Users with Admin access to the platform can bulk import teachers, students and classes into the platform. You will need to extract teacher, student and class data from your MIS system into a .CSV file to use with our User Import Tool.
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If you are the school administrator, but do not have the Admin dashboard tile on your homepage, please email schoolsupport@discoveryed.com so we can transition your account to have Admin access.
Please also read our step by step guide before uploading your files.
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Column headers and required fields
This section gives a high level overview of the column headers and the fields in each template. Ensure that all columns and headers are present, even if optional fields are not used.
Under Templates List section, 'Details' link will provide you information on the fields that you will require from your MIS for each template type. 'Download' will download the template for you to populate.
Teacher template
Column headers and field details below
Column headers/Fields |
Required field |
Description |
SchoolName |
Required |
School Name as it is in the platform (Pre-populated by Discovery Education) |
SchoolID |
Required |
Discovery Education School Passcode (Pre-populated by Discovery Education) |
FirstName |
Required |
School to enter teacher's first name |
LastName |
Required |
School to enter teacher's last name |
Username |
Required |
School to enter teacher's email address For Google SSO - use email address |
|
Required |
Used to reset passwords. School to enter teacher's work email |
TeacherID |
Required |
School to enter an ID, this can be anything (see example below) or the MIS id ID is used to update username and email Duplicate values not accepted |
CSV file example data -
Student template
Column headers and field details below –
Column headers/Fields | Required field | Description |
SchoolName | Required | School Name as it is in the platform (Pre-populated by Discovery Education) |
SchoolID | Required | Discovery Education School Passcode (Pre-populated by Discovery Education) |
FirstName | Required | School to enter student's first name |
LastName | Required | School to enter teacher's last name |
Username | Required |
School to enter a preferred username for the student For Google SSO - use email address |
Optional | School to leave this field blank | |
StudentID | Required |
School to enter an ID, this can be anything (see example below) or the MIS id ID is used to update username and email Duplicate values not accepted |
Grade | Required |
School to enter the student's 'year group' This is the 'Year' the student belongs to. Used to link students to classes in import |
CSV file example below -
Class template
Column headers and field details below –
Column headers/Fields | Required field | Description |
SchoolName | Required | School Name as it is in the platform |
SchoolID | Required | Discovery Education School Passcode |
ClassName | Required | Name that users will see |
ClassID | Required | Must be unique within a school |
SchoolYear | Required | Differentiates classes from year to year IF ClassID remains the same |
CSV file example below -
TeacherRoster template
Column headers and field details below –
Column headers/Fields | Required field | Description |
SchoolName | Required | School Name as it is in the platform |
SchoolID | Required | Discovery Education School Passcode |
ClassID | Required | ClassID from Class.csv |
TeacherID | Required | TeacherID from Teacher.csv |
CSV file example below -
StudentRoster template
Column headers and field details below –
Column headers/Fields | Required field | Description |
SchoolName | Required | School Name as it is in the platform |
SchoolID | Required | Discovery Education School Passcode |
ClassID | Required | ClassID from Class.csv |
StudentID | Required | StudentID from Student.csv |
CSV file example below -
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