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Signing in
There are no Peridot passwords. You type your email address, Peridot sends you a sign-in link, and opening it signs you in. Learners who don’t have an account yet can join a course with the code their lecturer or manager gave them.
Sign in with an email link
- On Sign in to Peridot, type your work email and select Email me a sign-in link. It has to be your institution or company address.
- Open the email from Peridot and select the sign-in link.
- Peridot opens the place you belong: the admin portal if you teach or run courses, or My learning if you take them.
Each link works once and lasts 15 minutes. If it has expired or was already used, you’ll see “That link didn’t work” with a button to Get a new sign-in link.
Join a course with a code
A learner who is new to Peridot can join straight from a course. On the sign-in page they choose I have a join code, enter the code (for example CSC111-7QK4) and their matric or staff number as it appears on their ID card (for example LCU/2026/0412). First-timers also give their email address. Peridot emails them a link, and opening it signs them in already enrolled.
Join your course
Your lecturer or manager gave you a code. Enter it with your matric or staff number, and we’ll email you a link to sign in.
Join code
Matric or staff number · as it appears on your ID card
Email · only if you’re new
Join
Codes come from the offering a learner is joining. See Join codes for making and expiring them.
Where you land
One person can hold more than one place in Peridot: they might run a department and also take a course. After sign-in Peridot opens the first place that applies, in this order:
| If you are | You land on |
|---|---|
| An admin, lecturer or TA anywhere in the organisation | The admin portal for your organisation |
| Only a learner | My learning |
The account menu lists your other places as Switch to …, so you can move between them without signing in again.
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