Clever Portal
Description
Clever is a digital learning platform used for managing single sign-on, identity, and application access for students and staff in educational institutions.
Originally founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Clever provides identity and access management services primarily for K-12 schools and districts. The platform connects student information systems with third-party educational applications, allowing administrators to provision user accounts, manage rostering data, and control access to digital resources from a central interface.
Through its application library, Clever offers integrations with a range of learning tools, assessment platforms, and classroom software used in schools. The service includes features such as Clever Portal, which presents students and teachers with a personalised dashboard of their assigned applications, and Clever Badges, a QR-code-based login method designed for younger pupils who may struggle with passwords.
Additional components include Clever Secure Sync for automated rostering, Clever Identity Management for credential governance, and analytics tools that provide usage data on connected applications. The platform is typically used by school district IT teams, classroom teachers, and pupils, and it supports compliance with educational data privacy standards including FERPA and COPPA.
