About Full and Partial Sync
A user form can be processed in two ways:
- Partial Sync: Only those users that are included in the upload form will be processed (i.e. either created or updated); all the users that are not included in the upload form will be ignored.
Note: We recommend running a Partial Sync before running a Full Sync.
- Full Sync: A new list of all users overrides the existing user list: those users that are included in the upload form will be processed (i.e. either created or updated); users not included in the upload form will be deleted
Note: This can be used at the end of the year when you need to remove graduating students. By uploading a complete set of users using a Full Sync, graduating students not included in the complete set will be automatically removed.
- Student Only Sync – The Student Only Sync is a Full Sync that only affects users of type Student. Student Only Sync uploads must be a full list of all your students in the district. Any students that are not yet part of the eChalk system will be created. Any students that are not included in the file upload will be deleted. Use these uploads when you have a complete set of students to update for your system at one time. This is a helpful tool if you pull your students from a different system than your faculty and staff or when you want to do an update at the end of the year to remove students that have left your school system and make additions and changes to the remaining students. Please make sure that you have validation turned on in the settings panel to ensure that you do not accidentally remove users.
- Admin/Teacher/Staff Sync – The Admin/Teacher/Staff Sync is a Full Sync that only affects users of type Administrator, Teacher or Staff. Admin/Teacher/Staff Only Sync uploads must be a full list of all your faculty/staff in the district. Any faculty/staff that are not yet part of the eChalk system will be created. Any faculty/staff that are not included in the file upload will be deleted. Use these uploads when you have a complete set of faculty/staff to update your system at one time. This is a helpful tool to manage your faculty and staff separately from your students. Please make sure that you have validation turned on in the settings panel to ensure that you do not accidentally remove users.
- Student Only Sync – The Student Only Sync is a Full Sync that only affects users of type Student. Student Only Sync uploads must be a full list of all your students in the district. Any students that are not yet part of the eChalk system will be created. Any students that are not included in the file upload will be deleted. Use these uploads when you have a complete set of students to update for your system at one time. This is a helpful tool if you pull your students from a different system than your faculty and staff or when you want to do an update at the end of the year to remove students that have left your school system and make additions and changes to the remaining students. Please make sure that you have validation turned on in the settings panel to ensure that you do not accidentally remove users.
Sync Settings
Within each of these processing methods, you can set one or more of these options:
- Requires approval after validation: *We recommend enabling this setting so that your data can be checked and validated by our system for errors prior to being processed. This will help avoid any unwanted changes or deletions from occurring without a final review and approval especially when choosing a Full Sync.
- Update password: It will reset all user’s passwords to what is in the uploaded file. This is not recommended when normally updating users, but can be helpful at the start of a school year to for instance. If this is not checked, the user’s passwords will not be updated
- Update first, middle, last name: it will change the user’s display names to what is included in the file. Often users will change their name in eChalk to reflect how they are commonly known, not necessarily officially known. Again, this is not recommended when updating users typically but can be useful at the start of the school year.
Where To Go
To configure your bulk upload options, navigate to the school or district you wish to manage, click on Members > User Admin > Bulk Management.
What To Do
- Click on Settings.
- Set your preferences for how you'd like the form to be processed every time a Partial Sync or Full Sync is run. Set one or more of these options for Partial Sync, Full Sync, Student Only Sync, or Admin/Teacher/Staff Sync:
- Requires approval after validation (*Recommended)
- Update password
- Update first, middle, last name