Once you get the hang of it, the student/child importer will save you a lot of time!

Remember: you only need to import a student ONCE. After this you just move them to their new classroom/room each year at the start of each school year

  1. In the Students/Childrens tab of the dashboard click on ‘import students’ or 'import children' depending on if you are a school or early learning service
  2. Click on the blue box ’example template’.  A spreadsheet will then be available to download and open. Note: you can only import children into one class at a time
  3. Entering your student/child data into the import template:
    • The headings of the spreadsheet must remain in row 1
    • You will need to widen some of the columns (particularly date of birth, so that it displays numbers instead of ###) – you can do this by dragging the border of the column header right or left.
    • Delete the example children (but not the heading row) from the template e.g. Draco Malfoy
    • Enter your students'/childrens' data from the classroom you are importing into in the appropriate columns in the exact same format as in the example data
    • To speed up this process you should be able to export class lists in excel format from your  student/child management software – this will save you a lot of time!
    • *IMPORTANT* The only required criteria is first name, last name, date of birth, and gender* Date of birth must be entered in this format: d/mm/yyyy e.g. 2/07/2015
    • Save the completed import template file on your computer as a CSV file – take note of where you have saved it
    • In the importer click on ‘choose file’ and find the csv file on your computer
    • Click on ‘submit’

 

You should then see the students/children you imported in your students/children list.

Having problems?

If it didn’t work, please read through the instructions above and double check your formatting is correct. Please get in touch with the KIDDO team if you continue to have problems, we are happy to help you.

Email: admin@kiddo.edu.au