Identities

When Campus Human Resources is enabled, Identity information is maintained in the Personnel Master. See the Campus SIS Integration with Campus HR article for more information.

Tool Search: Identities

The Identities record acts as an historical record of the person's demographic information. While the information on the Demographics tool is displayed on the Identities record, changes should be made here.

Types of changes include:

  • Name and Legal Name
  • Gender and Legal Gender
  • Social Security number
  • Race/Ethnicity
  • Nickname

Previous identity information is not lost when it is modified. An effective date is entered for a new identity. Once the effective date is reached, the previous record will no longer be marked current.

Fields vary by state. Please see your state's State Tools articles for more information on Identities procedures in your state. 

Screenshot of the Identities EditorIdentities Editor 
This tool lists only the names the person with which the student may have been enrolled, and any defining information related to that. Information displayed here is first entered when creating a new person.

When this information needs to be altered due to legal reasons, modify the information on this tool. DO NOT create a new person.

The entered effective date on the Identity record determines the information that displays throughout Campus - on course section rosters, on attendance reports and state reporting extracts.

Identity Information Fields

When entering Information in the Last Name, First Name or Middle Name fields, double quotation marks and parentheses are NOT allowed.

Data Element

Definition

Last Name

The individual's last name.

First Name

The individual's first name.

Middle Name

The individual's middle name.

Suffix

The generational assignment as part of their name (i.e., Jr, III) by which the person is referred.

Gender

Indication whether a person identifies as male, female or an additional classification of gender when available for state reporting. See the Legal Name and Gender Fields section for more information.

Birth Date

Person's date of birth


When this person is a staff member, the ability to view this field is controlled by the View Staff Birth and Age tool right.

Social Security Number

Federally-assigned Social Security number. This field may be hidden depending on user tool rights.


See the Social Security Number Tool Rights for more information.

Protected Identity Information


Tool rights are required to see these fields. 

Legal Last NamePerson's legal last name.
Legal First NamePerson's legal first name.
Legal Middle NamePerson's legal middle name.
Legal Suffix

Legal generational assignment as part of their name (i.e., Jr, III).

Legal Gender
*Required

Legal indication of whether person is male or female.


States may allow for additional classification of gender, allowing a selection of Non-Binary or Intersex, for example. Consult your state's list of state reporting or your state's department of education for more information. See the Legal Name and Gender Fields section for more information.


*When the student's gender does not match the state defined gender list, Legal Gender is required.

Race/Ethnicity

The person's race/ethnicity. See information about the Race/Ethnicity Wizard.

Birth Country

Indicates in what country the person was born.

Birth State

This field is not used in all states and options can be localized to fit individual state needs.

Date Entered US

Date noting when the person moved to or entered the United States

Date Entered US School

Indicates the date on which the student began attending school in the United States.

Home Primary Language

The name of the specific language the individual uses to communicate at home.

Birth Verification

Proof of the person's existence, usually in the form of a birth certificate. Options may vary by state; the following are possible selections:

  • Birth Certificate
  • Attending Physician's Certificate
  • Permanent School Record
  • Family Bible
  • Parent Statement
  • Last Year's Attendance Register
  • Other Scholastic Record

Nickname

Indication of the name by which the person prefers to be called.


This field may not appear for all states. 

Effective Date

Represents the date the identity became active. An X displays in the Current column in the Identities Editor table.


When there is more than one identity record with the same effective date (either the same date as the current date/today or after the current date), tie break logic using the identityID determines which identity record is the current identity record.


A future date can be entered into this field, but the new identity is effective immediately.

Comments

Any additional comments about the identity record - who entered it, why information was changed, etc.

Legal Name and Gender Fields

The legal name and gender fields are available to differentiate from names by which the person wants to be referred (not a nickname) and their legal name and gender record (that which is on the person's birth certificate). For example, persons who are transgender may prefer to keep that information as private as possible. District and school staff need to know this information, maybe even teachers; but for the most part, the majority of the school staff and students would not have any reason to know a transgender person is enrolled at the school.

When adding data into these fields, note that when any legal field is populated, the legal first name, legal last name and legal gender fields must also be populated. These fields are outlined in red indicating data is needed. When the record is saved and these fields are still not populated, a warning message displays.

When the student's gender does not match the state defined gender list, Legal Gender is also required. Not all states allow modification of the Identity Gender list in the Attribute Dictionary and this logic may not apply to your state. 

Screenshot of the Protected Identity Information tab with Conditional HighlightProtected Identity Information - Conditional Highlight  

Tool Rights

For the staff who need to know and have access to this information, tool rights must be assigned in addition to existing Census tool rights that may already be assigned.

Screenshot of the Tool Rights Editor highlighting the Legal Name & Gender section. Legal Name and Gender Tool Rights  

Tool rights are needed to include the legal name and gender fields in ad hoc reports and letters built with WYSIWYG editors that use Campus Fields and Sub-reports. When a user includes those fields but does not have rights to the fields, NO ACCESS displays where legal name and gender data would appear.

Depending on other assigned tool rights, the user may have the ability to make other changes to the Identities record.

Assigned Access LevelUI Behavior
No assigned levelProtected Identity Information section does not display.
Read rights 

Protected Identity Information section displays, but edits to the fields cannot be made. The entered values display but appear in grey text, indicating no changes can be made.

Write, Add, Delete rightsProtected Identity Information section displays, existing values can be modified and deleted, and new values can be entered.

Scenarios for Populating Legal Name and Gender

ScenarioProcess
Student's legal name and gender is the preferred name and gender that should be visible throughout the product.

There is no need to populate the legal fields under Protected Identity Information.

Enter the legal name and gender in the First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, and Gender fields following the normal process for adding person information at your district.

Student's legal name and gender should be protected and only the preferred name and gender should be visible throughout the product.


When searches on either the legal or preferred values should return the student with the preferred name in the search results, then ensure that there are multiple identities.

The historical identity contains the legal name and gender in the First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, and Gender fields. Nothing needs to be populated in the legal fields under Protected Identity Information for the historical identity.

Current identity contains the preferred name and gender in the First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, and Gender fields. Legal name and gender is populated in the legal fields under Protected Identity Information for the current identity.
When searches on ONLY the preferred name and NOT the legal name should return the student, ensure that all Identity records (current and preexisting Historical) contain preferred values in the core fields.

Preferred name is entered in the First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, and Gender fields for all Identity records.

Legal name and gender is populated in the legal fields under Protected Identity Information for the current identity.
When the student only has one Identity, then there is no need to create multiple identities

Modification Alerts

The Identities tool contains sensitive information related to a person’s identity. Because of this, specific tool rights have been added to control which staff person has the ability to see those data-sensitive fields. In addition to user security rights, a notification is available that indicates which user modified which information about a person (student, staff or other person).

When a person's identity is modified, a record of the change is available by hovering over the saved identity. This hover alert displays the user who made the modification, the date of the modification and the time.

Screenshot of the Identities Modification Alert EditorIdentities Modifications Alert 

The modification notice will also appear at the bottom of the Identities editor.

Screenshot of the modification alert at the bottom of the Identities Editor. Identities Modifications Alerts 

Suffix 

The Suffix list is maintained in the Custom Attribute Dictionary with a hard-coded list. Users cannot edit this list. The suffix field is viewable on the Demographics, Identities and Summary tools and is used in several census-based reports.

See the Attribute Dictionary for more information. 

These suffix options may vary depending on your state.

 Screenshot of the Campus Attribute Dictionary Editor highlighting the Suffix section. Suffix List in Custom Attribute/Dictionary  

Home Primary Language

The Home Primary Language field notes the name of the specific language the person (staff, student, etc.) uses to communicate at home. This field can be used in state reporting with a localized list of language codes from the applicable state, and displays on the following editors:

Manage Documents

To view documents, click the Documents button on the action bar. Users with the appropriate tool rights may also complete the following tasks.


Previous Versions

Identities [.2239 - .2303]