Synergetic Staff Directory

Schoolbox has a Staff Directory built into the system. It can display a list of current staff by drawing information from Synergetic.

To access the staff directory, simply add the following URL to your sidebar menu:

/modules/report/staff

You must then add a link on the side menu so that staff can access the directory. Remember to make it visible to any of the staff roles you choose (eg. staff, teachers, admin, etc).

 By default, this list is only visible to other staff, it cannot be seen by any user in any other role type. If you would like it to be visible to parents, you may toggle the availability by navigating to Administration > Settings > Policy and toggling on “Allow Parents Access to Staff Details”. You would then need to make the side menu link accessible to the parent role type as well. Before you do this, you may want to check the configuration options explained below.

NOTE: The staff directory will never be visible to any user in the “student” or “guest” role types.

When you initially visit the staff directory, you may find it is not set up in the way you would choose. For example, it may display information that you do not want displayed. In the Administration area of Schoolbox, you can make changes to the information that is displayed.

Excluding People from the Directory

If you navigate to Administration > Settings > External DB, you can scroll down to the field called “Staff Directory Restriction”. You can use this field to filter the staff directory by entering the category codes you would like excluded, as a comma separated list. You can find these codes in Synergetic. 

The code “SC” appears in the field as a default. This is the code for sports coaches for most schools using Synergetic, so sports coaches are already excluded from the staff directory.