PowerSchool Tip 32: 5 Minutes to a Better Understanding Do you

From: Terri Camp

Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:09 AM

To: Terri Camp

Subject: PowerSchool Tip 32: 5 Minutes to a Better Understanding

PowerSchool Tip 32: 5 Minutes to a Better Understanding

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Do you have 5 minutes you’re willing to trade for hours of time it can save you? If you answer ‘yes’ to any of the

following questions, watching the recommended 5-minute video on that subject could save you hours of time and

frustration.

 Do you work with students’ Historical Grades?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Changing a Grade After the Grades are Stored to better understand how to

change a grade for a student once grades have been stored.

 Do you ever need to search for students in PowerSchool?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Searching in PowerSchool, PowerSchool Searches Using “In”, PowerSchool

Searches Using “Contains”, or PowerSchool Searches Using “OR” to better understand how to search more

effectively.

 Do you work with parents to get them access to the Parent Portal?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Changing Access for Parent and Students to better understand how to

change security access to the Parent Portal for parents.

 Do you ever need to add a class section?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Adding a Class Section to better understand how to add a section to an

existing class to accommodate more students.

 Do you ever need to pull data from PowerSchool to analyze it?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Exporting Data to a Spreadsheet to better understand how to export data

from PowerSchool into an Excel spreadsheet.

 Do you ever need to change a student’s grade level?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Modifying an Incorrect Grade Level to better understand how to modify an

incorrect grade level for a student or group of students.

 Do you help teachers with their Gradebooks?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video PowerTeacher Gradebook Launch Checklist to better understand how to

verify that PowerTeacher gradebook will launch on a teacher’s machine.

 Do you retain students?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Retaining a Student to better understand the steps needed to retain a

student.

 Do you work with Class Ranking?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Class Ranking Report to better understand how to set up and run the Class

Report.

 Do you want to know which of your students’ parents are taking advantage of the Parent Portal?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Net Access Reports for Your School to better understand how to run access

reports to see access statistics for the Parent Portal.

 Do you ever need to create a list of students and their contact info?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Using the List Students Function to better understand how to use the List

Students function to create contact lists.

 Do you work with student GPAs?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video How Historical Grades Affect GPAs to better understand how storing

Historical Grades can affect GPA points.

 Do you schedule students into classes?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video Mass Enroll Students in a Class to better understand how to mass enroll

students into a class section.

 Do you want to know how to use PowerScheduler Constraints?

Take 5 minutes to watch the video PowerScheduler Constraints: Teacher Free and Teacher Part-Time or

PowerScheduler Constraints: Section Links to better understand how to schedule around teacher free time,

teacher part-time restrictions, and/or how to create links between course sections.

To watch any of the 5-minute training videos available on PowerSource:

1. Go to http://powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.com

2. Log in using your entire email address as your login name and the password you choose when your account was

set up in 2010 (if you forgot your password, click the Forgot Password? link to have the system send you an

email with instructions to reset your password)

3. Click the Training box:

4. Click the Mastery in Minutes box:

5. Scroll through the list to find the videos of interest and help to you

6. Click the Launch button to view the video

Union County School District Technology Department

Get help anytime by going to the UCSD Technology Help Page at http://www.union.k12.sc.us/District/newTechnology/support.html

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