Students must logon to the ACEweb site to enroll in courses, add/update their Personal Information, and view upcoming/completed courses. You can set ACEweb to use any of the following Student Logon options. Set the Logon option in the UserIDSource INI setting.
Email as Primary Look Up
These options use the email address as the primary name record look up method.
- Email Address AND Password (Default) - email address is the primary look up with password as the secondary look up value.
You can allow multiple name records to use the same email address with the :MULT option in UserIDSource. However, each of the name records must have a unique password.
- Email Address Only - email address is the primary look up. This option does not allow users to enter the same email address on multiple name records.
- Email Address AND User's Initials (First and Last) - email address is the primary look up with user initials as the secondary look up value. This option does not allow users to enter the same email address on multiple name records.
Name ID as Primary Look Up
- ID Only - the name ID value is the primary look up value.
- ID AND User's Initials (First and Last) - the name ID is the primary look up with user initials as the secondary look up value.
- ID AND Password - the name ID is the primary look up with user initials as the secondary look up value with password as the secondary look up value.
Using Passwords as Secondary Look Up
If using a password option, when students add themselves to your database via ACEweb, they must enter a password. However, if the record is added via Student Manager, no password is assigned to the record. For these individuals:
- You can set an initial password in the PubPassword INI setting, then notify users what their initial password will be when they log into ACEweb for the first time.
- You can send users a link to the Password Set/Reset page. They will enter their email address and receive a link via email to set their password. This option does not require the initial password.
In either case, the user is required to set a permanent password for themselves.
Log On Target
The default Log On target page is the Enrollment Cart page. You can redirect users to a different page by adding the &Target to the log on/off url.
E.g. this example sends the user to the XWelcome.htm page when they log on:
<a href="UserLogon.awp?&target=xwelcome.htm">Log Off</a>
This log off example sends the user back to the Log On page. If they log on again, it sends them to XWelcome.htm:
<a href="UserLogon.awp?&Action=LOGOFF&target=xwelcome.htm">Log Off</a>
Log Off Link
With ACEweb 3.5.052/4.0.052 or later, you have the option to use the UserLogOff.awp method instead of the UserLogon.awp method with the LOGOFF action. E.g.
<a href=UserLogoff"">Log Off</a>
Log Off Redirect
You can redirect users to a specific page when they log off their account by adding the &redirectURL parameter to the log off link.
E.g. this example logs off the user then redirects them to the Programs listing:
<a href="UserLogon.awp?&Action=LOGOFF&redirectURL=showgroups.awp">Log Off</a>
This example logs the user off then redirects them to the www.aceware.com website:
<a href="UserLogon.awp?&Action=LOGOFF&redirectURL=https://www.aceware.com">Log Off</a>
Note: you must use the full URL if redirecting them to another website.
