Create a Signature Project and Add an External Signer

The majority of documents at the University of Waterloo that are not legally binding can be signed using the methods described in the article Electronic Document Signing .

For instructions to add an internal signer, please see Create a Signature Project Page and Add an Internal Signer

An external signer is an individual not employed by the University of Waterloo; they are external partners, vendors, or stakeholders.

External signers will receive a notification when they are required to review and sign an electronic document. They will access the document via a link in the notification message and then enter a secret password provided by the project initiator. The external signer will be required to use this password for any time they need to sign a document sent through ConsignO.

Step-by-step guide

Sign into ConsignO at https://uwaterloo.ConsignO.com/login using your 8-character UWaterloo username@uwaterloo.ca (i.e. myuserna@uwaterloo.ca)
Click on New Project in the top right corner
Give your project a Project Name
Set an Expiration Date for your project
Select files to upload. (ConsignO accepts the following file formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .dot, .dotx, .dotm, .rtf, .txt, .xml, .vcf, .ics, .wpd, .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .pot, .potx, .potm, .ppa, .ppam, .vsd, .vdx, .vdw, .vss, .vsx, .mpp, .mpy, .mpd, .mpw, .mpx, .pub)
Click on Signers
You can search for the external signer by their name or email in the search criteria in All address books
If found, check the checkbox next to their name and click Add
If not found, click on New signer
1. Click Trusted electronic signature
2. Enter the contact’s first name and last name and email address
3. Click Next
4. On the Contact authentication page, you will be able to select the second authentication factor. The best practice is to use a Shared Secret. This will create a security question and an answer that will act as a password for the external signer to use when signing the document.
  On this page, you will also be able to select which address book to add the new signer. The best practice is to add it to your own address book if it is just for you or add it to your group’s address book if you want to share it with the users in your group.
5. Click New to save your contact.
You will now see the external signer’s name under Number of zones available for you to drag and drop this signature zone to the appropriate location on your document
Click Launch to send your project once complete or click Save to save and send later.