March 2022

If your school is approaching the 3rd quarter report, then these functions in FastDirect might need to be addressed.

Opening up teacher input for 3rd Quarter Report Cards will require:

  • Confirming the 3rd quarter dates in ‘Grades’ then ‘Report Card Input Controls’
  • Changing input for 3rd quarter Report Cards from ‘Not Yet’ to ‘Allow Input’ in ‘Report Card Input Controls’
  • Having teachers go through the 3rd quarter report card input process
  • Closing the input process by changing ‘allow input’ to ‘input complete’

Registration is an important part of the school year and FastDirect can help make the process easier.  In FastDirect, you can track new student applications, re-registrations of returning students, as well as the charging and depositing of registration fees. Here is some of the information that is tracked in the Registration report:

  • The number of students for each grade level
  • The number of students returning in each grade level
  • The number of new student applications in each grade level
  • An estimated number of spots available in each grade level
  • A breakdown of each existing family and their re-registration status

Here are some other features involved in registration through FastDirect:

  • The ability to allow your parents to re-register their child online
  • Time stamps for when parents re-registered their child
  • The finance account for Registration 2022-2023
  • A report showing all families and if they have been charged their registration fees
  • A report showing all families and if they have paid their registration fees

Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in MP4 format

Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in Youtube

Registering students for next year often means forms and paperwork.  With the file upload function, you can add these forms to the Links page, send them as attachments or create links to them on the login screen.  Making these forms available online means you won’t be spending your time making copies and mailing them out. Additionally, by allowing your parents to upload files, you can have a paperless process!  After you have uploaded the forms and made them available online, your parents can fill the forms out and send them back to you through our secure FDmail eMessaging. Here is how to turn on file upload for your parents and ways to help get your parents started:

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Click on FDmail in the left hand navigation menu
  3. Check mark the option to Allow Parent File Upload
  4. Click ‘Save Changes’

To allow students, repeat these steps and check mark the option for Allow Student File Upload.  To learn more about file upload, click on your FAQ Icon (the blue question mark), click on the “Look in: All categories” drop-down menu, select File Upload/File Attachment and click “View FAQ”. To help teach you parents and/or students how to use the file upload tool, you can point them to the FAQ section under the heading of ‘File Upload/File Attachment’. HelpDesk would like to help you get your Registration processes set up in FastDirect. Please send an FDmail message or give HelpDesk a call when you are ready to get started.

If your school is on trimesters, March may be too soon to be preparing for mid-trimester reports.

Registration is an important part of the school year and FastDirect can help make the process easier.  In FastDirect, you can track new student applications, re-registrations of returning students, as well as the charging and depositing of registration fees. Here is some of the information that is tracked in the Registration report:

  • The number of students for each grade level
  • The number of students returning in each grade level
  • The number of new student applications in each grade level
  • An estimated number of spots available in each grade level
  • A breakdown of each existing family and their re-registration status

Here are some other features involved in registration through FastDirect:

  • The ability to allow your parents to re-register their child online
  • Time stamps for when parents re-registered their child
  • The finance account for Registration 2022-2023
  • A report showing all families and if they have been charged their registration fees
  • A report showing all families and if they have paid their registration fees

Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in MP4 format

Click here to watch the Registration video tutorial in Youtube

Registering students for next year often means forms and paperwork.  With the file upload function, you can add these forms to the Links page, send them as attachments or create links to them on the login screen.  Making these forms available online means you won’t be spending your time making copies and mailing them out. Additionally, by allowing your parents to upload files, you can have a paperless process!  After you have uploaded the forms and made them available online, your parents can fill the forms out and send them back to you through our secure FDmail eMessaging. Here is how to turn on file upload for your parents and ways to help get your parents started:

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Click on FDmail in the left hand navigation menu
  3. Check mark the option to Allow Parent File Upload
  4. Click ‘Save Changes’

To allow students, repeat these steps and check mark the option for Allow Student File Upload.  To learn more about file upload, click on your FAQ Icon (the blue question mark), click on the “Look in: All categories” drop-down menu, select File Upload/File Attachment and click “View FAQ”. To help teach you parents and/or students how to use the file upload tool, you can point them to the FAQ section under the heading of ‘File Upload/File Attachment’. HelpDesk would like to help you get your Registration processes set up in FastDirect. Please send an FDmail message or give HelpDesk a call when you are ready to get started.

In the Finance settings, finance accounts can be reordered and/or hidden, in addition to removing an account from the parents’ FDpay options. Hiding a finance account is used when you do not want parents to see any information about the account (the name, the balances, the transactions, etc.). Removing an account from FDpay only means that parents can still see the details of the account (the name, the balances, the transactions) but they can not make an online payment towards that account.

Here are the steps for reordering your finance accounts:

  1. Click the Settings Icon
  2. In the left hand menu, click on ‘Finance’
  3. Under ‘Account View Controls’ click ‘Change Account Views’
  4. For the account you would like moved, enter the new order number next to that account (when saved, all of the accounts after it will be moved down)
  5. Click the  ‘Save Changes’ button to the right of the account you are moving
  6. Repeat steps 4 & 5 for any other accounts you would like moved

Here are the steps for hiding a finance account:

  1. Click the Settings Icon
  2. In the left hand menu, click on ‘Finance’
  3. Under ‘Account View Controls’ click ‘Change Account Views’
  4. For the account you would like hidden, put a check mark under the ‘Hide’ column next to the account that you would like to hide
  5. Click the  ‘Save Changes’ button to the right of the account you are hiding
  6. Repeat steps 4 & 5 for any other accounts you would like hidden

Here are the steps for removing a finance account from the parents’ FDpay options:

  1. Click the Settings Icon
  2. In the left hand menu, click on ‘Integrations’
  3. Under  the  ‘Account Settings’ heading, there is a table showing all of the finance accounts. Place a check mark in the box in the far right column for the account you would like removed from FDpay
  4. Repeat step 3 for any other account you would like removed
  5. Click the  ‘Save Changes’ button at the top right hand corner of the page

For some teachers, having access to any student’s report card or grade book is essential for their job. With a principal’s request, HelpDesk can allow specific staff accounts access to all grade books and report cards for all students.

Here are some specifics regarding giving permission to Grade book and ReportCard viewing:

  • When a staff account is given permission to view Grade books and ReportCards, this staff member will be able to see GB and RC information for every student and not just specific students.
  • The Grade book and ReportCard information that can be seen is similar to what an administrator sees.
  • HelpDesk can permission any staff account but the request needs to be made in an FDmail message to HelpDesk from the principal.

Want to find your FastDirect login page quickly?  Your smartphone or tablet’s home screen isn’t just for apps.  You can pin your FastDirect login page to your home screen so you can quickly access your school’s portal.  Click here to find out how!

Watch this video tutorial to find out how teachers can exclude a student’s name in their grade book:

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