Feature - Update Highlights E1042.5 to E1106

We have good news! Your District Editions of NASIS has been updated to the Enhancement Line 1106 (E.1106). Cool new functionality includes BIE specific behavior reporting, Ad hoc and Parent Portal enhancements as well as fixes for existing functionality. For a look at the highlights, click on this link:

Update Highlights 

Surprise - Check Your Sandbox!

If you are interested in checking out the new Enhanced Teacher Tools (ETT), we have made them available for preview on your sandbox! Every school has a sandbox to use for staff training or scenario testing. To access it, open a browser and enter the following URL:

https://training.bie.infinitecampus.com/sandbox/yourschoolname_sandbox.jsp

Wait - there is more! Follow the link to access additional resources such as documentation found on the Campus Community as well as TeacherTube videos:

Find Out More About ETT

Save the Date - BIE Summer Conference

The NASIS team is anticipating an absolutely awesome BIE Summer Conference in Reno, NV June 21-24, 2011. There will be several tracks including one that is specific to NASIS. For the details, check out the flyer:

BIE Summer Conference Information

Hot Topics - Support Customer Satisfaction Survey

Some of you have already shared your feedback via the new Customer Satisfaction Survey. The NASIS team would like to thank you for taking the time to provide this valuable information. We are always looking for ways to improve! If you would like details on the survey itself and what Infinite Campus does with the results, read the following article:

Customer Satisfaction Survey

Best Practice - FRAM

With the recent changes in FRAM (Free and Reduced Application Manager) within the product, we thought it would be beneficial to provide schools with some general guidelines on how to work with FRAM. It is important to note that the location of the Meal Status field has changed as well. To find out more, well, you know what to do!

Working with FRAM

Did you Know...You Can Check Your ISEP Hoursω

The ISEP regulations also require a school to meet a minimum threshhold for the total number of instructional hours. NASIS has a check for that! To find out if your school is meeting the required number of hours, please read the article located here:

BIE Calendar Validation

Helping You Help Yourself - Ad hoc Enhancements

You may have attended a demo on ad hoc during the recent monthly call with Infinite Campus and the BIE. If you did, you saw some pretty awesome stuff! There are so many new, useful features and folks responded with excitement and enthusiasm. Whether you are a beginner, advanced user or something in-between, you will benefit from these enhancements which we have highlighted here:

Ad hoc Enhancements

Are You Readyω Summer School Calendars

Although it has been a looooong winter and summer still seems far away, now is the time to start thinking about summer school calendars. The process hasn't changed much over time. The most important thing to remember is that if your summer school session spans from the end of June through the beginning of July, you will need two summer school calendars. Check this link for more details:

Summer School Calendar Configuration

The Cherry On Top - You Have Data Health Checks!

Recently, a notice was posted on the NASIS Listserve alerting users to a new set of reports that will help schools keep their data clean for AYP audits. For definitions of each of the checks, please refer to the documentation linked here:

Data Health Check Report - Pre-AYP