Articulate 360 LMS SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) | Login into Articulate 360 LMS using WordPress

Overview

Articulate 360 LMS is one of the world's fastest growing learning management systems. You can now Single Sign-On(SSO) / Login into Articulate 360 LMS using WordPress as Identity provider (IdP) with Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin. Our plugin gives you the ability to use your WordPress (WP) credentials to Single Sign-On(SSO) / Login into Articulate 360 LMS. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SSO between Articulate 360 LMS as Service Provider (SP) and WordPress as an Identity Provider (IdP).

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

• To configure WordPress as SAML IDP and Articulate 360 LMS as SP with WordPress, you will need to install the miniOrange Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP).

In Articulate 360

• You must have an Articulate 360 Teams subscription.
• Your team members need to have a supported version of the Articulate 360 desktop app installed 1.39.22088.0 or later.

Configuration Steps

Step 1: Setup Articulate 360 LMS as SP (Service Provider)

• Login to the WordPress site as Admin.
• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the IDP Metadata tab.
• Here, you can find the Identity Provider Metadata URL /XML Metadata or endpoints like IDP Entity ID, SAML Login URL, SAML Logout URL (Premium Feature), Certificate for SP configuration.

• Login to your Articulate 360 LMS domain .
• To configure Single Sign On send an email to Articulate 360 Support team to request enrollment and include the information present below.
• Your Articulate 360 Teams Subscription number.
• Also, provide the Endpoints required from the WordPress IDP.

Name of Identity Provider	WordPress
Issuer URL	Provide the IDP-Entity ID / Issuer value from IDP metadata tab of the WordPress IDP Plugin
SSO URL	Provide the SAML Login URL / Passive Login URL from IDP metadata tab of the WordPress IDP Plugin
Certificate	Provide the Certificate downloaded from the IDP metadata tab of the WordPress IDP Plugin

• The Articulate 360 Team will confirm your enrollment request, enable SSO in Articulate 360 and provide you with the SP metadata.

Step 2: Configure WordPress (WP) as IdP (Identity Provider)

• You would need Entity ID , ACS URL from Articulate 360 LMS .
• You can find this information after the Articulate 360 Support Team sends you the proper
  configuration.

Instructions:

• Login to the WordPress site.
• Install and activate the Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin on your WordPress site which is acting as Identity Provider.
• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Service Providers tab.
• Enter the values corresponding to the information from Articulate 360 LMS. Refer to the table below.

Service Provider Name	Articulate 360
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Copy and paste the SP-EntityID from Articulate 360 LMS
ACS URL	Copy and paste the ACS URL from Articulate 360 LMS
NameID Format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Assertion Signed	Checked

• Click on the Save button to save your configuration.

Step 3: Attribute Mapping (This is a premium feature)

• In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Attribute/Role Mapping tab.
• In the User Attributes section, enter the following information and click on Save .
• You can also add more attributes by clicking on + sign to add attributes.

Name	User Meta Data
FirstName	first_name
LastName	last_name

You have successfully configured SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) in Articulate 360 LMS using WordPress (WP) as SAML IdP. Now you can seamlessly login into Articulate 360 LMS using your WordPress (WP) Login credentials.

Related Articles

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• Login with WordPress
• Additional SAML IDP guides
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)