Of the ones I looked at when looking for our district, I liked the
following two the most. I could also send you my comparison PowerPoint
of the features if you want:. It was tough deciding between the two.
They have different strengths.

My Conference Time - Cost $229 a year per account. Could use just one
account for the whole district or buy one per school.
Districts with 1-100 teachers could get along with just one account just
fine I think. The developer is very nice and responds quickly to questions.
http://www.fislerdata.com/index.php?product=myconferencetime
andrew@...
http://www.fislerdata.com

My School System - Cost $200 per school per year. The developer is also
very nice and responds quickly to questions and suggestions.
http://www..myschoolsystems.com/conferences/demo
<http://www.myschoolsystems.com/conferences/demo>
SchoolSystems@...
Steve Dickes

Whaley, Peggy wrote:
> Hello,
> Do any of you use a web based parent-teacher conference scheduling
> software where parents can sign up for times and a schedule is created
> for that teacher based on sign ups? We are researching a few different
> ones and thought you might also have some suggestions.
> Thanks for your input.
> Peggy Whaley
>
> ---------
>
> Peggy Whaley, M.Ed.
>
> Director of Information Services
>
> Gilbert CSD
>
> 515-232-3740 ext 4116
>
>

Has anybody else been looking at the Health Lab on PowerSource?  They just
opened it up today for us to get in and play with it.  It looks very nice - very
Web 2.0ish.

I'm concerned though.  While Pearson is building us a nice new Health and
Immunization tracking system, I'm mentally nagged over the list of fields I see
for Iowa Reporting when I click the "View Field List" link.  There are a ton of
IA_Immunization* fields in there.  I  have to wonder if the DE is preparing to
require immunizations to be reported through Project EASIER?  If that's the
case, I have to wonder if we are going to be able to use the new swishy
interface that's going to come with PS 6.1.

Does anybody have any inside knowledge as to the DE's plans?

http://www.revtrak.com/

POS Not sure as we don't use it that way. We have the parents go to our store
and add thei items to a cart - -for all of their kids - -and then check out.

I am guessing you could automate the export from revtrak and autocomm it into PS

Wow!



--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "dougabbas" <dabbas@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I know some of you use payschools for collection of fees for various things. 
I know that it doesn't really have a point of sale option and that it costs
parents a certain percentage for each transaction.  We are wondering if anyone
is using anything different (other than payschools or powerschool), specifically
during the registration process for fees management.  We are trying to move to
centralized registration, one location, no need to go to each building for each
child.  Last year we used powerschool and it's fees functions and it went pretty
well.  There are some limitations to it of course.  The main one in my opinion
is that it doesn't have a family fee component.  We will consider using it
again, but are also interested in investigating other softwares that were made
soley for that purpose.  It would have to include a point of sale aspect and
include a family balance and receipt and not cost a percentage per transaction. 
Does anyone use a software that does those things?
> Thanks,
> Doug
>

Daryl,
Can you give me a little background on it?  Is there a point of sale option to
it so secretaries could use it to collect money at registration?  Does it handle
family fees so you can do one receipt?  Parents can pay online?  Do you have it
transfer a balance to powerschool at all?
Thanks,
Doug

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "DDOWNS" <ddowns@...> wrote:
>
> We are using RevTrak this year --  a switch over from PaySchools.
>
> --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "dougabbas" <dabbas@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> > I know some of you use payschools for collection of fees for various things.
I know that it doesn't really have a point of sale option and that it costs
parents a certain percentage for each transaction.  We are wondering if anyone
is using anything different (other than payschools or powerschool), specifically
during the registration process for fees management.  We are trying to move to
centralized registration, one location, no need to go to each building for each
child.  Last year we used powerschool and it's fees functions and it went pretty
well.  There are some limitations to it of course.  The main one in my opinion
is that it doesn't have a family fee component.  We will consider using it
again, but are also interested in investigating other softwares that were made
soley for that purpose.  It would have to include a point of sale aspect and
include a family balance and receipt and not cost a percentage per transaction. 
Does anyone use a software that does those things?
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
>

We are using RevTrak this year --  a switch over from PaySchools.

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "dougabbas" <dabbas@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I know some of you use payschools for collection of fees for various things. 
I know that it doesn't really have a point of sale option and that it costs
parents a certain percentage for each transaction.  We are wondering if anyone
is using anything different (other than payschools or powerschool), specifically
during the registration process for fees management.  We are trying to move to
centralized registration, one location, no need to go to each building for each
child.  Last year we used powerschool and it's fees functions and it went pretty
well.  There are some limitations to it of course.  The main one in my opinion
is that it doesn't have a family fee component.  We will consider using it
again, but are also interested in investigating other softwares that were made
soley for that purpose.  It would have to include a point of sale aspect and
include a family balance and receipt and not cost a percentage per transaction. 
Does anyone use a software that does those things?
> Thanks,
> Doug
>

Hello all,
I know some of you use payschools for collection of fees for various things.  I
know that it doesn't really have a point of sale option and that it costs
parents a certain percentage for each transaction.  We are wondering if anyone
is using anything different (other than payschools or powerschool), specifically
during the registration process for fees management.  We are trying to move to
centralized registration, one location, no need to go to each building for each
child.  Last year we used powerschool and it's fees functions and it went pretty
well.  There are some limitations to it of course.  The main one in my opinion
is that it doesn't have a family fee component.  We will consider using it
again, but are also interested in investigating other softwares that were made
soley for that purpose.  It would have to include a point of sale aspect and
include a family balance and receipt and not cost a percentage per transaction. 
Does anyone use a software that does those things?
Thanks,
Doug

It doesn't appear powerschool likes long lines of encoded polylines. It will
take snippets, but not long lines. I created our district, save it.. and it is
save, but when I go to edit boundary -- it is not showing up on the map.

No clue why this occurs

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "DDOWNS" <ddowns@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone found an application or utility that will convert latitude and
longitude coordinates from a text file into the encoded polyline format that
PowerSchool suggests using in documentation and entry on the page to input in
District or School Boundaries on. I have messed with it and it is possible if
you have the code , to just paste it on this page and not have to enter in the
lat/long or draw the map.
>
> Thanks!
>

We are still searching for a solution as well.  We have a wonderful text doc
that we got the county auditors office to send us. But no way yet to convert
those coordinates to an encoded polyline.

I did start a thread on the Powersource Community Forum in August which has had
some conversation.  It is at
     * PowerSource: Home >
     * PowerSchool >
     * PowerSchool Forums >
     * Using PowerSchool >
     * Address Management Encoded Polylines

Last I looked it was on about page 10.  There have been a couple of posts with
utilities from Google but so far we can't get them to help us.

We too are anxious to find a way to make the defining of district boundaries
easier.

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "DDOWNS" <ddowns@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone found an application or utility that will convert latitude and
longitude coordinates from a text file into the encoded polyline format that
PowerSchool suggests using in documentation and entry on the page to input in
District or School Boundaries on. I have messed with it and it is possible if
you have the code , to just paste it on this page and not have to enter in the
lat/long or draw the map.
>
> Thanks!
>

Has anyone found an application or utility that will convert latitude and
longitude coordinates from a text file into the encoded polyline format that
PowerSchool suggests using in documentation and entry on the page to input in
District or School Boundaries on. I have messed with it and it is possible if
you have the code , to just paste it on this page and not have to enter in the
lat/long or draw the map.

Thanks!

I would delete it in the Fees table (DDA).

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "evansc1974" <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> How do you delete an incorrect fee transaction?  We have tried to clear the
transaction and it has made it look like the fee had been paid.  We want to
totally delete an entry that was typed in error.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Colette Evans, Registrar
> Centerville High School
>

How do you delete an incorrect fee transaction?  We have tried to clear the
transaction and it has made it look like the fee had been paid.  We want to
totally delete an entry that was typed in error.

Thanks for your help.

Colette Evans, Registrar
Centerville High School

The canned report is the At-Risk report. There are others you can find on
National PSUG and import into your system, modify, and personalize.



--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "evansc1974" <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> New to PowerSchool and am looking for a report that will give me all F, WF, U
grades for a student - by grade if possible.  Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Colette Evans, Registrar
> Centerville High School
> Centerville, IA  52544
> 641-856-0824
>

New to PowerSchool and am looking for a report that will give me all F, WF, U
grades for a student - by grade if possible.  Any help will be appreciated.

Colette Evans, Registrar
Centerville High School
Centerville, IA  52544
641-856-0824

That is a custom field in the students table that should result in a number of
1-99

IA_residentCounty

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "bcbrock" <bcbrock@...> wrote:
>
> After a harrowing fall submission for Project EASIER, I am creating some SQL
queries that should help us find data problems throughout the school year.  I am
using Oracle SQL Developer to put these queries together and have several
already done, but I'm stumped with what I'm seeing when I try to query the
IA_ResidentDistrict field:
>
> SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_ResidentDistrict')
> FROM students;
>
> This returns a column of null.
>
> However, If I change the search to something like
>
> SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_IEP')
> FROM students;
>
> it properly returns a column of 1s and 0s.
>
> Is anybody else having this problem?  Is Resident District physically being
stored elsewhere, and I've just taken the bait, thinking that it's being stored
in the IA_ResidentDistrict custom field?
>

Sorry...  all references to DISTRICT should actually be COUNTY.

SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_ResidentCounty')
FROM students;






--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "bcbrock" <bcbrock@...> wrote:
>
> After a harrowing fall submission for Project EASIER, I am creating some SQL
queries that should help us find data problems throughout the school year.  I am
using Oracle SQL Developer to put these queries together and have several
already done, but I'm stumped with what I'm seeing when I try to query the
IA_ResidentDistrict field:
>
> SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_ResidentDistrict')
> FROM students;
>
> This returns a column of null.
>
> However, If I change the search to something like
>
> SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_IEP')
> FROM students;
>
> it properly returns a column of 1s and 0s.
>
> Is anybody else having this problem?  Is Resident District physically being
stored elsewhere, and I've just taken the bait, thinking that it's being stored
in the IA_ResidentDistrict custom field?
>

After a harrowing fall submission for Project EASIER, I am creating some SQL
queries that should help us find data problems throughout the school year.  I am
using Oracle SQL Developer to put these queries together and have several
already done, but I'm stumped with what I'm seeing when I try to query the
IA_ResidentDistrict field:

SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_ResidentDistrict')
FROM students;

This returns a column of null.

However, If I change the search to something like

SELECT ps_customfields.getStudentscf(id,'IA_IEP')
FROM students;

it properly returns a column of 1s and 0s.

Is anybody else having this problem?  Is Resident District physically being
stored elsewhere, and I've just taken the bait, thinking that it's being stored
in the IA_ResidentDistrict custom field?

 

PTG is the teacher web based gradebook. I assume you are using it instead of PowerGrade, the other 'older' gradebook from pearson.

D

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, Colette Evans <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> DDOWNS wrote:
> >
> >
> > Once quarter grades are stored, you can make the changes the same way
> > you have for semester grades --
> >
> > HOWEVER, if grades have not been stored, the teachers can change them
> > on their end for up to 30 days.
> >
> > As for college classes, we have those in PS and use PTG to enter
> > scores and store accordingly.
> >
> > D
> >
> > --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com <mailto:iapsug%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "evansc1974" <colette.evans@> wrote:
> > >
> > > New to Power School this year. We have students who take classes at
> > our local community college. How to I enter their grades on their
> > report cards? How do I do grade changes that teachers give me on
> > quarter grades? I know how to put and changes grades in historical for
> > semester grades but am unsure on quarter grades. Our quarter ends
> > 10/23/09 so fast help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Colette Evans, Registrar
> > > Centerville High School
> > >
> >
> >
> Thanks for your response - what is PTG? I just started this school
> year and I am unsure on alot of things I used to do in our old SASI
> system. I was the one who imput all the grade changes and imput grades
> from college courses. Thanks.
>
> Colette
>

PTG is the teacher web based gradebook. I assume you are using it instead of
PowerGrade, the other 'older' gradebook from pearson.

D

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, Colette Evans <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> DDOWNS wrote:
> >
> >
> > Once quarter grades are stored, you can make the changes the same way
> > you have for semester grades --
> >
> > HOWEVER, if grades have not been stored, the teachers can change them
> > on their end for up to 30 days.
> >
> > As for college classes, we have those in PS and use PTG to enter
> > scores and store accordingly.
> >
> > D
> >
> > --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com <mailto:iapsug%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "evansc1974" <colette.evans@> wrote:
> > >
> > > New to Power School this year. We have students who take classes at
> > our local community college. How to I enter their grades on their
> > report cards? How do I do grade changes that teachers give me on
> > quarter grades? I know how to put and changes grades in historical for
> > semester grades but am unsure on quarter grades. Our quarter ends
> > 10/23/09 so fast help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Colette Evans, Registrar
> > > Centerville High School
> > >
> >
> >
> Thanks for your response  - what is PTG?  I just started this school
> year and I am unsure on alot of things I used to do in our old SASI
> system.  I was the one who imput all the grade changes and imput grades
> from college courses.  Thanks.
>
> Colette
>

 

Once quarter grades are stored, you can make the changes the same way you have for semester grades --

HOWEVER, if grades have not been stored, the teachers can change them on their end for up to 30 days.

As for college classes, we have those in PS and use PTG to enter scores and store accordingly.

D

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "evansc1974" <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> New to Power School this year. We have students who take classes at our local community college. How to I enter their grades on their report cards? How do I do grade changes that teachers give me on quarter grades? I know how to put and changes grades in historical for semester grades but am unsure on quarter grades. Our quarter ends 10/23/09 so fast help would be appreciated.
>
> Colette Evans, Registrar
> Centerville High School
>

Once quarter grades are stored, you can make the changes the same way you have
for semester grades --

HOWEVER, if grades have not been stored, the teachers can change them on their
end for up to 30 days.

As for college classes, we have those in PS and use PTG to enter scores and
store accordingly.

D

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "evansc1974" <colette.evans@...> wrote:
>
> New to Power School this year.  We have students who take classes at our local
community college.  How to I enter their grades on their report cards?  How do I
do grade changes that teachers give me on quarter grades?  I know how to put and
changes grades in historical for semester grades but am unsure on quarter
grades.  Our quarter ends 10/23/09 so fast help would be appreciated.
>
> Colette Evans, Registrar
> Centerville High School
>

New to Power School this year.  We have students who take classes at our local
community college.  How to I enter their grades on their report cards?  How do I
do grade changes that teachers give me on quarter grades?  I know how to put and
changes grades in historical for semester grades but am unsure on quarter
grades.  Our quarter ends 10/23/09 so fast help would be appreciated.

Colette Evans, Registrar
Centerville High School

I figured that was what was happening, as I just changed all of my old answers
to the question for EASIER.   I guess I need to change them back for the bar
code pull, and then change them back again.  Thanks for taking the time to look
at this.  Angie
________________________________
From: iapsug@yahoogroups.com [iapsug@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Black
[d.black2@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:31 PM
To: iapsug@yahoogroups.com; Jenny Walford
Subject: Re: [iapsug] Bar Code File



The problem with the barcode extract report is in lines 1095-1096 for
item number 25 and in lines 1121 and 1122 for item number 26. The
available values were changed for this year to "1" and "0" from "Y"
and "N". The conversion table is no longer needed.
(\admin\reports_engine_\usa_ia\IA_BarCodeInputFile.rpt)

I added this to my open ticket.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Dave Black
<d.black2@...<mailto:d.black2%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I just ran a test and indeed the values for Title1 Lang and Math are not being
extracted properly...
> Also, the values are displayed properly on the fall/spring submission page
where they were originally entered but not on the bar code page even though the
fields are the same...
> The problem with the barcode page is that the page is still looking for the
old option values of "Y" and "N" in the code on lines 166, 167, 173 and 174
(\admin\students\state\usa_ia\stateIA_BarCodeInput.html). It cannot find the
value of "Y" so it defaults to "0". The available values were changed this fall
to "1" and "0"...
> I opened a case - #00614509
> Dave Black
> PS 6.0.1.5...
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM, DDOWNS
<ddowns@...<mailto:ddowns%40waukee.k12.ia.us>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Is anyone seeing no values being pulled for title 1 reading or math in the
bar code extract? Has anyone ran a bar code file yet?
>>
>>

Ditto

Case number 00613918

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, Dave Black <d.black2@...> wrote:
>
> I just ran a test and indeed the values for Title1 Lang and Math are not
> being extracted properly...
> Also, the values are displayed properly on the fall/spring submission page
> where they were originally entered but not on the bar code page even though
> the fields are the same...
>
> The problem with the barcode page is that the page is still looking for the
> old option values of "Y" and "N" in the code on lines 166, 167, 173 and 174
> (\admin\students\state\usa_ia\stateIA_BarCodeInput.html). It cannot find the
> value of "Y" so it defaults to "0". The available values were changed this
> fall to "1" and "0"...
>
> I opened a case - #00614509
>
> Dave Black
> PS 6.0.1.5...
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM, DDOWNS <ddowns@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Is anyone seeing no values being pulled for title 1 reading or math in the
> > bar code extract? Has anyone ran a bar code file yet?
> >
> >
> >
>

Shouldn't be an issue. I will share this with you.

We use A as an office assigned only. When the clerk gets to work in the AM,
anyone child's parent who has called will be marked with the A or any child we
know of who is marked is marked accordingly. We only allow teachers to use an NV
code -- so we can search only for that code daily and change the codes teachers
assigned. We wanted to distinguish what was being reported by the teacher versus
what was already recorded in the office.

D

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "mohriowa" <mohriowa@...> wrote:
>
> The school only wants to use the other code that indicates excused.  Now, when
a teacher marks a student Absent the Office receives the U (unexcused).  The
office spends a lot of time changing the codes to A (excused).  The Office would
like the teachers' Absent to default and report the A (excused).
>
> Doris
>
> --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "DDOWNS" <ddowns@> wrote:
> >
> > There shouldn't be any issue. Is this code that you are changing to the same
as any other code or are you just changing the part that reflects excused -
unexcused?
> >
> > D
> >
> > --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "mohriowa" <mohriowa@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a problem changing the default attendance code that teachers can
use?  Want to change the default from being Absent unexcused to excused.
> > >
> > > Can we change at any time or is the end of a quarter better?
> > >
> >
>

The problem with the barcode extract report is in lines 1095-1096 for
item number 25 and in lines 1121 and 1122 for item number 26. The
available values were changed for this year to "1" and "0" from "Y"
and "N". The conversion table is no longer needed.
(\admin\reports_engine_\usa_ia\IA_BarCodeInputFile.rpt)

I added this to my open ticket.



On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Dave Black <d.black2@...> wrote:
>
> I just ran a test and indeed the values for Title1 Lang and Math are not being
extracted properly...
> Also, the values are displayed properly on the fall/spring submission page
where they were originally entered but not on the bar code page even though the
fields are the same...
> The problem with the barcode page is that the page is still looking for the
old option values of "Y" and "N" in the code on lines 166, 167, 173 and 174
(\admin\students\state\usa_ia\stateIA_BarCodeInput.html). It cannot find the
value of "Y" so it defaults to "0". The available values were changed this fall
to "1" and "0"...
> I opened a case - #00614509
> Dave Black
> PS 6.0.1.5...
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM, DDOWNS <ddowns@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Is anyone seeing no values being pulled for title 1 reading or math in the
bar code extract? Has anyone ran a bar code file yet?
>>
>>

The school only wants to use the other code that indicates excused.  Now, when a
teacher marks a student Absent the Office receives the U (unexcused).  The
office spends a lot of time changing the codes to A (excused).  The Office would
like the teachers' Absent to default and report the A (excused).

Doris

--- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "DDOWNS" <ddowns@...> wrote:
>
> There shouldn't be any issue. Is this code that you are changing to the same
as any other code or are you just changing the part that reflects excused -
unexcused?
>
> D
>
> --- In iapsug@yahoogroups.com, "mohriowa" <mohriowa@> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a problem changing the default attendance code that teachers can
use?  Want to change the default from being Absent unexcused to excused.
> >
> > Can we change at any time or is the end of a quarter better?
> >
>