• Changing Your Default Passwords

    When your student accounts were created, you were assigned default passwords.  For your Google login, which you use to log in to your student email and Google Drive, your default password is your birthdate, in the format YYYYMMDD.  For example, if someone was born on the 4th of July, 1776, their default password would be 17760704. For your Sapphire Portal account, your username and password are both set to your student ID number.

    We recommend that High School students change their passwords for Google and Sapphire. You are responsible for remembering the password you choose and keeping it secure.

    When changing your password (instructions below), consider choosing a passphrase instead of a password.  The best way to create a passphrase is to combine a group of words into a phrase that makes sense to the user and is easily remembered but makes no sense to anyone else. You can use your favorite song lyrics, list several favorite foods, whatever you can think of. Currently, our requirements are that a password must be at least 8 characters, but you have no limit on how long or complex you can make it.

    Resetting your Student Google Account/Email Password

      1. Click the account icon in the upper right of the browser window.
      2. Click “Manage your Google account”.
      3. Click “Security” and then click “Password”.

     

    Resetting your Student Sapphire Account Password

    • Log into https://www.umasd.org/mygrades, or click the A+ icon for Sapphire Grade Portal on the school homepage using your Student ID for username and Password.
    • Click Account, then Account Settings in the top right-hand corner.
    • Enter your current (“OLD”) password, then choose a new password.  The password must be at least 8 characters long and include a mixture of letters and numbers.  You will not be able to save the new password until the requirements are met.
    • Once your password has met the requirements, remember to click Save.

     

    Students can visit iHelp in room B201 for help with this or any technology issues.