Transcript TX Connect - A Parent`s View

txConnect – A Parent’s View
txConnect
• Is a web-based application designed to allow parents
access to student information entered in the
txGradebook.
• Utilizes a replicated database populated with student
information from the txGradebook.
• Uses automated services to update the database and
generate alerts regarding grades and/or attendance.
• Supports alert notifications via email based on district
configuration.
• Supports the use of a single parent account to access
students attending multiple campuses within the district.
• Help topics are available for each section of the
application.
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txConnect
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Login
Summary Page
Attendance
Grades
Assignments
Alerts
My Account
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Login
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From this page, a user may
establish an account (1), reset a
password (2) or login to the
application (3).
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Login - Spanish
txConnect also supports multiple
languages. Note, only static
data or data with a Spanish
equivalent in the SIS will be
translated.
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Summary
The 1 new alert
link notifies the
parent that there
has been an
important status
change to their
student’s grades
and/or
attendance. It is
also a link to the
Alerts tab.
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The information displayed in the
class schedule reflects what is in
the teachers grade book. Note,
there is a date and time stamp
associated with all grade and
attendance related information.
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Summary
The parent may
view Course or
Instructor
Notes entered
by the teacher in
txGradebook by
clicking on the
appropriate
yellow icon.
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These notes appear
throughout the
txConnect application.
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Summary Page
In the event that a parent has
multiple children attending
multiple campuses, the parent
may toggle between the
students using the Students
menu on the left.
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Attendance - Detailed
The Attendance Key displays
posting codes and descriptions
maintained in the SIS. The
attendance displayed on this page
is a combination of what the
teacher posts in the grade book
and any changes made by the
clerk in the SIS.
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Attendance – Calendar View
The Calendar View tab displays a
calendar for each month within the
selected semester. Shaded boxes
represent days where the student
has been marked absent or tardy.
The parent may click on these
boxes for more detail
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Attendance – Total View
The Totals View tab is a summary
of absence and tardy totals for
each period.
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Grades – Cycle Grades
The Cycle Grades tab displays
the current working cycle average
for each course in the student’s
schedule plus any previously
posted cycle grades within the
selected semester.
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Grades – Cycle Grades
The Show All
link will reveal
detail for all
courses while
Hide All will
collapse that
detail.
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By clicking on a cycle average,
the parent may view the category
and assignment detail within each
course.
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Grades – Semester Grades
The Semester Grades tab will
display grade and credit
information from the SIS that has
already been awarded.
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Assignments
By selecting the Course, View,
Due Before (optional) and
clicking Find Assignments, a list
of assignments meeting the
criteria will be displayed in the
area below.
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Assignments
The parent may sort this report in
either ascending or descending
order using the Course or Due
Date headings.
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Alerts – Subscribe to Alerts
Note, the parent may set up
custom alerts for each student
on their account.
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Alerts – View Alerts
By checking the Read? box, the
alert will assume an
acknowledged status and will only
display on this tab if the View
Read Alerts box is checked.
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My Account
To change any of the data on this
page, the parent will click the
appropriate Change link, enter the
new information and click Save to
update.
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My Account - Students
To add a new student to the
account, the parent must enter the
Student Portal ID provided by the
campus along with the student’s
Birth Date and click Add. The
parent must then click Save to
apply the changes.
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