Creating and Editing Rosters Through File Uploads

If you have many rosters to create or edit, it may be easier to perform those transactions through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.

Tip: You can pull the information you need from TIDE to edit existing rosters through file uploads by exporting the roster information from the View/Edit/Export Roster page, including the teacher’s email address.

To upload rosters:

1.From the Rosters task menu on the d ears.

2.Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records and using Table 10 as a reference, fill out the Roster template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 10 provides the guidelines for filling out the Roster template that you can download from the Upload Roster page.

Table 10: Columns in the Rosters Upload File.
Column Name	Description	Valid Values
District ID^a	District associated with the roster.	District ID that exists in TIDE, and must be associated with the user uploading the file. Three alphanumeric characters.
School ID^a	School associated with the roster.	School ID that exists in TIDE. Must be associated with the user uploading the file and the district ID. Four alphanumeric characters. Can be blank when uploading district-level rosters.
User Email Address^a	Email of teacher associated with the roster.	Email address of a teacher existing in TIDE.
Roster Name^a	Name of roster.	Up to 50 characters.
EDUID^a	Student's Education Unique Identification.	Must be nine alphanumeric characters. Include leading zeros if necessary.
Action^a	Action column to add or delete students from the roster.	Add – adds student to roster. Delete – deletes student from roster.
^aRequired field.