OCTOBER 2013 - Fall is here!
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Coming Up This Month...
By
the end of October, most FastDirect schools will be wrapping up the
grading period for 1st 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 started in late August or early September, then you may be
gearing up for mid-quarter reports. Click here to read about the two different ways to
create progress reports.
Review
Your ReportCards! One very important step in creating
report cards is to make sure everything has been set up
correctly. This requires looking over a sample report card to
double check:
- Course names
- Subcategories
- Grade scales/marking codes
- Formatting
- Printing
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For Trimester Schools...
In
October, your school may be gearing up for mid-trimester reports. Click here to read the FAQ explaining the two
different methods for mid-term reports. If you school is using the
import process, then here are the functions that will need to be
addressed:
- Confirming the 1st mid-trimester dates in
'Grades' then 'ReportCard Input Controls'
- Changing input for mid-trimester from
'Not Yet' to 'Allow Input' in 'ReportCard Input Controls'
- Having teachers go through the
mid-trimester ReportCard input process
- Closing the input process by changing
'allow input' to 'input complete'
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What's New...
The
Palmer Eligibility Report, one of our favorite reports in the Report
section, will now accept percentage scores of three digits. This
means you can search any student's grades and not just those who have
received lower than 99%. Additionally, any staff person that has
been approved to view GradeBooks and ReportCards will now have access
to this report.
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Administrators |
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The
professional school pictures that are taken of all the students each
year can be uploaded to your school’s site and will be displayed when
viewing the student’s information.
Read more...
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Teachers |
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The
ability to print a teacher's GradeBook and events has always been an
option, but the new 'Print' format is a vast improvement from the old
version!
Read more...
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Parents |
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When
you check your finance account balances in FastDirect, there may also
be accounts for previous year's tuition and registration. Contact
the administrators at your school to request that those accounts be
archived, which will help minimize confusion.
Read more...
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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!
It's ReportCard season! This video tutorial is just what your teachers
need to help re-familiarize themselves with the process.
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Watch
now...
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