Activate account

To activate a schul.cloud account, you need to have been sent a registration key or an e-mail invitation. You cannot create an account without being part of an organization. However, you can use the same account to access different organizations that you have been invited to. Read the article Merging accounts.

E-mail activation

If you have received an e-mail invitation from your organization, proceed in the following way:

1. Click on “Activate account” in the e-mail.

2. You will be forwarded to the schul.cloud web client registration page. The 29 figured registration key is already entered in the field “Registration key”. Click on “Check”.

3. Enter your e-mail adress. Please note the remark below.

4. Repeat the e-mail adress by typing it another time, you cannot copy and paste.

5. Create an account password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below.

6. Navigate back to the login screen and login with your entered e-mail adress and the account password.

7. After your very first login you have to create an encryption password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below and must not use your account password again. You need the encryption password in order to read end-to-end encrypted messages and you can login into your account using both the account password and then the encryption password. For more information on the login procedure read our article Log in and log out.

Activation via the 29-figured registration key

If you have received a 29-figured registration key via mail or another way, proceed in the following way:

1. Visit the page app.schul.cloud and click on the text below “Noch keinen Account?”.

2. You see the field “registration key ”. Input the given 29-figured registration key. Click on “Check”.

3. Input an e-mail adress.

4. Repeat the e-mail adress by typing it another time, you cannot copy and paste.

5. Create an account password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below.

6. Navigate back to the login screen and login with your entered e-mail adress and the account password.

7. After your very first login you have to create an encryption password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below and must not use your account password again. You need the encryption password in order to read end-to-end encrypted messages and you can login into your account using both the account password and then the encryption password. For more information on the login procedure read our article Log in and log out.

Activation via the 10-figured registration key

If you have received a 10-figured registration key via mail or another way, proceed in the following way:

1. Visit the page app.schul.cloud and click on the text below “Noch keinen Account?”.

2. You see the field “registration key ”. Input the given 10-figured registration key. Click on “Check”.

3. Frist, input a first and last name. Then input an e-mail adress. Please note the remark below.

4. Repeat the e-mail adress by typing it another time, you cannot copy and paste.

5. Create an account password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below.

6. Navigate back to the login screen and login with your entered e-mail adress and the account password.

7. After your very first login you have to create an encryption password. You need to follow the password guidelines shown below and must not use your account password again. You need the encryption password in order to read end-to-end encrypted messages and you can login into your account using both the account password and then the encryption password. For more information on the login procedure read our article Log in and log out.