The New Year is Right Around the Corner!
Top 5 Updates in 2016-2017...

#5 Technical Advisory - We have developed a Technical Advisory procedure for contacting our schools if we are unable to contact them through FastDirect.  Please review the email address list found in Settings and make any necessary changes. We will contact our schools through email if there is a problem with our domain FASTDIR.COM or with the phone system at our offices. Read more..

#4 'Remove' Button for Empty Courses
- If you are assigning courses in Show Who Teaches What and need to remove any unwanted courses, administrators can now remove those empty courses!  No more need to contact HelpDesk! Read more..

#3 Parent Attendance Report
For parents, viewing a student's attendance has never been easier!  Along with the other viewable reports (grade book, report cards, missing assignments), you can now allow parents to view their child's attendance calendar! Read more..

#2 Updated Planner and Assignments Calendar 
Upgrades to Planner mean better communications with your school families! FastDirect Communications bulletin boards and calendars in Planner are now mobile friendly, ideal for families on the go. Additionally, Assignment Calendars have never looked so good! We've made some improvements to the Assignments Calendar which will further help strengthen the communication between school and home. Read more..

#1 Attendance and Report Cards for Transfers
- For students that have transferred out of the current school year, administrators are now able to access their attendance reports, as well as grade book and report card grades without having to move them back into their homeroom.  Read more..


Administrator Checklist
Administrator Checklist
Checklists for the new school year...

The start of school can be a crazy time but HelpDesk is here to make it easier.  With the start of school quickly approaching, FastDirect wants to make sure your school is ready.  In addition to completing the Summer Transition steps, there are several other items to be addressed.  To stay on top of the many features and settings that need to be reviewed for the start of school, we have created a checklist for administrators, as well as separate ones for teachers and parents.  Click the links below to view the checklists, as well as our FastDirect Summer Timeline!

 

              

HelpDesk is available to help guide you through these steps - just contact HelpDesk with an FDmail message or call our toll free number 866.805.3116.

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A New Website!

We have redesigned our website and we're quite smitten with it! To celebrate the new and improved FastDirect Communications website, we are offering some free poster downloads for our schools!

You are the Reason



Words are Powerful



 Be Kind



Click here to check out our new website and to download the free posters!

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