First Media Integration Guide
This guide will show you how to integrate applications from First Media group and its various local names such as Kent Choices, Sheffield Progress, eProspectus etc
Section titled “This guide will show you how to integrate applications from First Media group and its various local names such as Kent Choices, Sheffield Progress, eProspectus etc”Setting up - integration
1. Go to Settings > School Settings > Integration
2. Enter details in space shown below
3. Add our IP address to your whitelist (172.31.26.171 )
Setting up - Continued (this only needs to be done once)
1. Go to Data > First Media Applications
2. Ignore Application Status (covered later)
3. Select primary email address (normally personal email address)
4. Map Student fields from First Media to Admissions+
a. Many fields are fixed in their mapping and cannot be changed eg Forename, Surname
b. Other fields can be mapped as required. Only fields that are used need to be mapped
c. Contact and Reference fields are all automatically mapped and cannot be changed.
Note: you can view the default list of properties for mapping at the bottom of this article.
Importing student data
Note that the menu shows how many applications are available to import (ones that have ‘Sent’ status). This is updated hourly.
1. Navigate to Data > First Media Applications
2. Select the application statuses to import (normally Sent)
3. The mapping can be changed but normally this can be left from the previous use
4. Scroll to the bottom and click Next
5. The students that are available are listed
6. You can select all or filter for ones that you want to import - options are shown below
7. Once the students are selected scroll to the bottom of the list and click Next
8. Please note that this will start the import process
Imported student data summary
1. Once the selected students are imported you will have the option to download a summary
2. The list of students can be exported
3. The status of the student on First Media will be updated to Acknowledged
Access the profile of a student to view their First Media Application Status
**Default mapping for FirstMedia properties
**
First Media
Admissions+ Property
Id
first_media_student_id
LearnerId
first_media_learner_id
UPN
unique_pupil_number
ULN
unique_learner_number
Status
first_media_status
Forename
first_name
Surname
last_name
PreferredFirstName
preferred_forename
PreferredLastName
preferred_surname
DateOfBirth
birthday
YearGroup
applied_year_group
CurrentSchool
current_school
LegalGender
gender
HomePhoneNumber
phone_home
PersonalPhoneNumber
phone_mobile
SchoolEmailAddress
AddressLine1
address1
AddressLine2
address2
Town
post_town
County
county
Nationality
nationality
Postcode
postcode
Country
country
UKThreeYears
resident_uk_last_3yrs
UKEntryDate
date_of_arrival
EnglishFirstLanguage
first_language
FirstLanguageIfDifferent
first_language
LLDDHealthProblems
have_disability
LLDDHealthProblemsMore
disability
Ethnicity
ethnicity
ReligionBelief
religion
AcademicYear
expected_year_of_entry
Other properties that can be selected can be manually mapped during the import process.