SchoolDay
(formerly GG4L Global Grid for Learning)

SchoolDay is a K-12 industry collaborative that provides schools with various EdTech tools, including the secure exchange of school roster data between applications. With all of your student information syncing from one place, there’s no need to manually update rosters in multiple applications.
Take a look at the field mapping table to see what kind of student information is imported from SchoolDay. Once SchoolDay is enabled, patron records in Alexandria will automatically update every day.
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Benefits
- Secure SIS Data Roster Exchange: SchoolDay Connect is consent-based, requiring the school data administrator to be 100% in control of inviting or approving a vendor to access a subset or all of the school’s stored student information system (SIS) data.
- Privacy and Security: Privacy and security for staff, students, and guardians (and protecting the guardian-student relationship) are rooted in strong proof-of-identity, identity management, and user accountability technology practices.
- Governance: Provide oversight, accountability, and regulatory compliance for digital learning applications and data.
- IT Automation: Automated configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of cloud applications increases security, allows applications to work faster, and reduces costs. Deploy in minutes instead of days or weeks.
- Application Usage Reporting: Gain insight into how, when, and from where students and staff are using applications and content.
- Easy User Access: A personalized School Passport gives staff, students, and guardians quick and easy access to digital resources in one place with a single login.
- No Cost Membership: Schools and districts, anywhere in the world, are invited to join SchoolDay for free for life. SchoolDay does not charge schools and districts for core platform services.
- SchoolDay is a Public Benefit Corporation: SchoolDay is committed to doing good for the education community by providing safe, secure, and cost-effective access to digital learning.
Ecosystem Partners
SchoolDay works with several different partners to sync data and set up single sign-on capabilities.
SIS (Student Information Systems)
- Classlink. SchoolDay Connect is available in Classlink’s list of integrated apps, so all you’ll need to do is activate it!
- Clever. SchoolDay can consume CSV files in the Clever format. So if you’re already integrated with Clever, you can reuse that integration. See Clever’s SFTP Instructions.
Check SchoolDay’s Start Guide to see if your SIS is already integrated with SchoolDay.
SSO (Single Sign-On)
With SchoolDay, you can enable a button on Alexandria login windows that allows you and your patrons to sign in using SchoolDay credentials. These credentials can be from Active Directory, AD FS, G Suite, or LMS and SIS systems. See SchoolDay’s Start Guide for a complete list and their help center for setup.
Onboarding Process
Interested in getting the SchoolDay add-on? Here’s what you’ll need to do!
1. Consider your data and matching options.
If you have existing patron records in Alexandria, you will need to decide on a common identifier so the Alexandria and SchoolDay records can match. For this reason, information in the Barcode, Student # (Community ID), or Primary Email + Name fields in Alexandria must match a field in SchoolDay.
Here are some other things to keep in mind:
- SchoolDay fields will overwrite what’s in Alexandria fields. Check out the field mapping table to see which patron information this applies to.
- If you want a SchoolDay field to be patrons’ Barcode or Student # in Alexandria, you can use optional mappings to update those fields in Alexandria.
2. Register with Alexandria.
Contact our Sales Team at 1-800-347-6439 to add SchoolDay to your Alexandria license. Once everything is processed, you will receive a SchoolDay Onboarding email from COMPanion. It will contain a link to SchoolDay‘s Onboarding Form; please fill it out and submit it.
3. Register with SchoolDay.
After submitting the form, SchoolDay will send you an email within the next 24 hours about setting up a SchoolDay profile. They will assist you with importing patron data into SchoolDay, connecting to Alexandria through your SchoolDay profile, and learning how to manage your data. Once your data is verified, they will ask you to contact COMPanion Customer Support to enable SchoolDay in Alexandria.
5. Enable SchoolDay in Alexandria.
Please call Customer Support at 1-800-347-4942 to be walked through this step. Doing something incorrectly could cause major problems.
Customer Support will confirm that you are registered and have all the data needed to successfully sync before approving your activation request through SchoolDay. They will then guide you through the process of enabling SchoolDay and syncing your data.
6. Set up single sign-on (SSO).
If you would like the convenience of SSO, contact COMPanion Customer Support and they will help you enable it in Alexandria. This can be completed as they are first enabling SchoolDay for you (step 5) or afterwards. You’ll then need to contact SchoolDay Support for help with enabling SSO in your SchoolDay profile.
Enabling SchoolDay

1. Add your client information.
Alexandria Customer Support will enter your Client ID and Client Secret Key for you. Click Save in the upper right corner.
2. Map your sites.
Click on Site Mapping. To match a site in Alexandria to one in SchoolDay, click on the site names and then the Match button.
Once all sites are matched, click OK and then Save. This is required even if you are a single site.

3. Enable SchoolDay.
Click the Enable SchoolDay toggle. A warning dialog will pop up letting you know that Alexandria will disable Clever/any other SIS integrations. If you have been using Clever/any other SIS integrations with Alexandria, click Cancel and let Customer Support know. If not, click Begin.
4. Choose whether or not to allow patrons to log in with SchoolDay credentials.
When checked, an OR CONTINUE WITH SchoolDay button will display on each login window. Patrons and staff can then click on that button and use their SchoolDay credentials to log into Alexandria. See the SSO section for more information.
5. Choose the types of users you want to automatically update.
Check the Students and/or Teachers checkboxes if you want those records to automatically update during Daily Operations.
6. Modify field mapping.
Field mapping is automatically configured to match and overwrite fields in Alexandria with fields in SchoolDay. By default, Alexandria’s Community ID, Barcode, and Location fields are not mapped with SchoolDay. If you use these fields to identify patrons between systems, click Modify field mapping to customize how they’re mapped.
We will not attempt to match these unless you map them here. Take a look at these three fields in our field mapping table to see your options.
Click OK and then Save when you’re done.

7. Sync your data.
Click Sync Now to initiate a full sync. A dialog box will pop up letting you know that the SchoolDay Sync Utility has been queued.
You can check Operations for details from the sync.
8. Fill out the Contact tab (optional).
If you would like to, click on the Contact tab and fill out all of SchoolDay’s contact information. Be sure to click Save in the upper right-hand corner when you’re done. This will make it easier for you and your staff to contact SchoolDay Customer Support if you experience problems or have questions in the future.

Field Mapping
Field mapping outlines how Alexandria matches and transfers information between softwares.
- During the first sync, SchoolDay data is paired with Alexandria patrons by matching one or more key identifiers, including GUID, Barcode, Government ID (SSN), Community ID (Student #), or Primary Email + Name. Blank fields are never used for matching. When matched, the SchoolDay GUID will be added to existing patrons. In future syncs, the SchoolDay GUID is how patrons will be identified and updated.
- We suggest sharing all requested data with Alexandria. However, if you choose to limit what is shared, know that the GUID, First Name, Last Name, Status, Role, and Primary School fields in SchoolDay are required.
- Information in SchoolDay fields will overwrite what’s in Alexandria fields.
Here is a list of the corresponding fields in Alexandria and SchoolDay that are matched while syncing:
Alexandria | SchoolDay | Notes |
---|---|---|
1200 GUID | GUID of student or teacher | |
1000 Barcode | Not Mapped (default)Optional mapping to User ID of Type ______ (dropdown menu that contains known user IDs for your district) | |
1001 Community ID | Not Mapped (default)Optional mapping to User ID of Type ______ (dropdown menu that contains known user IDs for your district) | Community ID is an Alexandria terminology field, which means you can customize the field name in Preferences > Setup > Terminology. |
1007 First Name | First Name | |
1008 Middle Name | Middle Name | |
1006 Last Name | Last Name | |
1045 Birthdate | Date of Birth | |
1032 Sex | Gender | |
1017 Phone Number | Phone Number | |
1019 Primary Email | ||
1004 Location | Not Mapped (default)Optional mapping to…Homeroom Class CodeHomeroom Class LocationHomeroom Teacher Name | Location is an Alexandria terminology field, which means you can customize the field name in Preferences > Setup > Terminology. |
1010 Level | Grade | |
1026 Status | Status | In SchoolDay, 1 indicates an “active” status and 4 indicates a “tobedeleted” status. These are equivalent to the “Active” and “Transferred” statuses in Alexandria. |
1050 Site | Primary School | Alexandria Site Code |
SSO
SchoolDay Single Sign-On
With the SchoolDay SIS Integration, you can enable a button on Alexandria login windows that allows you and your patrons to sign in using SchoolDay credentials (could be Active Directory, AD FS, G Suite, or LMS and SIS systems).
Simply turn on Allow log-in with SchoolDay in SchoolDayPreferences, and the OR CONTINUE WITH SchoolDay button will appear on the regular login windows for both Librarian and Researcher.



Clicking on that button will open the SchoolDay login window, where you and your patrons can enter your credentials and immediately log into Alexandria. Note that you do not need to enter a username and password before clicking on the OR CONTINUE WITH SchoolDay button.

SchoolDay School Passport
SchoolDay School Passport is a solution to ‘so many apps, so little time.’ With Passport, students can access all the apps you have set up for them with a single login.

First, log in to your SchoolDay admin account and make sure you have the School Passport application.

Then, find the Alexandria app in the School Passport Marketplace and add it for the appropriate groups (e.g. teachers and students).

You will need to configure the app with your school’s Alexandria url (example: mylibrary.goalexandria.com).


SchoolDay CampusKEY, powered by SchoolDay Passport, is an enterprise-grade, single sign-on (SSO) and identity management (IDM) platform that helps school districts securely and cost-effectively distribute third-party EdTech applications and content to students and staff.
Now, students can see their other applications when they sign in with SchoolDay in Researcher.

CampusKEY provides your students and staff quick, one-click access to all learning applications and resources right from within Alexandria. You’ll also receive hands-on access to all the metrics you need to see: who, when, and how your resources are being used.
CampusKEY requires separate registration.
Engagement Plus

Alexandria Engagement+ is able to enhance your measurement of all student online reading, learning, and engagement.
Alexandria Engagement+ breaks down all online student engagement by website, app, program, subject area, and reading level organized by school, class, and time spent.

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- Download the PDF brochure
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should I contact with questions about SchoolDay?
You can contact SchoolDay Support with questions about your SchoolDay profile at support@SchoolDay.com or onboarding@SchoolDay.com. Check your spam folder if you don’t receive a response in a timely manner.
If you have questions about enabling SchoolDay in Alexandria, contact COMPanion Customer Support.