Overview
The Compass SIS Writeback integration automatically syncs data from Clipboard to your Compass School Information System, reducing manual data entry and keeping systems in sync.
Benefits
Reduced Administrative Overhead - Eliminates manual data entry and updates across multiple systems.
Improved Data Consistency - Ensures Compass reflects the most current extracurricular information from Clipboard.
Time Savings - Automates routine data management tasks for Activities and Teams.
Error Reduction - Minimises mistakes from manual data transfers between systems.
What Data Does Clipboard Sync from Compass?
Incoming Integrations | Field in Clipboard |
Students | First name Last name SIS ID Compass ID Legal first name Gender Birth date Campus Campus code Boarder House Year group Homeroom |
Guardians | First name Last name SIS ID Phone number |
Student Photos | Student Photos |
Medical Conditions | Medical Condition fields in Compass that sync to Clipboard under the Medical Condition:
Medical Action Plan attachments (i.e., files) cannot be synced to Clipboard via the Compass integration at this time. |
Absences | Preexplained Absence |
Staff | Refer to this document for more information on the Incoming Staff Sync. |
What Data Can Be Synced to Compass?
Clipboard Entity | → | Compass Entity | Notes |
Activities | → | Club Categories | Initial sync creates all Activities as Club Categories. Archive only syncs when the Activity has no Teams.
Note - the integration does not support archiving Departments or Activities in Clipoard |
Teams | → | Clubs | Automatically syncs Team changes to Compass Clubs.
Note - the integration does not support hiding Teams in Clipboard |
Team Memberships | → | Club Enrollments |
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Team Sessions | → | Club Sessions |
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Team Session Membership | → | Club Session Enrollments |
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Student Sessions | → | Club Sessions |
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Student Session Membership | → | Club Session Enrollments |
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Fixtures | → | Club Sessions |
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Results | → | Club Dashboard – Description |
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Location | → | Club Session (Parent & Sublocation) and Session Description (Address) |
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Additional Fields | → | Club Session Description | Includes: Student & Parent Notes, Bus Departure Time, Arrival Time. |
Attendance (Clipboard Roll Marking) | → | Attendance (Compass Club Session Roll) |
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How the Integration Works
Once set up, the Compass Writeback integration works automatically in the background, ensuring Clipboard remains your centralised system for managing all extracurricular Activities and Teams, with Compass receiving these updates automatically.
Team Sessions
Create a new Team Session: Automatically creates a corresponding Club Session in Compass, with all current Team members enrolled
Update session details: Updates the Club Session in Compass
Cancel a Team Session: Marks the Club Session as cancelled in Compass
Delete a Team Session: Removes the corresponding Club Session from Compass
Student Sessions
Create a new Student Session: Automatically creates a corresponding Club Session in Compass. The Club Category and Club Name in Compass are the Activity name from Clipboard.
The student will sync to Compass on Sessions as Attendees
Update session details (location, description, type): Updates the Club Session in Compass
Delete a Student Session: Removes the corresponding Club Session from Compass
The integration does not sync the Session Title from Clipboard
Example of Individual lessons syncing from Clipboard to Compass:
Fixtures
Fixtures sync to Compass as Club Sessions following the same behaviour as Team Sessions above.
It's important to note that, as per the notice in the screenshot below, Clipboard must be the source of any changes to the Team, not Compass, as Clipboard is the source of truth for that Team.
What's Next?
This integration is new, and Clipboard and Compass will continue to build and develop it to be the best-in-class two-way integration between an Extracurricular Management System and a Student Information System.
You can view our community roadmap here to find out what's being built next.
How to Set Up the Compass Incoming and Outgoing Integration
You can refer to the setup steps in this How to Set Up the Compass Incoming and Outgoing Integration support article.
The Compass SIS Writeback integration is currently in Early Access. For more information and to request early access, please reach out to Clipboard Support at support@clipboard.app.