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Registration and Enrollment

• Automatic printing of registration forms
• Online registration using the Student/Parent portal
• Automatic feed into the Master Scheduler

Master Scheduling

• Schedule based upon school year, curriculum and teachers
• Ability to establish which constraints apply to your environment
• "What if" scenarios
• Master schedule loading of registered students to aid in seat usage determinations
• Generation of an "actionable" electronic master scheduling board
• Support for ad hoc changes and walk-in scheduling

Course/Class Management

• Management of Lesson Plans, Syllabus, Assignments and Notes with the ability to attach documents or multimedia files
• Teacher can publish material directly to Student/Parent portal
• Side-by-side comparisons of class sections, terms and students
• Monitoring of Athletic Eligibility, with Alerts sent when class failures occur

Attendance and Seating Charts

• Class roster management
• Visual, drag-and-drop seating chart interface
• Typical content such as student names, ID's and pictures
• Visual cues / alerts to represent key information such as food allergy, custodial issue, and IEP
• In-attendance default means you only need to mark those who are absent or tardy
• Automatic forwarding of results to attendance office/clerk
• Alerts generated automatically, based upon attendance setup values
• Automatic publishing of attendance information and issues to the Student/Parent portal

Grade Book

• Supports multiple grading methods such as points based, weighted, Rubric, letter grades, or semester grades
• Teachers can categorize assignments and summarize grades by category
• Grade book entries are configurable by each individual teacher
• Total possible point checks during data entry
• Grading information can be displayed in tabular and graphical formats
• Ability to generate alerts and emails
• Late assignments
• Grade drops below or rises to a specified grade level

Health Records Management

• Maintain Student Health Records
• Ability to monitor chronic conditions
• Incident Recording
• Daily Health Log
• Supports school and state reporting requirements

Special Education

• Supports setup of behavior charting and the associated data entry
• Special Education Program management and reporting
• Support state required reporting (LRE, Transition Services, etc.)

Discipline

• Discipline Dashboard
• Incident management
• Monitor student referrals and subsequent actions

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Role-based QuickViews

• Role based dashboards with up-to-the-minute
  related information
• Configurable by district and also by role, including teachers

Student/Parent Portal:

• Engaging interface that combines school work with social networking
• Personal Dashboards for students, parents and faculty
• A “My Calendar” feature is auto-populated with assignment due dates, test dates and other school events.  Students can add their personal appointments
• Class page promotes communication and collaboration among class mates and the instructor
• Parents, students and staff can establish social networks driven by common interests
• Multiple types of information published to the portal:
• Registration forms
• Class schedules
• Syllabus, assignments, lesson plans and notes
• Teacher journals, video/voice recordings
• Grades
• Attendance
• Discipline incidents (parental access only)
• Health incidents
• Contact information
• Easy publishing
• Information can be immediately displayed on the portal or go through an approval process that is managed by Backpack
• Does not require IT involvement
• Manage supplemental information such as Bulletins, Newsletters, Handbook, School Calendar, Event Calendar, Cafeteria, and School Contacts.
• Flexible to match the changing family models as it relates to information access
• Reporting Capabilities, which can include progress and grading report delivery
• Configurable alerts using thresholds - attendance, grades, discipline, etc
• Electronic Discussions and Idea Board
  • Parent/guardian able to initiate communication to a teacher

Alert & Reports Subscriptions

• Set for activities that require attention
• Alert staff to student health and custodial issues
• Alerts parents to excessive absences by their student
• Set thresholds which lets Backpack keep you informed

Administration

• School Information
• Define and maintain school departments
• Build and maintain personnel information, including Teacher Observations
• Administration Dashboard
• Events Dashboard
• Portal Dashboard

Comprehensive Reporting

• NCLB required reports
• State required reports
• Progress reports, which can be electronic, paper or both
• Aggregate of courses, repeated per semester
• Final Exam information, electronic comments, standard comments or free form
• Attendance recording sheets
• Worksheets generation for homework - configurable printing options
• Class rosters reports
• Grade book reports
• Discipline summary reports
• Student schedule reports

Balanced Scorecard

• Compare district and school assessment results to state averages
• District and school administrators see how schools within the district compare on assessments scores and like exams
• Evaluate individual teacher performance against district and school averages
• Parents see how their child is performing versus class and school averages

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