Welcome back from summer break! IMPORTANT: Make sure you print out a copy of an Inservice Form and sign it so you can receive you MIP points for this session. Once this has been signed by all participants at your site, send it to Bill Zwicker, Instructional Technology Department at the administrative center

Agenda Introductions Review of Basics How to get help Your role How teachers do their attendance What parents see Reminder of features you may want to be aware of Questions/Answers We will cover this information rather quickly today but I will stay after this session to answer any questions or help as needed. I am also available to assist you either on the telephone or coming to your school for one-on-one assistance. All you have to do is ask.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Introductions Please share: Your name Your School Position at your school Years in this position

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Basics-CCPS Help Click here if you need help. Emphasize this to all of your teachers.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Basics-CCPS Help2 Then, click here to see the documentation. Scroll down to see Office Staff’.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Basics-eSembler Help Click here to get help with the program documentation from eSembler. It is well indexed, has a search feature, and very easy to use. However, this Help does not contain any information pertaining to admin users. Teachers have complained in the surveys that there is no written documentation. This manual is over 200 pages long. I don’t recommend that anyone prints it.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Attendance Procedures for Office Staff This page can be found at: gradebook.collier.k12.fl.us Click here for admin documentation.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Attendance Procedures for Office Staff Then, click here for documentation. Scroll down to Attendance Office Staff

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Attendance Procedures for Office Staff Click here to see the documentation. Documents_eSembler/Attendance%20Instructions%20for%20Attend ance%20Office.doc

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Notice 2d and 2e. You are probably curious as to how teachers will do their attendance. We will look at those two briefly. Teachers’ Attendance

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Basics-Login Hyperlinked Click anywhere on this page go to the CCPS Login Page so we can view 2a, 2d and 2f-ii plus the documentation for the attendance staff. We will leave this PowerPoint for a few minutes to go over some on-line documentation.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Parent Access (not available for elementary at this time) Parents can click on a grade to see the grades in any particular marking period. Parents can click on a class to see the class for the current marking period.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Reminders of features that you should be aware of in case someone asks (Parent/student access is not available for elementary students at this time) Parents/Students On-line: The grades information on the parents’ and students’ opening page is real-time but the attendance information is summarized at 2AM in the morning so it will not show any attendance updated the current day until the following day.

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Reminders of features that you should be aware of in case someone asks – (Modify for training) Ways to see more information on your screen: does full screen. Some teachers like this hint the best of all x 768 Resolution is much better than 800x600

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Attendance Procedures for Office Staff Then, click here for documentation. Scroll down to Attendance Office Staff

August 2008 Teacher Contact Inservice Questions/Answers