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ClassLink Set Up: Admin Guide

Welcome to the Varsity Tutors Knowledge Base! This consolidated article is designed to empower school and district administrators with clear, step-by-step instructions for configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) with ClassLink. By following this guides, you’ll streamline user access, reduce password management overhead, and ensure that students and teachers can launch Varsity Tutors with a single click—right from their familiar dashboards.

ClassLink Tenant ID:
  1. Go to launchpad.classlink.com/home and sign in.
  2. Select ClassLink Management Console. The management console opens in a new window.
  3. Your Tenant ID appears in the upper left corner.

Add the Varsity Tutors Application to your district’s ClassLink account:

How to Add and Application:

    1. Click the plus sign (+) to open the App Library.

  1. Click the + Add App button.
  2. Enter your App Name and Website URL.
    1. App Name: Varsity Tutors (www.varsitytutors.com)
  3. Click Select Icon and choose an icon.
  4. Click Add App to finish the process. Your new application will appear on your LaunchPad screen!
Set up a roster server connection with Varsity Tutors using OAuth2 Credentials.
    1. Add New Connection - Click Connections in the left navigation and select SSO Connections, then click the Add New SSO Connection button

  1. Configure Connection - A slide-over opens. Click the circle to indicate whether you're connecting to an existing app or creating a new one. Choose existing app (Varsity Tutors Application)
  2. Connect to existing application: Select the app from the dropdown and click the Next button.

Share the following data with Varsity Tutors
  • Student school
  • Student name
  • Student email
  • Student grade level
Activate ‘Enable’
  1. In ClassLink -> go to Roster Server
  2. Go to Apps -> All Applications
  3. Find the Varsity Tutors App and click the enabled toggle button
Assign to students and teachers
  1. In Applications -> go to Add and Assign Apps, locate Varsity Tutors
  2. Click Assign -> select all students and specific role -> Teachers
  3. Click Add -> Save

Optional Step: Add Varsity Tutors as a Custom App (if required based on admin access)

If your admin permissions require you to manually add the Varsity Tutors app with ACS (Assertion Consumer Service), follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Applications › Add & Assign Apps.
  2. Click + Add New App and select Add Custom App.
  3. In the New App dialog, enter:
    • Application Name: Varsity Tutors
    • Category: Education
    • Description: One-click SSO access to Varsity Tutors
    • Single Sign-On App: Yes
    • Type: SAML 2.0
    • Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL: https://{your_district}.varsitytutors.com/saml/acs

What is ACS? The Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) is the endpoint on the service provider’s side (Varsity Tutors) that receives and processes SAML authentication responses from the identity provider (ClassLink). When a user signs in, ClassLink sends a signed SAML assertion to this URL to log the user in.