Roster is One Piece One API Leveraging Another

Roster is One Piece: One API Leveraging Another Larry Fruth – A 4 L Community Steve Setzer - Kimono

What Do People Want? • Simplify application connections for high “pain point” functions • Align to Common Education Data Model Initiative • Real time, bi-directional movement of information – not limited/unsafe CSV files • Enter once – use many times!

What is x. Press? q Is a new line of modern, open, standard APIs for education q Provides schools/developers a way to simply and securely exchange data among apps – locally, cloud or mobile. q Developed from real-world use cases focusing on practical, easy to implement solutions. q Uses contemporary technologies like REST and OAuth, enabling direct communication among systems (the “broker” is optional) q Built on SIF 3 x Infrastructure and Data Model q RESTful with both JSON and XML Support q No M. O. M. (I. e. ZIS) required q Represents commonly used CEDS data in a straightforward manner.

Who Are Implementing Them? • Developers – SIS vendors – Content providers – T&L applications – Integrators

x. Press Roster API • Make it easy for consumers to get most commonly used data ROSTER, DEMOGRAPHIC, CONTACT • Guiding principle: Simplify and Flatten • Utilize SIF 3 element naming conventions to provide a logical link to the full enterprise model • Providers maintain a single set of ref. Ids • Minimize reliance on XML-specific features (ease transition to JSON)

RICOne NY: Appliances Bridge Old & New Ingestion Methods school. Tool e. School. Data x. Press API Power. School e. School. Plus Infinite Campus Aspen x. Press API (SIF 3) SIF 2 Appliance Others CSV © 2016 NYSED. All rights reserved.

x. Press SRE API One of the major factors impacting the incidence and impact of parent involvement and student mobility is the easy access and portability of student information. There is a need for an Student Records Exchange (SRE) leveraging the current marketplace activities and “lessons learned” from the development of the record exchanges.

Puget Sound SRE – Across Standards! • Universal data translator • Hub & Spoke model • Real-time • Dedicated to open standards

x. Press Grade Pass-Back API • Challenge: The Integration of Assessment Systems into the Classroom Ecosystem – Assessment information is critical in depicting where a learner is in their progression, where we collectively want them to be and design a path to get them there – Complications in the various types of information needed, where that information is housed, and then movement to enable usage by practitioners • Realities: There are “Multiples” to Consider – Ability for multiple stakeholders to more quickly leverage assessment results – Synchronization of reporting across multiple systems – Opportunity to fill the “multiple gaps” between classroom assessment and SEA reporting processes

x. Press Grade Pass-Back API p Priority Use Case: Grade “Pass-Back” Functionality � More quickly leverage insights on how a student is performing x. Press � Provide educators, Roster x. Press Roster parents and other authorized partners near real- Assessment Gradebook System time access to student progress x. Press SIF Enterprise 2. x or information Assessment SIF Enterprise 2. x or 3. x SIS

Grade Pass-Back Usage First implemented: December 2016 225 LEAs using Kimono Grades Replace w/heat map 30 Utah LEAs using Kimono Grades via SIF ~500 k assignments per week ~3000 Courses per day

Challenges & Solutions v Grading assignment score v Spec requires passing unsigned integer (“Score. Points”) v Also passing extended element “Raw. Score” v Missing scores v Canvas does not denote “missing” v Results in no value in gradebook v Excused and late scores v Passing extended element of “Excused” v SIS can determines if late using time stamp of message v Other SISs using extended elements, such as “Late" v Delays consuming scores v Queue processing v Mitigate with multiple zones v Error reporting v Asynchronous feedback v SIS vendors could implement SIF log entry

Demo

Sharing Roster & Grade Data Using Standards Improves accuracy Speeds up submission of grades Reduces obstacles to adopt learning app Reduces time teachers spend entering data

Time = Money Teachers told us: 15 minutes to two hours per day, each Value: $25. 00 saved per $1. 00 spent

Up Next v. Sharing additional learning data v. Adding applications v. Standards-based gradebooks v. Classroom apps v. More enterprise LMSs

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Follow-Up https: //xpressapi. org • Larry Fruth – A 4 L Community – lfruth@a 4 l. org Steve Setzer – Kimono - ssetzer@kimonocloud. com