New User Authentication Workflow

New Users through LDAP / Remote Authentication / Ares Authentication with UserValidation Record & Password

This workflow handles new users through LDAP or Remote Authentication. It also handles the situation when using Ares Basic Authentication with a Course & Users Loads where a User Validation record exists with PlainTextPassword or a Password.

1. When a new user successfully authenticates for the first time and does not have an account, the EnableUserValidationNewUsers is checked.
   
   • If EnableUserValidationNewUsers is Yes and a user validation record exists for the user, a new user account is created. A placeholder account is created first and the values are copied over from the User Validation table.
   • If EnableUserValidationNewUsers is No or the record was not found in user validation, the account is created.
   • In both situations, the Cleared Value is initially set to New.
2. If a user validation record exists and contains a valid Cleared Value, it will be copied to the user record.
3. If the Cleared Value in user validation is not a valid value, the AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is checked.
   • If AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is Yes, the Cleared Value will be set to Yes.
   • If AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is No, the Cleared Value will remain New until the user proceeds through the NewAuthRegistration process.

New Users via WebService (Courseware plugins)

[This is true for both LTI and the older SOAP service]

1. By default, new users that are registered automatically through the web service will have Cleared Value set to No.
   • The AutoClearPreregisteredUsers customization key, when set to Yes, will change the Cleared Value to Yes.
2. If a matching user validation record is found, the ClearedValue from User Validation will be used if it is valid.
   
   • If the ClearedValue from User Validation is not valid, the AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is checked.
     • If AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is set to Yes, the Cleared Value will change from Cleared to Yes.
     • If AutoClearPreregisteredUsers is set to No, the Cleared Value will change from Cleared to No.