Verify users from St. Olaf College
St. Olaf College is a member of InCommon, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with St. Olaf College by having them sign in with their St. Olaf College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- St. Olaf College
- Description
- St. Olaf College Shibboleth Server
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://login.stolaf.edu/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- InCommon
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with St. Olaf College?
Yes. St. Olaf College participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their St. Olaf College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does St. Olaf College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. St. Olaf College does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is St. Olaf College in?
St. Olaf College is located in United States.
How do I verify students from St. Olaf College?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at St. Olaf College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from St. Olaf College?
Start the demo and authenticate with St. Olaf College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.