[ISLMA-Share] Destiny + Skyward?

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We've had Skyward in the past, and now have Infinite Campus, and both
systems have been set up to repopulate Destiny every night. That all
happens through our Tech staff, and I have no idea what the steps are to
set it up, only that it's possible.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> This sounds amazing and I would love to have Skyward and Destiny “talk” at
> my school! What version of Destiny do you have?
> Megan Flaherty
> mflaherty at maercker.org
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 18, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Kankakee School District 111 uses both Skyward and Destiny, and the short
> answer is yes and no.  Once a student is enrolled, and entered into Skyward
> as active, they are imported into Destiny as part of a nightly update.  It
> works well.  Our tech department has made that happen.
>
>
>
> Now fees and fines are a bit more unwieldy.  We also use Skyward as our
> student accounts program.  If a student incurs a library fee for a lost or
> damaged book, that fee is exported to Skyward.  Then, payment has to be
> entered into Skyward, and then the payment is exported back to Destiny.
> This update takes place every hour during the day—that is the way our tech
> dept set it up.   So if you charge library fees, you have to have personnel
> that have access to both Destiny and Skyward Student.
>
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> Lynda Cohagan
>
> Library Information Specialist
>
> Kankakee District Schools
>
>
>
> “At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that
> threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives
> forever, for the better.” ~~Barack Obama
>
>
>
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> railslibraries.info <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info>] *On Behalf
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 9:38 AM
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> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Destiny + Skyward?
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>
>
> Do any of you have Skyward and Destiny in your district?
>
>
>
> Our District uses Skyward as a student management system and we have
> Destiny for our elementary libraries.  Our Destiny is hosted by Follett.
> We would like to know if Skyward can interface with Destiny, and push in
> students as they are enrolled, as data is changed, etc.  I was told by
> Destiny tech support that there needs to be a SFTP server with an account
> for Destiny...Our district doesn't have a SFTP server.  Does anyone know if
> there is an extra cost if Destiny creates this interface on their end?
>
>
>
> I hope I am being clear enough.  I'm a little over my head in this
> department.  Thank you!
>
>
>
> Jennifer Muzzy
>
> Librarian
>
> Riddle Elementary School
>
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