Manage the PowerSchool Plugin

Discover how to install and update the PowerSchool plugin and obtain API credentials.

Audience: ✅District Admin 

This guide provides you with the knowledge and steps needed to seamlessly integrate PowerSchool into your School Passport. 

In this article

Install the PowerSchool plugin

Update the PowerSchool plugin

Next steps

Install the PowerSchool plugin

1. Log in as a System Administrator in your PowerSchool instance.

2. On the left menu, select System > System Settings.
   
3. Select Plugin Management Configuration.
   
4. On the Plugin Management Dashboard page, click Install.
   
   
5. On the Plugin Install page, select the PowerSchool plugin zip file (you can download the default PowerSchool plugin via URL) and then click Install.
   

   Note: If you have not received a plugin file, please contact support@gg4l.com.

   

6. By default, the newly installed plugin is not enabled. Once the plugin is enabled, plugin functionality appears throughout PowerSchool. To enable the plugin, navigate to the Plugin Configuration page, and select the GG4L Data Sync checkbox.
   
7. To confirm activation, in the Enable Plugin sidebar that appeared, click Enable.
   

Plugin enabling is completed successfully and is now ready for use.

Update the PowerSchool plugin

Upon successful installation and configuration of a plugin, you can update it to a new version without the need to delete and reinstall the existing plugin.

1. On the left menu, select System > System Settings.
   
2. Select Plugin Management Configuration.
3. Select the GG4L Data Sync plugin.
4. Click Update.
   
   
5. Select the PowerSchool plugin zip file (you can download the default PowerSchool plugin using the provided URL) and then click Submit.
6. Click Enable.
   

Next steps

Get PowerSchool OAuth Credentials