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PowerSchool Student Email
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PowerSchool Student Email

We use OneSync and it's glorious. I had them send me an unofficial way to automatically provision student emails in PowerSchool (that's our ClassLink anchor) and I didn't like it. I've been holding on to this pretty tightly, mostly because I wanted to ensure it would work consistently.

Here's a powershell script to automatically provision student emails in PowerSchool. For us, we use the DCID, add an "s" in front and call it a day. I switched the district over to using less PII when I was hired in a few years back. I personally schedule this via Windows Task Scheduler on my OneSync server, but you can just run it from any computer or terminal.

For context, we are a PS > ClassLink > Microsoft District.

https://github.com/msd136/PublicShare/blob/main/scripts/general/Set_PowerSchool_StudentEmails.ps1

u/Imhereforthechips — 15 days ago
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Just a post about how AI has been very useful for me (sometimes). Using Claude code, I’ve been able to create a custom helpdesk app for our student endpoints that:

- Allows them to submit a generic ticket

- Walks through troubleshooting steps

- Automatically gathers a list of open apps, browser tabs, IP, computer name, username, display name, OS version, date and time

- Sends the helpdesk an email using SMTP API as the user (sAmAccount+@school.org or UPN if already formatted).

- Eliminates the guess work and gets students immediate support.

In production already and the first ticket we get is regarding a student’s lesson being stuck in I-Ready. Was able to strip some unnecessary info from the ticket and send it to I-Ready support. I-Ready responded (19 years later) with “it’s been resolved, have the student try again”.

Curious how you’re using these LLMs?

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u/Imhereforthechips — 22 days ago
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Hey fellow warriors! The end is nigh, tickets slow, corridors quiet and projects ramp up.

I need some numbers from you as I have my building administrator on board with letting students keep their devices but not my district team. I need some convincing numbers since my pleas haven’t been fruitful.

For those of you with a 1:1 devices and allow your students to keep their devices each summer:

How many devices end up MIA (percentage)?

What, would you say, is the value placed on the lost devices vs. time and effort if you had to check them in/out each year?

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u/Imhereforthechips — 22 days ago
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For anyone buying parts, especially non-oem, be sure you test them!

I bought a Standard ignition switch for my GMT and I noticed afterward, especially on colder mornings, I'd have no crank conditions. I pulled the cover off the switch and noticed that the middle pin wasn't always making contact when it should have, close but not quite there. The resulting condition is an intermediate crank where the current is arcing the gap sometimes. Takes a minute to check your parts, but well worth it before installing.

u/Imhereforthechips — 25 days ago