INFINITE CAMPUS

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INFINITE CAMPUS

• NELSON COUNTY SCHOOLS
• INSTRUCTION MODULE
• FOR TEACHERS

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HISTORY OF INFINITE CAMPUS

• Campus was originally developed in 1996 as a
  web-based browser ever offered to customers.
• Campus provides real time integration across the
  district with data entered once to be used by
  many.

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• Campus has been successfully implemented for
  customers of all sizes in 44 states. Infinite
  Campus customers range from districts with fewer
  than 100 students to those with more than 100,000
  as well as state departments of education and the
  federal government.

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IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE

• 19 Districts and KDE are live using Infinite
  Campus as of June 2008.
• 36 Districts are scheduled to go live by July
  2008.
• 176 Kentucky Districts are scheduled to be
  completed by June 2009.

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Instruction Module

• Holds the tools commonly used by a classroom
  teacher for
• taking attendance
• generating a roster
• lesson planner
• gradebook

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ATTENDANCE

• There are 2 paths to accessing the attendance
  tool in Campus, the Process Inbox and the
  Attendance tool in the instruction module.

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1. PROCESS INBOX

• To access attendance from the Process Inbox,
• click on the link Period Attendance Required.
• Once attendance is saved for a particular
  period,
• the reminder will disappear from the
• Process Inbox.
• If the teacher has taken attendance for all
  periods,
• the Process Inbox will be empty at the end of
• the day.

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PROCESS INBOX IMAGE
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2. INDEX OUTLINE

• To access attendance from the Index Outline,
• expand the Instruction module and select
  attendance.
• Select the tab for the period to take attendance
  in.
• STOP Teachers are only allowed to enter
  attendance for the current day and must be
  entered by 845 a.m. Teachers CANNOT excuse an
  absence or tardy, teachers only report the
  attendance.

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TAKING ATTENDANCE

• To mark a student absent, select the A for
  absent,
• To mark a student tardy, select T for tardy.
• The comment box for each student can be edited
  once a student is marked absent or tardy.
• Comments become part of the students attendance
  records and are visible in the attendance tools
  that are used to process attendance by the
  attendance clerk.
• When finished taking attendance, click SAVE.

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ATTENDANCE ROSTER IMAGE
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EDITING ATTENDANCE

• If attendance needs to be changed after it is
  submitted, attendance must be accessed from the
  attendance tool in the Instruction module.
• Select the period that needs to be edited and
  make any changes as needed.
• When finished click SAVE.

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ROSTERS

• The roster lists the students name, phone number,
  and address.
• Program flags are visible from the roster.
  Hovering on the flag will display additional
  information such as medical or custody issues.
• Additional columns provide information if a
  student has an IEP or PLP, an icon will display
  in that particular column.
• The gradebook icon will allow teachers to view
  the gradebook as it will look to students and
  their parents through the Portal in the near
  future.

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ROSTER IMAGE
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LESSON PLANNER

• Provides instructors a tool to set calculation
  preferences for Campus gradebook and create
  groups to organize assignments in the gradebook.
  
• NOTE Your schools TEACHER COACH will provide
  additional training and more information on
  setting up preferences, groups, assignments, and
  activities for your gradebook.

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LESSON PLANNER IMAGE
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GRADEBOOK

• Web-based Campus Gradebook allows teachers to
  enter assignments and student scores from almost
  anywhere 24/7.
• Your schools TEACHER COACH will provide
  additional training and more information on
  entering scores, comments, posting grades, and
  changing posted grades.

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GRADEBOOK OVERVIEW

• The student name and selected assignment will be
  highlighted in yellow.
• Assignments will appear across the top of the
  gradebook .
• The abbreviation and points possible will display
  across the top.
• To see additional details, such as the name of
  the assignment, points possible and due date,
  hover over the abbreviation.

• Teachers can enter individual scores and make
  additional comments in the gradebook that may be
  included on reports and on the portal.
• Remember if your comment can not be read on the
  front of the local newspaper you DO NOT want to
  enter that comment in the computer.

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GRADEBOOK IMAGE
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CHAIN OF COMMAND

• Teacher Coach
• Building Coach
• District (Denise Millsap or Denice Boblitt)
• Infinite Campus University
• All problems or requests are to follow this
  chain of command (suggested by Infinite Campus)
  and implemented by the Nelson County Schools Core
  P P Plan.