Data Migration
NDDPI has brought on Aurora Educational Technology (AET) to lead the BRIDGE data migration effort. AET is now extracting data for the first two batches—covering schools, calendars, schedules, census, transcripts, behavior, and user accounts—with district access expected beginning April 8. Infinite Campus will resume trial site delivery starting April 14, coordinating directly with districts.
Read the full April 1 update here.
Summer School
We appreciate the amount of work the districts and schools are already doing to prepare for the transition to Infinite Campus. To help ease the burden, we have developed a couple of options to help schools track and report Summer School data. Districts will need to decide on either option, but not both.
Both options will require the district to submit the courses for pre-approval (MIS03 submission). Districts will also need to track the credits received by the student either by finishing up in PowerSchool prior to final data migration or separately to be imported into Infinite Campus at the start of the next school year.
Option 1 is for districts to input the enrollment data into STARS (either import or direct input) as you’ve done in previous years. There is guidance on the NDDPI website.
Option 2 is for districts to request a spreadsheet from NDDPI listing approved courses. Districts will still need to submit their MIS03 for pre-approval prior to starting a course as you’ve done in previous years. Here is a sample spreadsheet. All schools in the district should be submitted back to NDDPI securely (either encrypted or via secure mail transfer). The school can break up the spreadsheet by school for ease of input but should combine into a single spreadsheet for submission to NDDPI. Schools will also need to attach a student roster listing the students that took the course.
If you have questions, please contact Steve Snow at 701-328-2236.
Reminder: School/District Reports Survey – Due April 10
We’re continuing our work to modernize data and streamline reporting for schools and districts. Your feedback is extremely helpful.
This brief survey asks about the reports you use most, the challenges you face in current reporting processes, and which areas would benefit most from automation. Staff involved in submitting reports are encouraged to participate.
BRIDGE Knowledge Base
NDDPI has launched the new BRIDGE Knowledge Base, a streamlined hub to access clear, up‑to‑date information about the BRIDGE initiative. It offers easy navigation, answers to common questions, and expanding resources to support school teams.
Explore it here.
Office Hours
If your district implementation team has project questions, we strongly encourage you to join us for BRIDGE Office Hours. This is our monthly open forum designed for district personnel and partners to get real-time answers about the BRIDGE project.
You can also reach our project team directly at BRIDGE@nd.gov.