NOVEMBER 2013 - Holiday Season Begins!
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Coming Up This Month...
November
typically involves completing the 1st quarter ReportCards and gearing
up for mid-quarter reports for 2nd quarter. Here are some FastDirect
functions that may need to be addressed:
- Closing input for 1st mid-quarter reports
- Opening up teacher input for 1st quarter ReportCards
- Closing 1st quarter ReportCards when teachers have finished importing grades
If your school is printing report cards, keep in mind that you can
allow your parents to view them online. This option will save your
school time, money and the environment. If a parent signature is needed
to verify that they have seen the report cards, then you can create a
WildCard field where parents can enter in their initials and the date
electronically, letting you know they have viewed the report card.
During ReportCard time, you may discover some changes that will need to
be made to the format, layout or to the courses themselves. These
ReportCard changes can take up to a week to process so make sure to
plan accordingly.
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For Trimester Schools...
As
the end of the trimester approaches, your teachers will need to go
through the ReportCard input process. This means an administrator will
allow input, the teachers will enter grades into the ReportCards and
then the administrator will close input. From there, you can either
print the ReportCards or permission them to be viewed by parents
online. Opening up teacher input for 1st Trimester ReportCards
will require:
- Changing input for 1st mid-trimester from 'Allow Input' to 'Input Complete' in 'ReportCard Input Controls'
- Changing input for 1st trimester ReportCards from 'Not Yet' to 'Allow Input' in 'ReportCard Input Controls'
- Having teachers go through the 1st trimester ReportCard input process
- Closing the input process by changing 'allow input' to 'input complete'
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What's New...
The Email Forwarding communication tool was
designed for any FDmail messages sent by the school to also be
forwarded to the recipient's email. This same functionality now applies
to messages sent by parents or students. Teachers and staff can now opt
in to have the FDmail messages that are sent to them by parents
automatically forwarded to their email.
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| ...For Administrators |
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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 |
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Did
you know that the events you create in your GradeBook are automatically
fed to a student's assignment calendar? If you create your events
before they occur, your students and parents can be better informed and
prepared.
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| ...For Parents |
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Don't
want to log in to read your FDmail messages? With Email Forwarding, you
can receive all FDmail messages directly to your email!
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| Video Tutorial of the Month |
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Note:
We are trying to convert all of our Video Tutorials to an MP4 format.
This will allow users who can't access YouTube to still be able to
watch and learn!
Is your school skilled in the High 5’s? 
This video will
explain the 5
main functions
in FastDirect
that each school
should be practicing to achieve the greatest success in managing your school.
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Watch now...
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