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JULY 2013  - Summer Transition Steps!
Coming Up This Month...

In July, completing the Summer Transition steps should be well underway.  These steps are mandatory and need to be completed by the end of the summer.  Without completing these steps, your system will not be functional for the next school year.    

In addition to working on the Summer Transition steps, there are several other items that need to be addressed.  Here are those items: 

  • Complete Summer Transition Steps
  • Fill Teachers’ GradeBooks
  • Set Up the Master School Calendar
  • Define Quarter/Trimester Dates
  • Evaluate Grade Scales
  • Review ReportCards
  • Examine Schedule Codes
  • Edit Teacher Accounts
  • Archive Finance Accounts*
  • Set Up the Cafeteria Daily Menu*

To find out more information on how to complete these items, click on the ‘Read More’ link at the bottom. HelpDesk is available to help guide you through these steps - just contact HelpDesk to set up a time when you are ready to get started.

*= Only for schools who use these features


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For Trimester Schools...
Summer Transition!  On your Home screen, we have posted the Summer Transition steps. Here are some explanations of what your school will need to complete before the end of the summer:
  • Creating a statement to appear on report cards declaring that the student will be moving forward to the next grade level
  • Marking any students who will not be moving forward as 'Not Promoted'
  • Creating any new Homeroom teacher accounts
  • Establishing the Homeroom teacher changes for next year
  • Moving the students forward to their new homerooms and grade levels
  • Assigning courses to teachers and filling those courses with students
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What's New...

Saving your 'sent' messages in FastDirect can help provide a paper trail for all FDmail correspondences.  Now, when you click Sent FDmail, you have the option to 'Select all' so that you can mark all of your sent messages as 'Never Delete'.

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DID YOU KNOW...
...For Administrators

Before the beginning of August, we will be switching all GradeBooks to the new design.  We know that change can sometimes be an inconvenience but we will be providing robust HelpDesk support for this transition.


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...For Teachers

The new GradeBook design offers teachers the ability to set as a preference the number of events to be displayed.  Teachers can also select 'View All' which will display every event in that grading period.

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...For Parents

Pre-ordering lunches online can help you feel better when you know what your child eats as well as save your school time with a more streamlined process.  Talk to your school administrators about offering pre-ordering for lunch through FastDirect.


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Video Tutorial of the Month

Need additional help with the Summer Transitions steps?  This video tutorial will walk you through steps #3 and 4 of the Summer Transition steps so that we can move your school forward to 2013-2014.


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