Getting Started

Getting Started

  • What browsers does SpEd Forms support?
  • How do I set up Safari on a Mac?
  • How do I set up Google Chrome?
  • How do I access SpEd Forms?
  • How do I change my password?
  • How do I change things in my profile?
  • How do I manage my personal team member list?
  • How do I manage my personal credentials?
  • How do I manage my personal drop down lists?
  • How do I manage my custom materials and procedures list?
  • How do I manage my personal measures?
  • How do I use my personal goal bank?

Managing Students

Managing Students

  • How do I manage the Messages inbox?
  • How do I setup and add new students?
  • How do I change a student's setup information?
  • How do I “Exit” a student?
  • How do I re-activate an “Exited” student?
  • How do I work with my student list?
  • How do I go to a student's forms?
  • How do I check spelling?
  • How are “Exclusive Rights” used?
  • How do I print forms?
  • How do I work with a student's history forms?
  • How do I request access to a student?
  • How do I send a student to another user?
  • How do I share a student with a local user?
  • How do I pick up a student from another district?

Managing Forms

Managing Forms

  • How do I find student forms?
  • How do I work with services?
  • How do I work with goal pages?
  • How do I use the goal bank?
  • How do I fill out a goal?
  • How do I measure progress for a goal or objective?
  • How do I make a chart of goal progress?
  • How do I do a progress report?
  • How do I add a form letter?
  • Can the IEP be archived so that you can keep last year's IEP and make a new one too?
  • How do I put a form into history?
  • How do I use the Combined Report?
  • How do I use the Workload Analysis report?

Evaluation Reports (ER's)

Evaluation Reports (ER's)

  • How do I navigate to a student's Evaluation Report?
  • How do I create a new Evaluation Report?
  • How do I organize ER sections in the order I want?
  • How do I add a new section to the Evaluation Report?
  • How do I delete a section from an Evaluation Report?
  • How do I add a test to an existing ER?
  • How do I add criteria to an existing ER?
  • How do I edit an ER section?
  • How do I format text in an ER?
  • How do I copy and paste from MS Word?
  • How do I add a table or chart to an ER section?
  • How do I delete a table or chart in an ER?
  • How do I use the ER Student Information page?
  • How do I Finalize an ER?
  • How do I use the ER Team Members / Signature page?
  • How do I print an ER?
  • Working with ERs - Presentation

Enrollment and Attendance

Enrollment and Attendance

  • How do I create an enrollment record?
  • How do I enter attendance, membership or SpEd minutes?
  • How do I review attendance, membership or SpEd minutes?

MA Guide

MA Guide

  • How do I access MA Forms?
  • How do I set up student billing?
  • How do I create an MA activity log?
  • How do I view or delete an activity log?
  • How do I duplicate an activity log?
  • How do I create an MA trip log?
  • How do I view or delete a trip log?

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

  • Printing questions:
  • How do I stop extra blank pages from printing when I'm on a Mac?
  • When I print, the web page address and other information prints. How do I stop this?
  • Why am I seeing question marks or weird characters in my printed forms?
  • Can I print more than one page at a time?
  • When I print, only the navigation buttons print. Where's my form?
  • Why can I only print the first goal/transition page?
  • Can the print size be made larger?
  • I clicked the “Print” button, but nothing happens. What did I do wrong?
  • Student records and forms:
  • How do I eliminate the “Either service does not fall on any instructional days or instructional days are not entered” message on the services page?
  • A student does not show up in my list. I'm sure they are assigned to me. Where are they?
  • Why are some names on my caseload not showing up on the Combined Report?
  • I cannot add a new student, I get a message saying the student already exists!
  • I need to pick up a student from another server, but I'm getting a “Student ID already exists on the server” message. How do I pickup the student?
  • How do I combine two duplicate student history records, or assign history records to another student record?
  • How do I change the IEP Manager for a student?
  • How do I make mass changes to student sharing?
  • Can I change a Student ID on my own, or should I call my SpEd Forms administrator?
  • Can the IEP be “archived” so that you can keep last year's IEP and make a new one too?
  • How do I put non-SpEd Forms files like PDFs into history?
  • How do I finalize a Progress Report?
  • Two students appear to have their information mixed up. How did this happen?
  • How do I change the goals from last year to make them current for this year?
  • How do I re-number Goals?
  • Do you have any tips for entering information into ERs?
  • How do I make a backup of my student information?
  • Web and Browser FAQ:
  • I'm using Mac OS X. What browser works best?
  • I'm getting a “Page cannot be displayed” error. What's wrong?
  • Why do I see “SpEd Forms is unable to verify your authentication information” when I press the Save button?
  • Why am I timed out and disconnected?
  • Sometimes I enter a date and it does not save. Why not?
  • Why are my changes gone when I “Save” a form and come back later?
  • Why does the Spell Check find numbers and then only lets me ignore them one by one?
  • I'm getting a message that says a page contains both secure and nonsecure items. What should I do?
  • Erroneous information is automatically entered into my forms. How do I turn off “Autofill”?
  • Where do I go for support?