PERTS Ascend Support

What is a Sign-On Rule?

Updated October 6, 2023

A Sign-On Rule reduces the likelihood of roster and sign-on errors and helps to protect data integrity. It does this by dictating the format of acceptable participant identifiers and providing a precise sign-on prompt for participants. For example, suppose a school uses the email domain, perts.net. The Sign-On Rule could indicate that all identifiers must end with @perts.net and the sign-on prompt would read, “Enter your email address ending with @perts.net.” If a participant entered, “abc@perts,” they would not be able to access the survey.

A Sign-On Rule is especially recommended when a Roster is unlocked and can be applied to an individual Class/Group or in bulk for an entire Community.

Note: The Ruler icon in the Class/Group Card will appear with a dark background when enabled and white background when disabled.

A. How do I enable/disable the Sign-On Rule for one Class/Group?
  1. Sign in
  2. From the Classes/Groups tab, identify the Class/Group you would like to edit
  3. Click the Ruler icon in the Class/Group Card
  4. To enable the Sign-On Rule, toggle the button from X to ✓. You will then be prompted to add the rule.
  5. To disable the Roster ID Rule, toggle the button from ✓ to X.
  6. Click Save Changes to 1 Class/Group

B. How do I enable/disable the Sign-On Rule for several Classes/Groups?
  1. Sign in
  2. From the Classes/Groups tab, select the Classes/Groups you would like to edit by clicking the box next to each name or select all by clicking the box above the list
  3. Click Edit # Classes/Groups
  4. Click Edit Sign-On Rule
  5. To enable the Sign-On Rule, toggle the button from X to ✓. You will then be prompted to add the rule.
  6. To disable the Roster ID Rule, toggle the button from ✓ to X.
  7. Click Save Changes to # Classes/Groups

C. How do I set a Default Sign-On Rule for new Classes/Groups in a Community?
  1. From the Classes/Groups tab, click Default Settings
  2. Scroll to Sign-On Rule
  3. To enable the Sign-On Rule, toggle the button from X to ✓. You will then be prompted to add the rule.
  4. To disable the Roster ID Rule, toggle the button from ✓ to X.
  5. Click Save Settings for New Classes/Groups

Note: When a Default is set and the sign-on rule is changed for a Class/Group, an alert will appear along with an option to instead match the Community’s Default.