SIS & SSO Integration Services — LTI 1.3, OneRoster, SAML, and every standard your institutions require.
Your EdTech platform needs to connect to the SIS, rostering tools, and identity providers your institutions already use — and stay connected when those systems update their APIs. We’ve implemented every major EdTech integration standard across 50+ platforms. We know the edge cases, the vendor quirks, and how to build integrations that hold after go-live.
What We Integrate
Production-grade, standards-compliant middleware layers engineered to run reliably under heavy institutional workloads.
LTI 1.3 — Learning Tools
Full spec implementation: Deep Linking, Grade Services (AGS), Names and Role Provisioning (NRPS), and the JWT-signed auth flow. Validated against the IMS Conformance Test Suite before delivery.
OneRoster — Roster Sync
OneRoster REST 2.0 and CSV 1.1 for legacy districts. Roster sync, section assignments, grade passback — as a scheduled background job with incremental sync, conflict resolution, and an admin error dashboard.
SAML 2.0 & OAuth 2.0 — SSO
SAML 2.0 for institutional IdPs (Google Workspace, Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin, Shibboleth) and OAuth 2.0 / OIDC for consumer-facing or developer-facing flows. Your users log in once — to the system they already use.
SIS Direct — PowerSchool
Direct API integrations with PowerSchool, Clever, ClassLink, Skyward, and Infinite Campus. We handle auth, incremental sync, error handling for malformed records, and the production edge cases the documentation doesn’t mention.
Canvas Data & LMS Platform
Canvas Data 2 exports, Blackboard REST APIs, Moodle web services, and D2L Brightspace integrations. Grade sync, roster pull, content embedding, and usage analytics — built as reliable background jobs at institutional scale.
FERPA-Compliant Data
Every integration is scoped against FERPA before a line of code is written. Signed DPAs with each vendor, audit logging on all data transmissions, and a data classification layer mapping each field to its FERPA category.
The EdTech Integration Standards Defined
How we implement interoperability specs to clear district procurement hurdles, eliminate security liability, and accelerate platform adoption.
Win Major Institutional Deals with LTI 1.3
LTI 1.3 is the gold standard required to launch third-party learning tools securely from directly inside an LMS. Rather than spending months of your in-house team's time wrestling with signed JWTs, dynamic registrations, and gradebook passbacks (AGS), Hireplicity deploys a pre-conforming middleware layer.
This ensures your platform instantly clears school and university procurement gates, enabling you to secure major enterprise sales and execute contract agreements without having to re-engineer your core codebase.
Eliminate Onboarding Churn and Manual Sync Errors
Student roster sync shouldn't break down when the school year starts. By implementing robust OneRoster REST 2.0 and legacy CSV integrations, Hireplicity ensures your application auto-reconciles classes, teachers, and rosters.
Our scheduled background synchronization handles mid-year transfers and malformed records dynamically. This completely removes the administrative support burden of manual uploads, protecting your platform from customer service bottlenecks and user frustration.
Breeze Through IT Audits and Drive District-Wide Adoption
District IT administrators won't approve EdTech tools that require separate local credentials. We integrate federated SAML 2.0 and identity brokers like Clever and ClassLink to give your platform seamless, one-click logins.
By ensuring you never handle or store student passwords, our SSO integrations help you immediately pass district security reviews, establish instant campus-wide trust, and accelerate active daily engagement.
Integration Standards at a Glance
A comprehensive reference of supported interoperability standards, connection paths, and Hireplicity implementation defaults.
| Standard | What It Does | Connects To | Our Implementation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LTI 1.3 | Secure tool launch + grade passback + roster access from an LMS. | EdTech tools→LMS | Full spec: AGS, NRPS, Deep Linking, Dynamic Registration. Certified validation against IMS Conformance Test Suite. |
| OneRoster 2.0 | Roster sync between SIS and EdTech platforms. | SIS→EdTech App | REST 2.0 APIs & CSV 1.1 legacy mappings. Configured with automated background sync, conflict isolation, and error dashboards. |
| SAML 2.0 | Federated SSO from district IdP to EdTech platform. | District IdP→EdTech | Service Provider (SP) implementation. Certified tests completed against Google Workspace, Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin, and Shibboleth. |
| OAuth 2.0 / OIDC | Token-based auth for API access and consumer SSO. | OAuth IdP→EdTech | Secure Authorization Code flow configured with PKCE parameters, state variables, and rotation tokens. |
| Clever | K–12 identity broker — SSO + roster via single API. | District IdP→Clever | Certified Clever integration partners. Fast user log-ins, instant mapping setups, and Clever Library listings secured. |
| ClassLink | K–12 identity broker — SSO + roster + app management. | SIS + IdP→ClassLink | ClassLink Roster Server + OneRoster 2.0 JSON connections safely managed to pull student logs. |
| PowerSchool | Direct SIS integration for the most common US K–12 SIS. | PowerSchool→EdTech | Direct API sync development. Roster pulls, incremental gradebook passback setups, and Section database mapping. |
| Canvas Data 2 | LMS data export for analytics. | Canvas LMS→Analytics | Secure data stream integration utilizing Canvas Data 2 (AWS S3), Quizzes.Next, and active course completion triggers. |
Why EdTech Integrations Fail — and How We Prevent It
Four critical failure modes common to offshore software development — and how our systems protect your institutional launch.
Scale-Time API Outages
API_DEVIATIONThe Failure Mode
Standard engineers build integrations against static API documentation. When the system deploys at district scale, undocumented vendor edge cases trigger database timeouts and system outages.
Hireplicity Prevention Model
We configure staging handshakes directly with target school systems during week three of development, ensuring the software handles production latency and data volume natively.
Brittle Data Desynchronization
SYNC_EROSIONThe Failure Mode
Roster synchronization treated as a one-time import script. Because student directories, enrollments, and teacher assignments change daily, databases desynchronize by week two.
Hireplicity Prevention Model
We build roster syncs as automated background jobs utilizing OneRoster 2.0 incremental change parameters. Malformed records are isolated safely without crashing active user sessions.
Breaking Schema Updates
BREAKING_SHIFTSThe Failure Mode
SIS and identity brokers update their API schemas or authentication requirements without warning, instantly breaking custom code integrations and locking out active districts.
Hireplicity Prevention Model
We construct our middleware blocks directly against versioned API endpoints, employ sandboxed mock parameters, and monitor deprecation signals, ensuring updates deploy cleanly.
FERPA Privacy Exposures
LEGAL_EXPOSUREThe Failure Mode
Student privacy rules checked after build completion. If data handling violates FERPA or COPPA parameters, platforms must undergo expensive database rewrites during procurement.
Hireplicity Prevention Model
We run a rigorous, field-level FERPA data classification review on week one of discovery — before writing any engineering code. Direct data minimizations are enforced on the core schema.
How We Build EdTech Integrations
A predictable, highly structured onboarding framework led by clear milestones and daily updates.
Discovery & Scoping
We map every integration your platform needs — which SIS platforms your districts use, which LMS your tools connect to, and which IdPs your institutions rely on. Each data element is classified against FERPA before any code is written.
Architecture & Setup
Authentication flow, sync schedule, error handling strategy, and admin monitoring interface documented. Vendor developer accounts established, test environments provisioned. For LTI 1.3: JWK endpoint configured and tool registered on the LMS developer console.
Build & Edge Cases
Integration built against the production API. Error handling for known edge cases. Sync tested at volume. FERPA verification: audit logs confirmed, field-level access controls tested, data minimisation enforced.
Go-Live & Monitoring
Go-live coordinated with the district IT team. First sync monitored in real time. Admin dashboard live — sync status, error counts, last successful sync. 30-day post-launch support included.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions regarding EdTech interoperability standards, security clearances, and legacy migrations.
LTI 1.3 is the IMS Global standard for securely launching learning tools from within an LMS using signed JWT authentication. It supports grade passback (AGS), roster access (NRPS), and content embedding (Deep Linking). LTI 1.3 is a procurement requirement at most K–12 districts and universities. Hireplicity implements the full spec and validates against the IMS Conformance Test Suite.
OneRoster is the IMS Global standard for transferring student roster data between a SIS and a learning application. REST 2.0 supports incremental sync — only changed records transmit after the initial load. Hireplicity implements both REST 2.0 and legacy CSV 1.1, with error handling and data reconciliation.
LTI 1.1 used OAuth 1.0, which has known replay attack vulnerabilities. LTI 1.3 uses signed JWTs and introduced AGS (grade passback) and NRPS (roster access) — services LTI 1.1 lacked. Most major LMS platforms have deprecated LTI 1.1. Hireplicity builds LTI 1.3 exclusively and can migrate existing LTI 1.1 integrations.
SAML 2.0 lets users authenticate against their institution’s existing directory (Google Workspace, Azure AD, Okta) — your platform never handles their password. Without SSO, adoption is capped by login friction. Hireplicity implements SAML 2.0 tested against Google Workspace, Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin, and Shibboleth.
Clever is an identity broker that gives you one API connecting to thousands of district SIS systems and IdPs. The trade-off: Clever normalises the SIS data model, so you get less granularity than a direct integration. Hireplicity implements both Clever and direct SIS integrations depending on your district coverage requirements.
Before any integration build: FERPA data classification review (each field mapped to its FERPA category), data minimisation to exclude unnecessary fields, audit logging on all transmissions, and signed DPAs with each vendor. FERPA review happens before the first line of code.
Yes. Migration involves replacing the OAuth 1.0 launch flow with JWT, registering new JWK endpoints, and moving grade passback to AGS. We assess the existing integration in week one and give you an honest timeline — typically 4–6 weeks for clean integrations.
SAML is for institutional browser-based SSO (district directories, university IdPs). OAuth 2.0 / OIDC is for API access and consumer-facing login (Log in with Google, mobile apps). Most EdTech platforms need both: SAML for institutional users, OAuth 2.0 for individual users or developers.
Ready to scope your integration build?
Book a 30-minute call with Taylor Basilio. We’ll map your SIS platforms, LTI 1.3 requirements, and SSO needs — and give you a written delivery plan within 48 hours. If scope is defined, we build a free prototype before you commit.