Edlink Dashboard Onboarding Options
The Edlink Dashboard provides a UI for connecting districts and universities to your application. School integrations appear as "requested" until you approve them as "active," at which point data flows and billing begins.
Important: Developers cannot query data or verify the connection via the API until the integration status is changed from 'Requested' to 'Active'. Even if a source sync is successful, you will not be able to see the data via the API until the integration is activated.
Three Onboarding Options:
- Generic Integration Link
- Simplest approach using same link for all schools
- Pros: Easy to use, doesn't expire, can include in documentation
- Cons: Less secure, difficult to correlate with schools in your platform, may require manual configuration
- Schools may connect any of your accepted data sources
- Unique Integration Link
- Secure approach with school-specific links
- Pros: More secure, easier correlation to schools, can pre-select allowed data sources
- Cons: Requires generating unique links, may need manual configuration
- Links expire after 30 days
- API-Initiated Onboarding
- Most flexible and customizable approach
- Pros: Can be initiated from your UI, allows data source pre-selection, supports custom redirects, enables reliable school correlation, reduces manual configuration
- Cons: Requires more development effort
- Links expire after 3 days
Contact your Edlink client success manager for assistance with school onboarding if needed.