The SIS or Student Information System, software application was developed for helping educational institutions in managing all the data related to its students. Just as corporate firms use ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), SIS can be used by schools, colleges, universities. These systems vary in size and functions. Small institutions can use systems for handling only student data, whereas large institutions can adopt systems that incorporate all the aspects of running such organizations. It can even be used for establishments that have more than one campus. These systems can also be configured for meeting a particular need of a particular institution.
Generally, a SIS will help in maintaining personal and study related data of a student by using some common functions. These are answering inquiries from applying students, helping in the admissions process, enrolment of new students, automatically creating routine for both students and teachers, managing records of examinations, assessments, marks, grades and academic progress. Apart from these major functions, there are many additional functions. The systems maintain records of student absences and attendance and students discipline records.
It records communications with students along with providing statistical reports and then further communicates the student details to the parents with the help of a portal for parents. If a school has hostel facility then details of it can also be managed. The software also comes handy in managing human resource services, accounts, budgets, and even the health record of students. Popular Student Information Systems include, PowerSchool AD, Genesis and Infinite Campus.
However, student data is not just restricted to the particular institution. In many countries, data is also shared with the school district or the administrative body that controls the educational institutions within a particular area. So managing that huge amount of data is a difficult, time-consuming process. Active Directory Student SYNC (ADSS) helps in the management of that data within the educational network. It is based on the directory service known as Active Directory (AD), which was developed by Microsoft. Active Directory Student SYNC was designed and created, by experts recognized by Microsoft itself.
Active Directory Student SYNC works with every modern SIS system that can use the Scheduled CSV export technique. ADSS synchronizes with the SIS software. Without it, you have to manually add, modify, and delete accounts of every student within that school district. But ADSS will perform all these tasks automatically. It is even capable of moving a student account from one server to another in a network. It reduces the workload of the School district staff.
Every time a student is added to a SIS, ADSS will start automatically managing that student’s account. ADSS has its very own support staff. They completely monitor and perform tasks related to student network. They promise the following features once you subscribe to their service- ADSS Software Installation and Configuration, Summary Reports sent out at every night, Software Updates as soon as they are available, per day monitoring of the SIS Export and ADSS. An annual subscription is charged for this service.
Active Directory Student SYNC is the ultimate solution for the burdensome and time consuming task of PowerSchool AD, Import students and managing student’s accounts in Microsoft Active Directory Environment. Students can be added, deleted and/or modified as they are entered into any K-12, College or University’s student information system.