MCOECN AND SOFTWARE ANSWERS
Partnering to provide
excellent software to our
schools!
April 13, 2015
Suite Retreat 2015
Working together for the Schools
Getting Acclimated
Sometimes the grass will appear greener on
the other side of the fence because it has
been fertilized by manure
Trends (Slide from last year)
Districts have returned!
Our Side is Greener
Our Side
The Parts of the Whole
• Multi-Tenant• Grade Cards• Cycle Days• Calendars• GPA• Transcripts• Schedule• Fees• Discipline • Proven SIS
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
• Validates• Communicates• Up-to-date• Best State
Reporting System for Ohio
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
• Integrated with SIS• Single Sign On• Rich Text
• Graphs• Tables• Pictures
• Up-to-date• 15.0
• Rewrite of Banks• SIS Contacts
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
GB
• Live Integration with SIS
• Single Sign On• Attendance• Grades• Standards Based
Practices• Lesson Plans• Seating Charts• Many mark
types• Proven Grade
Book
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
PA
• New Responsive Design Technology
• Mobile Friendly• Alerts• Real time into GB
• Attendance, Homework & Grades
• 15.0• Report Cards• Contacts
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
• Build on GB• New Responsive
Design Technology
• Mobile Friendly• District Sharing• Single-Sign-On• Standards Based• Growing Fast
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
VL
• Rewritten• REST Protocol• 140+ APIs• Security in SIS
The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole
DM
• Rewritten New Responsive Design Technology
• SIS Security • SIS Data• Excavator• Value Add• SLOs• Interventions
The Parts of the Whole
One Awesome Suite
Built in Ohio
Goals 2014/15 (Slide from last year)
1. Actual Report Cards from ParentAccess
2. Ability to “Submit” student contact changes
from ParentAccess
3. Rewrite Banks in SpS
4. SLOs and PARCC in DataMap
5. Expecting a big EMIS year
6. Continued forward movement with VC
7. Implement Master Header in GB/VC/DM/SpS
Goals 2014/15
Actual Report Cards from ParentAccess
Ability to “Submit” student contact changes
from ParentAccess
Rewrite Banks in SpS
SLOs and PARCC in DataMap
Kept up with EMIS changes
Continued forward movement with VC
Implement Master Header in GB/VC/DM/SpS
What are we currently working on?
Current Projects – Page 1 of 4
Report Cards from ParentAccess
(StudentInformation and GradeBook)
Update Student Contacts from ParentAccess
Using SIS Student Contacts in GradeBook
OAuth in Central (suite wide security for third
parties)
Improvements to Syncer process
Current Projects – Page 2 of 4
Continued forward movement with the new
report writer
Central report creation and distribution process
Scheduling framework
APIs/Partnership with 2 student registration
companies
Hosting Initiative in partnership with MCOECN
Redoing Banks and Student Contacts in SpS
Current Projects – Page 3 of 4
Rewrite of Academic Standards Selection Screen
GradeBook
VirtualClassroom
SpS
The whole VirtualClassroom Project
Discussion Question
Fix impersonation
Current Projects – Page 4 of 4
SLOs – DataMap providing support for SLOs
Code Sharing between products
Auditing in SIS
Team working on standardizing the UI and UX
between all products
Bonus: Report Cards in PA creating:
Vault/Electronic File Cabinet
Report Cards from ParentAccess
GradeBookStudent
Information
ParentAccess
Report Cards from ParentAccess
GradeBookStudent
Information
ParentAccess
ElectronicFile Cabinet
Update Student Contacts
Contact Info
CommonLibrary
GradeBookStudentInformation
SoftwareCode
SoftwareCode
Data
SI GB
StudentInformation
Contact(Person)
GBAccount
Linked
Post v15.0.0 PlansThese are my predictions
for next year
Goals areNot
Guarantees
StudentInformation
Auditing – SQL Server Enterprise
Ad-hoc reporting (Getting Data Out)
Another step in integration between GradeBook
and StudentInformation
Move ParentAccess authentication and
management to StudentInformation
GradeBook
Interface prior year GradeBook data via Vault
Next Step in Integration with StudentInformation
ParentAccess Authentication and Management
Curriculum Mapping and Weekly Planner
Move Banks to Library
Add a handful of mobile friendly screens in GB
VirtualClassroom
Auto grading with auto publishing
Incorporate New Report Writer
Integration with Google Docs / Office 365
More Question Types Select multiple on multiple choice
Fill in blank with multiple correct
Multiple answer question (paragraph)
Add more…
SpecialServices
Move Banks to the library
Expected Ohio Forms Rewrite
Start planning/design the UI rewrite
DataMap
Assessment Manager Project
Store Assessments data only once
Reuse Data for SIS, State Reporting and DataMap
Use the DataMap data loader to load all third
party assessment data
Student assessment data can follow the student
Hosting Initiative
One Click Installs
Upgrade testing
MS SQL Replication – Always On
Extracts
VendorLink
Reports
Standard Environment
Response time monitoring
Hosting Initiative
Fast, Reliable and Easy
SA SupportJuly 14 - Mar 15
Minutes Cases On Time
Assign Critical 24/7 60 0 100.0%
Critical 120 13 100.0%
High 480 112 99.1%
Normal 960 585 99.7%
Low 1440 277 100.0%
Total 987 99.5%
Escalate Critical 24/7 240 0 100.0%
Critical 240 1 100.0%
High 960 5 100.0%
Normal 1920 30 93.8%
Low 2400 19 92.9%
Total 55 94.8%
Resolved Critical 24/7 480 0 100.0%
Critical 480 15 100.0%
High 1920 120 100.0%
Normal 3840 589 99.7%
Low 1200 285 100.0%
Total 1009 99.8%
Average 98.05%
Change in Game Plan
Sometimes the grass will appear greener on
the other side of the fence because it has
been fertilized by manure
Defense is important
Sometimes the grass will appear greener on
the other side of the fence because it has
been fertilized by manure
We need to play Offense
We have the Suite
We have the Support
We have the Target
Development Momentum
Rewrite of ParentAccess with Responsive Design
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Rewrite of DataMapImbedded into SIS
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Discipline System in SISwith Letter Generator
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Rewrite of VendorLinkWith over 140 APIs
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
DataMapAbility to do SLOs…
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
SIS – Student ContactsEliminating Duplicate Data
APIs into GradeBook & ParentAccess
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
DataMapSupports Interventions
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Keeping up with EMISAll those Calendars…
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
SuiteAbility to share code between products
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Rich Text in SpSPictures, Graphs and Tables
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Family Groups in SISEliminating duplicate data…
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
SIS JVS Integration ProjectSyncing Student Information between
different Districts
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
New ParentAccess SystemResponsive Design
Very Mobile Friendly
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
Electronic File CabinetNo need to print Report Cards
All within the last 3 years!!
Development Momentum
The VirtualClassroom ProductSupports Standards Based Practices
All within the last 3 years!!
Get into the Game and Win
Play Some Offense
Be proud of the Suite
Regular regional presentation of products
Promotion/case studies from happy customers
How to position the suite vs competitors
Work together on a joint sales effort
Target non ProgressBook districts
Learn as much as you can about the competition
Learn as much as you can about the entire suite
MCOECN AND SOFTWARE ANSWERS
Partnering to provide
excellent software to our
schools!