1. 6 th Annual Focus Users’ Conference So you think you know Focus Presented by: Bethany Heslam

2. Focus History Focus Menus Focus Features Focus FieldsFocus Tips 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 Focus current has how many employees: – 40 to 50 – 50 to 60 – 60 to 70 – 70 to 80 – 80 to 90 – Over 90

4. Answer 1 – 10 80 to 90

5. Question 1 - 20 In addition to SIS which other four areas of educational software does Focus provide?

6. Answer 1 – 20 – ERP – LMS – SSS – CTE

7. Question 1 - 30 Focus implement the full SIS in its first Florida school district in which school year? With New Jersey districts in which school year? With Texas districts in which school year?

8. Answer 1 – 30 2010-11 2011-12 2013-14

9. Question 1 - 40 The first district to use Focus was in which State?

10. Answer 1 – 40 Illinois

11. Question 1 - 50 Focus is written in _ _ _

12. Answer 1 – 50 Php <?php /* *FSA ELA Reading/Writing and Mathematics Operational Test PreID Extract *Beginning Spring 2015. *Accessed through the Generate Pre ID page. */ //Process passed parameters if(isset($parameters['school_list']) && !empty($parameters['school_list'])) { $schools=array(); $class=array(); foreach($parameters['school_list'] as $school_id=>$school_param) { //Add school to valid school list $schools[]=$school_id; //Determine the desired grouping for this school switch($school_param['group']) {

13. Question 2 - 10 Which menu is state specific?

14. Answer 2 – 10 The “State” Reporting menu

15. Question 2 - 20 Which menu contains Standards-based report cards and Multi-Tiered System of Support reports

16. Answer 2 – 20 Assessment Menu

17. Question 2 - 30 LMS modules exist in two different menus – these menus are:

18. Answer 2 – 30 Grades Menu Assessment Menu

19. Question 2 - 40 Computed Fields are setup through the _____ menu

20. Answer 2 – 40 Students

21. Question 2 - 50 The invalid address report is located in the _____ menu

22. Answer 2 – 50 Students

23. Question 3 - 10 The System Preference Automatically update GPA, updates the GPA and classrank for a student when course history is updated

24. Answer 3 – 10 False To update the Classrank a user must run Calculate GPA from the Setup section of the Grades Menu

25. Question 3 - 20 Duplicate Marking Periods should be used when rolling over non-student data so the marking periods can be shared across schools in the district

26. Answer 3 – 20 False Duplicate Marking Periods is copy BACK to prior years the marking periods for import purposes

27. Question 3 - 30 Which of the following setup options are connected to the master scheduling sections: – Calendars – Marking periods – Periods – Resource Scheduler/Rooms – All of the above – None of the above

28. Answer 3 – 30 All of the above

29. Question 3 - 40 Substitute attendance rosters are created through which menu option?

30. Answer 3 – 40 Attendance Menu – verification sheets/sub rosters

31. Question 3 - 50 Parent Request Setup allows parents to ______ through the ______ and this setup is located in the ______ menu

32. Answer 3 – 50 Update student demographic and contact information parent portal students menu

33. Question 4 - 10 This icon is references ________

34. Answer 4 – 10 Focus Messenger

35. Question 4 - 20 Which field identifies a student as being co- enrolled in more than one school in the districts?

36. Answer 4 – 20 Second school on the enrollment record

37. Question 4 - 30 Where is the student’s graduation program and progress plan set?

38. Answer 4 – 30 On the students enrollment record

39. Question 4 - 40 In an advanced report when the user pulls in a logging field (daily visit log, immunizations, documentation etc) the output of student records is automatically restricted to students with data in these fields – why?

40. Answer 4 – 40 The logging field data is stored in a separate table and therefore when student data is joined on the logging data it restricts the output

41. Question 4 - 50 Where are images attached through the upload fields stored?

42. Answer 4 – 50 On the webserver in a folder called uploaded- assets

43. Question 5 - 10 What is an easy way to share a letter or letterhead with another district?

44. Answer 5 – 10 Copy the source code

45. Question 5 - 20 To print the Teacher Schedule Report the most effectively: Select the _______ to select a letterhead template that is setup to print _______ and also click the ________ to shrink the report

46. Answer 5 – 20 Gray arrow next to print Landscape shrink to fit check box

47. Question 5 - 30 To see all students that will not receive funding due to 999 FEFP or lack of attendance the user should run the _________ report

48. Answer 5 – 30 Null FTE

49. Question 5 - 40 The DOE verification reports appear to be looking at appendices from last year for the CCD and Voc/Prog numbers as well as the MSID file. To correct this issue select the option _________ from the _______ menu and select the _________ tab

50. Answer 5 – 40 Florida Reports Setup Florida Reports Florida Files

51. Question 5 - 50 The grade posting window has closed and 5 teachers have not yet posted grades. To retrieve their gradebook grades without reopening the posting window or having to manually post for them the user should use the _____ feature and select the _____ option

52. Answer 5 – 50 Use Pull grades Insert only