Audience: Admins who are part of a paid district subscription
With the Okta app integration, Administrators can self-register their Okta SSO configuration in District Wide Settings. Teachers and students can sign in with Okta SSO within the Seesaw app, or launch the Seesaw app from the Okta user dashboard.
The Okta SSO feature is available on Web and iOS. Android is not supported at this time.
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🚩 In order for a user to be able to log in using Okta SSO, they must be a member of a district.
- Log into the Okta admin dashboard.
- Click on the Applications dropdown in the sidebar.
- Click on Applications sub menu item to view list of existing app integrations.
- Click Create App Integration.
- Select OIDC - OpenID Connect.
- Scroll down and then select Web Application.
- Click Next to add a new app integration to your organization.
Complete the following information for the new app integration:
- App Integration name: Seesaw (recommended) but can be any value.
- Logo: 120px
- Grant Type: Authorization Code (ensure this is selected)
- Sign-in redirect URIs: https://app.seesaw.me/api/auth/oidc/authorize/code
- Sign-out redirect URIs: https://app.seesaw.me
Once these settings are applied the admin can save the integration.
Setup the App Integration to allow users to launch Seesaw from within Okta Dashboard
- Open the newly created app integration from the dashboard.
- Click the General tab.
- Scroll down and click Edit.
- Scroll down to the Login section.
- Change Login initiated by setting to Either Okta or App.
- Ensure Login flow is set to Redirect to app to initiate login (OIDC Compliant).
- Enter this into Initiate login URI: https://app.seesaw.me/api/auth/oidc/authorize/start
- Click Save.
Add a new SSO Configuration in the District Wide Settings
- Tap District Wide Settings on the Seesaw District Dashboard.
- Tap Authentication and Security.
- Scroll down to Manage SSO Configurations.
- Enter information from the Seesaw app integration in Okta.
- Click Add SSO Config.
In Seesaw:
- Tap Sign in with Okta.
- Enter your account email address.
- Click Sign in.
- On the Okta Sign in Page, enter your user credentials. (Please note: The username should be the same that was entered in Seesaw previously.)
- Click Sign in.
On Okta Dashboard:
- Login to your Okta Org to view the Seesaw app tile in the dashboard.
- Click the app tile.
- You will be automatically authenticated and redirected to the Seesaw app.
(Please note: Okta Org Admin must enable the Okta Dashboard option.)