education navigation and choose All Students > + Create Student.
Don't see Create Students on the All Students page? Then, your district has already set up student accounts through SSO, bulk import, or nightly syncs. You can jump to the next step - Manually Add Students to a Classroom. If you have a student missing from the roster, please contact your local IT department to ensure that student is included in the next sync.
Note: In order to manually add a student account, that student must be added to an existing "class".
Enter the student account information. The following fields are required:
- Class
- Last Name
- First Name
- Username
- Password
- Grade
A username must be unique in the entire Discovery Education database. The system will alert you if a username is already taken. Passwords must be at least five characters long. Once a student account has been created and added to a class, that student account is visible to all teachers at the school so that it can be associated with additional classes.
Once student accounts are created, they can login and access resources. You will also want to add them to classes to make assigning resources quick and easy!
Create a Teacher or Student Account in My Admin
A School Administrator with Discovery Education Admin access can manually enter teachers through the My Admin section of Discovery Education. To do this:
- Click on the Admin Dashboard tile from your My DE homepage.
- Click on the Manage School dropdown and then Add User.
- Select a role and then complete the requested information.
A District Administrator with Discovery Education Admin access can manually enter teachers following these directions:
- Click on the Admin Dashboard tile from your My DE homepage.
- Click on the Users tab and then the Add User button.
- Select a school and role and then complete the requested information.
Manually Create Classes
Select Classrooms from Discovery Education navigation and choose All Classrooms > +Create Class. Give the class a name and an optional description: class name is visible to students when content is assigned to them; the description is not. You can also change the theme on a classroom.
If the student account already exists on the school roster, you can add it by searching for the student by name, user name, student ID, or filtering by grade. If the student account does not exist, and can be added by selecting Create Students.
Manually Add Students and Co-Teachers to a Classroom
Once student accounts have been created, they can be associated with classes. Students can be in multiple classes and co-teachers can be added to support instructional goals.
Select Classrooms from Discovery Education navigation and choose All Classrooms. Find the class you wish to add accounts to and select the Actions dropdown, then View Details.
Add Students: Choose the Student Roster tab to add an existing student account from the school roster. Search for students by name, user name, student ID, or filtering by grade. Select add next to the student to add the account to the class. Use remove to remove the student from the class.
Add Co-Teachers: Choose the Teacher Members tab to add an existing teacher to your class. Search for the teacher by name or scroll down to find their name. Select add next to the teacher to add as a co-teacher. Use remove to remove the teacher from the class. Note: Co-Teachers have equal access to a class. They can see all assignments, student work, and grades across the platform.
If your district integrates DE with Google SSO, you can sync your students into classrooms using Google User Provisioning.