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MAY 2015  -  Transitioning to Summer!
Coming Up This Month...
In May, most of our schools will be wrapping up their final grading period. 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 rea
dy for the end of the school year!

We have turned on t
he 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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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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What's New...
As schools start to enter in new applicants for the 2015-2016 school year, those new parents will need an activation letter to get activated in FastDirect.  We have an activation letter that we can customize for your school and we can also provide a mail merge file which includes and activation letter for each new parent as a batch print.

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DID YOU KNOW...
...For Administrators

Are you a new administrator at the school or do you feel that you could benefit from some additional training? If you are interested in receiving new or additional training, let HelpDesk know and we will schedule a time for a phone training session.

 

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...For Teachers

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

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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...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 to 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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Video Tutorial of the Month

This video tutorial explains the different GradeBook reports used for parent viewing and mid-term reports.

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