April 2016 - Spring has Sprung!
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Coming Up This Month...
In April, most of our
schools will be releasing mid-quarter reports. Here are some items that
may need to be addressed:
- Closing input for 3rd quarter report cards
- Confirming the date range in the system
for the 4th mid-quarter report
- Opening up teacher input for mid-quarter
reports
- Closing mid-quarter reports when teachers
have finished importing grades
By early May, the steps
for the Summer Transition process will appear at the top of your Home
screen. Some of these steps involve:
- Creating staff accounts for any new
teachers
- Moving students forward to their new
grade and homeroom
- Creating courses and filling GradeBooks
Read
more...
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For Trimester Schools...
Opening up teacher input
for 3rd Mid-Trimester Report will require:
- Confirming the mid-trimester dates in
'Grades' then 'Report Card Input Controls'
- Changing input for mid-trimester from
'Not Yet' to 'Allow Input' in 'Report Card Input Controls'
- Having teachers go through the
mid-trimester report card input process
- Closing the input process by changing
'Allow Input' to 'Input Complete'
By early May, the steps for the Summer Transition process
will appear at the top of your Home screen. Some of these steps involve:
- Creating staff accounts for any new
teachers
- Moving students forward to their new
grade and homeroom
- Creating courses and filling GradeBooks
Read
more...
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What's New...
FastDirect offers our schools
convenience, accessibility,
community and affordability. If you
know of a school that could use
our services, refer them to us and
we will send you a fold-up bicycle
from GreenZone bikes!
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| ...For
Administrators |
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We
have added a Print button on the parent information form, allowing
administrators to print a parent's information in a printer-friendly
format. Whether you print this form for registration or keep it for a
paper copy, this Print button should make things easier.
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more...
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Teachers |
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Along
with the ability to batch print your Report Cards, you also have the
ability to batch print your students’ report card comments for the
whole year. This is also true for their attendance calendars!
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more...
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Parents |
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April
means tax season and FastDirect has a tax report for parents.
This report can be found on their Home page and provides them
with a clear and simple report for printing!
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more...
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| Video
Tutorial of the Month |
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Creating
a separate attendance calendar for a teacher can be helpful for
homerooms that do not meet every day, such as preschool. This video
tutorial explains how to set one up at your school.
Watch
now in
MP4 format or in YouTube!
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