Access vs. Sync

Eduplaces distinguishes between two key entities: people and users.

People

People are individuals who are configured by the school's personnel to be included in the application. People may or may not have access to the application.

In contrast to users, for people it is determined which information, e.g. first and last name, is available in the application.

For instance, a management app may include all students so that they can be selected by teachers for a specific task. Students do not have access to the app, but they are present in the system. The school's personell can decide which people they want to include in the application, e.g. to test the application with a reduced number of students or reduce it to certain classes.

Users

Users, on the other hand, are those who have access to the application using single-sign on via OpenID Connect. Users may or may not be listed as people in the application.

Users cannot guarantee that personal information is present. We might not know their names and therefore cannot transfer them to the application.

Persons

We describe individuals that can be either people, users or both as persons.