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Password Manager

 

Password Manager

 

Password, Manager is the district's password recovery portal that allows employees to reset or change their passwords from any computer.

All district personnel are required to establish an account in Password Manager to facilitate password recovery (if needed) from any location.  Enrollment requires the input of current username and password, as well as answering security questions that can later be used to verify a district account.

The Technology Department will notify users by email 10 days before their district passwords will expire. The email will contain a link to the Password Reset instructions page.

Creating Complex Passwords

Password strength involves length, complexity, and unpredictability. Passwords that are too hard to remember are more likely to be forgotten or written on a piece of paper, so it's important to craft passwords carefully. Passwords cannot be reused, but portions of the password can be changed incrementally.

Step 1: Select a base word that is difficult to spell or that is spelled in an unusual manner.

  • It cannot include your account username.
  • It must be at least eight (8) characters in length.
  • If the password is a word that can be found in a dictionary, intersperse the numerals with the letters to increase unpredictability.

Step 2: To maintain protocols for password complexity, passwords must contain characters from three of these four categories: 

  • Upper-case letters
  • Lower-case letters
  • Numerals from 0 to 9
  • Special non-alphanumeric characters from this list: ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/

Recommendations for Securing a Password

  • Avoid using the names of family members and pets, particulary if this information is readily available through social networking.
  • Avoid writing a password on a piece of paper. If it must be written down, secure its location in some manner.
  • Do not give a password to anyone else--not to school administrators, not to another teacher, and certainly not to students.
  • If a password must be shared with a technician who is present in your classroom or office, use Password Manager to change it upon completion of the service call.
  • Do not respond to email messages asking recipients to verify their credentials (username and/or password) by going to a website.  Deceptive emails of this type sometimes slip through email filters, and these messages should be deleted without clicking any links.  If there is a doubt about a request being made via email, contact the district person whose name is included in the message by phone.