Enabling teacher access to student academic data for our app (School API)

Saul Holding
Saul Holding
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Hi Team,

I want teachers or mentors to be able to see the grades and assignments of the students under their care. Looking at the school API (see attached image), the academics/assignments endpoint only allows access if the requester is a Student or Parent.

This setup doesn’t reflect how schools actually operate, since teachers and mentors are often the ones directly supporting students academically. Would it be possible to extend access so that verified teacher or mentor roles can also retrieve this information?

Alternatively, is there another API endpoint I should be looking at, or another approach we could take to support this use case?

That way, teachers can use the app/solution we’re building without extra workarounds.

Thank you all for your time!


Saul

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  • Ruben Perez
    Ruben Perez
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    Hey @Saul Holding , I know this is from a while back, but we're prototyping some of these strategies in our mobile app platform for Blackbaud. Happy to share some insights if you want to message me here, or if you book a call on our website. schooljourney.com I can show you we're approaching this.

    (not a sales pitch, just offering help and would like to understand your use-case so we can figure out how to solve this in the big picture as well)

  • Ruben Perez
    Ruben Perez
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    ..Also, I do realize that maybe we're "competitors" but, also maybe collaborators? Either way happy to connect.

  • Saul Holding
    Saul Holding
    Second Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    Hi Ruben,

    How are you? I appreciate you getting back to me.


    It would be lovely to meet! What’s the best way to reach you?

    And yeah, it may seem like we’re competitors on the surface, but it’s always great to meet people who care about the same problem you’re trying to solve. If you’ve got time over the next week or two, I’d love to sit down for a conversation over Zoom.

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