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Creating Rosters Through File Uploads

If you have many rosters to create, 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.

To upload rosters:

1.From the Rosters task menu on the dashboard, select Upload Rosters. The Upload Roster page appears.

2.Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records and using Table 7 as a reference, fill out the Roster template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 7 provides the guidelines for filling out the Roster template that you can download from the Upload Roster page.

Table 7: Columns in the Rosters Upload File.
Column Name	Description	Valid Values
District ID^a	District associated with the roster.	Must be 3 numbers only; include leading zeros if necessary.
School ID^a	School associated with the roster.	Must be three numbers only; include leading zeros if necessary. Must exist in TIDE, and be associated with the user uploading the file. Can be blank when uploading district-level rosters.
User Email ID^a	Email of teacher associated with the roster.	Any standard email address. Must exist in TIDE.
Roster Name^a	Name of roster.	Up to 255 alphanumeric characters.
SSID^a	Student's statewide identification number.	Up to nine numeric characters.
Action	Action column to add or delete students from the roster.	Add – adds student to roster. Delete – deletes student from roster.
^aRequired field.

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