Managing Districts

To add a district:

  1. From the main Administration Menu, click the “Organization” button.
  2. Click the “Districts” link.
  3. Click the “Add District” button toward the bottom of the page.
  4. Click the “Save” button.

Look further in this document for details about the district data fields.

To view or edit district information:

  1. From the main Administration Menu, click the “Organization” button.
  2. Click on the “Districts” link.
  3. Select View all from drop down, or a specific district.
  4. Use the “View” button, or click on the district name.
  5. Change or add any new information.
  6. Click the “Save” button.

To delete a district:

  1. From the main Administration Menu, click the “Organization” button.
  2. Click the “Districts” link.
  3. Select View all from drop down, or a specific district.
  4. Click the “Delete” button next to the district that you want to permanently delete.

District Data Field Details:

Demographic Information

  • The first section contains demographic information about the district. Be sure to set the “Cooperative” drop down list box if the district is a member of a cooperative.
  1. Use the “District type” drop down list box to set the district type.
  2. Use the “Student system” drop down list box to set the Student Information System (SIS) for the district, or enter a value into the “Other” text box.

Default District Settings

  • The second section contains district wide default settings:
  1. You can enter the parent rights contact person's name and phone number.
  2. You can set the default service multiplier values. These values correspond to the number of instructional days, weeks, months and years in your school year. Sample default values might be 182, 36, 9, and 1 respectively.
  3. Use the “Exited Students to” drop down list box to automatically assign exited students to a specific user account.

    A custom logo must have a dimension of no more than 50 pixels by 50 pixels. For best results, please use a square logo.

  4. Check the “Use custom logo” check box if the district has a custom logo to print on forms.
  5. Check the “Show draft watermark” check box to print a “DRAFT” watermark on draft documents when they are printed.
  6. Check the “Hide blank PDF forms” check box to prevent users from accessing blank forms in PDF format.
  7. Check the “Hide provider name on services entry screen” check box to prevent provider names from being shown.
  8. Check the “In forms header us school information instead of district information.” check box to allow this option.
  9. Check the “Use MDE 2014 Model IEP Form.” check box to force educators to use this form format.
  10. You can select the 504 Coordinator from the Coordinator drop down options.

English Learners

  • This section is for English Learners setup. English Learners integration is currently being developed. You can ignore this section for now.

SIF Setup

  • This section is for SIF setup. SIF integration is currently being developed. You can ignore this section for now.

Send Message to Users

  • The fourth (bottom) section allows you to put a message in each user's “Message Inbox” on the main educator menu. To send a message:
  1. Enter a subject into the “Subject” field.
  2. Use the “All Users” to change who will get the message as needed.
  3. Enter the message in the text field.
  4. Press the “Save” button.
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