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Home Access Center. Connecting Parents to Fulton County Schools. Home Access Center. What is Home Access Center? Web site that will replace Parent Connect Allows parents and students to view data including: Student Registration Report Card Attendance Discipline
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Home Access Center Connecting Parents to Fulton County Schools
Home Access Center • What is Home Access Center? • Web site that will replace Parent Connect • Allows parents and students to view data including: • Student Registration • Report Card • Attendance • Discipline • Transcript (course history) • Course Requests (implemented in Spring 2011) • In progress grades • Class work (assignments, tests etc.) • Student Schedule • Testing Information (CRCT, ITBS etc.) • All data is ‘real-time’ as teachers and administrators input data into the school district's database
Login via Parent Portal • Parents will be assigned a network login for access to the Parent Portal. • Parents can request consolidation of all students in the household into a single login. • Logins and passwords available for parents at child’s school (must present photo ID to pick up login) • Passwords may be changed inside Home Access Center (coming soon – forgotten password reset utility) • Home Access is just one of the options that will be available for Parents and Students coming soon! • Location of Home Access: • Fulton County Schools Website: • www.fultonschools.org • Click on the Parents icon • This brings up the Parent Community Page
Home Access Login Parents: Click on the Home Access Center icon on the left to access the website login page
Daily Summary Page • Parents with one student will access the Daily Summary page first • If you have more than one student you will access this page when you click on the link (name) of one of your children • Summary Page Shows: • Today’s Attendance • Today’s Schedule • Discipline Incidents for this Week • Student’s Assignments for this Week
Initial Home Access Page for parents with two or more Students; Click a Student Name to view that child’s data; To change student view at any time Click on ‘My Students’ from menu item and select another student
Daily Summary PageClick on Other Tabs for Detailed Information
Teacher note indicator Student ScheduleTeachers may add notes for the class or just your student as well as attach documents related to the course/assignment
Absences are Color Coded and the date on the calendar is colored if an attendance event was recorded. Hold the mouse cursor over a day to display detailed absence information
This window is a ‘pop-up’ Make sure you allow pop-ups in your Internet settings Discipline summary page Click on an Incident link to view the details; no individual names are shown on the website
Classwork Information Choose a Class to view then click Refresh View
Report card view will be available in this area after the first grading period in Fall 2010
Unofficial Student Transcript Transcripts on the website available after the beginning of the school year * * Students in Grades 06 and 09 will have Transcript data at the end of Semester 1
Edit e-mail address Registration InformationEdit e-mail address; FERPA preferences are updated on the student account
Sign up for Email alerts; real-time notificationsParent must have a valid email address in parent profile; Email alert settings can differ between siblings if desired
Home Access Center Alerts • Parents will receive an alert in the morning if their child is absent in the first two periods of the day! • Parents will receive alerts multiple times during the week if events are posted and information is updated Attendance Emails Discipline Emails
Home Access Center Alerts • Parents will receive notification of report card and progress reports that indicate marks posted. • All gradebook changes will be reflected in alerts, for example test scores posted, missing assignments. These notifications will help keep parents up to date. Report Card Emails Gradebook Emails
Must enter Old Password (current) Then enter New Password Then enter New Password (again) Click on Change Parents: To Change PasswordClick on My Profile to open dialog boxInput required values
To exit Home Access Center:Click on ‘Exit’ menu itemClick OK at exit prompt
Summary • Must present photo ID to receive a login and password • Request single entry for all children in the household (initially may have one login per student) • Home Access Internet website: www.fultonschools.org • Click on Parent icon on FCS website. • Click on Parent Login and then • Click on Home Access Center icon • Click on tabs within the website to see related data • To Exit click on ‘Exit’ menu item, click ‘OK’ then close your Internet browser window
Home Access Assistance • Documentation about the website data elements will be available on the Parent Community Page after the website becomes active • If you have problems with your login and/or password please contact the school to receive assistance • Password reset application coming soon and parents will be able to reset their passwords without contacting the site! • Most Internet browsers are compatible with this website
Home Access Center eSchoolPLUS Student Information System