Using check-in data already entered through brightwheel, the KinderConnect integration allows you to quickly and easily share attendance data with your KinderConnect account, removing the need to manually enter student attendance times and reducing the likelihood of data entry errors.
❗If your program is located in the state of Iowa, you’ll utilize KinderTrack, not KinderConnect. Please visit our Integrated Integrated Attendance with KinderTrack for Iowa Programs resource to learn more.
Please note: Only programs located in New York, Missouri, Louisiana, and Texas are integrated with KinderConnect at this time. If you'd like to see KinderConnect integrated for your state, please have your state agency or a local organization contact us at katy.close@mybrightwheel.com. We are unable to build an integration without approval from your state agency.
Initial Setup
To begin, coordinate with the KinderConnect support team in order to obtain your integration credentials. You’ll need to request
Your KinderConnect Provider ID
Your brightwheel Integration Password.
Depending on your state, the KinderConnect team can be reached at the following email addresses:
Step 1: Setup KinderConnect Integration in brightwheel
Once you’ve obtained your KinderConnect ID, log into your brightwheel account on the web
Click the My School option on the purple sidebar to expand the menu
Select Settings
Select the School Info tab at the top
Scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the Integrations section
Select your state from the State Agency dropdown
Enter the ProviderID and Provider Password given to you by KinderConnect
Step 2: Gather KinderConnect Student IDs
Now that the school setup is complete, the next step of the process is to add your KinderConnect student IDs to your brightwheel student profiles.
Log in to your KinderConnect Account
Go to the Child tab and select “Child Search”
On your Student Report in KinderConnect, locate the ID column
Pull that ID to be entered into brightwheel
Step 3: Enter KinderConnect IDs into your brightwheel account
Log back into your brightwheel account on the web
Click the My School option on the purple sidebar to expand the menu
Click the Students tab
Find a student profile from the list that corresponds to a student in your KinderConnect account
Click into the student profile
Scroll down to the Integrations section and choose the edit option to add their KinderConnect ID
Repeat steps 1-6 for each student that needs integration with KinderConnect
Send KinderConnect report in brightwheel
After entering the school credentials and adding your student IDs, you are now ready to run the new attendance report within brightwheel. This will allow you to send your time and attendance data to your KinderConnect account.
Follow these steps to send your report in brightwheel:
Log into brightwheel on the web and navigate to the Reporting tab
Under the Student Reports section, select KinderConnect report
Choose the date range of attendance data you want to send from brightwheel to KinderConnect
Review the data on the report for any attendance discrepancies make adjustments
For students missing a KinderConnect ID, click on any student name to open their profile and add a Kinder Connect ID
💡Any student without a KinderConnect ID added to their profile will display as unapproved and will not be shared. All students with attendance that overlaps with approved dates in KinderConnect will display as Approved.Once you have all the brightwheel data ready, select Submit to KinderConnect on the top right hand corner.
💡This process may take a bit of time to establish the connection and send the data. Once it has been sent, the brightwheel report will update with a Sent message
Please note: If you notice students with a KinderConnect ID still appear as unapproved, confirm the dates you’ve entered in brightwheel match the approved dates in KinderConnect. Please contact the KinderConnect support team for any approval issues.
Review Attendance Data in KinderConnect
Log into your KinderConnect account
Go to the Attendance Tab on the top and select Attendance Detail from the drop down
Your data will have automatically been added to the attendance report in KinderConnect for the selected date range. You should see the “In” and “Out” time filled in for each child with green check marks
💡Refresh your page if you do not see the data immediately.
Please note: If you notice any discrepancies that need to be corrected within the data sent to KinderConnect, please contact the KinderConnect support team. If you’ve already sent data to KinderConnect, submissions can be edited in KinderConnect and any new, or edited data in brightwheel can be re-submitted to overwrite existing data in KinderConnect
Note: The integration only populates your attendance data in KinderConnect. Any additional updates, processing, or KinderConnect functionality must be handled outside of brightwheel.
Troubleshooting Approvals
If students are showing as unapproved in the KinderConnect report within brightwheel, there are a few reasons this can happen.
The student is missing their KinderConnect ID in brightwheel, or the incorrect KinderConnect ID was entered on the student profile in brightwheel. Be sure the KinderConnect ID entered on a student profile in brightwheel matches the same exact ID number listed for the student in your KinderConnect account.
The incorrect password and/or provider ID received from KinderConnect was entered incorrectly into brightwheel. Please contact KinderConnect Support to ensure you've entered the correct password and provider ID specifically created for your brightwheel integration with KinderConnect.
Please note: The KinderConnect integration password is different from your brightwheel account password. This password must be received by the KinderConnect Support Team.
In addition, even if the Integrations box under your School Settings shows an "Active" indicator, it does not mean the login credentials are correct! This is just verifying that information has been entered in the fields.
The student is not approved in KinderConnect for the specific subsidy date range you've entered into the KinderConnect report in brightwheel. Students must fall within the approved date range on KinderConnect and this must match the date range in brightwheel. Here's how to do find the date range entered for each child in KinderConnect:
Log into KinderConnect
Go to the Child > Search tab
Search a child's name
Click on the child’s profile
Look to see the approved date range for that child under the Schedules section
💡Please contact the KinderConnect Support Team if you need assistance adding the approve date range for a student