The London Grid for Learning is encouraging school users to migrate away from the USO login system. USOs that have never been used to log in to Busy Things will not be recognised. If your USO isn’t working, it is likely that it has never been used with Busy Things before. Going forward, you have FOUR easy alternative options to USO:

Busy Things anonymous logins

Busy Things individual logins

Google 

Microsoft 

A mix of the above

We are aware that one method may not suit all your pupils. Consider using a mixture across the school. For example, early years may want a shared anonymous login, or individual QR codes, older children may want to use their google login. Read more below to help you decide what's best for you.

If your school is not set up to use Google or Microsoft, don’t worry!  Busy Things itself offers multiple easy access options.

Anonymous Logins

Using our anonymous logins, you can use Busy Things without giving away personal information. Anonymous logins provide quick and easy access and are great for free play.  

We can provide an anonymous login to be shared between all teachers and another for all pupils. These can be used both in school and at home. Anonymous logins can be in a text or QR code format. We can also supply direct login links.

Individual logins

Busy Things can generate an individual login for every teacher and pupil in your school. Giving everyone individual logins opens up the more advanced features of Busy Things. Individual users each get their own private and secure area on Busy Things that they can only see. Their activity is recorded, and teachers can see the results. Having individual logins also makes differentiating content to target individual pupils easier.

Individual logins can be in a text, picture or QR code format. We can also supply an individual login link for each child and teacher. Children and teachers can keep their login details at the end of a school year and take any work they have saved into their new class.

Using Google or Microsoft to access Busy Things offers numerous benefits. Here are just a few:

• A Google/Microsoft login can access multiple resources – not just Busy Things. This means teachers and pupils only have one login to remember. 
• It’s safe and secure – a Google/Microsoft login takes good care of children’s personal information work and keeps it safe.
• Home school communication is easy, as parents have only one log-in to remember to see what their children have been doing in Busy Things and other resources.  
• Children can keep the same login each year - when children move to a new class, their Google/Microsoft login and all their work goes with them.

 CREATE A SET UP GUIDE FOR MY SCHOOL

If you are setting up the whole school, or setting up classes and logins on behalf of others, you will need to have a login with Admin access. If you are not sure if you have this, simply log in to Busy Things and go to Teacher Admin at the top of the Welcome screen. If you don't have Admin rights a pop-up will tell you who has. They will be able to give you the permissions by following the following steps outlined in the video below. Alternatively you can call us on 01332 364963 and we can do this for you.