Google sign-in integration
Learners sign in to Intellum with their Google account and can create an account the first time they sign in. Intellum turns it on for your site, and every person signs in with a Google account.
Common uses of Google sign-in
- Learners sign in with the Google account they already use, with one less password to manage.
- Admins bulk-import existing users with the google_oauth2 provider value and a user ID, so imported accounts match Google sign-in.
How Google sign-in works
Intellum turns on Google sign-in for your site. People then sign in with their Google account through Google OAuth. Google passes the person’s email to Intellum, and Intellum uses that email as the account identifier.
A person without an Intellum account can create one the first time they sign in with Google. Because the Google account is the identifier, every person on the site signs in with Google.
How to set up Google sign-in
Intellum turns on Google sign-in for your site. Google accounts become the identifier for everyone who signs in.
- A Google account for every person who signs in
- An organization-wide decision to use Google accounts as the identifier
How Google sign-in for Intellum handles access and data
- Authentication: Google OAuth.
- Data: the person’s email passes from Google to Intellum and identifies the person.
- Accounts: people can create an account at first sign-in. Admins remove accounts through the API or a recurring user file.
What to know about Google sign-in
- Google sign-in applies to the whole organization: every person must sign in with a Google account.
- Google sign-in is a Premium feature that sits behind a feature flag.
- Organizations on Okta, Microsoft Entra ID or OneLogin connect through SAML 2.0 single sign-on.
Questions about Google sign-in
Yes. Learners sign in to the LMS with their Google account through Google OAuth, and Google passes their email to Intellum as the account identifier. Intellum turns it on for your site.
No. Google sign-in applies to the whole organization: every person on the site signs in with a Google account as their identifier, so everyone needs one before Intellum turns it on.
Yes. Google Workspace accounts sign in through Google sign-in, and the account email identifies each person in Intellum.
Yes. A person without an Intellum account can create one the first time they sign in with Google, and the email from their Google account becomes the account identifier.
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