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Blackbaud University is excited to celebrate our K–12 “ON” Products Core users who became Blackbaud Certified in May! Be sure to review our listing and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud Community friends, or just congratulating them on this significant achievement. Heather Andrew Candace Chesler ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/13/2017 08:00 AM -
Here at Blackbaud we recognize that each and every private school is unique. And what makes the “ON” Products so great is that there are so many ways you can customize them to meet your school’s specific needs. But when you think about all the possibilities, you might get overwhelmed. What works for your school may not work for another, and a third school ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/16/2017 08:00 AM -
K–12 “ON” Products users can now showcase their knowledge through Blackbaud Certification! Blackbaud University is excited to offer a certified learning opportunity that recognizes student achievement and helps validate Core product knowledge. We’re providing this development opportunity to reflect our students’ commitment to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/09/2017 08:00 AM
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Alexander Graham Bell may have said it best: “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” So while graduation may still be a few months away, early spring is the perfect time to start thinking about what you need to do in the “ON” Products in order to close out the current school year and begin the upcoming year. Each “ON” Product – Core, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/07/2017 08:00 AM
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Tools that allow us to complete our daily tasks in a self-serve manner are increasingly part of our lives: we fill our cars at self-serve gas stations, we make withdrawals at self-serve ATM machines, and we bathe our dogs at self-serve dog washes. In this self-serve society , we expect to encounter self-serve tools everywhere we go. When someone ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/31/2017 08:00 AM
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In addition to offering engaging, interactive instructor-led training classes, Blackbaud University gives you access to an annual Education Edge Fundamentals Certification exam. The exam focuses on efficiency, data health, and records management as covered in the Education Edge Fundamentals series: Education Edge: Fundamentals—Overview ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/03/2017 10:00 AM -
A new employee was asked to clean the elevators and report back to the supervisor when the task was completed. When the employee failed to appear at the end of the day the supervisor assumed that he had simply not liked the job and left. However, after four days the supervisor ran into the new employee. He was cleaning. “You surely haven't been cleaning the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 12/20/2016 08:00 AM
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Does Your onCampus Academic Success Team Soar? The holiday season is here! Everyone’s making air travel plans, and the airlines are working hard to get people where they want to be, and when they want to be there. To ensure each flight’s success, every airline relies on several roles working together. We might think of those roles as a flight success team ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 12/06/2016 09:42 AM
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We all know it’s important for us to visit the doctor every year. But did you know it’s also important to give your database a regular checkup? moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 11/29/2016 08:21 AM
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The November release of the Connect RE integration is now available to all hosted and on-premise Raiser's Edge users. No need to download from our website, this integration features an auto-updater that upgrades when launching the program for the first time. Take a look at the enhancements and improvements we've implemented: ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 11/11/2016 10:38 AM
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COURSE RELEASE – onBoard and onMessage: Event Registration. One look at your school’s calendar will surely confirm that you are constantly planning and hosting a variety of events. And we’re curious – what events do you manage with the Event Registration features in onBoard and onMessage? moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/18/2016 08:00 AM
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COURSE RELEASE - onMessage: Page Builder Get ready to test your knowledge! Take this quick quiz to see how much you know about the onMessage Page Builder tools for managing your public website. moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/20/2016 08:00 AM
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Change is good. No, really, it is. And, in this case, it’s very good. That is, if you’re using onBoard ®, onMessage ®, or Raiser’s Edge NXT™ with Blackbaud Merchant Services™ (BBMS). In addition to helping you simplify payment processing, Blackbaud Merchant Services now features a new, and improved, web portal — and, just in time for back to school. This ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/30/2016 01:13 PM -
We’re now at a point where Teachers are back and getting ready for the new year. You’ve completed your Master Rollover and may be working through your schedule or you’re on the ball and that’s done too! This is a great time of year to make sure everything on your to do list is checked off! Here are a few things to consider for your list: Grading in onRecord can ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/19/2016 04:30 PM
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COURSE RELEASE - K–12 onMessage: Pushpage It’s that time of year again! No, I’m not talking about the start of football season. I’m talking about the start of school! As summer winds down, your to-do list has likely grown exponentially with things you need to communicate to your constituents. moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/18/2016 08:00 AM
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The 2016-2017 school year is quickly approaching and that means it is time to do some Summer cleanup! In the past year many inquiries, applications and contracts have been submitted for your school through onBoard to track candidate and student progress. Now that the year has ended, it’s time to look at the future and start cleaning up any leftover ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/02/2016 10:26 AM
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The school year is now over (or maybe you’re just wrapping up a few last minute details) and it’s time to start getting ready for next year! After May’s blog, you should be ready to dive into setting up for the new year while avoiding those pesky pitfalls your school may have fallen into last year. When schools are looking to close out their current year and ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/05/2016 10:12 AM
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Finals are over, Seniors are graduating, and the weather is slowly getting warmer, all these signs point to one thing: the school year is coming to an end! This means you’ll finally have some time to sit back and relax a bit, right? No, we all know there is no rest for the wicked and the summer is a time to get things done. As you finish up the school year, it’s ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/05/2016 10:09 AM
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If your Raiser's Edge database is integrated with Education Edge, Student Billing, or Blackbaud Student Information System, and your database is not hosted by Blackbaud, we strongly encourage you to review the following information with all parties involved in your update process and EE-RE Integration before updating to RE version 7.95 or ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 12/16/2015 04:57 PM
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If you have the optional online module NetClassroom, you have the ability to publish documents such as report cards, transcripts and statements online for students and parents to view without having to print out a hard copy to send out. Not only is this convenient for both students and parents but it also saves trees, and thus helps to decrease paper ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/02/2015 06:30 AM
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Have you ever noticed that a grade was missing or incorrect on report cards or transcripts for one or multiple students? Or better yet, has a student or parent brought this to your attention after you have sent out report cards or transcripts? Missing grades are no laughing matter and it is your job to find out where the grade is and how to include it in your ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/30/2015 06:30 AM
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It's getting closer to that time to provide students with their final report card for the year! In order to create report cards and send them out, we must first get the grades from teachers’ gradebooks into The Education Edge. Let’s walk through 2 great wizards that help make this process seamless. The Update FAWeb Statuses Wizard In order to be able to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/28/2015 06:30 AM
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Need a way to quickly check a student's marking column grade in FAWeb or find which classes are marked Not Ready to post? You can find information quickly and easily using queries in Registrar's Office. Here are a few examples of how you can use these queries to get you started. Say you need to a quick way to list current grades for a specific student. You ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/25/2015 06:30 AM
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There are so many odds and ends involved when creating a statement that sometimes various little details are overlooked. The following information will show you some tips and tricks to refine your billing statements. Showing grade levels Some users like to display the student grade levels on the statements. But what if you’re creating a statement for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/22/2015 06:30 AM
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From time to time it might be necessary to delete a student progression entry from a record. For some records, no problem. But for others, that big red X is grayed out. Why might that be? Here's a list of possibilities and what to check for each. Possible Cause #1: Student has scheduling information Scheduling information is dependent on a ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/18/2015 06:30 AM
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By this time of year, students will have most likely begun paying their tuition bills. In Student Billing, we’ve been recording the payments and getting them applied to the correct charges. Sometimes, however, we will need to refund a payment back to the student. The student may have paid a little extra, or may no longer be returning to the school. The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/15/2015 06:30 AM
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As the school year is now back in full swing, there comes a time where schedules need to be edited. Is a student no longer attending your school and you need to remove him from the class? Or, does the student need to transfer from Honors Geometry in period 1 to Honors Geometry in period 4? Not sure how to handle these changes? Let's review the 3 different ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/11/2015 06:30 AM
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If a holiday is missed or entered incorrectly in the Academic Year, your cycle days can be incorrect after the holiday . It’s better to find this out sooner rather than later, so take a quick peek at your attendance when you get a chance to see if your days are showing correctly. If they aren’t, you can add or correct the holiday by going to the Academic Year, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/08/2015 06:30 AM
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Now that school has begun, it’s time to dig up the old loafers hiding in the back of your closet, brush off those scholarly cobwebs and refresh your knowledge on how to use FAWeb! If you are new to using FAWeb, just know that it is all you will need to have in order to enter grades, assignments, conduct, and class announcements for your students to see in ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/04/2015 06:30 AM
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School has started or is about to, and a teacher contacts you to say, “Help! All my gradebooks are missing on my FAWeb homepage!” What do you do to resolve this issue? First, you need to know there is more than one possible cause for this error. If you know that, then you also know there is more than one possible solution to the problem. This article will ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/02/2015 06:30 AM
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The beginning of the new school year is fast approaching or already here and emails need to be sent to student families. Using NetMail , we can create an email to send to the families with information needed for the school year! NetMail works with export files, which allows you to select the group of people to whom you want the message to be sent. You can ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/28/2015 06:30 AM
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When the time comes to provide usernames and passwords to your students and parents, export is our best tool. Today we’re going to talk about exporting usernames and passwords using both a Student export and an Individual export. A few things to keep in mind: Export is used because Student and Individual Passwords are encrypted in query. (See Faculty ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/24/2015 06:30 AM
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It’s that time of year to get new school supplies which means it is much busier at local stores. Drivers circle around the lots until they finally spot another shopper pulling out of a spot. User licenses in The Financial Edge, The Education Edge and Blackbaud Student Information System are very similar to parking on busy days; you can’t park somewhere ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/21/2015 06:30 AM
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Have you ever logged in to FAWeb to approve comments, only to find that the option is missing? Did you know that there are 3 different types of FAWeb users other than teacher logins, and each comes with their own set of rights? Below you will find a breakdown of each type, along with instructions on how to grant those rights to a user. Supervisor The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/17/2015 06:30 AM
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Don’t worry! This username and password are grayed out by design. When an Education Edge record is linked to NetCommunity, the username and password become grayed out and locked in The Education Edge. This helps prevent any type of disconnect between the EE record and their NetCommunity account and users don’t have to worry about updating a username ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/14/2015 06:30 AM
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Advance deposit season is upon us and payments from parents are coming into your school left and right to ensure that their children are guaranteed a spot at your school for the next year. You might think that you have the whole advance deposit thing down pat, but what about refunding or deleting them from student records? Depending on the situation, it ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/07/2015 06:30 AM
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You’ve finalized all scheduling for the New Year, and now teachers are bombarding you with questions about which students will be in their classes next year. “How can I get this information to them?” you might ask. There is a handy class report for just that purpose! This report can be found in Reports > Course/Class Reports > Class Report and will allow ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/05/2015 06:30 AM
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If you have FAWeb, you know it’s a great module that provides teachers with gradebooks that interact with the Registrar’s Office database. It contains class gradebooks, attendance, and student information! Before teachers can start setting up their gradebooks, they first need to be set up in security and added to the FAWeb group . This is done in ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/03/2015 06:30 AM
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There are so many odds and ends involved when creating a statement that sometimes various little details are overlooked. The following information will show you some tips and tricks to refine your billing statements. Showing grade levels Some users like to display the student grade levels on the statements. But what if you’re creating a statement for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/31/2015 06:30 AM
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When it comes time to Enroll Students in their Classes – did you know you can let the system do most of the work for you? The option to Generate Student Schedules is designed to help ease the workload of getting Students in the right classes. A few things to remember before scheduling students: > Students must have Student Requests. Requests are used by ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/29/2015 06:30 AM
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When you want to automatically schedule students using the Generate Student Schedules wizard, you have to enter course requests for students first. Here are some steps that will help you breeze through the process! 1. Define Core Curriculum If you know each grade level should be taking certain classes, you can define the set of classes as a ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/27/2015 06:30 AM
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When it comes to data entry, there’s bound to be a few mistakes or typos here or there. Sometimes these are not such a big deal, but sometimes they can lead to bigger problems. Take your billing, for instance. You just added transactions for all of your students. After this was done, you noticed the charges were added with last year’s date instead of this ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/24/2015 06:30 AM
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When deciding on how to schedule students for the next academic year, there are a couple of questions to ask: How many students are you scheduling for? Is the way you want the students to be scheduled very specific? Are you using course requests? If the answers to these questions are: A small number Yes No Then the best option is to manually schedule the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/22/2015 06:30 AM
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You’ve set up Course Restrictions for the new academic year, classes have been created, and now you are ready to schedule the meetings, teachers and rooms. With Generate Master Schedule you can automatically schedule this information, or you can manually schedule them, and typically you need to do both! After creating classes for the academic ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/20/2015 06:30 AM
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Summertime for the Business Office at your school is a busy time! You’re often finishing up details from the previous school year while preparing for the next one simultaneously. You could use a time saver and a way to automate tedious processes so you can get to the next item on the list. Using the Generate Transactions Automatically (GTA) parameter ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/17/2015 06:30 AM
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Why are the Advisor and Homeroom teacher fields grayed out on my student's record? And, where did the information go? No worries, David Copperfield has not been messing with your database. Let me explain. When today's date does not fall within an Academic Year's start and end dates OR the student was not given a Student Progression Entry created for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/15/2015 06:30 AM
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Are you ready to start creating classes for the upcoming school year? There are different ways classes can be created and it is good to be aware of some of the more common ways to make the creation of classes easier! Today I wanted to focus on two useful ways to create classes: Automatically create classes via the Create Classes wizard Manually create ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/13/2015 06:30 AM
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Today we’re going to talk about Application Restrictions. Application Restrictions can be used to ensure that credits or payments apply to specific charges. As an example, you may want your advance deposit credits to only apply to tuition charges. For advance deposits or financial aid, the restrictions can be set up on the billing item to ensure the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/10/2015 06:30 AM
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What options do you have to help automate your schedule? What about tying Courses together? Is there a way to ensure Classes follow each other – like a Lab? Yes! Using Scheduling Rules, all of these needs can be met! To begin with, let’s take a look at how we create Scheduling Rules to use in the system. They are created from within Configuration> ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/08/2015 06:30 AM
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Timetables and Patterns are the building blocks for creating the class schedule for the academic year. They can be seen as peanut butter and jelly on a sandwich, pretty good on their own but work best together. Timetables and Patterns can both be located in Configuration >Registrar Setup. From the list on the left, select Timetables and click New ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/06/2015 06:30 AM
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Earlier this month, we let you know about an update coming for the Education Edge. This update includes changes to integration and your contact information. These changes are only applicable to schools that are integrating Education Edge and Raiser’s Edge. These changes are the result of feedback from schools like yours, after the release of ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/29/2015 04:10 PM
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With June 30th being the end of the fical year for many of our schools, we have decided to delay deploying patch 6 to hosted clients in our Boston and Orange County datacenters until Tuesday, July 7th. Please keep an eye out for our upcoming blog on patch 6 and the included changes! moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/29/2015 09:41 AM
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Billing Schedules are a handy way to easily accommodate the tuition and fee billing options commonly offered by independent schools. Automatic Billing, Financial Aid, Advance Deposit, and TRP Billing Items help you accurately manage your receivables and they make it easy for families to understand what they owe your school monthly by coordinating ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/29/2015 06:30 AM
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There are a lot of building blocks that you need to have in place for scheduling and grading. For example, you need to have your cycle, timetable, and pattern(s) in place for scheduling, and you need to have your marking columns and translation tables set up for grading. However, there are two specific building blocks you need to have in place in order to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/26/2015 06:30 AM
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While there are many ways to reconcile your bank accounts in The Financial Edge, we have a few suggestions of what reports to run in order to reconcile your Student Billing sub-ledger accounts. Suggestion #1: Run the Account Distribution report against your General Ledger report The Account Distribution report in Student Billing is recommended to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/22/2015 06:30 AM
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Are you tired of setting up things in Education Edge from one year to the next ? Did you know there are several ways you can copy information from one year to another? Below you will find out how to copy Homeroom Teachers, Advisors, Academic Years, Course Restrictions 2, Course Grading, Course Billing Items, Faculty/Staff Restrictions, Room ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/19/2015 06:30 AM
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Once again the Pomp Circumstance has been played and the diplomas have been given out to students. Now you need to convert the recently graduated students from non-constituents to constituents in the Raiser’s Edge. Luckily, with integration between Education Edge and Raiser’s Edge, it can be setup to accomplish this with a few simple steps! First, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/12/2015 06:30 AM
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When you start your scheduling process, it’s important to do things in the correct order to ensure that setting up the foundation of your scheduling year goes smoothly. This will provide a quick overview of what needs to be done in a certain order and why. First off, you will need to create your academic year, session and terms. This might seem pretty ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/08/2015 06:30 AM
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At the end of every academic year, there comes the time to don graduation caps and progress your seniors into the next steps of their academic career. The Promotion Schedule in Configuration and the End of the Year Processing wizard in Administration> Status wizards dictates what happens with the seniors in the Education Edge. There are 2 ways ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/05/2015 06:30 AM
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It has been a busy second semester for our schools. We know we’ve had a number of issues arise over the past few months. With that in mind, we want to ensure you are aware of an update happening this upcoming weekend to enhance our security around password management. On Sunday, June 7th for schools that have Online Campus Community/Blackbaud ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/01/2015 07:26 AM
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Congratulations on completing another successful school year! By now, the final grades have been entered, the students have Student Progression Entries for the next academic year, and you’re ready to promote students to their next grade levels. Wouldn’t it would be nice if there was a quick and easy way to promote students all at once? Well, there ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/01/2015 06:30 AM
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If you have the optional online module NetClassroom, you have the ability to publish documents such as report cards, transcripts and statements online for students and parents to view without having to print out a hard copy to send out. Not only is this convenient for both students and parents but it also saves trees, and thus helps to decrease paper ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/29/2015 06:30 AM
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It’s the end of the semester, and you’re working on Sally Student’s and Samuel Student’s transcripts. There is an array of problems with the transcripts – information is missing or incorrect and Sally’s transcript isn't showing up to print. Below are 5 top issues that you may run into when running transcripts. Grades or courses are missing on the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/26/2015 06:30 AM
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Have you ever noticed that a grade was missing or incorrect on report cards or transcripts for one or multiple students? Or better yet, has a student or parent brought this to your attention after you have sent out report cards or transcripts? Missing grades are no laughing matter and it is your job to find out where the grade is and how to include it in your ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/22/2015 06:30 AM
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At the end of a marking period, you may need to modify which marking column(s) display on your report cards. The marking columns can be modified by selecting the “Details” tab and opening the “Courses” section. Within the courses section, you can add a “New Column” or modify an existing column by highlighting the row and selecting “Open Column”. For ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/18/2015 06:30 AM
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With the end of the year rapidly approaching, students and parents are looking forward to receiving report cards. Is this your first time creating a report card? Or are you just looking to change up an existing report card? Let’s look at some of the formatting options in a report card parameter: How do you change the overall layout of the report card? On ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/15/2015 06:30 AM
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Taking and reporting on Attendance should be a seamless task every school goes through – but perhaps it’s a bit more complex than anticipated, or seems tough to decipher. It happens! Let’s walk through the fine points of what is involved and how the resources available to you can make these tasks easier. First, it’s important to note that the vast ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/11/2015 06:30 AM
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It's getting closer to that time to provide students with their final report card for the year! In order to create report cards and send them out, we must first get the grades from teachers’ gradebooks into The Education Edge. Let’s walk through 2 great wizards that help make this process seamless. The Update FAWeb Statuses Wizard In order to be able to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/08/2015 06:30 AM
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Are you trying to generate charges for your students for the upcoming year and finding yourself bugging your registrar to move students up to the next grade level so you can bill them accurately? Or maybe you are on the other end, feeling like your billing office is pushing you to run the End of Year processing wizard before you're ready to do so. The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/06/2015 06:30 AM
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With Raiser’s Edge 7.94 contact information was moved from address records to a single contact grid located on the Bio 1 tab of the constituent record. With this change, all contact information was re-located, even information that existed on the relationship records. For many organizations, this created an influx of data on the Bio 1 contact grid ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/05/2015 09:54 AM
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That time of year is fast approaching where new students will be arriving in a matter of months, current ones will be planning for next year, and all of them will need to register for classes. Registration for classes can be a seamless and swift task when done through NetClassroom. All of the features are set up and controlled in ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/04/2015 06:30 AM
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Welcome to report card /transcript season! So you’re in the middle of setting up your report card/transcript parameters, and you want to include students’ GPAs and Performance Categories after you’ve calculated them. With just a few clicks you’ll be all set to display this information in the Education Edge. Include GPAs on Report Cards/Transcripts ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/29/2015 06:30 AM
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The end of the year can be a busy time, and you’ll need to ensure that you are ready to begin billing for the new year. First, you’ll want to create or copy your Fiscal Year in General Ledger. Next, you’ll need to copy your Products and Billing Items. The setup of the dates of the Products and Billing Items determines how they are to be copied. To ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/24/2015 06:30 AM
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Are your performance categories not calculating correctly? Are students receiving the wrong performance levels? There are several possible causes: The Course is not marked to be included in the Performance category. The letter grade is not marked to be included in performance calculations within the translation table. Numeric and cutoff ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/22/2015 06:30 AM
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With all the vacations and graduations each summer, it’s easy to forget that a new Billing Year is probably starting! That means you’ll most likely be copying or creating Bill Codes and Billing items. Before you begin though, let’s talk about what they are and how using them makes your life a lot easier in the world of Student Billing. First, let’s cover ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/17/2015 06:30 AM
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Second part of the school year is fast approaching and it comes time again to recognize your students’ achievements and progress. Using Rank and Performance Categories is a great way to recognize these, and there are great tools in the system to assist you with this process! Before you can calculate Rank or Performance Categories, you first must ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/15/2015 06:30 AM
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With Raiser’s Edge 7.94, all contact information was moved from addresses to a single contact grid for constituents. The development office is now able to track multiple phone numbers or email addresses with the same contact type. They can also use new identifiers of Primary or Inactive to determine what contact information is preferred or archived ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/14/2015 08:59 AM
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As I sit to write this blog, I’m reminded of what an important time of year this is for billing offices. If they haven’t started already, tuition payments for next year will start to roll in soon. Here in support, we receive many questions about tuition charges, advance deposits, and copying products and billing items. Ready to see that money? Let’s talk ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/10/2015 06:30 AM
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For clients that integrate Education Edge with Raiser’s Edge , the Education Edge 7.87 Patch 3 removed the concept of sharing phones. This means now you can share only the physical address across family records. Now, if a parent calls in with an updated phone number or email address, all records that share that number or email need to be updated ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/09/2015 11:25 AM
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Troubleshooting GPA Calculations Tossing and turning losing sleep due to GPA calculation nightmares? Not sure why GPA calculations aren’t coming out correctly? No need to hide under the covers, this blog can help bash those nightmares away! GPA nightmare scenario 1: Hand calculation doesn’t match Registrar’s Office calculation Is the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/08/2015 06:30 AM
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A lot has been going on these days! In February we released Education Edge (EE) 7.87 Patch 3 to update compatibility with Raiser’s Edge (RE) 7.94 for our schools that utilize integration . We quickly learned from our clients that are hosted or downloaded RE 7.94 the changes to handling contact information were not functioning as expected and pulled the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/02/2015 04:51 PM
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As the end of the year approaches and many of you are preparing report cards and transcripts, you may have questions about GPA’s. What is a GPA and how do I create it? How do I know if my GPA is right? A GPA is the numeric measure of a student’s average performance in all graded courses. One great resource we have on defining GPA calculations is our ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/01/2015 06:30 AM
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The Mark for Reenrollment Wizard is a very useful wizard that is used to create progression entries for the next Academic Year for student records. It can be filtered to create progression entries for one student, specific groups of students, specific grade levels, or all students in your school. Students need to have progression entries for the next ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/25/2015 06:30 AM
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Student Progression Entries may not take up very much space on a record, but they are tremendously important in the system. While it may not seem necessary to create Student Progression Entries for a school year that hasn't even begun, adding these to records as early as February can help you get a head start on next year’s Scheduling and Billing. A ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/18/2015 06:30 AM
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Are you looking to bring new accepted Applicant records over to the Registrar’s Office? If so, then you will want to check out the Enroll Applicants wizard. The Enroll Applicants wizard allows users to create enrollments from existing Applicant records and prepare Student records for next year’s scheduling and billing. The Enroll Applications ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/11/2015 06:30 AM
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Advance deposit season is upon us and payments from parents are coming into your school left and right to ensure that their children are guaranteed a spot at your school for the next year. You might think that you have the whole advance deposit thing down pat, but what about refunding or deleting them from student records? Depending on the situation, it ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 02/25/2015 06:30 AM
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In my last post, Backstage Pass to the Advance Deposit , we reviewed the working parts of the Advance Deposit. In this post, I’d like to review the set up and use of Application Restrictions. Application Restrictions are a way to specify that specific payments, credits, advance deposit credits, or financial aid credits apply to a specific billing item. ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 02/18/2015 06:30 AM
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Around this time of year, we receive many questions about what an Advance Deposit is and how it works. The Advance Deposit is simple to understand if you know the working parts behind it. Let’s go backstage and look behind the scenes of the Advance Deposit! The Advance Deposit is a billing item that allows the school to receive money at one time but ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 02/11/2015 06:30 AM
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As we've discussed in previous blogs , patch 3 for version 7.87 of The Education Edge includes important updates if your EE database is integrated with The Raiser's Edge. If Blackbaud hosts your data, The Education Edge will be updated on February 5th and The Raiser's Edge will be updated to version 7.94 on February 8th. If Blackbaud does not host your ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 02/05/2015 06:00 AM
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Thank you for your patience. We now have firm dates for the upcoming Education Edge patch and Raiser's Edge release. Reminder: Upcoming Contact Information Changes in The Education Edge 7.87 Patch 3 The Education Edge will release a patch to hosted customers on 2/5/2015 to prepare you for The Raiser’s Edge 7.94 release on 2/8/2015. If you do not host ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 02/03/2015 01:56 PM
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Have you ever logged in to FAWeb to approve comments, only to find that the option is missing? Did you know that there are 3 different types of FAWeb users other than teacher logins, and each comes with their own set of rights? Below you will find a breakdown of each type, along with instructions on how to grant those rights to a user. Supervisor The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/28/2015 06:30 AM
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In a recent blog post , I communicated a timeline for the upcoming changes to your Education Edge and Raiser’s Edge integration with the release of The Education Edge 7.87 patch 3 and The Raiser’s Edge 7.94 release. However, our timeline for these updates has changed. During our last round of quality control, we identified a potential risk to this ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/23/2015 11:31 AM
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In December 2014, we implemented an important enhancement to www.blackbaud.com that will help us prepare the framework for single sign-on. While our Support resources haven't changed, this does change how you sign into www.blackbaud.com. The updated process will allow you to choose to sign into Blackbaud.com using either your email address or ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/22/2015 10:08 AM
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Don’t worry! This username and password are grayed out by design. When an Education Edge record is linked to NetCommunity, the username and password become grayed out and locked in The Education Edge. This helps prevent any type of disconnect between the EE record and their NetCommunity account and users don’t have to worry about updating a username ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/21/2015 06:30 AM
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As a reminder to our Education Edge customers who integrate with The Raiser's Edge, this week we're releasing a very important patch to The Education Edge. We recommend before you install the patch, run the integration sync before you update your software . Then, we recommend you install The Education Edge 7.87 patch 3 before you update to The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/20/2015 11:30 AM
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Have you ever had a teacher who couldn’t remember their Faculty Access for the Web password or needed to login as a teacher and don’t know where to find their login credentials? Here are some helpful tips for resetting Faculty Access for the Web password (s) from Administration>Set up System Security in the Education Edge. Login as a Supervisor or a ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/14/2015 06:30 AM
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Just a few weeks ago, people around the country piled in their cars and bombarded stores for the best Black Friday deals they could find. Drivers circled around the lots until they finally spotted another shopper pulling out of a spot. The lots were so full that a driver could not find a spot until another driver was leaving. User licenses in The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/07/2015 06:30 AM
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What’s happening? As we mentioned in our first post of the Raiser’s Edge 7.94 blog series , constituent contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses are no longer going to “live” off of an address in Raiser’s Edge as this is a dated practice. We believe that contact information should belong to a person rather than an address. What does ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 12/16/2014 03:00 PM
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It’s the end of the semester, and you’re working on Sally Student’s and Samuel Student’s transcripts. There is an array of problems with the transcripts – information is missing or incorrect and Sally’s transcript isn't showing up to print. Below are 5 top issues that you may run into when running transcripts. 1. Grades or courses are missing on ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 11/19/2014 06:30 AM
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If you have the optional online module NetClassroom, you have the ability to publish documents such as report cards, transcripts and statements online for students and parents to view without having to print out a hard copy to send out. Not only is this convenient for both students and parents but it also saves trees, and thus helps to decrease paper ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 11/05/2014 06:30 AM
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We have our September winner of the Back to School Contest. Join us in congratulating Geoffrey Goodfellow from Southwest Chicago Christian Schools in winning a $25 Staples® gift card! Once again we would also like to congratulate our other winners: Bryan Lorenzo from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School . Tammy Roberts from Hatfield Elementary School . ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/24/2014 06:30 AM
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Interim or cumulative grades can be tracked by posting to interim marking columns created in Registrar’s Office. Although teachers will not have access to the interim marking columns in their gradebooks, they can view all marking column grade information entered in Registrar's Office for the selected academic year by clicking History on the grade ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/22/2014 06:30 AM
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Need a way to quickly check a student's marking column grade in FAWeb or find which classes are marked Not Ready to post? You can find information quickly and easily using queries in Registrar's Office. Here are a few examples of how you can use these queries to get you started. Say you need to a quick way to list current grades for a specific student. You ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/08/2014 06:30 AM
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Students are back in school and grades are starting to come in. Before report card season rolls around, we want to make sure that grades are setup correctly to calculate in FAWeb and in Registrar’s Office. There are two major areas that need to be checked to ensure grades are calculating in FAWeb. The first is in the gradebook setup for each class in the Edit ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/25/2014 06:30 AM
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Now that school has begun, it’s time to dig up the old loafers hiding in the back of your closet, brush off those scholarly cobwebs and refresh your knowledge on how to use FAWeb! If you are new to using FAWeb, just know that it is all you will need to have in order to enter grades, assignments, conduct, and class announcements for your students to see in ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/23/2014 06:30 AM
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The good news- the order you placed for Honor Student bumper stickers has finally arrived! The bad news- you’re not sure which students are supposed to receive a bumper sticker. We can find this out by using the Academic Achievement list Report in the Grade Reports section. Before working with this report, make sure your performance category ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/15/2014 06:30 AM
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In Faculty Access for the Web (FAWeb), comments can be entered for both assignments and marking columns. Both assignment and marking column grade comments can be viewed in NetClassroom. Assignment comments become viewable in NetClassroom when assignment grades are viewable. Marking column comments only show in NetClassroom after they have been ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/12/2014 06:30 AM
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We have a winner for the August Back to School contest! Join us in congratulating Bryan Lorenzo from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in winning a$25 Staples® gift card! Want a chance to win a $25 Staples® gift card? We have made a change to the contest rules where any comments submitted on September blog entries will get an entry to the drawing, the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/10/2014 06:30 AM
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If a holiday is missed or entered incorrectly in the Academic Year, your cycle days can be incorrect after the holiday . It’s better to find this out sooner rather than later, so take a quick peek at your attendance when you get a chance to see if your days are showing correctly. If they aren’t, you can add or correct the holiday by going to the Academic Year, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/02/2014 06:30 AM
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Now that you’ve got Courses, Classes, and Students enrolled, how do you take Attendance? Is there setup you have to do beforehand? While there is some setup, it’s easy and we’ll walk through it here! First, let’s talk about Setting up Attendance to be taken. Navigate to Configuration>Attendance Codes. This is where you define Codes to use when ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/29/2014 06:30 AM
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We invite you to read more about the new Knowledgebase changes happening here in Support. Check it out: New Knowledgebase Changes . If you want to be in the know, make sure to subscribe to our Support News blog! moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/28/2014 07:00 AM
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It is one week before school starts, and a teacher contacts you to say, “Help! All my gradebooks are missing on my FAWeb homepage!” What do you do to resolve this issue? First, you need to know there is more than one possible cause for this error. If you know that, then you also know there is more than one possible solution to the problem. This article ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/27/2014 06:30 AM
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If you have FAWeb, you know it’s a great module that provides teachers with gradebooks that interact with the Registrar’s Office database. It contains class gradebooks, attendance, and student information! Before teachers can start setting up their gradebooks, they first need to be set up in security and added to the FAWeb group . This is done in ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/25/2014 06:30 AM
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Mission impossible? Absolutely not! Grab your spy gear and let’s go edit a billing schedule . Before the mission can start, we must know if the billing schedule is un-generated, partially generated or fully generated. How do I know if it is the billing schedule is generated, you ask? On the schedule tab of the billing schedule it states the status for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/22/2014 06:30 AM
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We have a winner for the July Back to School contest! Join us in congratulating Tammy Roberts in winning a$25 Staples® gift card! Want a chance to win a $25 Staples® gift card? We have made a change to the contest rules where any comments submitted on August and September blog entries will get an entry to the drawing, the comment must have the following ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/21/2014 06:30 AM
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The beginning of the new school year is fast approaching and emails need to be sent to student families. Using NetMail , we can create an email to send to the families with information needed for the school year! NetMail works with export files, which allows you to select the group of people to whom you want the message to be sent. You can also select the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/20/2014 06:30 AM
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By this time of year, students will have most likely begun paying their tuition bills. In Student Billing, we’ve been recording the payments and getting them applied to the correct charges. Sometimes, however, we will need to refund a payment back to the student. The student may have paid a little extra, or may no longer be returning to the school. The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/13/2014 06:30 AM
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Fast! can be used to add transactions to a group of records more quickly than manually adding them. Fast gives you the opportunity to enter new charges or payments for records using a spreadsheet method. The specific record names or record IDs can be entered one at a time or you can use a query to load the records in the datasheet. After you click on the Fast! ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/11/2014 10:40 AM
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Are you looking for an easy way to let your students know what their user names and passwords are for NetClassroom in a letter without going through the trouble of typing each letter out? You can do this in The Education Edge by taking a simple student export and turning it into a Microsoft Simple Word Merge . If you are unfamiliar with word merges and how they ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/06/2014 06:30 AM
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Don’t miss the free Faculty Access Tips & Tricks for Teachers webinar! When: Noon to 12:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 5. Here are the details: In this 30-minute online instructor-led event, you'll get the answers to common teacher questions before you ask them! This event is free. Register today even if your organization doesn't have a Blackbaud ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/04/2014 12:44 PM
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When the time comes to provide usernames and passwords to your students and parents, export is our best tool. Today we’re going to talk about exporting usernames and passwords using both a Student export and an Individual export. A few things to keep in mind: Export is used because Student and Individual Passwords are encrypted in query. (See Faculty ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/04/2014 06:30 AM
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Don't miss the Faculty Access for the Web Tips & Tricks webinar! When: Tuesday, August 5 -- 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET Details: In this 30-minute online instructor-led event, you'll get the answers to common questions before you ask them! Why can't I see the current academic year? Decimal precision: How does this impact grades? Category points vs. ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/01/2014 07:14 PM
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The first day of school is just around the corner, which means teachers will soon be asking you for class rosters and students’ contact information. If you want to be ready, then keep reading to find out how to create Class Rosters and Student/Family Directories. The Class Report (also known as Class Roster) lists classes that have been created for the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/31/2014 06:30 AM
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You’ve finalized all scheduling for the New Year, and now teachers are bombarding you with questions about which students will be in their classes next year. “How can I get this information to them?” you might ask. There is a handy class report for just that purpose! This report can be found in Reports > Course/Class Reports > Class Report and will allow ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/29/2014 06:30 AM
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Whether you are at the beginning, middle, or completely finished with scheduling there are some great reports at your fingertips. They can be found in Reports > Scheduling Reports for you to use! The reports included are: Conflicts Report The Conflicts report is great to use when editing your master schedule and scheduling students. It provides a list ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/24/2014 06:30 AM
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When it comes time to Enroll Students in their Classes – did you know you can let the system do most of the work for you? The option to Generate Student Schedules is designed to help ease the workload of getting Students in the right classes. A few things to remember before scheduling students: > Students must have Student Requests. Requests are used by ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/22/2014 06:30 AM
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Don't miss the free Student Scheduling Tips & Tricks webinar! When: 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 22 Details: Learn how to expedite the scheduling process and track changes to student schedules. Use the Select a Class feature to determine which classes fit a student’s schedule Use the Fill Free Time feature to automatically enroll ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/21/2014 06:30 AM
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You’ve been working through a laundry list of steps: create your academic year, make a timetable, craft a schedule, set up your classes, pull your hair out… Now you’re ready for the students to be scheduled in their classes and then finally a break! Scheduling students manually is a simple task, and may often the better option if you have a smaller school, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/17/2014 06:30 AM
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When you want to automatically schedule students using the Generate Student Schedules wizard, you have to enter course requests for students first. Here are some steps that will help you breeze through the process! 1. Define Core Curriculum If you know each grade level should be taking certain classes, you can define the set of classes as a core ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/15/2014 06:30 AM
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Are you ready to start creating classes for the upcoming school year? There are different ways classes can be created and it is good to be aware of some of the more common ways to make the creation of classes easier! Today I wanted to focus on two useful ways to create classes: 1. Automatically create classes via the Create Classes wizard 2. Manually create ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/10/2014 06:30 AM
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You’ve set up Course Restrictions for the new academic year, classes have been created, and now you are ready to schedule the meetings, teachers and rooms. With Generate Master Schedule you can automatically schedule this information, or you can manually schedule them, and typically you need to do both! After creating classes for the academic year, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/08/2014 06:30 AM
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When deciding on how to schedule students for the next academic year, there are a couple of questions to ask: How many students are you scheduling for? Is the way you want the students to be scheduled very specific? Are you using course requests? If the answers to these questions are: A small number Yes No Then the best option is to manually schedule the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/03/2014 06:30 AM
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The Scheduling Calendar is a very important part of the setup process, and if you set it up at the beginning of the school year, you will save yourself a lot of time and possible frustration later on. It is used to indicate specific holidays that your school will not be in session, and it can also be used to mark specific days that you will be in session and ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/01/2014 06:30 AM
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As the school year approaches, decisions may be made to make changes to the bell schedule or order of periods. These changes may not be decided on until after you have already set up the schedule for the next academic year, or you may have not scheduled any classes yet. Instead of starting from scratch, you can edit the existing timetable. Before editing ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/27/2014 06:30 AM
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Have you ever been in charge of buying the supplies for a dinner with family and friends, spent hours at the grocery store buying all of the items, only to come home and realize that you forgot to buy a necessary ingredient? When there are a million other things going on (and there most certainly are, especially when you work in a school) sometimes important ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/25/2014 06:30 AM
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Summertime for the Business Office at your school is a busy time! You’re often finishing up details from the previous school year while preparing for the next one simultaneously. You could use a time saver and a way to automate tedious processes so you can get to the next item on the list. Using the Generate Transactions Automatically (GTA) parameter can ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/23/2014 06:30 AM
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While there are many ways to reconcile your bank accounts in The Financial Edge, we have a few suggestions of what reports to run in order to reconcile your Student Billing sub-ledger accounts. Suggestion #1: Run the Account Distribution report against your General Ledger report The Account Distribution report in Student Billing is recommended to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/16/2014 06:30 AM
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If the upcoming school year schedule is staying the same, hopefully you’ve used the copy scheduling year function to copy everything over. In just a few clicks, the software will automatically copy everything over including class times and assigned teachers. If you’re unfamiliar with the wizard, I highly recommend it if things are more or less ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/10/2014 06:30 AM
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There are a lot of building blocks that you need to have in place for scheduling and grading. For example, you need to have your cycle, timetable, and pattern(s) in place for scheduling, and you need to have your marking columns and translation tables set up for grading. However, there are two specific building blocks you need to have in place in order to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/09/2014 06:30 AM
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Add to your skill set by attending these great online instructor-led events. Registering is easy! Just use the links in the list below. If your organization has a Learn More or Learn Everything training subscription, you can simply request a session. No training subscription? No problem: Use the Add to Cart feature. We look forward to seeing you! Day, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/06/2014 03:43 PM
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It may be summer time and most students are on vacation but that doesn't mean next year isn't right around the corner. We have developed and updated some of our resources for your Back to School processes! In addition to www.blackbaudknowhow.com and Knowledgebase , we are proud to unveil our Back to School page. This is a one stop place for preparing ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/06/2014 06:30 AM
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Have you heard of the FREE scheduling training coming up for June? In this 30-minute online instructor-led event, you’ll learn great ways to save time when creating your Master Schedule. Such as creating classes directly from the Summary view of the Master Schedule and how to reschedule classes by dragging and dropping them! Day/Date Time Tuesday, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/05/2014 06:30 AM
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How would you like to have the resources you need for The Education Edge exactly when you need it? As you get busy ramping up for the new school year you're likely going to need a lot of information to be successful. In effort to get you that information when you need it, we've created a calendar chock-full of useful resources related to the tasks you will be ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/05/2014 06:30 AM
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What options do you have to help automate your schedule? What about tying Courses together? Is there a way to ensure Classes follow each other – like a Lab? Yes! Using Scheduling Rules, all of these needs can be met! To begin with, let’s take a look at how we create Scheduling Rules to use in the system. They are created from within Configuration, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/04/2014 06:30 AM
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With your current school year winding to a close, we know that you are already busy preparing for the new school year! Our Education Edge team has been busy writing blogs that we hope will help with your preparations. To make things a little more fun, we’re giving you the chance to win a $25 Staples® gift card to use towards your Back to School supplies! The ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/02/2014 06:30 AM
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When you start your scheduling process, it’s important to do things in the correct order to ensure that setting up the foundation of your scheduling year goes smoothly. This will provide a quick overview of what needs to be done in a certain order and why. 1. First off, you will need to create your academic year, session and terms. This might seem pretty ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/29/2014 06:30 AM
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Once again the Pomp Circumstance has been played and the diplomas have been given out to students. Now you need to convert the recently graduated students from non-constituents to constituents in the Raiser’s Edge. Luckily, with integration between Education Edge and Raiser’s Edge, it can be setup to accomplish this with a few simple steps! First, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/28/2014 06:30 AM
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At the end of every academic year, there comes the time to don graduation caps and progress your seniors into the next steps of their academic career. The Promotion Schedule in Configuration and the End of the Year Processing wizard in Administration> Status wizards dictates what happens with the seniors in the Education Edge. There are 2 ways to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/22/2014 06:30 AM
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Congratulations on completing another successful school year! By now, the final grades have been entered, the students have Student Progression Entries for the next academic year, and you’re ready to promote students to their next grade levels. Wouldn’t it would be nice if there was a quick and easy way to promote students all at once? Well, there ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/20/2014 06:30 AM
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What’s new with the Education Edge team? Blog contest is on! Each month (June, July, August, and September) you have a chance to win a $25 gift card! Details here: Back to School Contest Check out the Resource video that the Education Edge team created and starred in! Click here to watch! Free Faculty Access for the Web training in August. Day/Date Time ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/15/2014 06:00 AM
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Timetables and Patterns are the building blocks for creating the class schedule for the academic year. They can be seen as peanut butter and jelly on a sandwich, pretty good on their own but work best together. Timetables and Patterns can both be located in Configuration >Registrar Setup. From the list on the left, select Timetables and click New ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/21/2014 09:00 AM
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Many families have unique needs for the way the statements need to be printed and which transactions should show on each one. This blog post will list a few scenarios you may have in your school and explains how to handle them. Scenario 1 – Student-Centric with divorced parents If your school is set up to be Student-Centric, students are responsible for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/14/2014 09:00 AM
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There are so many odds and ends involved when creating a statement that sometimes various little details are overlooked. The following information will show you some tips and tricks to refine your billing statements. Showing grade levels Some users like to display the student grade levels on the statements. But what if you’re creating a statement for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/09/2014 09:00 AM
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Today we’re going to talk about Application Restrictions. Application Restrictions can be used to ensure that credits or payments apply to specific charges. As an example, you may want your advance deposit credits to only apply to tuition charges. For advance deposits or financial aid, the restrictions can be set up on the billing item to ensure the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/08/2014 04:30 PM
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Billing Schedules are a handy way to easily accommodate the tuition and fee billing options commonly offered by independent schools. Automatic Billing, Financial Aid, Advance Deposit, and TRP Billing Items help you accurately manage your receivables and they make it easy for families to understand what they owe your school monthly by ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/25/2014 08:00 AM
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Are you tired of setting up things in Education Edge from one year to the next? Did you know there are several ways you can copy information from one year to another? Below you will find out how to copy Homeroom Teachers, Advisors, Academic Years, Course Restrictions 2, Course Grading, Course Billing Items, Faculty/Staff Restrictions, Room ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/19/2014 01:00 PM
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This time of year, schools are gearing up for returning students. As contracts are returned and deposits are made, data is flowing everywhere! Attributes are used to place additional information on a student record that the school wants to track. We like to think of it as the “other” place to add data when it doesn’t fit anywhere else. So what types of ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/07/2014 03:47 PM
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Do you have an ID card printer or ID card stock? Do you store your pictures in The Education Edge or in Student Information Systems? If so, then the Custom Report Writing Team can create ID cards for you. All we need are your school logo, any additional graphics, and your ID card layout. For more information contact solutions@blackbaud.com or ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 03/05/2014 10:00 AM
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Are parents asking to pay tuition online? Do you routinely take credit card information over the phone or through the mail? Would your Finance office benefit from seamless bill pay integration with The Education Edge? Blackbaud Online Express Bill Pay can provide your parents and payers with a SECURE portal for paying tuition and fees online. Now that ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/31/2014 07:00 AM
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Well, not only is it 2014, but January is more than halfway over. I know, I probably should I have warned you to shield your eyes there. Even though the ball drop is behind us, it’s never too late to talk New Year’s resolutions, right? While I’m not usually one for resolutions, I’ve made a few professional resolutions this year. Here are my short term goals ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/23/2014 09:15 AM
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Blackbaud Forms has 1098T tax forms available. They are sold individually or in a bundle. The 1098T bundle includes: federal copy A, student copy B, filer copy C and compatible self-seal envelopes. Blackbaud Forms products can now be purchased online at www.blackbaudforms.com ! You can also reach the Blackbaud Forms team through our call center at ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/17/2014 09:46 AM
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For Blackbaud Student Information System users, before you run your 1098Ts this year, we wanted to make you were aware of an important change we made in P atch 1 of 7.86 . We made an adjustment to the way we process 1098T’s for 3 rd party payments in Student Billing . Now, you don’t have to be perfect in order to make sure the right people receive a 1098T form. ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/14/2014 11:46 AM
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Advance deposits give parents the opportunity to send in a payment to reserve their child’s place for the next school year. Once the advance deposit is paid, a credit generates in the next academic year toward tuition charges. Advance deposits can be created two ways: as standalone charge waiting for a payment to be applied at a later date or created ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/07/2014 08:34 AM
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When the school year is coming to a close and the next one is on the horizon, one of the important steps is to progress your students from their current grade to the next grade level. Marking students for Reenrollment creates a Student Progression Entry for the next academic year. Students are unable to be scheduled for their classes without a Student ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 01/03/2014 08:55 AM
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While others dream of sugar plums and frosted window panes, are you dreaming of accurate reports and mailings in The Education Edge? Have you resolved to clean up and streamline the workings in The Education Edge for the coming year? This year, you can make your dreams come true and even keep this New Year’s resolution by learning more about data entry ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 11/19/2013 06:00 AM
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On behalf of all the hard working employees who work on The Education Edge here at Blackbaud, I’m happy to announce the release of 7.86. Hosted customers were upgraded on Sunday, October 20th. Install customers can download the release from our website: https://www.blackbaud.com/support/downloads/downloads.aspx MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS: Enhanced ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/21/2013 03:52 PM
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Can you believe we’re already in October? I don’t know where this year has gone with all of the exciting efforts we have going on. Coming back from BBCON , I’m especially excited about the great feedback we have heard this year from our Customer Support team. Throughout the year, the team has continuously been reviewing processes, Knowledgebase ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/08/2013 03:00 PM
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Have you ever heard the saying “need-to-know-basis”? In this day and age, it’s as if we are all required to know more and more! We “need-to-know” everything…and then some! With our busy schedules, it’s tough to find enough time to do the work you are required to do. That’s why training is so important! By educating yourself regularly, you keep ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 10/04/2013 08:30 AM
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Have you ever needed to export multiple contact types and found that the order of the contact types was different for each record? This can make the export output hard to use, especially if you need each contact type to be in a specific column. Luckily, there is an easy solution! Instead of including all 3 contact numbers in one group, we can set up separate ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/25/2013 04:41 PM
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As the school year is now back in full swing, there comes a time where schedules need to be edited. Is a student no longer attending your school and you need to remove him from the class? Or, does the student need to transfer from Honors Geometry in period 1 to Honors Geometry in period 4? Not sure how to handle these changes? Let's review the 3 different ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/23/2013 02:31 PM
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We'll be hosting a free web seminar for Online Campus Community on the setup and creation of Athletics/Team pages on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 2:00 pm EST . Have you wanted to leverage the team pages in Online Campus Community? Did you have issues with the setup last year? Join us to learn the ins and outs of managing your Team/Athletic pages to ensure ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/23/2013 12:26 PM
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Presenting the case of the mysterious changing grade! In Faculty Access to the Web, you as the teacher have the option to keep individual assignment grades from showing until you are finished grading the papers, immediately, or for a specific date in the future… and it's a good thing too! As a former history teacher, I remember those papers I used to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/19/2013 09:20 AM
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Presenting the case of teachers versus the first few grades of the marking period! Don't worry! It's not as adversarial as it sounds; however, now that parents and students have access to grades (depending on your NetClassroom configuration , of course), it is important that teachers understand how the set-up of their gradebook affects students and ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/17/2013 09:00 AM
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The leaves will soon be turning color, in some areas there’s a bit of a snap in the air. As you’re digging out your fall sweaters, don’t forget to take some time to “put on” some training! We have some great instructor-led virtual classes for you for the last half of September. If you’re interested in learning about Scheduling in Registrar’s Office but ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/16/2013 10:00 AM
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We've simplified the order process. Starting October 1, you can order Blackbaud Forms online through our new website www.blackbaudforms.com . The site is designed with a fresh look, easy navigation, and the latest product information. Here's what's new: More options for placing and customizing orders Added functionality to check the status of ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/11/2013 10:26 AM
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Don't forget to let parents know about the great features in NetClassroom. The Education Edge page on the Blackbaud website has links to numerous resources, such as: NetClassroom 101 - An Illustrated Cheat Sheet for Parents and Students Customizable Sample Information Sheet Online Express Bill Pay NetClassroom Handout moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/05/2013 12:17 PM
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As students head back to school, both students are parents are logging into NetClassroom to check their schedule and assignments for the upcoming year. After being distracted by a summer full of fun, they may not remember their NetClassroom password. If your school is receiving an influx of calls or emails regarding NetClassroom passwords, did you ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/03/2013 04:39 PM
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Looking for a refresher on how to change student enrollments with the Drop, Add, and Transfer features? Check out these two videos in the Start Learning for The Education Edge library. Dropping and Adding Classes for a Student Transferring a Student to Another Class Did you know that everyone in the office has unlimited access to the Start ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 09/03/2013 02:06 PM
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It's the start of a new school year. Looking for resources to get teachers up to speed on Faculty Access for the Web? We're here to help. How-To Documentation and More The Faculty Access for the Web page on the Blackbaud website has links to numerous resources, such as: FAWeb Overview FAWeb Videos FAWeb FAQs Training If your organization has a Learn ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/29/2013 11:54 AM
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Did you know that faculty members can add, review, and approve course requests in Faculty Access for the Web? It’s true! Here’s the scoop: Teachers can approve requests for courses they will teach in the upcoming academic year. Teachers can approve requests for students they teach in the current academic year. Advisors can approve requests for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/27/2013 05:44 PM
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Both of our Education Solutions Product Managers - Courtney Grainger and Julia Wilson - will be at the upcoming Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits September 29 to October 1st at the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel & Convention Center in Washington, DC. Are you curious about what's coming for The Education Edge, Online Campus Community, and Online ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/26/2013 10:04 AM
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It’s a new school year, and while you’re gearing up for all the excitement of seeing the students back at school, don’t forget to plan some time to learn new skills in The Education Edge. We’ve got classes scheduled that can help you learn more about everything from records to export. Why take up valuable time training? Because the best defense ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/23/2013 03:00 PM
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Hi! Last time, I filled you in on the importance of defining scheduling restrictions for teachers . Today, let's talk about restrictions for rooms. General Restrictions On the General tab of a room record, it’s important to verify the maximum room capacity and target room capacity. Additionally, be sure to: Indicate whether more than one class ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/23/2013 08:45 AM
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Part of scheduling your students for the upcoming academic year is scheduling lunch. Depending on your school’s needs, The Education Edge has a lunch option for you. When deciding which option is best for you when scheduling lunch, there are a few questions you should ask yourself: Do I use a rotating pattern where students do not have the same period ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/21/2013 01:16 PM
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On Monday, August 19 th , we released a patch of The Education Edge. Included in the patch is an updated feature for our users. We heard you had some confusion around our shared assignments option in Faculty Access for the Web. The request came for us not to delete prior year assignments when you delete a shared assignment for the current academic year. We ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/20/2013 02:01 PM
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Do you ever wish there was an EASY button for scheduling? Well, we haven't developed that button yet, but there are a few things you can do to make scheduling for your next academic year a bit more simplified. Easy Option #1: Don't reinvent the wheel - Copy it instead! Is your schedule next year going to be pretty much the same as it was last year-- give or take ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/15/2013 01:23 PM
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A few weeks ago, we were approached to participate in a podcast for The Turn To Smith Blog ! In my mind, I was like, “me! Podcast??!! Yes!” If you haven’t met me in person yet, I’m a talker, especially when I’m passionate about the topic. So when we’re talking about non-profits evaluating, implementing, and utilizing software, it's probably in my top ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/15/2013 09:41 AM
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From time to time it might be necessary to delete a student progression entry from a record. For some records, no problem. But for others, that big red X is grayed out. Why might that be? Here's a list of possibilities and what to check for each. Possible Cause #1: Student has scheduling information Scheduling information is dependent on a ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/13/2013 11:04 AM
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As teachers and staff head back to school, many preparations take place to ensure a smooth start on the first day. Between setting up rooms and preparing lesson plans, teachers are busy! Below are a few steps that will help make the first few days easier for teachers in FAWeb. First, ensure the academic year and Marking Columns have been turned on by the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 08/07/2013 05:26 PM
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Do you remember the choose your own adventure series? Many of us here do because recently when I said we should create a 'Choose Your Adventure' walkthrough of the Online Express Bill Pay set up steps, people rejoiced! Well, I may be overstating it a bit but we did have a good time reminiscing and sharing stories about the old adventures. After the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/31/2013 03:00 PM
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Why are the Advisor and Homeroom teacher fields grayed out on my student's record? And, where did the information go? No worries, David Copperfield has not been messing with your database. Let me explain. When today's date does not fall within an Academic Year's start and end dates OR the student was not given a Student Progression Entry created for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/30/2013 10:00 AM
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July is a magical month. It brings us the Fourth of July, Bastille Day, Build a Scarecrow Day, National Hot Dog Month, and last but not least, Reconciliation Time. This is the time of year where most people in the financial world start to balance their books for last year and years prior. In some cases you may have auditors pounding at your door asking you ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/23/2013 04:01 PM
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Ever find yourself scratching your head when it comes time to promote your students or generate transactions, wondering how exactly you did it last year? Or what about navigating to a report you use daily - ever wish you could get to it with one click instead of five? Favorites and Shortcuts could be your answer! Favorites and Shortcuts allow you to create ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/17/2013 03:42 PM
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In the past few weeks, we've discussed a lot of important information about scheduling: Scheduling Really Starts in Configuration How to Globally Edit Course Limits in Edit Master Schedule How to Simplify Scheduling by Defining Relationships Between Courses The Importance of Defining Course Resources Now, let's take a look at how to prepare ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/11/2013 10:01 AM
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Are you trying to generate charges for your students for the upcoming year and finding yourself bugging your registrar to move students up to the next grade level so you can bill them accurately? Or maybe you are on the other end, feeling like your billing office is chomping at the bit for you to run the End of Year processing wizard before you're ready to do ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/09/2013 10:47 AM
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Now that school is out for the year, it’s time to get to class! Say WHAT? You read correctly! While getting ready for next school year, schedule yourself some time to learn more about the software you’re using…or pick up a few tips and tricks to help make your life easier. That’s what Blackbaud Training can do for you. Our classes range in topic from ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/08/2013 04:26 PM
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Need a scheduling refresher or interested in learning about time-saving features you may have overlooked? Register for the instructor-led online classes we're offering in July. Note: If your organization has a Learn More or Learn Everything training subscription , you can attend all six classes for free! Click the links below to read class ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/08/2013 01:03 PM
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Summer is here and the students are gone for break. Now it’s time for you to wrap up the end-of-year processing in Student Billing, so that your summer break can began as well. We understand that this process only happens once a year, so our goal is to make it as easy as possible to wrap up 2012-2013 and prepare for 2013-2014. The first step to get you closer to ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/05/2013 10:42 AM
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Greetings from Charleston! Last week, we discussed how you can simplify scheduling by defining relationships between courses . Today, our topic is course resources. On the Resources tab of a course record, you can identify teachers and rooms that can be assigned to classes of the course. Defining course resources is an important step in the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 07/03/2013 04:25 PM
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the decision we made to add online bill payment to The Education Edge. When we investigated online bill payment, I had many conversations with schools about tuition management. The most obvious benefit to tuition management was to move bill payments from in person transactions to online. Our team went to work and made it ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/27/2013 02:19 PM
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Welcome back to the Summer Scheduling Series. So far, we've discussed how the scheduling process really starts in Configuration and how to globally edit course limits on the Master Schedule screen . Now, let's take a look at the Rules tab on course records. The Rules tab is important for both automated and manual scheduling. Why? The Rules tab is ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/26/2013 05:25 PM
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With one academic year coming to a close, it's time to promote your students that will be returning next year and graduate the ones who are moving on. You can do this using the End of Year Processing wizard in Registrar's Office. Here are some answers to questions we commonly receive regarding this process. How do you run the End of Year Processing ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/24/2013 08:39 PM
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What three letters can make or break your students getting that college acceptance letter? G-P-A. Since such a seemingly tiny number can drastically affect a student's Higher Ed future, it's important to get it right! While the setup of a GPA calculation is quite simple, there are many ways that the values being calculated can still be wrong for one, ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/24/2013 03:59 PM
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Hi, it's Marianna again. Last week, we started off the summer scheduling series by talking about how scheduling really starts in Configuration . This week, let's chat about the importance of accurate course limits. The Restrictions 1 tab of course records identifies the minimum, target, and maximum numbers for classes and class sizes per term. ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/19/2013 05:51 PM
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In case you missed it the first time around, I wanted to post it here. Back before Spring Break, a group of our team members decided to give a little shout out and love to our K-12 customers! Even though it's now summer break, it's still worth a view (and a laugh at our expense)! Enjoy :) Want to read more about our K-12 solutions? http://goo.gl/MZ1UF moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/14/2013 02:43 PM
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How excited are we about Online Express Bill Pay? We're pretty much over the moon excited! Here's Courtney Grainger, our Product Manager, introducing you to our Education Edge 7.85 mascot! The Product Development team (aka Team Trapper Keeper) named him Sir Elton because he's a "rocket pig!" Not only do we believe that we can help you save money with ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/13/2013 11:23 AM
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It's scheduling season! But, before you head into the Scheduling area of Registrar's Office, don't forget that it's important to review scheduling settings in Configuration. That's right, the scheduling process really starts in Configuration. Here's a list of components in Configuration that impact your scheduling process: * Academic Year ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/12/2013 05:29 PM
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On behalf of all the hard working employees who work on The Education Edge here at Blackbaud, I’m happy to announce the release of 7.85. Hosted customers were upgraded on Sunday, June 09. Install customers can download the release from our website: https://www.blackbaud.com/support/downloads/downloads.aspx Major highlights: A new online ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/11/2013 01:25 PM
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How do you know what to build next? Is it a science or an art? I think it is a little bit of both. I joined our team as a Product Manager in September of last year and was faced with exactly this question. We’ve got an amazing community of users that have given us fantastic feedback and I was able to utilize this information to guide where to focus our energies ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/06/2013 03:24 PM
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When I was in high school, my school required each student to take a health class before graduation. Between my core subjects, electives, and fine arts programs, I had no room left in my schedule to complete this requirement. How would I fit this requirement in? Where I went to school, they offered some online classes and health was one of them. By taking ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 06/06/2013 08:21 AM
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In the latest release of The Education Edge 7.85 coming soon, we're introducing a new feature that enables you to accept student bill payments online in NetClassroom and manage those payments in Student Billing with Fast! Over the next couple blog posts, I’ll provide in detail some specifics about this great new feature but in this post I want to provide ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/29/2013 08:00 AM
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When it comes to scheduling, we want to end up with an overall best fit for students and teachers alike, but part of the challenge can be completing this, well, sometime before the end of next school year... You might be thinking, “How can we inject more efficiency into our master scheduling process?” Well, I'm glad you asked! Patterns may be just the ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 05/28/2013 08:20 AM
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As a member of an independent school, you know the importance of knowledge. An educated student has a world of opportunity available for the taking. The same applies to you and your peers. Well-trained staff is more productive, efficient, happy, and effective—Knowledge is the foundation for total success. We have some exciting changes for ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/24/2013 12:12 PM
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For The Education Edge and Blackbaud Student Information System version 7.84.52 - patch 3, in Faculty Access for the Web , faculty can now upload Apple iWork Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files for students to download in NetClassroom . Faculty first need to update an application setting before saving files for upload to Faculty Access for the Web . Open ... moreCommentsin K-12 Tips and Tricks on 04/01/2013 11:50 AM