EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Parent
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GENESIS STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM PARENT PORTAL
Introduction 3 Logging In & Logging Out 4 Student Summary Dashboard The Dashboard Selecting a Student
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Attendance Daily Attendance Class Attendance
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Grading Report Cards & Academic History
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Discipline 17 Gradebook Weekly Summary and Marking Period Averages List of Assignments One Day’s Assignments One Week’s Assignments Special Grades and the Previous Grade Column Viewing Teacher Comments Downloading Attached Documents
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Assessments – Standardized Test Scores 24 Scheduling (Next Year Scheduling) View Next Year Requests, Recommendations & Schedule Making Next Year Requests
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Conferences 31 Letters 32 Documents 34 Forms 37 Contacts – Managing Information for School Adding Phone Numbers or Email Addresses Deleting Phone Numbers or Email Addresses Adding a New Contact Changing Name & Relationship Info for or Deleting a Contact
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Payments 48 Home Screens Introduction to the Home Screens Message Center Section Alarm Screen
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Personal Settings Changing your Password Selecting Your Home Screen
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FAQ 59
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Introduction TheGenesisParent/StudentPortaltoolisasafe,securewaytoviewyourchild’sschoolrecordforthecurrentschoolyear.Ifyourschooldistrictchooses,youmayhaveaccesstothefollowinginformation:
- ContactInformation(email,phonenumbers,emergencycontacts)foryourchild/children- Yourchild/children’sMarkingPeriod,ExamandFinalGrades- Yourchild/children’sReportCards- Yourchild/children’sdailyattendancerecordandpossiblyclassattendancerecords(ifyour
child/children’sschoolusesclassattendance).- TeacherGradebookassignmentsandassignmentgradesforyourchild/children.- Yourchild/children’scourserequestsorpossiblytheirscheduleforthenextschoolyear.- Yourchild/children’sstandardizedtestscores(e.g.NJASK)- Yourchild/children’sdisciplinerecords- Letterssenttoyouregardingyourchild:
o GeneralPurposeletterso AttendanceLetterso DisciplineLetterso SchedulingLetterso Fines/FeesLetters
- Documentsthathavebeenuploadedforyourstudent/students.- Onlinequestionnairesorforms.
TherestofthismanualwillguideyouthroughallGenesisscreenswhichmaybeavailabletoyouandhowtousethem.Pleasebeawarethatyoumaynotseeeveryscreenforeveryoneofyourstudents(ifyouhavemorethanonestudentintheschooldistrict).Theschooldistrictchooseswhichscreenscanbemadeavailable.Screensmaynotbedisplayediftheydonotapplytoyourstudent.
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Logging In & Logging Out
LoggingInLoggingintoGenesisisverysimple:
1. GototheWebAccessURLsuppliedwithyourdistrictwelcomepacket.2. EnteryourEmailAddressinthe‘Username’field3. EnteryourWebAccesspasswordinthe‘Password’field.4. Clickthe‘Login’ button
LoggingInfortheFirstTimeTheveryfirsttimeyouloginyouwillberequiredtochangeyourpassword.
WhatifIforgetmypassword?RightnexttotheLoginbutton,youcanfinda“ForgotMyPassword”link:
Ifyouforgetyourpassword,clickthe link,ifitispresent.Ifitisnotthere,youmustcontactyourschoolordistrictoffice.Theinformationmayappearonthescreenwhereyouseethefakeinformationontheexamplescreenabove:
Ifthatinformationisnotthere,youshouldhavereceivedinformationonwheretocallwithyourdistrictpacket.Youwillbegivenanewrandomlygeneratedpassword.Thenewpasswordmightevenbemailedtoyouremailaccount.Thefirsttimeyouloginwithyournewpassword,youwillberequiredtochangeit.
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LoggingOutItisimportanttologoutofGenesisWebAccessproperly:Itisimportanttologoutofallwebapplicationsproperly.Tologout,locatetheLogOutbuttonintheupperrightcornerofeveryscreenandclickit:
Whenyouclickthelogouticonyouareimmediatelyloggedout:
Whylogout?Whynotjustcloseor“nuke”thebrowser?ClosingthebrowserwithoutloggingoutleavesyoursessionopenontheGenesisservers.Thiscreatesasecurityholethatonlyyoucanclose:Besecure,alwayslogoutproperly.InthiseraofInternetaccess,itisimportanttoalwaysproperlycloseyoursessionssothatunauthorizedpersonscannotgainaccesstoyourinformation.
ThisappliesnotonlytoGenesis,buttoeveryInternet/Webapplicationyouuse.
Tologout,clicktheLogOutbuttonintheupperrightcornerofthescreen.
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SwitchingfromEnglishtoSpanishThereisa buttonatthelowerleftcornerofeveryscreen.ToswitchtoSpanish,clickthisbutton.ItthenchangesthelanguageoftheParentmoduletoSpanish.Thebuttonitselfchangesto .ClickthistoreturntoEnglish.
Student Summary Dashboard Screen
The Summary Screen - The Student Dashboard
GenesisParentAccessStudentDataSummary–StudentDashboardScreenWhenyoulogintoGenesisWebAccessthefirstscreenyouseeisyourstudent’sStudentDataSummary.Thisisthestudent’sDashboardscreen.Youwillseea‘dashboard’foreverystudentlinkedtoyourlogin.Allyourstudentswillbeononescreen.Eachstudent’s‘dashboard’containsthefollowinginformation:
• Basicinformationaboutthestudent:studentid,homeroom,grade,age.Ifyouareviewingthescreenduringtheschoolday,youwillalsoseeinformationabouttheclassyourstudentisin‘rightnow’:currentclass,currentteacherandcurrentroom.
• Yourstudent’sschedule.Theclassthestudentisin‘rightnow’ishighlightedingreen.• Thestudent’sattendancesummaryforthecurrentweek–thisshowsyouacolor-coded
attendancecodeforeachoftheweek.• Assignmentsummaryforthecurrentweek–howmanyaredueeachday.• Optionally,thestudent’sbusassignmentswillbedisplayed.
Thehighlightedcourseistheonethestudentisscheduledtobeinrightthisveryminute
Thisisthecurrentstudent.
Scrolldowntoseeadditionalstudents
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OneStudent’sDashboardofInformation
TopTabsTherearefouravailabledarkblue“toptabs”.Youmaynotseeallofthem,dependingonwhichscreensyourdistricthasenabled.Thefourinclude:
- –Thisiswhereyousetupyouruserprofileandaccesstothe“MessageCenter”whichprovidesuptotheminutemessagesaboutyourstudents.
- –Thisiswhereyoucanseeinformationforonespecificstudent.Thefirst
screenyouseewhenyouclickonthe tabisthe“Summary”dashboardwithaseparate“dashboard”panelforeachofyourstudents.
- –“Contacts”listsallcontactinformationonrecordforyourstudentsandmayallowyoutoupdateit.
- –IfyourdistricthaschosentoallowonlinepaymentoffeesthroughGenesis,thePayment’stabwillbepresent.Ifnot,itwillnotbethere.
MoreInformationAboutEachStudentThe‘Summary’screenhasadashboardforeachofyourstudents.Theotherlightbluetabsgiveyoumoreinformationaboutonestudentatatime.
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Ifyourchildhasaschedule(inhighschoolormiddleschool),clickoneofthe iconstogetaprintablecopyoftheirschedule.Itcanbehadineitherlistorblockform.TheSelectedStudentOnlyonestudentcanbe‘selected’atonetime.Whenyou‘select’astudentthatstudent’sinformationwillappearwhenanyoftheadditionaltabsareclicked.Forinstance,ifyouclickthe‘Attendance’tab,youwillseetheselectedstudent’sdailyAttendancecalendarfortheentireschoolyear.
Counselorname
BusRoutes
GradebookAssignments&Week’sAttendance
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Selecting a Student
ChangingtheSelectedStudentThenameofthe‘currentlyselectedstudent’isdisplayedinthe‘SelectStudent’dropdownatthetopofthescreen.Topickadifferentstudent,clicktheSelectStudentdropdownandchoosethenameofthestudentyouwanttoselect.Onceyouhavedonethat,thetabswilltakeyoutothenewlyselectedstudent’sinformation.The“SelectStudent”DropDownThisdropdowncontainsthenamesofallthestudentslinkedtoyourlogin.Ifyouaremissingastudent,pleasecontactyourschoolordistrictoffice.Yourdistrictmayrequireyoutosubmitaseparatepermissionslipforeachstudent.PanelsontheDashboard
Studentinformationissummarizedattheleftsideofthedashboard.Thestudent’spicturemaybethere,alongwithbasicinformationsuchashomeroom,grade,guidancecounselor,ageandbirthdate,andthestudent’scurrentlocation.
Selectthestudentwhoseinformationyouwishtolookat
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THIS WEEK TheTHISWEEKpanelcontainsyourstudent’sAttendancefortheweekandhowmanyGradebookAssignmentstheyhavedueeachday.
ClickanumbertoseetheAssignmentsforthatday.
Ifpresent,theBusRoutespanelliststhestudent’smorningandafternoonroutes.
Navigatefromweekdaytoweekday:
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Attendance Daily Attendance DailyAttendanceisyourchild’sofficialdailyattendance.
Thisisyourstudent’sDailyAttendancesummaryforthewholeschoolyear.
• TheAttendanceCalendarwitheachdaycolorcoded• Asummaryofthestudent’sAttendancefortheyear• The‘Legend’ofAttendancecodesforyourschooldistrict.
AttendanceColorCodesYourdistrictselectsitsownsetofAttendancecodesandselectsthecolorforeachone.WhenyoulookatthisscreenyouwillseetheAttendancecodesforyourschooldistrict.CommonAttendancecodesinclude:
- Unexcusedabsence- Excusedabsence- Unexcusedtardy- Excusedtardy- Leftearly- Fieldtrip
Student’sattendancesummaryfortheschoolyear.
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Class Attendance IfyourchildisinMiddleSchoolorHighSchoolandhasseparatecourses,ClassAttendancemayshowyou
theirattendanceforeachseparatesubject.Youmustclickthe tabunder tofindclassattendance.Ifthisbuttondoesnotappear,yourchild’sschooldoesnotrecordindividualclassattendance.
TheClassAttendancescreenshowsyouyourstudent’sClassAttendancesummaryforeachoftheirseparatesubjects.Onemonthisdisplayedatatimeandthescreenalwaysstartsbyshowingyouthecurrentmonth’sattendance.Youmayselectanymonthyouwish.
• Classattendanceislistedbyeachschooldayinthemonthandshowswhichclassesthestudentmayhavemissedoneachday.Eachdayforeachsubjectiscolorcoded.
• The‘Legend’ofcolor-codedAttendancecodesforyourschoolisshownatupperright.• “Today”isalwayshighlightedinyellow(e.g.above11/21/2008).• Alongtherightsideofthescreenthereisaseparatesummaryforeachsubjectfortheentireschool
year,dividedbyMarkingPeriods.
ScrolldowntoseestudentsClassAttendancetotals
ToseeClassAttendance,clickthe
tab.
Eachsubjectsummarycontainsthefollowingattendancetotalsfortheclass,overallandbyMarkingPeriod:T-Allabsencesforthesubject–theTotalU–TheUnexcusedabsencesE –TheExcusedabsences
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Grading CurrentYearReportCardGrades&CurrentReportCard
TheGradingscreengivesyouaccesstoyourstudent’sMarkingPeriodgradesandteachercommentsandpossiblythestudent’smostrecentactualreportcard.
The Student’s Grading screen contains lots of information and a link to their current report card. The numbersbelow each grade are the comments the student has received for the Marking Period. Place your cursor on acommentnumberandthecorrespondingtextishighlightedinyellow–thetextofthecommentisalsodisplayedinaToolTip.Alinktothecurrentreportcardisatthetopofthescreenandlinkstoemailteachersmayappearbelowtheteacher’sname. TheGradingScreenThisscreensummarizesyourstudent’sReportCardgradesforthecurrentyear.ThecurrentMarkingPeriodishighlightedingreen.EachboxshowsthegradeandcommentcodesthatyourstudenthasreceivedinthecorrespondingclassfortheselectedMarkingPeriod.Ifyouplaceyourcursoronacommentcode(e.g.03),thecorrespondingcommentwillbehighlighted(e.g. ).Inaddition,thetextofthe
commentwillappearinatooltip(e.g. ).Inaddition,asoutlinedbelow,youcanaccessandviewyourstudent’smostrecentreportcard. ViewingyourChild’sCurrentorMostRecentReportCardIfyouareabletoviewyourchild’sactualreportcard,a messagewillappearbetweenyourchild’snameandtheirlistofgrades:
ThecurrentMarkingPeriodisshowningreen(typicallyitwillnotyetcontaingrades).
CommentTooltip
LinktoRptCard
Comments
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Ifthismessageappears,clickittoviewtheactualreportcarddisplayedinAdobeReader(AdobeReadermustbeinstalledonyourcomputer).Asamplereportcordisshownbelow.
ToPrintaCopyoftheReportCard
1. Clickonthe‘Gradingtab.2. Ifthe“Pleaseclickheretoview”messageappears,clickit.Ifitdoesnotappear,youwillnot
beabletoviewyourchild’sactualreportcardatthistime.
3. Whenthereportcardappears,locatetheAdobeprintericon attheupperleftoftheAdobeReader’sborder.ClickittoaccessaregularPrintdialogandprintthereportcard.(NewerversionsofAdobeReadermaydisplaytheprintericondifferently.PleaserefertotheAdobeReaderuserguide.)
ToSaveaCopyoftheReportCard
1. Clickonthe‘Setup’tab.2. Ifthe“Pleaseclickheretoview”messageappears,clickit.Ifitdoesnotappear,youwillnot
beabletoviewyourchild’sactualreportcardatthistime.3. Whenthereportcardappears,locatetheSaveiconattheupperleftoftheAdobeReader’s
border.ClickittoaccessaregularFiledialogandprintthereportcard. ToReturntotheGenesisParentsPortal
1. Whenyouaredoneviewingthereportcard,clickthebrowser“Back”button.
AdobePrinterIcon
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PriorYearReportCards
The tabbringsupReportCardsfrompreviousyearsthatyourchild’sschoolhasmadevisiblethroughGenesis.ReportCardswillnotbeavailableforyearsbeforeyourDistrictbeganusingGenesis:
List of Available Prior Year Report Cards. Click the PDF icon at right to see a Report Card.
AcademicHistory(TranscriptInformation)Ifyourstudentisinhighschool,the“GradeHistory”tabliststhecourseandfinalgradeinformationthatwillappearonthestudent’sactualtranscript.
Student’s Academic History – Information that will appear on their Transcript
ToviewapriorReportCard,clickitsPDFicon.
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Discipline
DisciplineRecordTheoptionalDisciplinescreenlistsanydisciplineissuesregardingyourchildthathaveoccurredinthecurrentschoolyear.Eachincidentrecordincludesthefollowinginformation:
• Thedateandtimeperiodinwhichtheincidentoccurred.• Abriefdescriptionoftheincident• Alistofallactionsthathavetakenplaceorwilltakeplaceasaresultofyourchild’s
involvementintheincident• Datesonwhichtheactionswereorarescheduledtotakeplace.
Thisscreenmaynotbeavailableinyourstudent’sschool.
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Gradebook
Weekly Summary of Assignments Screen and Marking Period Averages
TheGradebookSummaryScreen–ClickonthehighlightedcoursenametoseealltheAssignmentsforthatcourse.Clickonateacher’semailaddresstosendemailtothatteacher.
ChoosingtheMarkingPeriodAveragetoDisplayThe“Avg”columnalwaysstartsbydisplayingyourstudent’sup-to-dateMarkingPeriodaverageforthecurrent(i.e.ongoing)MarkingPeriod.YoucancheckontheiraverageforapreviousMarkingPeriodbyusingthedropdowninthe“Avg”columnheader:
SelecttheMarkingPeriodandtheaveragesinthecolumnwillbeupdatedtoshowyoutheaveragesforthatMarkingPeriod.Ifyoutabawayfromthisscreenandthenreturn,theaveragesforthecurrentMPwillonceagainbedisplayed.
ViewingallAssignmentsforOneCourseToseealloftheAssignmentsforonecourse,clickonthehighlightedcoursename.Thatwilltakeyoutothe“OneCourse/AllAssignments”screen.
ViewingallAssignmentsforaSelectedDayToseealloftheAssignmentsforoneday(forexample,Tuesday),clickonthehighlighteddayname.Thatwilltakeyoutothe“OneDay/AllAssignments”screen.
Selectweek
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GradebookWeeklySummaryScreen–SearchforAssignmentsbydate,MarkingPeriodor“AllAssignments”
GradebookWeeklySummaryThisshowsyouasnapshotofallAssignmentsthatareduefortheselectedweek.Youmaydothefollowing:
• Selectadifferentweekbyclickinginthe“Weekof”field.• SeeallAssignmentforallcoursesbyselecting“AllAssignments”.• SeealltheAssignmentsforonecoursebyclickingonthehighlightednameofacoursein
thelist.• SeealltheAssignmentsforonedaybyclickingonthehighlighteddayname.• Seeyourstudent’smarkingperiodaveragesforeitherthecurrentMarkingPeriodora
previousMarkingPeriod.• DownloadfilestheteacherhasattachedtoanAssignment.• Viewteachers’Assignmentcommentsforyourchild.
IftheteacherhasuploadedfilestoanAssignment,youwillbeabletoclickoneachfile’sicontodownloadit.
ClickthePrintAssignmentslinktoprintoutthelist.
Clickonpushpinstoseetheteacher’scommentsaboutyourchild’sworkormessagestotheclass.
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List of Assignments Screen
ListofAssignmentsThisscreenwillallowyoutolookatyourchild’sAssignmentsinmultipleways.
Thecontrolsatthetopofthescreenletyouselectbythefollowingcriteria:
• Courses–Selectonesubjectorallsubjects• Status–
o GradedAssignments–Assignmentsthathavebeengraded.o UngradedAssignments–Assignmentsthattheteacherhasnotyetgraded.o IncompleteAssignments–Assignmentsthestudenthaspartiallybutnotcompletely
finished.o MissedAssignments–Allassignmentsthestudentfailedtoturninordo.o Assignmentsthestudenthasnotyetcompletedbecausetheywereabsentontheduedate.
Anassignmentismarked“Absent”ifthestudentisabsentonthedayitisdue.Thisoptionshowsallassignmentscurrentlymarked“Absent”.
• AssignmentDueDate–Selectonedate.Thisdatecanbeinterpretedasthesingledateyouselectedorastheweekwhichcontainsthedateyouselectedorasthemonth.
• ShowAssignmentDates–Thisletsyouchoosethetimeperiodyouwishtoviewassignmentsfor:o “Oneday”–theAssignmentsforthedateselectedinAssignmentDueDate.
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o “Weekof”-theAssignmentsfortheweekwhichcontainsthedateselectedinAssignmentDueDate.
o “Month”-theAssignmentsforthemonthwhichcontainsthedateselectedinAssignmentDueDate.
o “MP1”–AllassignmentsforMarkingPeriod1.o “MP2”–AllassignmentsforMarkingPeriod2.o “MP3”–AllassignmentsforMarkingPeriod3.o “MP4”–AllassignmentsforMarkingPeriod4.o “AllAssignments”–Allassignmentsfortheentiredurationofthecourse.
One Day’s Assignments OneDay’sAssignmentWhenyouclickona‘day’nameyouarebroughttothe“ListAssignments”screenwithonlytheonedayselected:
OneDay/AllAssignmentsIfyouclickonadayname,youcometothe“OneDay/AllAssignments”screen.Thisisthe“ListAssignments”screensetforoneday,allcourses,allassignments.
Thesetwodropdownboxesaresettotheselectedday.
Thesetwodropdownboxesaresetto‘allcourses’and‘allassignments’
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One Week’s Assignments ViewingaWeek’sAssignmentsIfyouselect“Weekof”andselectanydate,youwillbeshownallassignmentsfortheweekcontainingtheselecteddate.Forexample,ifyouselectthedate“11/21/2008”whichhappenstobeaFriday,youwillbeshownallassignmentsfortheweekMonday,11/17/2008throughFriday,11/21/2008.
Special Grades and the Previous Grade Column (“Prev”)
Teachershave4"special"gradesthattheycangivestudentsforanyassignment:
• Absent –Yourchildwasabsentonthedatetheassignmentwasdue.Thismeansyourchildhasachancetomakeupthework:TheassignmentisnotcounteduntiltheteacherchangesthegradetoaregulargradeortoMissing orIncomplete.WhenagradeofAbsent ischangedtoanothergrade,“Absent”appearsinthe column.Somethingthat“waspreviouslyAbsent”wasturnedinafteryourchildreturnedtoschoolfollowinganabsence.
• Missing –Yourchildfailedtoturninanassignmentortakeaquizoratest.Whena ischangedtoanothergrade, appearsinthe column.Missingisthemostcommonspecialgrade.Ateacher’scommentmayaccompanyamissing.Somethingthat“waspreviouslyMissing”wasturnedinlate.
• Incomplete –Yourchildpartiallycompletedanassignmentbutdidnotfinishit.WhenIncompleteappearsinthe column,yourchildhascompletedtheassignmentlate.
• Exempt –Yourchildisnotresponsiblefordoingthisassignment.Itdoesnotcountforthem.ItisunusualforanExempttoappearinthe column.Usually,whenachildisexplicitlyexemptfromanAssignment,theyarenotlatergivenagrade.
Initially,thesespecialgradesappearintheregular column(e.g. ).Whenateachergivesoneofthesespecialgrades(e.g. -Missing)andthenlaterchangesittoanothergrade,theoriginal,specialgrade
If“Weekof”isselected,selectinganydatewillshowthatweek’sAssignments.
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(i.e. )isdisplayedinthe columnontheListAssignmentsscreen.Regulargradesneverappearinthe column–itisonlyforthesespecialgrades.Theteachercannotclearthe“previousgrade”.Itisalwaysdisplayedtoyou.Youmightusethisinformationtohelpunderstandwhyyourchildmayhavereceivedtheirregulargrade(“theworkwaslate”).Forexample,excellentworkturnedinlateoftenreceivesareducedgrade. Viewing Teacher Comments
Teacherscanentercommentsonyourchild’sperformancethatcanbeviewedthroughtheListAssignmentsscreen.Ifateacherhasenteredacommentonanassignment,pleasetaketimetoviewit.
Ifapushpin iconappearsontheAssignmentline,itmeanstheteacherhasenteredacommentontheassignment.Toreadthecomment,clickthe icon.Thiswillcausethecommentstopopup:
Downloading Attached Documents
Teacherscanuploaddocumentstoassignmentssothatyoucandownloadtheseathome.The“documents”includesuchthingsasMSWord,MSExcel,PDFfiles,.wmvmovies,podcastsandmanyothertypesoffiles.Whenoneormoredocumentshavebeenuploadedandattachedtoanassignment,iconsidentifyingthetypeofeachattachmentappearintheDocscolumnontheListAssignmentscreen.
Ificons(e.g. )appearinthe“Docs”columnontherightsideofanAssignmentline,itmeansthattheteacherhasuploadeddocumentstotheassignmentandyoumaydownloadthese.Therewill
beoneiconforeachdocumenttheteacherhasattached( meansthereisonedocumentattached).Theshapeoftheiconindicatesthekindoffilethatisattached(e.g. indicatesaPDFfilethatrequiresADOBEReadertoread).Youwillneedtohaveinstalledtherightapplicationtovieweachtypeoffile.1
Toseethedescriptionofanattacheddocument,placeyourcursorontheicon: (cursoron icon)
Todownloadthedocument,doubleclickonitsicon.Theattachmentwillbedisplayedinthecentralpartofthescreen.
1 Whileteachersareencouragedtouploadfilesincommonformats,suchasMSWord,thereisnoguaranteethatyouwillalwayshavetherightapplicationtoviewanattachment.Ifyoudonot,pleasecontacttheteacher.
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Assessments
Assessments shows your student’s standardized test scores
ListofStandardizedTestScoresThetopsectionlistsyourstudent’sstandardizedtestscores:
ViewsofVariousGroupsofScoresTheothersections,ifanyappear,showgroupsofyourstudent’sscores.Eachsectioncontainsagroupofscoresrelatedinsomeway:
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Scheduling “Scheduling”intheParentsModuleisallaboutNextYearScheduling.
ViewingNextYearRequests,RecommendationsandSchedule The screenshowsyouyourstudent’scourserequestsforthenextschoolyear(e.g.2012-13ifthisyearis2011-12),teacherrecommendations,ifthereareany,aswellastheir“nextyear”scheduleonceonehasbeencreated.
Therearethreethingslistedonthisscreen:1. Yourstudent’slistofcourserequestsfornextyear.Thesecanbeprintedout. 2. Theteacheracoursewasrecommendedby–iftherewasateacherrecommendation.
TeacherRecommendationswillappearattheverybottomofthescreen. 3. Yourstudent’sactualschedulefornextyear.Oncethestudent’sactualschedulefornext
yearisready,itwillbedisplayedonthisscreenaswell.Thismaynothappenduringthecurrentschoolyear.Whenthenextyearscheduleisready,youwillbeabletoprintitoutaswell.
PrintingNextYear’sRequests
1. ClickthePDFIconnexttothe“listofrequests”header:
ThisbringsupanAdobePDFviewofyourstudent’snextyearrequests(shownbelow).Theprintedreportincludesa“signature”line.
2. UsetheAdobeReader’sprintbuttontosendthereporttotheprinter.3. Youmaybeaskedtodoprinttherequestlist,signthesetofrequestsandhaveyour
studentreturnthesignedlisttoschool.
Schedulingchoicesarefortheselectedstudent..
Scrolldowntoseecourserecommendationsforyourstudent.
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AdobePDFreportofyourstudent’snextyearcourserequests.UsetheAdobePrintbuttontoprintthisout.
PrintingNextYear’sScheduleYourstudent’snextyearschedulewillonlybeavailableoncetheschedulingprocesscompletes.Thismaynotoccuruntilaftertheendofthecurrentschoolyear.Schedulingisalongandcomplicatedprocess.Anemptyormissingschedulesimplymeansthatyourstudent’sschoolhasnotyetcompletedtheschedulingprocessandisnotacauseforalarm.
1. ClickthePDFIconnexttothe“NextYearSchedule”header:
ThisbringsupanAdobePDFviewofyourstudent’snextyearschedule.
2. UsetheAdobeReader’sprintbuttontosendthereporttoyourprinter.
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CoursesRecommendedbutNotRequestedTheverybottomoftheSchedulingscreenmaycontainalistofcoursesthatteachersrecommendedforyourstudentbutwhichtheydecidednottorequestandnottotake.Scrolldowntoseethislist.
Thislistwillappearifateacherrecommendsacourseforyourstudentandyourstudentdecidesnottotakethecourse.Thecourseisthen“notrequested”sothatitwillnotbescheduledforyourstudent. MakingNextYearCourseRequests Ifyourschoolallows,youmaymakecourserequestsfromthe“Requests”screen:
The Requests screen lets you choose courses to request for the next school year.
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MakingCourseRequestsIfyouareallowedtorequestcourses,theRequestsscreenwillbeavailableandthesubjectswillbelistedthere.Ifasubjectisnotlisted,youcannotmakerequestsforit.Toviewtheavailablecoursesforasubject–toseethecoursecatalog–clickonthe“RequestaCourse”buttonforthatsubject:
The Course Catalog screen lists all the available courses in the subject area – English for example.
Clickthe linktoseethecoursecatalogfortheselectedsubjectarea.
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DecipheringtheCourseCatalogEachlineinthecoursecatalogprovidesthefollowinginformation:
- CourseCode–Thecoursenumberintheschool’scatalog.- CourseNameordescription–Thenameofthecourse.- Credits–Howmanycreditsisitworth?- Typeorlevelofcourse(e.g.HonorsorAP)- Grades–Whichgradelevels(e.g.10thgrade)isthecourseaimedat?- Status–Hasthiscoursebeenrecommendedforyourstudent?Havetheyalready
requestedit?- Priority–Adropdownthatallowsyoutoselectyourpriorityforthecourse.- AdditionalInformation–Aplacewhereyoucanenterashortnoteaboutyourchoice.- SelectororMessage–Thiseitherprovidesyouwitha“RequestthisCourse”buttonorthe
reasonwhythestudentcannotrequestit.Forexample,becauseitisalreadyoneoftheirrequests,ortheydonothavetheprerequisitesforthecourse.
Thecatalogmayhaveexpandeddescriptionsofthecourse,andmayalsogivereasonswhyyoucannotchooseaparticularcourseforyourstudent.Ifacoursecanberequested,the“RequestthisCourse”buttonwillbeavailable.Clickthisbuttontochoosethecorrespondingcourse:
Whenyouclickona button,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmyourchoice:
Click“OK”tofinalizethecourserequestor“Cancel”tocancelit.
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Onceyouhavemadearequest,the“Requests”screenisupdatedwithyourchoice:
PrioritizingyourChoicesTheCourseCatalogcontainsa“Priority”dropdownforeachcourseandan“AdditionalInformation”field.
Youcanprioritizeyourchoicebyselectingapriority.The“Priority”checkboxletsyoupickanumberbetween1–thehighest–and5–thelowest–toindicatetheorderofyourchoices.
YoucanalsoputashortnoteintheAdditionalInformationfield.Yourchild’sguidancecounselorwillbeabletoseeboththepriorityandtheshortnote.
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Conferences TheConferencestabcontainsalistofconferencesscheduledwithschoolpersonnel(teachers,counselors,casemanagers)thathavebeenmadeforthestudentandtheirguardian(s).Therearetwocontrolsonthebottomofthescreen,whichallowsyoutomakeorrequestadditionalconferenceappointments.
Scheduling Conferences Clickingonthe linkbringsupascreenwhereyouselectatimeslotforeachofyourstudent’steachersandlockinyourconferenceappointments:
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Eachteacherorcounselorhasacolumnwhichwillshowallavailableslots:
Requesting a Conference RequestingaConferenceisdifferentthanSchedulingaConference.Whenyouclickonthelink,youwillseealistofyourstudents’teachersforthecurrentweek:
Toselectaconferenceslot,locateadateandtimethatworksforyouandclickthe buttonforthatslot.Averificationdialogwillappear:
ClickOKtoreservetheslot.Onceyouhavereservedaslot,alltheremainingslotsforthatpersonwillbecomeunavailable.Youmayonlyscheduleoneslotforeachteacherorcounselorduringa“TeacherConference”event.
Youmayonly“request”analreadyavailableslot.Teacherswhohaveslotsavailablewillhavetheslottimeslisted.Youcannotrequestaconferenceforateacherwhohasnoavailableslots.Torequestoneoftheavailableslots,clickonthelistedslottime.Alistofthatteacher’sslotsfortheselecteddaywillbedisplayed.Youcanthenchooseoneoftheavailableslots.
Tochooseaslot,clickthe buttonforit.When“requesting”slots,youmayrequestmorethanone.Evenafteryouhavereservedoneslot,allothersremainavailable.
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Letters TheLetterstabcontainsalistoflettersthathavebeensenttothestudent’sguardians.Oncetheletterhasbeensenttotheguardian,itcanbemadeavailableontheLettersscreen.
Toviewaletter,clickonthe PDFiconcorrespondingtoit.Thiswillopenaseparatewindowanddisplaytheletter:
Sample Letter– letter is displayed in a separate web browser window.
Whenyouarefinishedviewingtheletter,youmayclosethewindowitisdisplayedin.
ClickthePDFicontoviewaletter.
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PrintingLettersAllGenesisreportsaredisplayedasPDFsusingAdobeReader.Toprintonaprinter,usetheAdobePrintericontobringupanormalprintdialog.WhattypesofLettersaredisplayed?
• AttendanceLetters–LettersgeneratedwhenthestudenthassomeAttendance-relatedissue(e.g.toomanyabsences).
• ConductLetters–Lettersgeneratedwhenastudentisinvolvedinadisciplineinfraction.
• SchedulingLetters–Lettersrelatedtoschedulingclassesfornextyear.
• Generalpurposeletters–Anyletterthatdoesnotfallintooneoftheabovecategoriesisconsidered“generalpurpose”.Thesecancoverawidevarietyoftopics.
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Documents TheDocumentsscreenlistsdocumentsthattheschoolordistricthaslinkedtoyourstudent’srecord.Youcanviewtheseandmaybeaskedtoacknowledgethatyouhavereadoneofthem:
Thedocumentsyouhaveaccesstoaredisplayedinthe“DocumentLibrary”listonthisscreen:
DownloadandViewaDocumentTodownloadandviewadocumentlistedonthisscreen,clickthe PDFicon.Thisdisplaysthecontentsoftheselecteddocument.
AcknowledgethatyouhavereadtheDocument–Thisis“signing”thedocumentToacknowledgethatyouhavereadthecorrespondingdocument,clickthe
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button.Thiscausesaconfirmationdialogtoappear:
YoumusttypethewordYES(allincapitalletters)intothisdialogboxandclicktheOKbuttontoacknowledgethatyouhavereadthecorrespondingdocument.
WARNING:Clickingthe buttonandenteringYESintothepromptisalegalacknowledgementthatyouhavereadthedocument.
Onceyouhaveacknowledgedreadingthedocument,thebuttonisnolongerdisplayed:
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Forms
FillingFormsIfanyformsareavailableforyoutofillout,theywillappearontheStudent Data"Formsscreen.Clickingonthenameofaformopensitsothatyoucananswerthequestionsitcontains.
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ToFilloutaForm1. GototheStudent Data"Formstab. 2. SelecttheFormtofillinandclickonitshighlightedname:
3. Clickingontheform’snamebringsuptheformsoitcanbefilledin.Eachformisdifferent.
4. Whenyouaredonefillingintheform,clickthe button.Thissendsyouranswersto
Genesis.Ifyoudonotclick buttonyouranswerswillnotberecorded.
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Contact Management TheContactsscreenallowsyoutoviewandpossiblyupdatethecontactinformationforyourstudents.IfyoudonothavepermissiontoupdatetheContactinformationdirectlyviaWebAccess,youwillnotseethefieldsandbuttonsdescribedhere.Ifthosefieldsandbuttonsaremissing,pleasecontactyourschoolordistrictofficestoupdateinformationforyourchildren.A PDFiconmayappearnexttothenameofeachofyourchildrentoallowyoutoprintouttheircurrentcontactinformation.
Part of the Contacts Screen listing all Contact Information for your students
WhatislistedontheContactManagementScreen?TheContactsscreenlistsalltelephoneandemailcontactinformationfor:
- Thestudentthemselves–yourchildren’sowncellphoneandemailaddresses- Thestudent’sGuardians–Thelegalguardians–suchasyourself–whoareallowedtoview
thechildren’sinformation.- Othercontacts–allotherpeoplewhomyouwishtheschooltobeawareofinyour
children’slives,including:o Emergencycontacts–Peopleyouwishtobecontactedshouldanemergencyarise
andyouarenotavailable.o Doctorso Dentistso Hospitaltouseinanemergencyifhospitalizationisrequired.o Otherpeopleitisimportantthattheschoolknowabout.
TheContactsscreenhasanareaforeachofyourchildrenandwithinachild’sarea;thereisaseparatesectionforeachContact.ViewingandPrintingContactInformationforallStudentslinkedtoyourAccount
ClickthePDFicontogetaprintablelistofallofthisstudent’scontacts.
Eachsectionisaboutadifferentcontact.
Youmayseephonenumbersand/orEmailaddresses
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ToprintacopyofallofthecontactinformationfoundontheContactsscreenforonestudent,
locatethe PDFiconnexttothestudent’snameandclickit.
Thiswillbringupareportofthisstudent’sContactinformation:
The Contacts Report for one student – These reports maybe multiple pages.
TheContactReport:Thereportisalwaysforonestudent.EachstudentlistedwillhaveaPDFiconnexttotheirnamewhichcanbeclickedforthatstudent’sContactsreport.Thereportscanbemultiplepages.Makesureyouscrolldowntoseeallofastudent’sContactinformation.Thisreportcanbeprintedout,correctedandbroughttoyourchild’sschoolordistrictoffices.PrintingContactReportsAllGenesisreportsaredisplayedasPDFsusingAdobeReader.Toprintonaprinter,usetheAdobePrintericontobringupanormalprintdialog.
Clickthisicon
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Scroll down to view additional students and contact information
InterpretingInformationforaContactEach“Contact”representsonepersoninastudent’slife(e.g.Mother,Grandmother,Uncle),orasingleorganization(e.g.Doctor’spractice,Hospital).
ThetoplineshowstheContact’snameand“contacttype”andrelationshiptothestudent:
Scrolldownformorestudents
Youmaynotbeallowedtochangeanyinformation
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Therearemultiplecontacttypesthatarepossible:
- Student- Guardian1- Guardian2- Guardian3- Guardian4- Emergency- Other
PhoneNumbers:AContactmayhaveanunlimitednumberofphonenumberslistedforthem.IfanumberisacellnumberandyouwanttheContacttoreceivetextmessagesontheircellphoneregardingyourstudent,youmustselectthenameofthecellserviceprovider(e.g.Verizon,AT&T,Sprint,T-Mobile,etc.).Ifyouhavepermissiontoremovephonenumbers,atrashcaniconwillappearatthefarrightofeachphonenumber:
EmailAddresses:AContactcanhavemultipleemailaddresseslisted.Ifasmalliconappearsattherightsideoftheemailaddress,itmeansthatthisemailaddressisbeingusedastheloginforaGenesisloginforyourchild.Forexample,itmaybeyouremailaddressandindicatethatyouhaveaGenesislogin:
TheStudent’sOwnContactInformationEachstudentcanhavetheirown,personalphonenumbersandemailaddresseslistedunderthe“Student”contact.Thesewouldbewaysfortheschooltocontactthestudent,themself,directly.
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Youmaynotseeanyspecialflags:
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UpdatingInformationforaContactEachsectioncontainsinformationforasingleContact:
InformationforoneContact
Each“Contact”representsonepersoninastudent’slife(e.g.Mother,Grandmother,Uncle),orasingleorganization(e.g.Doctor’spractice,Hospital).YouMAYbeabletoupdatetheContactinformationdirectlyonthescreen:thisisunderthecontrolofyourschooldistrict.Theymayallowyoutoupdatetheinformationdirectly,oryoumayonlybeabletoviewit.UpdatingaContact’sEmailandPhoneNumbersYoucandothreethingstotheemailaddressesandphonenumbers:
- Changetheinformation- Remove(i.e.delete)theinformation- Addnewphonenumbersandemailaddresses
WARNING:Youcanonlydothesethingsifyourschooldistrictgivesyoupermission.Thissectionassumesthatyouhavesuchpermission–ifyoucannotdothethingsdescribedhere,itisbecauseyourdistricthasnotgivenyoupermissiontodothem:itisnotbecausethesystemisbroken.
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Deletingaphonenumberoremailaddress:Findthedeletetrashcaniconcorrespondingtothephonenumberoremailyouwishtodeleteandclickit:
Aconfirmationdialogwillappear:
Addingaphonenumberoremailaddress:Toaddanewphonenumberoremailaddresslocatethe“AddPhone/Email”toolatthebottomoftheContact’sinformation:
MakesureyoulocatetheAddPhone/EmailforthecorrectContact.EachContacthastheirownAddPhone/Emailfield:
ThedropdowncontainsthelistofthingsthatyoucanaddtotheContact:
Selectthetypeofinformationyouwanttoadd.ThenmovetotheblanktextfieldandenterthephonenumberorEmailaddress.Gotothetoporbottomofthescreenandclickthe button.AddingaCellProviderinformationtoanexistingphonenumber:ForGenesistosendtextmessagestoaCellnumber,thecellserviceprovider(e.g.Verizon,AT&T,Sprint,T-Mobile)mustbespecified.Itisnotpossibletosendtextmessageswithoutthatinformation.“Textmessages”includethenotificationsthatcanbesent,forexample,whenastudent’sgradebookgradesareupdated.Ifthecellserviceproviderisselected,butiswrong,thenumberwillnotreceivethemessagesthataresent.
Tosetorchangeacellnumber,locatethe“Provider”dropdownbelowthephonenumberitself:
ClicktheOKbuttontocontinueanddeletetheemailaddressorphonenumber.ClickCanceltoabandonthedeletionandkeeptheinformation.
Youmayonlyaddthethingsinthislist.Ifsomethingismissing,youdonothavepermissiontoaddit(e.g.if“Email”ismissingyoudonothavepermissiontoaddEmails.
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Selectyourprovider,thenscrollupordown(tothetoporbottomofthepage)andclickthebutton.
AddingaNewContactIfyouhavea buttonatthebottomleftofastudent’slistofcontacts,youhavepermissiontoaddanewcontact!Ifyoudonotseethatbutton,youdonothavepermissiontoaddacontact:pleasecontactyourschooltoupdatecontactinformation.
ToaddaContact,clickonthe button.Thisbringsupthe“NewContact”arearightbelowthebutton:
Enterthefollowingfields:
- ContactFirstName–Theperson’slastname- ContactLastName–Theperson’sfirstname- RelationshiptoStudent–SelectthenewContact’srelationshiptothestudent:Friend?
Neighbor?Therearedozensofrelationshipslisted.Itisimportanttoselectthecorrectone.
- IsthepersonanEmergencyContactforyourchild?Doyouwantthemtobecontactedinanemergency?Ifyes,selectoneoftheEmergencyContactoptions.
Onceyouhaveenteredalltheinformation,clickthe buttontoaddthenewContact.
WARNING:Ifyouhavemorethanonestudent,andyouwishthenewcontacttobeusedforallyourstudents,youmustaddthemseparatelytoeachchild’scontacts.ChangingRelationshipInformationfororDeletinganExistingContactIfyouhavepermissiontoupdateinformationforacontact,therewillbean buttoninthetoplineofthecontact’sinformation.Toupdatethenameinformationforacontactortodeletethecontactentirely,usethis button:
Youcanenteruptosixemergencycontactsforeachofyourstudents.Emergencycontactsarepeopleyouwishtobecalledintheeventofanemergency.Enterintheorderinwhichyouwouldlikethesepeopletobecontacted.
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Whenyouclick ,apopupappears:
The popupgivesyouthreeoptions:• -ClickingtheClosebuttondismissesthepopupandmakesnochanges.• -Clicking letsyouchangethenameandrelationship
informationforthisContact.(PhonenumbersandEmailAddressesarechangedasdescribedabove.)
• -Clicking removesthecontactentirely.Thisremovesthewholecontact:name,phonenumbersandemailaddresses.Warning:ThereisnoUNDObutton.
DeletingaContact:Whenyouclick the following confirmation dialog appears:
IfyouclickYes,thecontactandalltheirinformationispermanentlyremoved.IfyouclickNo,thenthepopupisclosedandthecontactisnotdeleted.
ChangingaContact:Whenyouclick the following popup appears:
Youcanchangethecontact’sFirstorLastname,andsetwhethertheyareanEmergencyContactornot.Tomakechangestothecontact,updatetheinformation,thenscrolltothetoporbottomofthescreenandclickthe button.
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Payments ThePaymentscreen,whenitisavailable,allowsyoutopayfeesforyourstudentsdirectlythroughGenesisWebPortalusingyourAmazonaccounttomakeyourpayments.The Payment screen lists all fees for all your students (you do not need to select each childindividuallytoseetheirfees):
ThePayment"Fees screenshowingalistofallunpaidfeesforallstudentsassociatedwithyourwebaccessaccount
Therearethreescreensthatarepartofthepaymentmechanism.Thefirstisthe“Fees”screenwhichcontainsalistofallfeesowedbyallyourchildren. PayingFees:Topayoneofthefees,eitherfullyorpartially,finditinthelistoffees:
Clickthe buttontomovethefeeintothe“AmounttoPay”field:
Optionally,youcanenterapartialpaymentamount(e.g.$50.00).
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Youcanalsoenterpaymentsformultiplefees.Atotalamountisdisplayedatthebottomofthelist:
TothenmovethepaymentstoyourShoppingCart,clickthe buttonbelowthelist.Youwillbepromptedtomakesureyouwishtodothis:
WhenyouhaveputallthefeesyouwishtopayintotheShoppingCart,youmayclickthebutton.ThisbringsupyourShoppingCartscreen:
Clickingthe buttontakesyoutoAmazon.comtocompleteyourtransaction:
UsetheAmazonpaymentcontroltopayforfeesbycreditcard.
Toaddthefeestoyourcart,clickOK.ClickCanceltodonothing.
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Amazon.comistheonlywaytopay.YoumusthaveanAmazonaccountsetupinordertousethispaymentoption. ViewingPaymentHistoryYourpaymenthistoryisdisplayedonthePayment"Historyscreen:
ThePaymentHistorylistshowsyouyourcompletedtransactions:
Thecontrolsalongthetopofthelistofpaymentsalsoallowyoutochoosetoview:
- Completed–thosepaymentsthatyouhavesuccessfullypaid(shownbydefault)- Failedpayments–Paymentsthatdidnotcompleteforonereasonoranother.- All-Successfulandunsuccessfulpaymentsinonelist- DownloadasExcel-ExportthelistedpaymentstoanExcelspreadsheet
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Home
Introduction to the Home Screens
Therearetwoscreensunder tab:
1. MessageCenter-TheMessageCenterprovidesalistofallmessagesreceivedforyour
student.Therearenosettingsonthisscreen–itisaninformationscreen.2. MessageAlertSetup–ThisiswhereyousetwhichAlertsyouwishtoreceive.
TogettotheMessageCenterscreen,clicktheHometab.
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The Message Center Screen & Alerts
TheMessageCenterscreenlistsalltypesofmessagesforyourstudents
UsingtheMessageCenterTheMessageCenterprovidesalistofallmessagesreceivedforyourstudents.SomeofthesemaybelinkedtoDocumentsorLetters.ThereisoneMessageCenterforallyourstudents–allyourstudents’informationislocatedonthesamescreen.AnatomyofaMessageEachMessageincludesadate,anIconidentifyingwhichmoduleofGenesissentit,themessageitselfandpotentiallyanadditionallineofinformationandpossiblyView,LinkandDeletebuttons:
-Thisisthe“View”icon.IftheViewiconispresent,clickingitwillbringupthedocumentorletter.
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-Thisisthe“Link”icon.IftheLinkiconispresent,clickingitwilltakeyoutothescreencontainingtheitemrelatedtothemessage.Forexample,iftheAlertisaboutadocument,clickingLinktakesyoutotheDocumentsscreen.IftheAlertisaboutAttendance,clickingittakesyoutotheAttendancescreen.
-Thisisthe“Delete”trashcanicon.ToremovetheMessage,clicktheDeleteicon.
ViewingtheMessageContentIfthereisa button,clickittobringupthedocument,letterorothercontent:
ClickthebrowserbackbuttontoreturntoGenesis.
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Whenthereisa“Link”button,ifyouclickit,itwillbringuptheDocumentsscreenintheParentsmodulesoyoucanseethefulllistofDocumentsforyourstudent:
OtherMessagetypeshaveLinkbuttonsthatbringuptheappropriatescreen.
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Setting Alerts
AlertsGenesishastheabilitytosendanalerttoyourcontactemails/textmessageaddresses:
- ifyourchildisabsentortardyor- ifagradeisupdatedinanyoftheirteacher’sGradebooks- IfanAttendanceletterhasbeengeneratedforoneofyourchildren.- Formanyothertypesofmessages.
TurningOnAlerts
1. Clickonthe tab.2. Atthetop,clickthe button.
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3. ThisbringsuptheMessageAlertSetupscreen.AtthetopisanexplanationofeachtypeofAlert.Belowthatisalistofalltheemailaddressandcellphonenumbersonfileforanyofyourstudents:
4. Foreachemailaddressorcellnumber,checktheAlertcheckboxesforthealertsyouwishto
receive.5. Scrolltothebottomandclickthe button.
TurningOffAlerts
1. Clickonthe tab.2. Atthetop,clickthe button.3. ThisbringsuptheMessageAlertSetupscreen.Atthetopisanexplanationofeachtypeof
Alert.Belowthatisalistofalltheemailaddressandcellphonenumbersonfileforanyofyourstudents:
4. Foreachemailaddressorcellnumber,unchecktheAlertcheckboxesforthealertsyoudo
notwishtoreceive.5. Scrolltothebottomandclickthe button.
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Adding Emails and Cell Phone Numbers to Receive Alerts ThelistofemailaddressesandcellphonenumbersshownontheMessageCenterAlertsscreenarethosewhichyouhaveprovidedforyourownpersonalcontactinformation.Toaddcellnumbersoremailstothelist,youmusteitherusethecontrolsonthe screen,or,ifyouarenotallowedtochangeyourinformationthere,youmustcontactyourstudents’school(s).
All of your personal emails and cell phone numbers will be available here – this will usually be a short list.
Personal Settings
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Changing Passwords
Whenareyourequiredtochangeyourpassword?Ifyourpasswordischangedbythesystemadministrator,thenexttimeyoulogin,youwillberequiredtochangeyourpassword.The“ChangePassword”screenwillautomaticallyappearandyoumustdothefollowing:
1. Enteryourcurrentpassword2. Enterthenewpasswordyoudesire3. Re-enterthenewpasswordyoudesire.4. Click
Setting Your Home Screen
ToChangeYourPassword1. Clickonthe tabattheupperleftcornerof
allParentAccessscreens.Thisbringsupthe“Settings”screen
2. Enteryourcurrentpassword3. Enterthenewpasswordyoudesire1. Re-enterthenewpasswordyoudesire.
2. Click
Tosetyourentryscreen:1. Clickonthe tabattheupperleftcornerof
allParentAccessscreens.Thisbringsupthe“Settings”screen
2. Locatethe“Settings”panelontheright. 3. ChooseanewHomescreen. 4. Click
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. Where do I get my login?
Your Genesis Web Access login will usually be your email address. You will give the email address you want to use as your login to your school or district. The school or district will tell you when your login has been entered into the Genesis system. If your email address is not going to be your login, your school or district will assign you a login.
2. What if I forget my password?
To replace a lost password you must call your school or district. Information as to who to call should be provided to you in your Web Access Welcome Packet. You cannot be given your existing password: for safety reasons, Genesis never displays a user’s password, even to the system administrators. If you lose or forget your password, you will be given a new, randomly generated password. You will then be required to change the new password the next time you login to Genesis Web Access.
3. What is the URL for Web Access?
You will be given the URL for Web Access in your Web Access Welcome Packet. If you do not have the Welcome Packet, you must contact your school or district to find out the correct URL.
4. How do I log out of Web Access?
There is a small “Log Off” button at the upper right of every Web Access screen. Click the “Log Off” button.
5. How can I update my student’s Attendance information?
You cannot update any information. If you believe any information is wrong, you must contact your child’s guidance counselor.
6. Is it ok for me to just close the browser rather than log off? Do I really need to log off?
Closing your browser is not the same as logging off. You must log off of Web Access to eliminate the possibility of someone else accidentally getting access to your student’s information.
For example, if you are accessing Web Access from a public place, such as a library or other public internet access point, if you just close your browser and walk away, without logging out, there is a chance that someone else will be able to immediately reattach to your Web Access session and view your child’s information. Logging off properly terminates the Web Access session. Always log off of Web Access – Never just close your browser
7. What if I do not have access to all my students?
If you need access to a student that is not yet linked to your Web Access login you must call your school or district office. Each district will have its own procedures and regulations regarding linking a student to your Web Access login. It may be possible that Web Access is in a ‘roll out’ phase and is only offered in some of the schools in your district and not in others. Refer to your Web Access Welcome Packet for information on whom or where to call.
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8. What if I don’t have access to my child’s Report Card?
Usually a school only displays the most recent report card that was sent home. If the actual report card is not available online, it may be that none has yet been sent home or that the previous Marking Period’s report card has been “turned off” so that the new Marking Period’s report card can be prepared.