After installing the Navigate360 Attendance Access Plugin in your PowerSchool instance, District Admins can follow the below steps to connect VM to their district's PowerSchool instance before continuing to the School Building Setup tab:

1. Enter the PowerSchool URL for the school district.
   1. This should match the base URL used to log into the PowerSchool Admin Portal.
   2. Please exclude any trailing forward-slashes from the end the URL.
   3. Example: 
      1. Correct: "https://sample-district.powerschool.com"
      2. Incorrect: "https://sample-district.powerschool.com/"
      3. Incorrect: "https://sample-district.powerschool.com/admin"
2. Enter the Client ID and Client Secret.
   1. These details can be found by opening the Navigate360 Attendance Access Plugin in PowerSchool and viewing the Data Provider Configuration section. 
3. Set the Visible Student ID that you would like to be displayed in Visitor Management:
   1. SIS ID
   2. Student Number
      1. Note: This is a cosmetic setting for customers that are syncing their SIS data into Visitor Management via Clever. Allowing the preferred Student ID to be used for searching, scanning, etc.
      2. For more information on setting up the SIS Sync for PowerSchool Writebacks, click here.
4. Click Save and Apply to All Schools.

Once the above settings have been saved, District Admins and Building Admins will have access to the School Building Setup and Writeback Logs tabs. 

The School Building Setup tab allows District Admins and Building Admins to quickly select the needed Attendance Mode for individual schools. As well as disable the writeback functionality for any schools that don't want to utilize this feature.

• District Admins will see a list of all schools from their district that have been added to VM and have the ability to view/edit the writeback settings for each school.
• Building Admins will only be able to view/edit the writeback settings for the school(s) assigned to them, based on the permissions applied to their User Profile.

Admins will be able to apply the below writeback settings for each school listed on the page:

1. Status - (enabled by default)
   1. When enabled:
      1. An Attendance Mode must be selected in order to save the writeback settings.
      2. VM will attempt to transfer all Student Late Check-ins and Early Check-outs back to this school's PowerSchool instance.
      3. The school's PowerSchool Attendance Codes will need to be imported and mapped as Late Check-in and/or Early Check-out Reasons on the Student Tracking page.
         1. For more information on importing your PowerSchool Attendance Codes, click here.
   2. When disabled:
      1. VM will not attempt to transfer Student Late Check-ins and Early Check-outs back to this school's PowerSchool instance.
      2. The school will have access to VM's default Late Check-in and Early Check-out Reasons, as well as the ability to add Custom Reasons on the Student Tracking page.
         1. For more information on the Late Check-in and Early Check-out Reasons, click here.
      3. Users will need to manually enter any Student Late Check-ins and Early Check-outs in the school's PowerSchool instance.
2. Attendance Mode
   1. Daily
   2. Time
   3. Meeting
      1. Note: The Attendance Mode selected on this page must match the Attendance Mode selected in the school's PowerSchool instance.

Admins can click the Save button to apply all updated writeback settings for the list of schools.

The Writeback Logs tab allows District Admins and Building Admins to quickly view the status of all Student Events that VM has attempted to transfer back to their PowerSchool instance.

Admins will see the logs listed in the Writeback Events table, with the below values for each event:

1. Type
   1. Late Check-in
   2. Early Check-out
2. Student Name
   1. Name of the student that was checked in or out.
3. Student PS ID
   1. The student's unique ID number returned from PowerSchool's STUDENTS table.
4. Date/Time
   1. The date and time that the event occurred in VM
      1. VM is set to instantly transfer Student Events immediately after the Check-in and Check-out process.
5. Grade
   1. Grade of the student that was checked in or out.
6. Reason
   1. The Reason/Attendance Code that was selected during the Check-in or Check-out process.
7. Status
   1. Successful
   2. Failed

Admins will be able to filter the list of events using the below filters:

1. Status
   1. All
   2. Successful
   3. Failed
2. Student Name Search
3. Building
   1. User will only see the buildings that they have access to.
4. Date Range