JUNE 2014 - Getting Ready for Summer!
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Coming Up This
Month...
In
June, most of our schools have finished the school year and are winding
down for the summer. For those schools that are still in session,
here are some items that may need to be addressed:
- Closing input for 4th mid-quarter reports
- Opening up teacher input for 4th quarter report cards
- Closing 4th quarter report cards when teachers have
finished importing grades
Some schools also have a
‘Semester 2’ and/or a ‘Final’ column on their report cards. If
this has been set-up at your school, then you will need to open up
input for those grading periods as well.
Summer Transition -
Time to get ready for the end of the school year! We have turned
on the steps for the Summer Transition process, which appear at the top
of your Home screen. 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. 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.
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more...
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For Trimester Schools...
Opening
up teacher input for 3rd Trimester Report will require:
- Confirming the 3rd trimester dates in 'Grades'
then 'Report Card Input Controls'
- Changing input for the 3rd trimester from 'Not Yet'
to 'Allow Input'
- Having teachers go through the trimester report card
input process
- Closing the input process by changing 'Allow Input'
to 'Input Complete'
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more...
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What's New...
If
your school uses a different calendar than the one provided in
FastDirect, we can embed any public web calendar into the FastDirect
system. This can be especially helpful for school's sports team
calendars or community calendars.
Read more...
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...For
Administrators |
The
Links page is an excellent place to provide additional information and
references to the whole school community but it does need to be
maintained by the school. Summer is a great time to go through
and clean up, remove or repair any broken links, as well as add new
links for the coming school year.
Read more...
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...For
Parents |
Summer
is a welcomed change for most students but can sometimes be a time to
forget things they have learned over the school year. Ask your
teachers to add links the Links page for summer reading lists, math
worksheets or educational activities to keep your children engaged and
learning over the summer!
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more...
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Video Tutorial of the Month |
With
the end of the school year often comes changes in teachers and staff.
This video tutorial will help you keep your staff accounts in
order.
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Watch now - MP4 format or YouTube
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