Student Information ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automates collection of results, applies custom grading rules, merges behavioral and attendance records, and formats PDF/printable report cards for ready distribution.
1.3. Enables automated sending of reports to parents, archival in student records, and notification of grades through various communication channels.
1.4. Streamlines compliance with school policies for grading systems and digital documentation for audits/inspections.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. End of semester/term reached in school academic calendar.
2.3. Manual grade finalization flag set by admin.
2.4. API/webhook event from classroom LMS upon grade entry or update.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google Classroom
– Feature/Setting: Use Classroom API (`courses.courseWork.studentSubmissions.list`) for grade extraction and webhook for grade finalization trigger.
3.2. Microsoft Teams for Education
– Feature/Setting: Graph API (`/education/classes/{id}/assignments`) to fetch grades and automate grade event handling.
3.3. PowerSchool
– Feature/Setting: SIS API (`/ws/v1/student/{id}/grades`) for grades sync and grade-change automations.
3.4. Infinite Campus
– Feature/Setting: Campus Grade Book API (`/grades/reportCard`) for PDF generation; automator triggers by grade updates.
3.5. Canvas LMS
– Feature/Setting: Gradebook API (`GET /courses/:course_id/assignments/:id/submissions`) for grade capture.
3.6. Schoology
– Feature/Setting: Schoology API (`/sections/{section_id}/grades`) for extracting and automating report generation.
3.7. Synergy SIS
– Feature/Setting: Synergy API for student grades (`/students/{id}/grades`) and report card generator integration automates output.
3.8. Blackbaud
– Feature/Setting: SKY API (`/school/v1/students/grades`) for automated retrieval and reporting of marks.
3.9. OneRoster
– Feature/Setting: REST API for standardized grade exchange (`/results`, `/grades` endpoints).
3.10. QuickSchools
– Feature/Setting: Gradebook API (`/grades`) automates retrieval, merge, and PDF output of report cards.
3.11. Alma SIS
– Feature/Setting: Alma API (`/v2/students/{id}/grades`) for report generation workflow automation.
3.12. ClassDojo
– Feature/Setting: API (`GET /students/{student_id}/points`) to collect behavior/grade data for report card automation.
3.13. Twilio SendGrid
– Feature/Setting: Mail Send API (`POST /mail/send`) automates dispatch of grade reports to parents/students.
3.14. DocuSign
– Feature/Setting: Envelope API (`POST /envelopes`) for automated signatures/approvals on digital report cards.
3.15. Salesforce Education Cloud
– Feature/Setting: REST API (`/services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/Grade__c`) to automate record updates and trigger notification workflows.
3.16. Slack
– Feature/Setting: Webhook API for automated grade/report distribution to faculty or parent channels.
3.17. Google Drive
– Feature/Setting: Drive API (`files.create`) for automatably storing and sharing generated report cards.
3.18. Dropbox
– Feature/Setting: Dropbox API (`/files/upload`) for automating report card file archival and sharing automations.
3.19. PDF Generator API
– Feature/Setting: Templates API (`/templates/{templateId}/output`) for automated conversion of grades to formatted PDFs.
3.20. Zapier
– Feature/Setting: Automates multi-platform connections for SIS, email, and storage system integration upon grade entry.
Benefits
4.2. Ensures timely, consistent grade reporting aligned with school policies.
4.3. Provides digital traceability and automatedly archives reports for audits.
4.4. Improves parent and student communication through fast, automated notifications.
4.5. Enables scalable workflows for schools with large student populations, leveraging automator logic.
4.6. Supports automatable integration with other education technologies and compliance logging.