OneRoster export and OneRoster api student username options
Please add the ability to choose which field is sent in the OneRoster Export within Skybuild for the student's username and the ability to add a prefix to that field.
It currently exports the student's alphakey, but our district typically uses the student's other id for other software companies, since it doesn't change with a name change like the alphakey.
For some companies, we use a combination of the otherid and a letter/number combo such as D87 in front of the student id number.
Other districts use the student's state id number.
Having the ability to customize which field is used for the student username and being able to add a prefix and customize it per export would allow us to use this wonderful export, that more and more software companies are supporting.
I these options could also be made available in the OneRoster API, that would be fantastic!
Kathy Lindeman
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Kathy Lindeman
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@Lora Holman - we do not use the student's other id for their skyward login - that is still using the alphakey, which is a whole different issue, but brings up a valid point that if we were to switch the students to using the otherid for their skyward login and ldap, that it would solve this issue. However, this would take away the teacher's ability to view the student's password for Skyward.
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Lora Holman
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Our OneRoster export does have the OtherID as the Username because we have the OtherID set as the student login field (Under General, Web Access). And the "identifier" field on the OneRoster report is also the OtherID. With this being said I agree that it would be helpful to let us customize the ID fields to better align with the fields we use and the software companies districts work with.
Our issue with the OneRoster report is that the Teacher username is what we use in the district but it will change with a name change, and the OneRoster identifier field is blank for teachers. So we needed to use the SourceID even though this number is not something we use, and would rather have different options.