ProgressBook v12.0 System Manager Guide - Swoca

Initial District Setup
GradeBook Features
GradeBook users with Master or School Administrator privileges can enable or disable any of the
available features for your school district and each individual school, as desired.
District Features
The following district features are available:
• Parent/Student Access – This option allows access to the Classic and Beta
ParentAccess. Staff can access the site. However, parents and students will only be able
to access it once they have been provided with user names and passwords for Classic
ParentAccess. For Beta ParentAccess, parents and students will only be able to access it
once they have been provided registration keys and have created their accounts.
• Standards – This option allows the use of academic standards with lesson plans and
assignments. GradeBook provides state academic standards for core subjects.
Additional content areas can be entered/edited by users with the Curriculum, School
Administrator and Master roles.
• Teacher Roster Setup for All Courses – This option provides teachers with the ability to
add students to their class rosters. If integrated with a student information system, this
option should be turned off. When this feature is disabled, teachers can still be given the
ability to update class rosters on an individual course basis if the GradeBook system
manager selects that option on the Update Course window.
• Lunch Counts – This option provides the ability for teachers to enter lunch counts on the
Lunch Counts screen. The lunch choices are customizable for individual schools and can
be entered/edited by users with the Cafeteria, Principal, School Support, School
Administrator and Master roles.
• SpecialServices – This option provides access to SpecialServices through a link in the
Web banner for all users. Additional configuration of that system will be necessary. See
SpecialServices System Manager Guide for more details.
• Debugging for DASL (Keep off unless testing) – This option should be disabled at all
times. The option is used for troubleshooting only by school districts that integrate with
the DASL student information system.
• Enable Attendance Short Comments – This option is used by school districts that
integrate with the Student Sphere student information system. The option allows a
second comment field to be used on the Absence Queue screen.
• Import DASL External Student Status Code – For school districts integrated with the
DASL student information system, this option allows the External Student Status Code to
be imported into GradeBook.
• Staff Password Changes – This option provides users who are ProgressBook
authenticated with the ability to change their password on the Change Password screen.
• Virtual Classroom – Provides access to the VirtualClassroom application.
• Class Notifications – Allows teachers to send emails to parents, students or parent and
students, if they registered an email address in Classic or Beta ParentAccess.
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