June 2016 - Saying goodbye to 2015-2016!
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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
and move you forward to 2016-2017.
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more...
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For Trimester Schools...
3rd Trimester Report
Card import will require:
- Change input for 3rd
trimester Report Cards from 'Not Yet' to 'Allow Input'
- Teachers import
trimester report card grades
- Close the input process
from 'Allow Input' to 'Input Complete'
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more...
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What's New...
The
Lunch Statistics Report now has a column to show how many students were
present for each day. This can be helpful when calculating what
percentage of your students are eating a specific lunch menu item.
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Administrators |
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Your
smartphone or tablet’s home screen isn’t just for apps. You can pin
your FastDirect login page to your home screen so you can quickly
access your school's portal.
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more...
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Teachers |
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Saving
your 'sent' messages in FastDirect can help provide a paper trail for
all FDmail correspondences. Also, 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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more...
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| Video
Tutorial of the Month |
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As
an administrator, getting to know the ReportCard process better is a
big time saver. This video tutorial explains the role an admin plays in
that process.
Watch
now in
MP4 format or in YouTube!
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