Create a Digital ID
- Identify the signature field in the form you want to sign and click it.
- On the 鈥淪ign with a Digital ID鈥� box that pops-up, click 鈥淐onfigure New Digital ID鈥�.
- Select, what should be the last option, 鈥淐reate a new Digital ID鈥�, and then click the 鈥淐ontinue鈥� button.
- Select 鈥淪ave to File鈥� and then click the 鈥淐ontinue鈥� button.
- On the 鈥淐reate a self-signed Digital ID鈥� screen, update the following fields as noted below and then click the 鈥淐ontinue鈥� button.
- Name: Your first and last name
- Organizational Unit: Leave this blank
- Organization Name: Leave this blank
- Email Address: Your Kent.edu email address
- Country/Region: This should default to 鈥淯S 鈥� United States鈥� and this is the appropriate option to select for signing US documents
- Key Algorithm: This should default to 鈥�2048-bit RSA鈥� 鈥� leave this setting as is
- Use Digital ID for: This should default to 鈥淒igital Signatures鈥� 鈥� leave this setting as is
- On the 鈥淪ave the self-signed Digital ID to a file鈥� screen, leave the default location setting and then enter a password you are sure to remember. This password secures your digital signature file and is required to be entered when signing documents.
- You may now 鈥淴鈥� out of this window as your Digital ID has been created and saved.