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 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.   ...Read more
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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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.      ...Read more
WHAT'S NEW...
We have two new features in the Calendar component: one new feature is a new type of day in the attendance calendar for Distance Learning and the other new feature is copying type of day changes to separate attendance calendars.   ...Read more
  COMING SOON...

We are about to release the Schedule A Payment feature for schools using our FDpay    ecommerce component. Click here for a screenshot of a sample Tuition Schedule A Payment set up!

Please contact Randy Hilleren toll free: 1 (866) 805-3116 if you have questions regarding FDpay for your school.  Don't forget to click 'Read More' to find out more about FDpay and the new feature: Schedule A Payment!   ...Read more
      
DID YOU KNOW...
ADMINISTRATORS: With Distance Learning in place for the last grading period of this school year, many schools are choosing to add a note to the report cards.  This note can mention a change in grade scales, a change in grading, or just documenting that Distance Learning was implemented.   ...Read more

TEACHERS: For this last grading period of the year, teachers will most likely be manually entering in a report card grade that is not imported from the grade book. This process is quite simple in FastDirect and allows for more flexibility.   ...Read more

PARENTS: Tax season is approaching and FastDirect has a tax report for parents. This report can be found by clicking on the Finance icon in the top menu bar. The report provides them with a new page for easy printing!   ...Read more
HELPFUL FAQs FOR THE MONTH...
+  Can I transfer money from one account to another?
+  With Distance Learning, can our school adjust the Final grade calculations?
+  Distance Leanring: Options for Taking Attendance?               

 Last Year's Helpful FAQs for the Month
VIDEO TUTORIAL OF THE MONTH...
Watch this video tutorial to find out more about deleting files in File Manager.  Watch now in MP4 format or in YouTube!

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