Cloudwork is an automated system of identity access management which securely
integrates most well-known education applications. Cloudwork also enhances
school communities, because it benefits all aspects of school life.
See our helpful
Guide to
Identity Access Management.
Privacy and security are priorities in Cloudwork's design, so it also
helps schools easily meet their regulatory obligations.
Cloudwork's flexibility derives from a single identity solution which
integrates access credentials and education applications, which enhances school
functioning in four ways.
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Build Your School Community with Cloudwork
Cloudwork helps build the school community through identity. Many online facilities
force schools to use login pages displaying their their own branding. Would you
replace your school's name and badge at the main gates with a product
supplier's? Unlikely! But that's what's happening to your online presence with
provider-branded facilities. Cloudwork lets you display your school's own
proudly-defined identity on our services, building the school community.
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Get Parent-Friendly Access with Cloudwork
Parent accounts are important in building a school community, but they can
sometimes be a demand on support staff. Cloudwork eases that burden by allowing
parents to use their own email address as their login username for school
portals. It also provides an easy password reset function, so parents can
self-manage their own access to school facilities, which also improves their
user experience and connection to the school.
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Fulfil Your Privacy Obligations with Cloudwork
Cloudwork assists schools in meeting their regulatory requirements, as the Australian
Privacy Principals are fundamental to its design. The software uses SAML, the
open data standard for securely exchanging authentication and authorization
data. Cloudwork's single sign-on capability reduces the risks of accessing
online facilities with multiple credentials, and full logging of access data
provides schools with legally auditable records in cases of misuse.
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Control Your Cloud Services with Cloudwork
Cloudwork lets school IT staff maintain control of the many cloud services now
in use. Logging data is presented with a convenient graphical interface, so
staff know who is using school facilities and in what manner. Cloudwork
synchronises identity data from school management systems, accounts, class list
groups and shared contacts using international standard formats. Updates
are automated but always remain under IT staff control.
What Services Does Cloudwork Support?
Cloudwork provides access to a vast range of well-known educational services in
the fields of school management systems, content and learning management
systems, cloud services, library systems and other teacher resources.
Cloudwork also provides:
- Universal password: single password login for multiple cloud and local services.
- Account provisioning, with
Google account creation, auto-transfer of archive, inbox and contacts, and calendar support.
- BYOD multi-device support, with flexible support for desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobiles.
- Account maintenance, with single accounts for multiple services, and
automatic account maintenance from local network credentials.
Cloudwork International Standards
Cloudwork Compatible services are accessed via SAML (Security
Assertion Markup Language), the open standard data format for
exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties.
Cloudwork school systems are accessed via the following standard mechanisms:
SIF (Systems Interoperability Framework)
LISS (Lightweight Interoperability Standard for Schools)
XML-RPC (XML Remote Procedure Call)
Ed-Fi Alliance
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
CVS (Comma Separated Variable files)
Cloudwork supports all popular directory systems including Active Directory,
and is compatible with widely-used school management systems such as Synergetic,
iWise, iGloo, and Edumate.