Seriously messed up student logins

[tstokke]

So I created a CSV file with my students names, using their student ID as their password. In retrospect maybe it should have been the same for everyone, but here we are.

I was grabbing info from several sources to get user names, email addresses, and student ids. I messed up the password/student id column so that most of the students had the wrong password - the id of the student "below" one or two rows in the spreadsheet. I'm thinking, no problem, I'll pay closer attention to the various columns of data, fix the spreadsheet, delete the students from the class and reload the CSV file.

On to the big problem. I removed the students from the class. I forgot that I can't add them in if they already exist in the system. If I could, I would go in and change the passwords manually (pain, but my fault), but I can't even do that. And I can't tell the students what their password is because I updated the file and I'm not 100% sure where I introduced the error.

Any suggestions for getting the passwords fixed and the students enrolled? Class starts next week, so I'd love to get this fixed sometime soonish. :-)

Thanks much for any suggestions.

[tstokke]

I forgot that Google Drive lets me access old versions of the files, so I was able to figure out the incorrect passwords for some of the students. I ended up logging in as each of them and changing the password to the correct value. A pain, but my own fault. I then sent out instructions to everyone on how to add themselves into the course and to drop the generic version. I could have done that, but it would have added more time to an already painful process.