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Set Up CAPTCHA on Brightspot Form

Updated: July 22, 2024 12:26 PM

Setting up CATPCHA in Brightspot is a two step process. First, you will need to set up a Google ReCAPTCHA account. Second, you will need to link that account in Brightspot.

Google ReCAPTCHA

To setup a reCAPTCHA account, visit this link, then log in with a Google account. The form requests the following information:

  • Label: The name for the reCAPTCHA account.
  • reCAPTCHA Type: Brightspot supports both reCAPTCHA v2 and reCAPTCHA v3.
  • Domain: Add your site URL base. This means if your form was on mysite.byu.edu/myForm you would enter "mysite.byu.edu". Do not enter the full URL of the form, but the base URL for your site.

Then accept the services. After you have completed filling out the information, Google will give you a client and secret key that you will need to connect to Brightspot.

Linking to Brightspot

Once you have obtained client and secret keys for your CAPTCHA, you can follow the below steps to configure your CAPTCHA within Brightspot.

  1. Open the Brightspot editor at brightspot.byu.edu.
  2. In the top left corner, open the hamburger menu and select the Sites and Settings option under the Admin tab.
  3. Select the Front-End tab near the top of the page, then scroll down until you find the Form CAPTCHA setting.
  4. Select the version of reCAPTCHA that you created through the admin portal, then click the Create New option in the dropdown menu.
  5. Copy the Client Key and Secret Key from the reCAPTCHA websites to the corresponding fields in Brightspot.
  6. Set the Type dropdown to reCAPTCHA v2 or reCAPTCHA v3 to match the type of keys that you created.
  7. If using reCAPTCHA v3, you can optionally set the minimum Score requirement to a value between 0 and 1. Score is a value computed by Google that reflects the likelihood that the user is human; hence, a score of 0 would indicate likely bot activity and a score of 1 would indicate likely human activity.
  8. Press the Save button in the upper right corner.
  9. In the v2 or v3 dropdown menu, verify that the reCAPTCHA settings that you just created are listed, then click the Save button at the bottom of the screen.

PLEASE NOTE:
If your site is not yet launched, you will get an error message on your form. This is completely normal. The CAPTCHA will not function until the site is launched.

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