to access the DASL brochure. - Swoca

DASL is a comprehensive web-based student information and management decision 

support system solution for Pre K-12 schools. A web interface allows for ease of use 

and navigation as well as a consistent look and feel across all modules. User 

friendly interfaces and intuitive layouts accommodate both intensive and casual 

users. The entire design of DASL translates into major costs savings and improved 

data management. DASL enables today’s school staff to work smarter, not harder! 

For information setting up a product demonstration or product pricing, please contact 

Greg Spencer, DASL Executive Director, at spencer.greg@ncocc.k12.oh.us or phone 419-747-8164 

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KEY FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY 

• Quick Links 

• Headlines 

• Documents 

• Announcements 

• Upcoming Events 

• Enrollment Alerts 

• Content configurable by district and 

building 

• Administration configurable by 

district and building 

• Additional features and formatting 

using HTML 

DASL Portal 

USER FRIENDLY DASL HOME PAGE 

The DASL Portal is the configurable home page for DASL. 

Updating the portal is quick and easy and requires no HTML 

knowledge. However, additional formatting and functionality can 

be added to the Portal with HTML coding, if desired. 

The content of the portal can be controlled by district and building. 

Security and access can be controlled by district or building. 

“Very easy to understand. DASL is very intuitive and does 

not require a SIS/EMIS person to interpret data for you. The 

navigation is like many other web-based software and is 

very easy to use. DASL is flexible enough to meet our data 

needs now and in the future.” 

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• Manage security roles and groups for 

multiple users quickly and easily 

• Extra system permissions for unique 

security situations on student records 

at the field level 

• Comprehensive site map gives overall 

view of user security 

Security 

CONFIGURABLE BY USER, ROLE, GROUP BY BUILDING OR 

DISTRICT 

Staff members such as teachers and users (office staff, school 

administrators, etc.) can be easily configured in DASL. Users can be 

authorized to one or more buildings as necessary. Users with 

similar job functions and security needs can be assigned to Groups. 

Sitemap (node access) in DASL is granted through Roles. Roles can 

then be assigned to individual Users or Groups. 

Staff Members are created for each staff and their job function in 

DASL. Staff Members are associated with Users for user-specific 

authorization to course sections and students. Users can 

impersonate other Staff Members for additional access to course 

sections and students. Global access may be defined for 

administrators and counselors. 

“DASL makes my 

job easier!” 

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• Complete registration process checks 

to see if student was previously 

enrolled in the district 

• Search for students quickly & keep 

student in context between screens 

• Student alerts give user a quick look 

at medical, disability, miscellaneous 

and custody alerts at a glance 

• Student profile user-defined fields 

• Completely integrated with the EMIS 

student data collection process 

• On-line process to transfer students 

between buildings or districts 

• Unlimited student and contact 

address records for students 

• Automatic address verification and 

validation capabilities available 

• Student memberships in 

extracurricular programs & activities 

• Bulk update capabilities for student 

demographic elements 

• Withdrawal process integrated with 

student’s schedule and student fees 

as well as EMIS record updates 

• Extensive pre-formatted reports on 

all aspects of student data with the 

ability to run at district or building 

• Multiple output options for PDF, 

HTML, and Text files for flexibility 

Student 

DETAILED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA 

FULLY INTEGRATED WITH EMIS REPORTING 

Students can be registered, transferred, and withdrawn in DASL 

multiple ways. Extensive demographic information can be entered 

and tracked by student. User defined fields can be used on the 

Student Profile to customize the additional data you wish to collect. 

A full set of student reports are available with multiple filtering, 

sorting, grouping, label, and report format options. Reports can be 

generated at the building or district level. Where applicable, 

reports include home school functionality for JVSDs. Mass updates 

and exports are available to facilitate student updating and 

exporting data to 3 rd party packages. Cornucopia Web Services 

allows 3 rd party software integration. 

DASL Student information is fully integrated with EMIS Reporting. 

The Student Profile tabs in DASL are configured to capture EMIS 

data according to the EMIS record it is to be reported on. 

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• Ability to assign multiple homerooms 

to a student during the school year 

• Ability to assign multiple locker types 

to cover regular lockers, band and 

gym lockers 

• Ability to mass assign lockers to 

students with locations specific to a 

class location 

• Option to retain locker, homeroom 

and counselor assignments from year 

to year 

• Several options for locker assignment 

methods (grade level, homeroom, 

class period, alphabetically or 

randomly assigned) 

• Multiple locker combination series 

• Locker allocation and free locker 

availability reports 

• Many reports provide sort and 

selection options by counselor and 

homeroom assignments 

Student – Counselor, 

Homeroom, Locker 

FULL FEATURED COUNSELOR, HOMEROOM, AND LOCKER 

FUNCTIONALITY 

Students can be assigned a counselor, one or more homerooms (by 

homeroom term), and multiple lockers (including a primary locker). 

Several reports are available specifically for counselor, homeroom, 

and locker information. Multiple reports allow filtering, sorting, 

and grouping by counselor, homeroom, and/or locker number. 

Reports are available in multiple report output formats. 

Bulk assignment of counselors, homerooms, and lockers is available 

with multiple assignment methods and options. 

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• Take daily attendance once or twice 

a day based on school’s configuration 

• Codes configurable at district or 

building level for uniformity of 

attendance reporting in the district 

• Attendance for daily or period can be 

entered quickly and easily from the 

classroom or homeroom along with 

customizable lunch counts 

• Real-time ProgressBook integration 

• Multiple calendar options allow you 

to customize school calendars for 

specific groups of students to meet 

their attendance needs 

• Absence letter module allows the 

user to define the guidelines for 

incremental attendance letter 

generation for both daily and period 

by period attendance 

• A wide variety of preformatted 

attendance reports are included to 

satisfy all your attendance reporting 

needs; reports can be generated in 

multiple output formats for 

additional manipulation 

• Attendance graphs give a quick 

graphical view of attendance for a 

selected time frame; great for 

administrators to see attendance at a 

glance 

Attendance 

DAILY AND PERIOD ATTENDANCE WITH MULTIPLE INPUT 

OPTIONS 

DASL handles both daily and period attendance. Attendance can be 

entered by teachers, office staff, via ProgressBook, or a daily 

attendance import. Attendance completion and lunch counts can 

be reviewed. External absences and attendance history (e.g. from 

other schools) can be entered as needed. 

Attendance rules can be created and attendance letters tracked 

and printed by student. A full set of general, daily, and period 

attendance reports are available in various report output format 

options. Where applicable, reports include home school 

functionality for JVSDs. Several attendance and analysis screens 

are available in EZ Query. 

DASL Attendance is integrated with ProgressBook via WebServices 

and can also be used with other gradebook packages. DASL 

Attendance is fully integrated with EMIS Reporting. 

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• DASL provides schools the ability to 

use alpha or numeric marks 

configured at each building 

• Custom mark types, honor rolls and 

comments can be defined according 

to school’s needs 

• Alpha equivalents can also be printed 

along with numeric marks 

• Fully integrated with ProgressBook 

• Customized GPA calculations and 

ranking options allow each building 

to define their GPA calculations 

• Customizable automatic mark 

calculation process 

• Marks importing and exporting 

• DASL offers a wide variety of preformatted 

marks reports as well as 

class list formatters with some 

formats specific to JVSDs to meet 

their needs 

Marks 

FLEXIBLE MARKS, GPA, AND HONOR ROLL CALCULATIONS 

DASL handles both alpha and numeric marks, and numerous GPA 

formulas and calculations. GPA and honor roll calculations are 

customizable by building with multiple configurable options. Marks 

can be entered by teachers and office staff into DASL, via 

ProgressBook, or using a gradebook import. 

A wide variety of Marks reports are available along with various 

imports and exports. Where applicable, reports include home 

school functionality for JVSDs. Reports can be output in multiple 

report formats including PDF, RTF, TXT, XLS, and HTML. 

DASL Marks is integrated with ProgressBook via WebServices and 

can also be used with other gradebook packages. DASL Marks is 

fully integrated with EMIS Reporting. 

“The DASL system is user friendly compared to 

the SIS system and has allowed easier 

training of others for grades/grade card 

processing, fees and scheduling.” – Arlington 

Local School District 

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• Fully customizable report cards 

• Print suppression option for students 

owing school fees 

• Assessment data available on report 

cards 

• School’s logo or watermark 

functionality available 

• Address labels can be created for 

students as well as parents who are 

to be copied on correspondence 

• Honor roll messages may be printed 

along with customized text for 

important announcements 

• A wide variety of sort options are 

available for optimal report card 

distribution including Home School 

sorts for JVSDs 

Marks – Report Cards 

CUSTOMIZABLE REPORT CARDS BY BUILDING 

The Report Card Custom Formatter allows buildings to create 

custom report cards using the ActiveReports End User Designer. 

Many custom formats for report cards and permanent record labels 

are included with DASL and unlimited custom formats can be 

created. DASL Report Cards have multiple options and features. 

Using the End User Designer, you can design a report card to meet 

each building’s needs. 

“The DASL grade card application allows me 

to run grade cards, honor roll and get 

student data back to their home school in a 

2 day process. This used to take me a week 

using the old application.” – Apollo JVSD 

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• Completely customizable transcripts 

allow each building to have their own 

format or use a stock format 

according to their preference 

• Transcripts contain sub-reports for 

credit summaries by school year, GPA 

summaries, and assessment results 

• Test results such as OGT, ACT, SAT, 

PSAT, PLAN, SAT2 and AP exams can 

all be included on the school’s 

transcript 

• Additional student data such as 

community service may be 

included 

• Admission history summary 

and attendance summaries 

give a total view of the 

student’s high school years 

Marks - Transcripts 

CUSTOMIZABLE TRANSCRIPTS BY BUILDING 

The Transcript Custom Formatter allows buildings to create custom 

transcripts using the ActiveReports End User Designer. Many 

custom formats are included with DASL and unlimited custom 

formats can be created. DASL Transcripts have many options to 

customize sub-reports. Using the End User Designer, you can 

design a transcript for each building’s needs. 

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• Fast and easy elementary scheduling 

by groups 

• Multiple master schedules and 

schedule result features allow more 

flexibility during the scheduling 

process to try new changes without 

losing prior runs of the schedule for 

optimal scheduling results 

• Courses, master schedules and staff 

assignments may be carried up from 

year to year so that the prior year’s 

schedule can be used as a base to 

start the next year 

• Scheduling in the next school year 

can begin any time without impacting 

current year processing 

• Preformatted reports are available to 

analyze course request, check prerequisites 

and co-requisites, point 

out conflicts as well as provide 

conflict resolution solutions 

• Schedule job parameters provide 

additional controls and features in 

the batch scheduling process for 

course sequencing rules, pass 

control, teacher linked groups 

• Student course section assignments 

page allows staff to maintain student 

schedule changes both during 

scheduling and throughout the year 

Scheduling 

A ROBUST SCHEDULING PROCESS PERFECT FOR BOTH 

SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SCHEDULING SCENARIOS 

DASL Scheduling is a full-feature on-line and batch scheduling 

application. Student schedules can be created from course 

requests, via the batch scheduler, or manually entered. Several 

bulk scheduling screens are available to facilitate entry of student 

schedules and schedule changes. 

Multiple master schedules can be defined during the scheduling 

process to ensure the best possible master schedule. Course 

groups make elementary scheduling fast and easy. 

Multiple Scheduling reports with filtering, sorting, grouping, and 

report output format options are available in DASL. 

DASL course and student schedule information is fully integrated 

with EMIS Reporting. 

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• Student and parent access in the 

public course request module allows 

families to choose a student’s course 

requests together 

• School administrators can pre-lock in 

specific course requests for students 

for required courses 

• Automatic student profile updates 

from parent access to the student 

profile demographics for up-to-date 

demographic and contact 

information 

• Individual student schedule print 

options allow staff to print a new 

copy of a student’s schedule on the 

spot 

Scheduling – Course Requests 

EASY TO USE COURSE REQUESTS MODULE 

GUARANTEEING THE BEST MASTER SCHEDULE POSSIBLE 

Course requests can be entered in DASL by guidance counselors, 

staff, or by students through the public administration module. 

The public course request module gives parents the opportunity to 

select and review course requests together for the upcoming 

school year. 

Multiple Course Requests reports and labels allow staff members to 

analyze course requests to help create the best possible master 

schedule. 

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• Importing of student test scores for 

all state required assessments 

• Additional assessment tracking for 

standardized assessments 

• A wide variety of assessment reports 

• Fully integrated with the state’s 

assessment reporting requirements 

• Pre-identification process for most 

assessments 

• Assessment tracking to determine 

who needs to take assessments 

• Drill down capabilities on local 

assessments 

Assessment 

ASSESSMENT BY STUDENT, BUILDING, DISTRICT AND 

INTEGRATED WITH EMIS 

DASL provides assessment information at the student, building, and 

district levels. Numerous assessment types are supported. 

Pre-identification files can be generated for several assessment 

types. Assessment charts and graphs are available by building and 

district. Various assessment reports are available with multiple 

report parameter options and report output format options. 

DASL Assessment is fully integrated with EMIS reporting. 

“I seem to have more time on my hands with DASL!” 

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• Configurable coding in compliance 

with state reporting 

• Ability to track discipline incidents 

both at the student level and the 

incident level 

• A variety of preformatted reports to 

provide statistics on disciplinary 

events 

• The ability to produce customized 

discipline letters based on incident 

data 

• In compliance with state discipline 

reporting requirements 

Discipline 

DETAILED DISCIPLINE TRACKING INTEGRATED WITH EMIS 

Student discipline records can be added directly to the student or 

via a discipline incident for multiple students. Discipline incidents 

and students can have multiple actions, infractions, policies, 

contacts, and notes. 

Discipline reports are available in numerous formats to show 

discipline data in both detail and summary form. The data on each 

report can be filtered, sorted, and grouped with various date 

ranges and sorting options and can be output in various report 

formats. Discipline letters can be produced by using the discipline 

letter export and using mail merge. 

DASL Discipline is fully integrated with EMIS Reporting. Infraction 

codes, actions, contacts, policies and notes are configurable at the 

district and building level. 

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• Meets all requirements for Ohio EMIS 

reporting of student data 

• Interactive validation and error 

correction pages assists in preparing 

data for reporting 

• DASL SIF agent in compliance with 

ODE’s vertical reporting system 

• Validation processes on all areas of 

student data provide instant 

feedback on issues that need 

correction prior to data submissions 

• Interacts with normal day to day 

processing making the collection of 

EMIS data less cumbersome 

• Added security for sensitive data 

• The Gifted module tracks the 

student’s gifted identification from 

year to year as well as screening, 

assessed and served information 

annually; mass update options are 

provided to quickly prepare records 

for reporting 

• Wide variety of reports & extractions 

to assist in the verification process 

EMIS Reporting 

PROVIDING A SEAMLESS EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION 

WITH ODE’S EMIS REPORTING SYSTEM 

The DASL EMIS module is a combination of daily processes to 

capture day to day activity as well as a maintenance area which is 

used to preview data prior to submitting to ODE. In addition, the 

DASL EMIS agent provides the necessary communication with 

ODE’s new data collector to collect all student related records in 

the upcoming collection process. 

Interactive data validation processes allow the user to identify 

issues that need correcting for student data, course and teacher 

records, instantly navigate to the student’s record where the 

correction is needed, make the correction and return to the report 

to move on the next student. Validation processes on every EMIS 

record type in DASL provide extensive error checking capabilities to 

get the cleanest data possible prior to submissions. 

DASL also provides reports in each area of EMIS data to assist in 

verifying EMIS data prior to submissions. 

DASL has implemented ODE’s SSID locator system to obtain the 

SSID for the student automatically. 

“I view DASL as a tool that saves time in gathering, updating and verifying the 

data that is so important for State reporting and school improvement purposes.” 

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• Provides teachers and administrators 

with views of student data from all 

modules 

• Security allows teachers and 

counselors to view data for students 

assigned to them 

• Trusted districts module provides 

districts a shared view of student 

data for cross enrolled students 

• Ability to view charts and graphs on 

assessment, enrollment and 

attendance data 

• Comprehensive downloads provide 

staff members the ability to quickly 

download student and class 

information according to their needs 

• Tools are available to assist the 

teacher in creating seating charts 

with photos, birthday lists, calendars, 

and teacher directory 

EZ Query 

HANDY DISPLAY AND DATA EXTRACT PAGES FOR 

TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS 

The EZ Query module in DASL allows teachers and staff members to 

view data in convenient display pages. It’s a convenient way for 

teachers to see data pertaining to the students they teach, 

counselors to view data for students assigned to them, or for any 

staff member with the appropriate access to view all students in a 

building or district. 

Robust extraction processes allow users to filter student data for 

their own needs and export to other applications. A shared student 

view page allows districts to provide access to each other to share 

data for students who are enrolled in both districts. The Upcoming 

Birthday report creates a list of birthdates for students for a 

designated time period. 

EZ Query also features an assessment area which provides test 

results for students to classroom teachers and administrators. 

“The ability to extract 

student data into a 

custom spreadsheet 

easily, quickly, and 

accurately has saved our 

district countless hours. 

What a time saver!” – 

Findlay City Schools 

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• Provides teachers with an interface 

to update student marks, class 

attendance and comments 

• Quick and easy homeroom fee 

collection process 

• Provides teachers with the ability to 

create medical alert and medication 

lists on the students in their 

classroom 

• Provides an interface for teachers to 

enter daily attendance and lunch 

counts to the office 

Teacher Menu 

ADDRESSING THE DAILY NEEDS OF TEACHERS 

The Teacher Menu is geared towards the daily needs of a teacher. 

Teachers may enter marks for their students, report card 

attendance, daily and period attendance. DASL also provides a fee 

collection page for homeroom teachers to collect and apply 

payments quickly for students paying their school fees. 

The DASL security module restricts teachers to viewing data for the 

students they are teaching, however, additional options are 

available to allow teachers extended access. 

“Using DASL and 

Progressbook has 

allowed our parents 

to keep up to date 

with their child’s 

assignments and 

grades.” – Arlington 

School District 

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• Ability to assess fees, apply 

payments, refunds and waivers, carry 

fee balances from year to year 

• Totally customizable fees 

configuration for collection of 

general, course, membership, 

program and miscellaneous fees 

• Fully integrated with student 

registration, student withdrawal and 

student schedule maintenance to 

assess, drop and maintain fees 

• Provides configurable fee proration 

system to control the amount 

charged for fees for late enrollees 

and early withdraws 

• Carries a complete line of 

preformatted reports to keep users 

up-to-date on student fee balances 

and transactions 

• Integrates with report cards and 

student schedules 

Fees 

FULL RANGE OF FEE FUNCTIONALITY AND REPORTING 

DASL allows the user to assess fees, post payments, waive, transfer, 

and refund various fee types including general, course, program, 

membership, and miscellaneous fees. 

Fees can be assigned via bulk updates and/or automatically as in 

the case of course fees when students add and drop courses. Once 

fees are assigned, they can be paid, refunded, transferred or 

waived for a specific student. Fees can be collected in the office or 

by homeroom teachers. 

Fees interact with registration and schedule changes to add and 

drop fees or portions of fees depending on prorations defined for 

each building. 

There are numerous fee reports available with multiple options for 

filtering, grouping, sorting, date ranges, and report output formats. 

Where applicable, reports include home school functionality. 

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• Ability to configure multiple rules for 

determining graduation eligibility 

• On the spot assessment of a 

student’s status in meeting 

graduation requirements 

• Ability to forecast student’s eligibility 

for graduation during the scheduling 

process to ensure each student is 

meeting all their requirements 

• Ability to track community service 

hours and assessment requirements 

• Complete evaluation of student’s 

course history in compliance with 

CORE 

• Provides administrators with 

eligibility letters to keep parents 

informed of their child’s status 

Graduation / Eligibility 

CAN HANDLE COMPLEX GRADUATION / ELIGIBILITY RULES 

The DASL Graduation / Eligibility module is used as a method of 

checking if students have met all the defined requirements for 

graduation or for eligibility for another purpose. 

Graduation / Eligibility rules include one or more line items and 

rules, and are assigned to students. Students can have primary and 

secondary graduation rules. For example, a student might have a 

primary rule for basic graduation requirements while the secondary 

rule will qualify them as an honors graduate. Additional rules can 

be applied to students. 

Each rule contains one or more line items – each line item is 

checked to determine if the student passes or fails the rule. Each 

line item is composed of one or more elements defining the line 

item. Element types are: assessment, community service, course, 

GPA, miscellaneous, or total credits. 

Student Graduation / Eligibility data is available in a report, on-line 

instant confirmation or can be printed on report cards. 

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• Can track student immunizations & 

medical screening history 

• Provides student alerts for medical 

conditions for instant notification 

• Ability to track school medications 

administered at the school as well as 

trips to the school nurse and care 

given 

• Provides administrators with 

extensive medical contacts for each 

student 

• Contains preformatted reports on 

student immunization and screening 

data 

Medical 

MEDICAL DETAILS EASILY AVAILBLE BY STUDENT AND 

CLASS 

The DASL Medical module tracks various student health and 

medical information including screenings, medications, 

prescriptions, health logs, and medical contact information. A 

medical alert is notated in the student profile with a red cross. 

Several medical reports and downloads are available. Reports can 

be output in multiple report formats. Medical information is also 

available by course section and in EZ Query for easy teacher 

availability. 

“DASL has definitely 

minimized our time spent 

entering and analyzing 

data. It is so much easier 

to understand and you 

can access more reports. 

We can do so much more 

with DASL than we ever 

could before.” -- Fort 

Recovery Local Schools 

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• Provides a process to prepare for the 

next school year any time during the 

current year 

• Initialization process gives the school 

control over what data configuration 

items to carry forward to the next 

school year 

• Initialization copies up current year 

courses and master schedule to the 

next school year 

• Provides an interactive follow-up 

initialization checklist to remind users 

of tasks they need to complete 

• Student promotion allows district to 

define progression tracks to 

determine the path students will take 

each year in the district 

• Student promotion carries the 

students forward to the next school 

year at any time without interfering 

with current year processing 

• Provides online transfer of students 

going on to other districts 

• Provides a complete history of 

student’s admission / withdraws / 

calendar changes 

School Year Initialization & 

Student Promotion 

SET UP THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT AFFECTING 

THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 

The School Year Initialization and Student Promotion functionality 

in DASL provides a process to copy the current school year 

configuration and students to the next school year in preparation 

for next year’s scheduling cycle. This can be performed anytime to 

prepare for the next year without impacting the current school 

year. 

School Year Initialization copies various configuration and code 

tables to support the new year. Student Promotion actually 

promotes the students from this year’s grade level to next year’s 

grade level and building. 

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• Provides tools to quickly set up 

master calendar and sub calendars 

each year 

• Calendar Dates wizard to maintain 

school calendar changes throughout 

the school year 

• Allows complete configuration of 

course terms, reporting terms, 

marking patterns, and periods of the 

day for each building 

• Provides rotation day configuration 

for special types of meeting day 

patterns 

• Address Standardization 

automatically configures student 

addresses according to USPS 

standards 

• Address Validation provides 

verification that student’s address is 

within school boundaries 

School 

CONFIGURE MULTIPLE CALENDARS PER BUILDING 

DASL provides multiple calendars per school building. The Calendar 

Wizard and Calendar Dates Wizard facilitate the configuration and 

editing of these calendars as necessary. The calendar and its 

configuration forms the foundation of Marks, Scheduling, and 

Attendance in DASL. 

Address Standardization and Verification are also available by 

school. Address Standardization ensures that all student, contact, 

and staff addresses are entered in USPS standardized format. 

Address Verification is used to verify that students reside within the 

boundaries of the districts. Both standardization and verification 

are optional by building and can be bypassed on individual 

students. 

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• Ability to define common codes 

throughout the application at district 

or building level 

• Provides many ad-hoc update 

capabilities for quick updating 

• Use of ad-hoc membership groups 

for specific student reporting 

selection 

• Advanced student search to find 

students quickly based on common 

values, EMIS situations, 

demographics 

• Student membership groups allow 

districts to track student participation 

• Integrates with SpS Special Services 

module for Student Special Ed 

tracking 

• GoTo feature for quick navigation 

anywhere in the application 

• Import features for importing 

selected data 

Additional Features 

INCREASED USABILITY AND USER EFFICIENCY 

The Advanced Student Search in DASL allows users to quickly 

search online for students matching one or more filter criteria. 

Hover help is available on many screens to assist users when 

inputting data. 

Ad Hoc Membership filter is available on many reports for reporting 

on a specific set or group of students. 

“Appreciate its efficiency and logic. DASL has been developed 

by taking into account what the needs of the practitioners 

are and that has led to many positive changes in the system 

as it has developed.” 

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DASLr VIEWS 

• Student Attendance (Period and 

Daily) 

• Student Attendance History (Period 

and Daily) 

• Student Course Section Assignments 

• Student Homerooms 

• Student Marks 

• Student Contacts 

• Student Assessment 

• Student Alerts 

• Student Demographic 

• Student Discipline 

• Student EMIS 

• Student Fees 

• Student GPA Rank 

• Student Honor Roll 

• Student Locker 

• Student Medical 

• Student Membership 

• Student Miscellaneous 

• Student Schedule 

• Student Special Ed 

• Student SSID 

• Student Transportation 

• Many other configuration and code 

table views 

DASLr 

DASL DATA EASILY AVAILABLE VIA ODBC 

DASLr is a collection of read-only views that make DASL data easily 

available for additional reporting and exporting needs. DASLr can 

be used with any ODBC compliant application – i.e. MS Excel, MS 

Access, Filemaker Pro, SQL Server Reporting Services, Safari, Active 

Reports, etc. – to create custom reports and exports using DASL 

Data. 

Security and user access can be controlled in DASLr by district, 

building, and view. 

“The reports created by 

our ITC using the DASL 

system are very userfriendly. 

The reports 

provide us with valuable 

data in a matter of 

seconds.” 

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“When I was principal, 

I encouraged my 

teachers to use DASL 

because it was an 

effective and 

manageable way to 

use data to improve 

student achievement. 

Now that I am back in 

the classroom, I am 

convinced that I gave 

them good advice 

about DASL as I use it 

every day. It is 

extremely valuable as 

I check on ways to 

reach struggling 

students, prepare for 

Parent Teacher 

Conferences, and 

prepare lists and 

reports for classroom 

organization and 

management.” – Fort 

Recovery Local Schools 

Cornucopia 

EASY INTERFACING TO 3rd PARTY VENDORS 

Cornucopia is a set of WebServices interfaces hosted within IIS. 

These Web Service Methods allow DASL to interface with various 

3 rd party vendors. Current Cornucopia-enabled vendors and their 

applications include: 

• Database Business Systems of Colorado – Pay4It 

• Information Design, Inc. – EZPay 

• OneCallNow – OneCallNow 

• Public School Works – Student Discipline 

• SameGoal LLC – IEP Anywhere 

• SchoolFees.us – Fee Payments 

• Sycamore Community Schools – Fee Payments 

• TRZ Communications Services – www.prek12notification.com 

• MCOECN – various ITC applications 

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ProgressBook Features 

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FROM SOFTWARE ANSWERS 

ProgressBook benefits include: 

Progress is a classroom 

management system supporting 

the most recent k-12 standardsbased 

education practices. Our 

comprehensive, district-wide 

solution combines grade book, 

attendance, lesson plans, report 

cards, special services, and 

parent/student/teacher 

communication into a single 

software solution that tightly 

integrates with the DASL Student 

Information System. 

• Enabling districts to use both traditional and standardsbased 

grading 

• Improving communication between the classroom and 

home 

• Tracking of academic standards through lesson plans 

• Saving teachers time on administrative tasks, allowing them 

to focus on teaching 

• Ongoing integration with student information system 

eliminates duplicate data entry 

• Web-based application that can be centrally managed and 

supported 

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SpS Features 

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES FROM 

SOFTWARE ANSWERS 

ProgressBook’s Special Services 

Education Module automates 

standard forms and reporting for 

Special Education. The easy, 

efficient program reduces the 

time spent on administrative 

tasks, enabling teachers to focus 

on providing quality education. 

Special Services benefits include: 

• Efficiently build and maintain special education plan 

documents, progress reports and other special education 

forms 

• Easily select from pre-entered state academic standards 

when developing goals 

• Save time using and reusing goals by saving them to Goal 

Bank 

• Improve communication and collaboration by sharing 

completed education plans between all educators working 

with a student, across buildings or districts 

• Save time building student forms from previous versions 

• Protect information using customizable security roles 

• Automate state reporting of special education data 

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DASL ITCs 

USING DASL IN THEIR DISTRICTS SINCE 2004 

HCCA - Hamilton / Clermont Cooperative Association 

The types of school districts in 

Ohio currently using DASL fit 

into all categories: small rural 

districts, large and small city 

schools, private schools, joint 

vocational schools, digital 

academies, and STEM schools. 

LACA – Licking Area Computer Association 

LNOCA – Lakeshore Northeast Ohio Computer Association 

MDECA – Metropolitan Dayton Education Cooperative Association 

MEC – Metropolitan Educational Council 

MVECA – Miami Valley Educational Computer Association 

NCOCC – North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative 

DASL Executive Director Greg 

Spencer is responsible for dayto-day 

management of the 

DASL project. The DASL State 

Support Team is located at 

NOACSC and the primary 

developer, Software Answers, is 

in Brecksville, Ohio. 

NEONET – Northeast Ohio Network for Educational Technology 

NOACSC – Northwest Ohio Area Computer Services Cooperative 

NOECA – Northern Ohio Educational Computer Association 

OME-RESA – Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Education Service Agency 

SCOCA – South Central Ohio Computer Association 

SPARCC – Stark/Portage Area Computer Consortium 

Visit our website at 

www.dasl.info for more 

information. 

SWOCA – Southwest Ohio Computer Association 

TCCSA – Tri-County Computer Services Association 

WOCO – Western Ohio Computer Organization 

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IT SUPPORT SOLUTIONS 

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