Installing the Login to Behavior (Kickboard) Plugin in PowerSchool SIS

The Login to Behavior (Kickboard) plugin allows PowerSchool SIS users with Unified Classroom Behavior Support (Kickboard) accounts to log in through PowerSchool.  The staff must have both an activated PowerSchool account and an activated Behavior (Kickboard) account.  Upon using the plugin the first time the user will be prompted to enter their Behavior (Kickboard) email and password, then they will be able to log in through PowerSchool going forward using this plugin.

The following instructions cover how to install the Login to Behavior (Kickboard) plugin to your Powerschool SIS instance. These steps must be completed by a PowerSchool user with system administrator access.

There are two major steps to this process:

• Generating a Self-Signed Certificate
• Installing and Configuring the Login to Behavior (Kickboard) Plugin

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate

• Login to your Powerschool SIS admin instance.
• Go to System > System Settings > Digital Certificate Management.

• Under Import Digital Certificate select option “I would like to create and import a self signed certificate”.
• Under Certificate Name, provide a name that relates to Behavior (Kickboard) (you will select this later when you install the Login to Behavior (Kickboard) plugin)
• Click the Generate And Import button to create a self-signed certificate.

• Verify that the certificate you created is now listed under the “List of Certificates with Private Key” section of the page.

Installing and Configuring the Kickboard SSO Plugin

• Visit https://support.powerschool.com/exchange/view.action?download.id=1039&fromSearchResults=true and download the plugin on that page.  Save it to a location that will be easy to remember.
• Login to your Powerschool SIS admin instance.
• Go to System > System Settings > Plugin Management Configuration

• Click Install.

• Select the plugin zip file that you downloaded and click the Install Button.

• Once installed, you’ll see the plugin listed (KickboardPlugin) in the list of plugins.  Check on enable plugin checkbox to enable the plugin. 

• A popup asking to enable the plugin will appear on the right side of the screen. Click on the “Enable” button to enable the plugin.

• Once enabled, click on the plugin link itself to configure the plugin.

• Under the “Function” section on the Setup page, click on “Single Sign-on Service”. The Single Sign-on Setup page will load.

• In the Identity Provider Entity ID field, enter the following <your_instance_host>:443/SSOKickboard  For example:
  • https://yourschool.powerschool.com:443/SSOKickboard
• In the Single Sign-on Certificate field, select the certificate name created in the Generating a Self-Signed Certificate section above.
• In the Base URL field, copy and paste the following URL: https://answers.kickboardforschools.com/
• In the Metadata URL and KickboardPlugin Entity ID fields, enter the following URL: https://answers.kickboardforschools.com/SAML/module.php/saml/sp/metadata.php/<normalize_host_url>
• Note that <normalize_host_url> is your powerschool host url with the dot (“.”) replaced with a hyphen (“-”).
  • For example: yourschool.powerschool.com would become yourschool-powerschool-com.  The full URL would look as follows: https://answers.kickboardforschools.com/SAML/module.php/saml/sp/metadata.php/yourschool-powerschool-com
• Click Save.

• Once saved, you will see the following link: “View PowerSchool IDP Metadata.”  Right-click this link and click copy link address from context menu. 

• Email the copied link to [e-mail] to complete the SSO integration with Kickboard. We will email you when your plugin is ready for testing.

Once the plugin is set up, teachers can find the Login to Behavior (Kickboard) link for PowerSchool in the menu on the right sidebar.