December 8, 2011 PSUG-IL Workshop

Today’s Agenda Installation / Server Management Custom Page Management Upgrading State Reports New Features Common Issues “Ask the Experts” What’s Coming Next for PS 7?

INSTALLATION

Installation Preparation Oracle Installed Oracle Server Information Data Imported Installation Guide (KB#63458 in PowerSource) Are you using a Server Array? – Did you create a sharepoint (shared folder)? – Did you open up ports for Oracle? Download the latest PowerSchool version

New Installer

New Installation Options Mobile App Web Services (apps for iPad,iPhone,Etc) PowerSchool (Where you login and Gradebook) PowerSchool Identity Provider (SSO and Student Mobilty?) PowerTeacher API (integration for other software/Services) PT Gradebook & PT Administrator ReportWorks

New Monitor

Enter Database Information

To Server Array or Not Server Array

For Server Arrays Only

Importing SSL (page 40)

ReportWorks

PS/PT Settings

Post Installation It is very important you add rules to your firewall Open port 80 (if not using SSL) Open port 443 (if using SSL) Open port 7880

New Things you should know PowerSchool Monitor (in your startup folder) New Way to start and stop PowerSchool Still a separate PowerScheduler App

CUSTOM PAGES

Custom Pages in PowerSchool 7 Where did the stock pages go?!? ~\Program Files\PowerSchool\application\components\powerschool- core-7.v.w.x.y.z\system\server\resources\web_root where v.w.x.y is the version ( ) and z is the build ID (118780) Did they move the custom pages too? Nope. ~\Program Files\PowerSchool\data\custom\web_root

The Old Look

The New Look

Stock Code in PS 7 ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.demographics] ~[wc:commonscripts] ~[wc:admin_header_frame_css] ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.start_page] > ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.student_selection] >~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.demographics1] ~[wc:admin_navigation_frame_css] ~[wc:title_student_begin_css]~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.demographics2]~[wc:title_student_end_css]

I’m LOST!!!

Keys to success… ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.demographics] – This is a text key that corresponds to words that can be substituted in Custom Page Management (CPM) for other words (perhaps another language, or a word that may make more sense to your staff). You don’t NEED to use them unless you want to use the Language Translation Tool Kit.

The Old Code Yearly Attendance ~[wc:commonscripts] ~[wc:admin_header_frame] Start Page > Student Selection > Yearly Attendance ~[wc:admin_navigation_frame] ~[wc:title_student_begin]Yearly Attendance~[wc:title_student_end] ~[wc:admin_footer_frame]

The New Code Yearly Attendance ~[wc:commonscripts] ~[wc:admin_header_frame_css] ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.start_page] > ~[text:psx.html.admin_students.demo.student_selection] > Yearly Attendance ~[wc:admin_navigation_frame_css] ~[wc:title_student_begin_css]Yearly Attendance ~[wc:title_student_end_css] ~[wc:admin_footer_frame_css]

STATE REPORTING UPDATES

State Reporting Updates in PS7 State reporting updates for PS7 are delivered via an installer on PowerSource.PowerSource – Support/Downloads/PowerSchool/State Reporting Installers/PowerSchool 7.x State and Provincial Reporting Installers Follow installation instructions on PowerSource. State reporting auto updates for PowerSchool 6.x will be discontinued at the end of this month.

NEW FEATURES

Teacher in PTG Teachers can now send s from PowerTeacher gradebook to parent/guardians and students Student addresses must be entered on Student Configuration screen. – You currently CANNOT import student addresses into the Student table – There is a customization available on PowerSource that processes address submissions using AJAX (thank you Ken Torgerson). ( 46) 46 Parent/guardian s go to addresses in the guardian field.

Language Translation Toolkit

Set Final Grade Comment Length Available in PowerSchool You can set the approximate number of characters that can be used in Final Grade Comments District Setup/Comment Setup

COMMON ISSUES

Server Slowdown Due to Logging

Teacher Logins Not Working If teachers have more than one PowerTeacher account (active or inactive) and those accounts have the same username, PowerSchool will append a “1” to the end of the newest username (e.g., calbright1) Also applies to admin accounts If you have not upgraded yet, you may want to clear usernames from inactive teacher accounts to prevent this.

Passwords are now “CaSe-SeNsItIvE” All PowerSchool passwords are case-sensitive in PowerSchool 7. – Parent/Student – Teacher – Admin

Importing into Teachers table Known Issue… When updating a Teachers record via Quick Import, and that teacher has already customized their own password, PowerSchool will revert the user back to their previous password even if the password isn’t contained in the import file

Student Photos Some Districts have reported that their student photos are missing after upgrading – Try moving your student photos folder to new server – Re-import photos – Change photo size to thumbnail size (e.g., 65 x 90) District Setup/Miscellaneous

Ask the “Experts”

What’s Next for PowerSchool 7? Welcome to Illinois, Josh Deegan! Welcome back, Eric Zorr!