School-level integration — the export preview is restricted to school admins. Contact DeanDesk support to coordinate an export review; there is currently no Ed-Fi Preview page in the school portal.
Video walkthrough
This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.
What the preview includes
- Student and staff information, including school associations.
- Courses, offerings, sections, and student and staff section associations.
- Course attendance and official school-day attendance.
Prepare for an export review
1
Check student details
Confirm that students have a date of birth. Students without one are excluded from the preview.
2
Review courses and attendance
Check term dates, course enrollments, sections, and finalized attendance. Courses without explicit sections receive a generated main section in the preview.
3
Coordinate the receiving system
Ask your integration team to confirm the target system’s school identifiers, sessions, required mappings, and reporting rules.
4
Review warnings before import
Review the preview’s counts and warnings with your integration team. Resolve missing data and mapping issues before using the data for reporting.
An Ed-Fi-aligned preview is not a completed state submission or an automatic connection to an Ed-Fi system. Acceptance depends on the receiving system and its requirements. The preview does not change your school records or automatically publish them elsewhere.