Drawp for School Announces Microsoft School Data Sync (SDS) Integration
Drawp for School is now integrated with Microsoft School Data Sync (SDS). Teachers and Admins can use their Microsoft credentials to import user profiles and rosters for schools and individual classes. This new way of creating online classrooms and users will save time for all Drawp for School users.
Earlier this year, Drawp rolled out Microsoft Single Sign On (SSO) which allows users to connect their Microsoft and Drawp for School accounts so that users can sign in with their Microsoft accounts. Now, with Microsoft SDS, teachers can import student rosters into Drawp to streamline their data. Once the student roster is imported, students can use their Microsoft usernames and passwords to sign into their Drawp accounts.
Below is a How To Guide for Using Microsoft SDS for teachers and admins. Note that teachers must get consent from Admins to access SDS imports. (See more complete directions below.) Once teachers have admin consent, teachers can go to the settings in their Drawp account to connect their Drawp account to their Microsoft school account. Then teachers simply click on an import button and choose their classes from a drop down menu. All selected student rosters are then added to Drawp for School.
Important things to note about using Microsoft SDS:
Microsoft SDS is available in the web app, in the user's Settings page, for the users who have connected their Microsoft accounts with their Drawp accounts
The imported students can use their Microsoft accounts to log into Drawp (accounts for the imported students get automatically connected to their new Drawp accounts created)
The imported data will be auto-synced daily. The admins/teachers can turn that feature off.
There are two different ways to import data from Microsoft SDS into Drawp for School:
1. Individual teachers can import their data (school, select courses, students)
Teachers have option to select which courses they want to be imported and according to that the school and student data will be imported as well
For this we need to have admin's consent first which can be granted on the admin portal available at https://app.drawpforschool.com/connected-apps/microsoft/admin/login/
2. Microsoft organization admins can import the data for the whole organization (district or school)
Admins have option to select for which school they want to import data
Admin's portal for importing data can be accessed at https://app.drawpforschool.com/connected-apps/microsoft/admin/login/
Here are more detailed step-by-step instructions for teachers, students and admins - with screenshots.
How to import student rosters using Microsoft SDS - for teachers:
1. Go to www.drawpforschool.com and sign up for a new account or log into existing regular Drawp for School account.
2. When logged in, tap on your name at the top right of the screen and choose “settings” from the drop down menu.
3. Scroll down to the “Connected Accounts” section and click on the green “Connect” button.
4. This link takes you to the Microsoft sign in screen where you can enter your Microsoft education email and password.
Note: for Single Sign On, you can use your personal or work Microsoft email accounts to sign in, but for School Data Sync imports, you can only use your Microsoft education email account.
5. Note that for subsequent sign ins to Drawp for School you can use the “Connect with Microsoft” button at the bottom of the Drawp for School login page:
6. Once you have signed in with your Microsoft education credentials, your Drawp for School and Microsoft accounts are connected. You can check to confirm connection back on the Drawp for School settings screen. This screen shows you are connected.
(Note: Turn the “Active Data Sync” button to “on” to activate automatic daily data sync updates. Or click it to “off” to turn off the automatic daily data sync.)
7. On the same screen, you can click on the green import button to start importing student rosters from Microsoft SDS and this popup window will appear. Click on the green “Import” button.
Note: At this point, you will be prompted to secure admin consent to access the data if you have not previously done so. See “How to set up Microsoft SDS for Admins” below if needed.
8. If you have admin consent to access the school/class data, then the next step is to choose which classes’ data you would like to import. A list of your classes is shown and you can check the box next to each applicable one:
Important: Closing the browser or pop up before the import is complete will cancel the data import.
Once the import is complete, students can begin signing into Drawp for School using their Microsoft credentials.
Note: To see the imported classes, teachers can go to the “My Classes tab” and the class blocks will appear.
Note: Teachers can belong to multiple schools using Microsoft SDS. See or change your school by checking the school name or “Change School” button at the top left of the screen:
How to set up Microsoft SDS - for Admins
Admins can go to this link to give consent access to Drawp for School: https://app.drawpforschool.com/connected-apps/microsoft/admin/login/
Note: Admins can only login with their Microsoft admin account.
Once admins have given consent to the Drawp for School account, they can click on the “Import” button and check which schools’ roster data they’d like to import:
How to log into Drawp for School as Student using Microsoft SSO:
Note: When logging into Drawp for School as a student, using Microsoft credentials, students are not required to enter their school name.
Students simply need to click on the “Connect with Microsoft” button at the bottom of the student login screen or the “find your school” screen:
They’ll be taken to the Microsoft Single Sign On page where they can enter their Microsoft credentials to access Drawp:
For general information about Microsoft School Data Sync, go to the Microsoft SDS website.
If you have any questions about using Drawp for School with Microsoft SDS or Microsoft SSO, please contact us at [email protected].
Drawp for School is a workflow management platform with built-in design tools, swipe-to-share collaboration and unlimited cloud storage. Students use Drawp’s creativity tools to add drawings, voice recordings, text and photos to assignments. Teachers use Drawp to create, distribute, collect and give feedback on assignments. The Drawp for School platform includes the Drawp Resource Marketplace, an easy-to-access repository of educational resources.
For a free 30-day trial of Drawp, visit the www.DrawpforSchool.com website and download Drawp for iPad, Android, or Chromebook, or sign up via the web app for Windows and Mac.
