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    Overview

    The Grades product integration allows campusM to list a user's grades per course and per term.

    Vendors

    Grades can be retrieved with Ellucian Banner, Ellucian Colleague (custom) ERP systems, and RESTful API.

    User Experience

    The following section describes information relating to the user experience for the Grades product integration.

    User Activities

    • The user selects the Grades tile and a list of terms appears.
    • The user selects a term and the grades associated with that term appear.

    Authentication

    The Grades product integration requires the user's identifier from the vendor's system. This is obtained with the token based authentication attributes. 
    The connection to the vendor is handled as part of the generic API Configuration under the Vendor section. The first part of the API Configuration details the URL to which to connect and any parameters that are required. The second part relates to the API Authentication for the URL, which is vendor-specific, and could also be specific to the vendor instance the client is running. For example, although all Banner integration so far use Basic Authentication on the Banner server, its possible for a vendor to use something different.

    Offline Support

    None. Users must be online to retrieve their grades data.

    Screenshots

    The following is an overview of the Grades product integration user interface for a reference when configuring it:

    grades_PI_terms.png grades_PI_spring_semester.png
    Select Term
    Grades Per Term

    Technical Overview

    The following section describes technical information for the Grades product integration.

    Prerequisites

    The following prerequisites are required to configure the Grades product integration:

    • User identifier mapping
      • If you have CMAuth configured, map the relevant vendor ID in the integration profile (Additional Mapping), for example: bannerId=employeeID, where employeeID is the relevant user attribute on the vendor’s backend system.
      • If you have LDAP configured, verify that the relevant attribute is returned as an attribute from the LDAP response.
    • Access to the client's API – access is required for your data center's IPs range.
    • campusM test users with a valid vendor ID available through the IDP attributes. The ideal types of test user include:
      • A test user with grades for the current valid term and any older terms, if possible.
      • A test user with no grades at all.
      • A test user that is not on the vendor's backend system.

    Required Format

    Select one of the following links for the required format for that vendor:

    Ellucian Banner 9 (Also Referred to as XE) Vendor

    • campusM uses two API calls to fetch grades data:
      • The first call is to retrieve all of the available terms of the student:

        https:// {HOST}/StudentApi/api/terms

      • The second call is to retrieve the grades data for the selected term:

        https://{HOST}/StudentApi/api/students/{userId}/grades?term={termId}

    • The following is an example of a JSON response for the Terms API:

      [
          {

              "version": 0,

              "id": 1,

              "acyr_code": {

                  "version": 0,

                  "id": 16,

                  "code": "2010",

                  "description": "2019-2020"

              },

              "code": "202040",

              "description": "Summer 2020",

              "endDate": "2020-07-23",

              "financialAidPeriod": 1,

              "financialAidProcessingYear": "9293",

              "financialAidTerm": "1",

              "financialEndPeriod": 12,

              "housingEndDate": "2020-07-23",

              "housingStartDate": "2020-06-03",

              "startDate": "2020-06-03",

              "trmt_code": {

                  "version": 0,

                  "id": 2,

                  "code": "M",

                  "description": "Summer Semester"

              }

          }

      ]

    • The following is an example of a JSON response for the Grades API:

      [
          {
              "courseNumber": "101",
              "courseTitle": "World History I",
              "creditHour": 3.0,
              "crn": "70029",
              "gradeFinal": "C",
              "gradeInAcadHistory": "C",
              "gradeMidterm": "D",
              "gradeRolled": "Y",
              "level": {
                  "code": "UG",
                  "description": "Undergraduate"
              },
              "registrationStatus": {
                  "code": "RE",
                  "description": "**Registered In-Office**"
              },
              "classFormat": {
                  "code": "L",
                  "description": "Lecture"
              },
              "sequenceNumber": "02",
              "subject": {
                  "code": "HIS",
                  "description": "History"
              },
              "term": {
                  "code": "201870",
                  "description": "Fall 2018"
              }
          },
          {
              "courseNumber": "101",
              "courseTitle": "First Year Experience",
              "creditHour": 1.0,
              "crn": "70825",
              "gradeFinal": "A",
              "gradeInAcadHistory": "A",
              "gradeMidterm": "A",
              "gradeRolled": "Y",
              "level": {
                  "code": "UG",
                  "description": "Undergraduate"
              },
              "registrationStatus": {
                  "code": "RE",
                  "description": "**Registered In-Office**"
              },
              "classFormat": {
                  "code": "L",
                  "description": "Lecture"
              },
              "sequenceNumber": "03",
              "subject": {
                  "code": "ORI",
                  "description": "Orientation"
              },
              "term": {
                  "code": "201870",
                  "description": "Fall 2018"
              }
          }

    Ellucian Colleague (Custom) Vendor

    • campusM uses two API calls to fetch grades data:
      • The first call is to retrieve all of the available terms of the student:

        https://{HOST}/ColleagueApi/students/{userId}/terms

      • The second call is to retrieve the grades data for the selected term:

        https://{HOST}/students/{userId}/academic-credits

    • A direct connection to the Ellucian Colleague (custom) API is required. Any middleware or client-specific implementation causes the API response to deviate from what the cloud platform is expecting.
    • The following is an example of a JSON response for the Terms API:

      [

          {

              "Term": "2020S",

              "Description": "Summer Semester 2020"

          },

          {

              "Term": "2020CS",

              "Description": "Summer Cohort Semester 2020"

          }

      ]

    • The following is an example of a JSON response for the Grades API:

      {
        "AcademicTerms": [
          {
            "TermId": "14/X1",
            "GradePointAverage": 0,
            "Credits": 6,
            "ContinuingEducationUnits": 0,
            "AcademicCredits": [
              {
                "Id": "1010776",
                "CourseId": "86",
                "StudentId": null,
                "SectionId": null,
                "CourseName": "EN-000",
                "Title": "Eng Lit/Comp. AP Testing",
                "VerifiedGradeId": "P",
                "VerifiedGradeTimestamp": "2014-10-22T16:13:00",
                "Credit": 6,
                "GpaCredit": 0,
                "GradePoints": 0,
                "CompletedCredit": 6,
                "ContinuingEducationUnits": 0,
                "Status": "TransferOrNonCourse",
                "StatusDate": null,
                "TermCode": "14/X1",
                "MidTermGrades": [],
                "GradingType": "Graded",
                "SectionNumber": "",
                "HasVerifiedGrade": true,
                "AdjustedCredit": 6,
                "IsNonCourse": false,
                "StartDate": null,
                "EndDate": null,
                "IsCompletedCredit": true,
                "ReplacedStatus": "NotReplaced",
                "ReplacementStatus": "NotReplacement"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "NonTermAcademicCredits": [
          {
            "Id": "1003018",
            "CourseId": "804",
            "StudentId": null,
            "SectionId": null,
            "CourseName": "FL-000X",
            "Title": "Foreign Language Equivalency",
            "VerifiedGradeId": "P",
            "VerifiedGradeTimestamp": "2015-10-29T12:28:26",
            "Credit": 0,
            "GpaCredit": 0,
            "GradePoints": 0,
            "CompletedCredit": 0,
            "ContinuingEducationUnits": 0,
            "Status": "TransferOrNonCourse",
            "StatusDate": null,
            "TermCode": "",
            "MidTermGrades": [],
            "GradingType": "Graded",
            "SectionNumber": "",
            "HasVerifiedGrade": true,
            "AdjustedCredit": 0,
            "IsNonCourse": true,
            "StartDate": null,
            "EndDate": null,
            "IsCompletedCredit": true,
            "ReplacedStatus": "NotReplaced",
            "ReplacementStatus": "NotReplacement"
          }
        ],
        "GradeRestriction": {
          "IsRestricted": false,
          "Reasons": []
        },
        "TotalCreditsCompleted": 0,
        "OverallGradePointAverage": 0,
        "StudentId": null
      }

    RESTful API

    • campusM uses two API calls to fetch the grades data:
      • The first call is to retrieve all of the available terms for the student:

        https://{HOST}/getTerms?userId={userId}

      • The second call is to retrieve the grades data for the selected term:

        https://{HOST}/getGrades?termId={termCode}&userId={userId}

    • The Terms API returns a JSON response with the following structure:

      [

        {

          "termId": 1,

          "description": "Fall 2020",

          "termCode": "202010"

        },

        {

          "termId": 2,

          "description": "Spring 2020",

          "termCode": "202020"

        }

      ]

    • The grades per term API returns a JSON response with the following structure:

      [

        {

          "id": "1",

          "title": "Grade for Intro to Bio",

          "finalGrade": "A",

          "midTermGrade": "B",

          "termCode": "202010",

          "courseCode": "BIOB 170",

          "courseName": "Intro to Bio",

          "linkUrl": "https://www.google.com/",

          "linkText": "View more information",

          "additionalDetails": "A minimum of a C is needed for this course for a Biology Degree."

        },

        {

          "id": "2",

          "title": "Grade for Test Course",

          "finalGrade": "75%",

          "midTermGrade": "75%",

          "termCode": "202010",

          "courseCode": "C01",

          "courseName": "Test Course",

          "linkUrl": "https://www.google.com/",

          "linkText": "View more information about Test Course",

          "additionalDetails": "A minimum of a C is needed for this course for a Math Degree."

        }

      ]

    Attribute Mapping for RESTful API getTerms
    External Field Name Internal CampusM Field Name Description Mandatory Yes/No Data Type Default Example
    Term ID termId A unique ID for the term Yes String - 1
    Term Description description A description for the term (displayed to the end user for term selection) Yes String - Fall 2020
    Term Code termCode The code for the term (this is used to associate grades with relevant terms) Yes String - 202010
    Attribute Mapping for RESTful API getGrades
    External Field Name Internal CampusM Field Name Description Mandatory Yes/No Data Type Default Example
    Grade Information ID id A unique ID for the course grade information Yes String - 1
    Grade Title title The title for the course grade information   No String - Grade for Intro to Bio
    Final Grade for the Course finalGrade The final grade the student achieved for the course (optionally displayed to the end user) No String - A
    Midterm Grade for the Course midTermGrade The midterm grade the student achieved for the course (optionally displayed to the end user) No String - B
    Term Code   termCode The code for the term (this is used to associate grades with relevant terms) Yes String - 202010
    Course Code courseCode The code for the course (optionally displayed to the end user) No String - BIOB 170
    Course Title courseName The name of the course Yes String - Intro to Bio
    Link URL linkUrl The URL provided to link to additional information No String - https://www.google.com/
    Link Text linkText The display text for the link URL (optionally displayed to the end user) No String - View more information
    Additional Details additionalDetails Additional information (optionally displayed to the end user) No String - A minimum of a C is needed for this course for a Biology Degree.

    Technical Flow Diagram

    Both Banner and Ellucian Colleague (custom) currently require Basic Authentication API Authentication for all implementations that are currently available. "No Auth" can sometimes be used in testing.

    Configuration

    The following table describes the configuration options available for the Grades product integration.
    Note that while the majority of these fields are not mandatory, they are displayed with their default values unless otherwise stated.
    Configuration Option Description Mandatory Data Type Default Example
    Enable Product Integration Select to enable the product integration on the user's campusM app. No      
    Product Integration Description A description of the product integration for internal use Yes      
    Screen Title Appears in the top header (of the integration, in the app). No String Grades  
    Primary Theme Color Used for the Screen Title header and other header elements. No Hex code #444444  
    Secondary Theme Color Used for the Grade block headers. No Hex code #6f8ea4  
    Show Course Code Displays the course code on the Grades detail page. No Boolean Yes  
    Show Midterm Grade Shows the midterm grade for each course, if available. No Boolean No  
    Show Final Grades Shows the final grade for each course, if available. No Boolean Yes  
    Show Additional Details Shows additional details for each course, if available. No Boolean   Yes  
    Show Grade Links Shows the additional information link for each course, if available. No Boolean   Yes  
    Past Terms (in days) Display past terms for the last number of days Relevant only for Banner No String 0  
    Next Terms (in days) Display future terms for the next number of days Relevant only for Banner No String 0  
    Term Page Title Used for the Terms page header. No String Terms  
    Term Page Subtitle Used for the Terms page header. No String Please choose a term to view grades  
    Final Grade Text The phrase used to describe a final grade for a course. No String Final Grade  
    Midterm Grade Text The phrase used to describe a midterm grade for a course. No String Midterm Grade  
    Additional Details Text Show Additional Details must be enabled. This sets the label for the additional details field. No String   Additional Details Additional Details Text
    Grade Link Text Show Grade Links must be enabled. This text will appear if a grade link was included in the service, but no description for the link was included. No String   View more information Grade Link Text
    No data Message This message will appear when there is no data No String No Grades found  
    Terms Service Failure Message This message will appear when the integration is unable to reach or process the Terms API correctly.   No String The page is having trouble fetching academic terms - please try again shortly.  
    No Terms Message This message will appear when there are no terms No String    
    Service Failure Message This message will appear when the integration is unable to reach or process the service call correctly. No String The page is having trouble fetching your grades - please try again shortly.  
    Vendor Name Defines to which vendor the integration connects Yes Object n/a BannerXE
    API Configuration
    This section contains the API details  to define the API structure. You can test the API configuration. See Testing API Product Integration Configuration.
    Base URL to retrieve the information The URL for the API Yes URL  
    https://{HOST}
    Parameter Input Option The parameter input option for Banner ID or Ellucian Colleague (custom). Possible values: Username, Token Property, and Constant. It is sent as the path parameter. Yes Drop-Down list   Token Property
    Authentication Type Select one of the following options:
    • No Auth
    • Basic Auth
    • API Key
    • Bearer token
    • OAuth Using User App Authentication – select an OAuth integration profile (from the Integration Profiles configured in App Settings) and choose where the access token should be added, Header or URL.
    • OAUTH Using Client Credentials – select this if you are using a preliminary token call to get the access token.
    		 Yes Drop-down list    
    Import/ Export Configuration
    You can configure product integration and then export it to another campusM environment, for example, from sandbox to production or from preview to production.  
    Export Create a JSON file with all product integration configuration. No      
    Import Use this option in order to load configuration from JSON of an exported product integration. No      
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