A Few Details Worth Mentioning There are many other functions in Infinite Campus that you may find useful. Sending Teacher Messages to inform parents of upcoming assignments or tests is a great way to stay in touch. Your messages will be saved and can be used across all of your sections and again at a later date. The Daily Planner function allows you to see each day’s assignments and attendance at a glance. There are numerous reports you could run to see portal usage by parents, attendance records for students, or even specific assignment data for assessment use.
Rosters When you are in the roster view, you get some important and confidential information about your students. This is where you can find student ID #’s that they need to log in to the school’s network. You also have flags for both medical information and special education information. Simply hover over a flag to reveal a summary of important medical and IEP information. To the far right there is a gradebook link that could be used for conferencing with students. The view provided is limited to individual student grades and is more appropriate than allowing students to see your Gradebook view and doesn’t require portal login.
Miscellaneous Tidbits • To find students quickly, tab to the search function and enter a last name. • If you need a list of your students in excel for some other purpose, you could export to Csv in excel. • You can create groups in your gradebook to differentiate assignments or create groups of students for projects.
More to Come . . .
Using Infinite Campus for Interim Reporting and Report Cards By the time the first Interim period rolls around you should feel fairly comfortable with the system. Look for more information about using Infinite Campus in the coming weeks. If you want to look ahead, see this video on interim reporting from the makers of IC. Another video here will show you how to enter report card grades.
Do You Need More Help and Guidance than this workshop? There are lots of videos available from the makers of Infinite Campus. Here’s one that explains how to set up your Lesson Planner. You can access all of the Teacher Power Videos from the links above. If you have any questions about using Infinite Campus and its many features, you could always go to your Power User in your school. Every school has one, and he or she will be happy to assist you with any questions that you may have.
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