Sync student grades to their academic records

Purpose

1.1. Automate the workflow to sync student grades from learning management systems (LMS) or digital assessment tools directly into each student's academic record in the centralized student information system (SIS).
1.2. The automation ensures data accuracy, reduces manual entry, improves compliance, and rapidly updates transcripts for real-time reporting, auditing, progress tracking, and student advising.
1.3. This automation supports regulations, accreditation, parental notifications, and enables mapping to graduation requirements seamlessly.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Grade entry or update in LMS or assessment platform.
2.2. Instructor confirmation of finalized grades.
2.3. Scheduled batch sync (e.g., nightly or weekly).
2.4. Manual sync request by academic staff for urgent updates.
2.5. Triggered by webhook or API event after exam period closure.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Classroom
• API: `courses.courseWork.studentSubmissions.patch` to update student grade; triggers export to SIS via automation.
3.2. Moodle
• Feature: ‘Gradebook Export API’; schedule automated exports to SIS endpoint.
3.3. Blackboard
• API: 'Gradebook REST API'; automate grade data extraction and transfer to academic records.
3.4. Canvas LMS
• API: `Submissions API`; trigger automated push event after grading.
3.5. Microsoft Teams (Education)
• Graph API: `education/assignments/submissions`; automate sync on grade publication.
3.6. PowerSchool SIS
• API: `v1/students/{id}/grades`; configure automated updating from LMS feeds.
3.7. Banner by Ellucian
• Integration: ‘Grade Import API’; set for scheduled automated grade posting.
3.8. Skyward
• Feature: Automated Grade Import; configure SFTP/API for syncing external grade feeds automatically.
3.9. Infinite Campus
• OneRoster API: Automated OneRoster CSV/API sync for grades into SIS.
3.10. Alma SIS
• API: `/grades/import`; automate periodic grade imports from designated source.
3.11. Schoology
• API: 'Gradebook PUT' endpoint; automatically pushes grades to records.
3.12. Classcraft
• API: Data Exporter/Grades webhook; automator listens and posts to academic profile.
3.13. QuickSchools
• API: ‘Student Grades API’; schedules automated push from LMS.
3.14. SAP SuccessFactors (Education)
• OData API: ‘StudentResults’ entity automatedly receives grades.
3.15. Workday Student
• REST API: 'Academic Records POST'; automatable mapping of grades.
3.16. TalentLMS
• API: `getUserProgress`; automate results transfer using triggers.
3.17. Brightspace (D2L)
• API: '/grades' endpoint automatedly syncs grades to SIS.
3.18. Edmodo
• API: Assignments webhooks; automator exports new results.
3.19. Oracle PeopleSoft Campus
• Feature: Data Integration Broker, automates grade record updates via message channels.
3.20. Clever
• Secure Sync: Automated OneRoster grade updates.
3.21. Azure Logic Apps
• Connector: ‘HTTP Action’ triggers on grade-event and posts to SIS.
3.22. Zapier
• Automation: LMS-to-SIS applets; configure automaton trigger on new grade entry.
3.23. Jenzabar
• API: 'Grades Import'; scheduled automated grade transfers to student records.
3.24. Salesforce Education Cloud
• REST API: ‘Education Data Architecture - Grades’; automates updates on event triggers.

Benefits

4.1. Automating this flow removes manual errors, accelerates grading cycle, and enables instant reporting.
4.2. Automates notifications to students/parents on grade changes.
4.3. Enables compliance with auditable change logs, creating a transparent record of automations.
4.4. Supports automator-driven student progress reports and interventions.
4.5. Reduces staff workload through automatable, repeatable synchronization.
4.6. Automates centralized analytics and curriculum adjustments across polytechnic programs.
4.7. Improves efficiency by automating cross-platform academic record consistency.
4.8. Automates triggers for student services (tutoring, warnings) based on synced grades.
4.9. Ensures automatedly updated records for graduation audits and credentialing.
4.10. Facilitates automating cross-institutional data exchange and benchmarking.