GENESIS - Roseville Area Schools

GENESIS
Basic Navigation
Genesis program is designed to keep records, generate reports, and manage
information about students, their parents and district provided services.
Connecting to GENESIS
Open a web browser (i.e. Firefox or Internet Explorer) and go to
https://sis.isd623.org
Hint: GENESIS software does not support the use of Pop-Up Advertising Blockers; if
necessary, please disable before you login to GENESIS.
Logging into GENESIS
Enter your e-mail
user name and
password.
Password is case
sensitive.
Hint: While at login page, you may add GENESIS to your Bookmarks (Bookmarks
Toolbar) or Favorites. There is a GENESIS link under staff on district web pages.
Focus
Basic Navigation in GENESIS
Title Bar
Announcements:
Both District and School
announcements will appear in the
content area when you log in.
Focus identifies your School, your School Year, your access to Active/Inactive
students, and the User Login Name. Depending on security permissions set up by
the district, you may be able to double click on the Focus area to access Focus
options.
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Lock and protect your screens from unauthorized use. Type in
your password to return to the program.
Support and Help access information and on-line help.
Home Page Icon
Menu
Bar Icons
and
Groups
Tree Icon
Click on the triangle next to “Genesis”
to view menu area; click on triangles
to open submenus and reports.
Adding Groups to Menu
To add a group to the Menu Bar, right (control) click on a current group and select
Add New Group; a window will open, name the group and click Save.
Adding Items to Menu Bar Groups
To add an item to a Menu Bar group, right (control) click on an item in the Tree list;
a menu opens, select Add to Group.
Note: If you add a lot of icons to one group, you will have to scroll down to see all of them.
Quick Navigation
Quick Navigation is located in the upper right
part of the screen. The tab containing the
symbol “>>” is used to expand or collapse the Quick Navigation area.
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• To add item to Quick Nav, right (control) click on an icon in the Menu Bar;
select Add to Quick Nav.
• To remove an item from Quick Nav, right (control) click on item in Quick Nav;
select Remove Icon.
Note: One of the advantages of using Quick Nav is that the activated screens are
detached which allows for having several screens open at the same time.
Opening Multiple Windows
From the Tree or Menu Bar, right (control) click on an item
and select Open New Window.
Navigating Within a View
Use the Action Bar arrows to
navigate from student to
student
alphabetically.
Action Bar
Print the info showing in
content area
Use the magnifying
glass to
Activate the Find/Search
mode.
• Click on the magnifying glass to clear the screen.
• Searching for an individual student: Enter student name and Return or click
Find.
• Searching by parameters (several different search fields): Enter the criteria
you are searching for by using dropdowns, asterisk (*) to select fields, and or
conditions in a field.
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Click Find or Return. When the data is returned, Open in Query, Print and Save
as Filter are available.
• Open in Query is used to start a Query.
• Print has the following options: PDF, TIFF Image, CSV, Excel, HTML, PDF,
Rich Text, Text File and XML
• Save as Filter: Create a filter by entering a Filter Name, then click on Save
as Filter. Leave the Make Active box checked and the filter is applied
immediately.
A funnel icon appears in the upper left corner of the view,
indicating a funnel is active (this will show saved filters).
Click on the funnel to open the menu to apply
additional filters or to remove filters. Click on the “X” to
delete a filter.
With a filter selected, a user can change their Focus to a
different school or year and the filter is honored when running reports.
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