MIS data & Firefly integration
Find out the key data that Firefly uses and get advice on how to set up this information where needed.
Integration with your MIS is an important consideration when setting up and maintaining Firefly. Because each MIS is different, you will find specific details on the setup of each MIS in the other pages of this section.
MIS integration
Firefly currently integrates with the following management information systems:
iSAMS
SchoolBase (Furlong)
SIMS 7 (Capita)
PASS/3Sys (WCBS)
Synergetic
TASS.web
Engage (Double First)
Facility CMIS (Advanced Learning)
Progresso (Advanced Learning)
This list is not exhaustive. For more information, contact your account manager.
Creating users
Once connected, every active teacher and on-roll student will be available as a user in Firefly. If Parent Portal is enabled, then parent users will also be available.
Enabling users to log in
Firefly uses email to send messages and tasks, and to allow users to log in. Users will therefore require an email address on their MIS profile. The email address should be one for which they have access to the inbox. Which email is used depends on the MIS and can require configuring.
Teachers who are also parents
For teachers who are also parents, two email addresses will be required: their school email against their normal profile and also their personal email which will be linked to their child's information. This usually means having two profiles in your MIS for the one person: one as a teacher, the other as the parent.
Timetables
Firefly displays the timetable for each user where applicable and also uses this information for the Firefly for Teachers and Firefly for Students apps. It will show one class per period. Wherever possible, please ensure that classes are combined and that clashes are resolved by not having overlapping times.
Other MIS data
The following information from your MIS is also used by Firefly:
groups (including classes, registration groups, year groups)
profile pictures
Other MIS data - Parent Portal only
The following information from MIS is used for Parent Portal only:
attendance
behaviour/rewards from SIMS behaviour module
reports - brought through as they are formatted from each student's document repository
parent contact details