Orbund Client Communication Blog http://orbund.com/blog/ Welcome to Orbund blog! This site contains information about all recent updates to Orbund products as well as solutions to frequently asked questions from clients. [Home] | [Orbund Website] | [Live Chat Support] en Copyright 2009 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:30 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss How to add last year credits for a student who joined in a new school this year? Students > Transcript > select Class Level > click on Student's Name > Grade Transfer

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/11/how_to_add_last_year_credits_f.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/11/how_to_add_last_year_credits_f.html K-12 Education Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:30 -0600 How to print letter to parents 1. Go to: Printing -> Custom Printing

2. Select the letter from the drop down list.

3. Click on "Add Parents" to select and add parents to your data source.

4. Click on "Generate Printable Version"

5. Before printing you can remove page headers and footers from printing preferences in File Menu. This can be at different place depending on browser. On Internet Explorer, it's in File->Page Setup.

6. Print the page.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/08/how_to_print_letter_to_parents.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/08/how_to_print_letter_to_parents.html K-12 Education Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:00:15 -0600 How to promote students to next grade levels? You can promote students to next grade levels from "Students" > "Student records" > "promote students".

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/how_to_promote_students_to_nex.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/how_to_promote_students_to_nex.html K-12 Education Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:28:48 -0600 How to block students access? You have to change a student's status to "Suspended/Access disabled" from "Student Records"
to block student's access.

You can block some features globally from "Setup & Customization" > "Account & Profile" .
From here you can select the check boxes :

a. Don't allow parents and students to view progress reports (under Progress Reports)
b. Don't allow parents and students to view transcript (under Transcripts)
c. Don't allow parents and students to view mid-term reports (under Mid-term reports)
d. Don't allow parents and students to view reportcard (under Report cards)
e. Disable complaints and issues posting by parents and students (under Complaints and Issues)

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/how_to_block_students_access.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/how_to_block_students_access.html K-12 Education Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:27:12 -0600 A homeroom teacher needs to see the total average of the students. So he can write down the studnets on the honor roll. The teacher can see his classes by going to Grades> Subject grade report. If he wants access to the other classes there are two options: 1.Get a sub-administrator account, 2. In the other classes where he wants access, he can ask the admin or teacher to add him as a shared teacher.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/a_homeroom_teacher_and_needs_t.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/06/a_homeroom_teacher_and_needs_t.html K-12 Education Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:02:25 -0600 How teachers can print out and view cumulative grades for the year.... the average of all semisters for the cumulative file? Teachers have to follow the step: Grades-> Subject Grade Report

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/05/how_teachers_can_print_out_and.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/05/how_teachers_can_print_out_and.html K-12 Education Tue, 19 May 2009 13:45:19 -0600 How can a teacher alter grades for progress report(edit) and enter/ delete column? Grade Book > select the subject >Assignment Names.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/how_can_a_teacher_alter_grades.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/how_can_a_teacher_alter_grades.html K-12 Education Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:54:00 -0600 How we can give a NG (not graded) grade for students that are in special education classes. We want them to get a separate report for this done by teacher. Can there be an option in grading beyond A,b,c,d,f, - like NG you can enter I or W if the students are in the same class with others
the other option is to create a subject of grading type "No Grading"
or "Evaluation Grade"

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/_how_we_can_give_a_ng_not_grad.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/_how_we_can_give_a_ng_not_grad.html K-12 Education Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:29:01 -0600 Can I delete all items from my gradebook simultaneously? you have to delete one assignment at a time
click on assignment name
scroll down to bottom and then click on delete

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/can_i_delete_all_items_from_my.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/04/can_i_delete_all_items_from_my.html K-12 Education Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:21:31 -0600 How can an administrator change categories weight? Reference>Staff Directory>select term >click on subject >change the categories weight .submit

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/how_can_an_administrator_chang.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/how_can_an_administrator_chang.html K-12 Education Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:14:10 -0600 One of our Teacher cannot enter todays attendance. ? Attendance >Attendance >select the term >click on date>than enter the attendance .

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/one_of_our_teacher_cannot_ente.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/one_of_our_teacher_cannot_ente.html K-12 Education Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:04:33 -0600 I can not open the academic reports on this system. It will not open. All the other tabs are working. Some times school can turn off some feature

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/_i_can_not_open_the_academic_r.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/_i_can_not_open_the_academic_r.html K-12 Education Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:29:02 -0600 If I change the grade weights for a class, will it affect on previous term ? If you change assignment weights it only affects the term you changed the weights for. It does not affect previous terms.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/if_i_change_the_grade_weights.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/if_i_change_the_grade_weights.html K-12 Education Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:50:22 -0600 Is there any way to retrieve any deleted submissions? If you deleted it today, and the information was entered before last night, then we can upload yesterday's backup data onto a test server and you will be able to retrieve the information. This process will take a day to accomplish.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/is_there_any_way_to_retrieve_a.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/is_there_any_way_to_retrieve_a.html K-12 Education Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:20:54 -0600 How do I move assignment grades from one term to another? you need to create assignment grade for every term individually.

]]> http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/how_do_i_move_assignment_grade.html http://orbund.com/blog/2009/03/how_do_i_move_assignment_grade.html K-12 Education Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:17:41 -0600