REGIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS 45 minutes
Recommended Attendees
Secretaries, Central Office Administrators, Registrars, Principals, and other interested leaders.
FinalForms Training Sessions - What’s new and Fall “hot topics”
Learn the basics of online forms, student statuses, and automated alerts to streamline parents/student
communication and information distribution – beyond your wildest dreams!
Dashboard
* Brief overview
* Calendar, Megaphone, Name drop-down, etc.
Academic Mode - quick review of other modes
* Formsets - Full form history and customizable, signed yearly - send reminder
* Communication tools - ring bell and mass Email/Text*
? Email history/text history
* Countdowns
* Clearances
* File Folders - REVIEW, reject/accept, can add more categories - correspond to notifications
Managing Parents - a PDF will be included in my follow-up email with the most commonly asked
parent questions
* Connecting students to parents - updating email (must confirm)
* Duplicate student accounts - email Support
Gatekeeper (FinalForms-to-SIS Data Management)
* Tips, tricks, and caveats
* Incomplete addresses
* Won’t turn green (Email Support)
* Reminder of what extra contacts are
* Contact matching is available for eSchoolPlus and PowerSchool users Groups
* Proposing, creating, and approving groups
* Group modes
* Students can remain in groups year to year Activities
* Parents sign up for these like a sport
* Creates “roster” for staff in charge
* Activity-specific forms Staff Forms
* Forms
* E-cards
Readiness Checklist
* Discuss where to find the Readiness Checklist in January and who will see it.
* Open registration by grade
* Delay returning student registration
* Be sure to join one of our group trainings for the Readiness Checklist that we offer beginning in January Notifications
Playbook and Videos
* We will conclude with an open Q&A session