March 2014 - Monthly Mention's 3rd
Birthday!
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Coming Up This
Month...
In
March, the schools on quarter schedules will be wrapping up the 3rd
quarter and getting ready to start 4th quarter. Here are some
FastDirect functions that may need to be addressed:
- Closing
input for 3rd mid-quarter reports
- Opening
up teacher input for 3rd quarter report cards
- Closing
3rd quarter report cards when teachers have finished importing grades
Registration
is here and we would like to help make it easier. There are
several features in FastDirect that make this possible. Here are some
of those features:
- Registration
report
- Online
registration and re-registration
- Registration
finance account
- File
upload/file attachment for forms
- Links
to post forms for parents
- WildCard
fields to track registration forms
- Applicants
group for new students
Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in
MP4 format or watch
it on Youtube!
Read more...
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For Trimester Schools...
If your school is on trimesters, March may be too soon to be
preparing for mid-trimester reports.
Registration is here and we would like to
help make it easier. There are several features in FastDirect that make
this possible. Here are some of those features:
- Registration report
- Online registration and re-registration
- Registration finance account
- File upload/file attachment for forms
- Links to post forms for parents
- WildCard fields to track registration forms
- Applicants group for new students
Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in
MP4 format or watch
it on Youtube!
Read more...
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What's New...
While
Bulletin Boards are an effective tool for keeping the school community
connected, they may not be necessary for everyone. For those staff
accounts, administrators have the option to hide this account from
displaying in the list of staff in Planner.
Read more...
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Administrators |
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Plan
for Success - Step 2:
Incorporate Your School's Branding
into FastDirect!
In step 2, we discuss suggestions for login page redesigns, room for
improvements on report cards and bulletin board opportunities.
Read more...
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Teachers |
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When
a student is marked Absent and then arrives tardy, the Homeroom teacher
is allowed to change that student to Tardy and set the number of
minutes that the student arrived late.
Read more...
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Parents |
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With
the creation of a PayPal account for a school, you can be allowed to
make payments online for tuition, registration, lunch and much more.
Utilizing eCommerce technology provides your parents with several
payment options in an easy and convenient format!
Read more...
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| Video Tutorial of the Month |
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The
video tutorial for Staff Database Management Basics will explain how to
add a staff account and reorder the staff list.
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Watch now - MP4 format or YouTube
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