Do you have students who want to switch sections of the same class or move from one course to another course? Which option will keep grades and attendance with the students' records? Let's take a look at the differences in dropping, withdrawing, and transferring students: Drop deletes the student's...

There's a lot of scheduling going on out there, so it's a good thing you can do lots of scheduling in The Education Edge. After you create classes for next year, you can automatically or manually assign meeting times, teachers, and rooms. Let's take a look: Generate Master Schedule (BB129710...

Scheduled times tend to change at the last minute. Some of the public high schools around here are starting later next year than this year. So I started thinking about how easy it is to update the start and end times of periods after scheduling classes in The Education Edge and thought I'd share...

Want to get a head start on the 2008-2009 year? Take a moment to review these skills. We’ll cover many of these in more detail down the road. Take a good look at your Academic Year in Configuration. Ensure the correct marking column set is associated with your session, check the starting and ending dates...

Don't we just love the idea of knowing our options? I do. I like to know what I can and can't do when I customize a program, a website, or even my grocery list. I like to know what's available to me and then make my choices. So when you find yourself working in The Education Edge , have you...

After printing Johnny’s report card, you realize his grades and comments from Geometry are missing. Before you call the Mystery Machine crew to investigate, grab a Scooby Snack and search your database for these clues: Make sure your grades and comments are posted from Faculty Access for the Web. If...

Have you opened a student's record to change his homeroom and homeroom teacher and these fields were grayed out? A business rule selection may cause this. Let's take a look at each setting and how it affects the student's Bio 1 tab. In Configuration, click Business Rules and highlight Students...

Scenario. You already entered your student course requests, you generated student schedules to automatically enroll students in classes according to their requests, you made any extra adjustments manually, and now you have no idea who ended up in which classes. You could print student schedules but that's...

Scenario. You’re working in The Education Edge and you want advice for completing a procedure, you need help with a problem, or you see a field and you’re not sure what you should enter. What do you do? Well hopefully you're help savvy and hit F1 on your keyboard or selected Help , The Education...

Everyone wants a little summer vacation, so you might find yourself in the final rush to get grades in, report cards out, and students scheduled for the next academic year. The Status Wizards can assist you in the end of year. Remember the status wizards? They seem to take on a disappearing act during...