txSuite
One of the biggest changes you'll see with this Release are the changes to Online Registration. Primarily it will be a step-driven process for both administrators and end-users. This means that the process for both setting up Online Registration as an administrator and completing it as a parent/guardian will be more intuitive and faster. From a clear starting point -- click the Start Registration button to get going -- to easy navigation -- Back and Next buttons -- to a defined finish, the newly rewritten Online Registration is a breeze to use. These are exciting indications of what's to come.
txConnect
Primarily, the Online Registration process has been redesigned for ease of use. The wizard-style process walks parents through each form, step by step, with the option to review and complete the form, or save and complete later. And when you've gone through all the steps, you can submit everything to the district. It's a simple, intuitive way to get through those necessary annual forms. And simply click the student drop-down at the top-left of the page to change students.
Parents can now log on even when their email address does not match the email for the parent/guardian contact. That gives you access to your student's attendance, grades and other information. You won't, however, be able to update any information.
Need that form to fill out ASAP? No need to log in. A list of downloadable forms (and a link to them) is listed right on the login screen.
Now it's easier than ever to get your email verified for your new txConnect account. You can do it right in process of registering, as a matter of fact. Or you can do it later from the My Account page.
Step 5 of the new student online enrollment includes Standard Enrollment Forms with symbols that show if you've completed the form or not. And there's a progress bar showing how much you've completed and how much you have to go.
Quickly see if registration is open. If you see the box with "Registration for yyyy-yy is active!" then you're ready to get your student registered. Take a look down the list of registration forms to easily see which ones you've completed and which you haven't. Then just click the yyyy-yy Registration button to be taken directly to the registration process.
On My Account you'll see a column that says Rights. A check mark means that your txConnect account matches your email address in the campus student record and that you're a guardian. An "X" means that it doesn't. This determines whether you can update your student's information or not (see above).
It's even easier to switch between multiple students on forms such as contact forms. You'll see student names listed as buttons or drop-downs.
txConnect Admin
Online Registration, a new page in Forms Management, allows you to create an online registration template using a wizard-style process. Parents will see the forms you select (and their order) when they go through Online Registration.
There is now a separate section for student data, which allows you to add forms. Parents are then able to update this information throughout the school year. This includes things like phone numbers or addresses -- information that might change halfway through the year.
Turn Online Registration on or off in txConnect Admin by using a beginning and ending date for registration.
You are now able to change the language context in the Form Editor so that you can maintain a form in multiple languages. Just change the language, add a name and any special instructions in the language you want to use. Then you can select Language Context on the Form Group Detail page to organize forms by language.
The new Group Type field allows you to label groups by how they're being used. Student Data is where forms that have to do with updating student data go. External (No login required), which is where you would put forms for parents to grab without having to log in to their account. There is also a New Student Enrollment group, which provides any static and standard forms that a district requires for enrolling a new student. These show up in step 5 of the new student enrollment process.
The statistic tables are now graphs! Easily see what's happening. Here's what's available:
With the User Activity graph, you can specify a date and view total txConnect users in the district or campus who have been active (i.e., logged on to txConnect) and inactive as of that date.
Student Accounts provides a count of parents in the district or camps with a txConnect account who have added at least one student to their account, and those who have not added any students to their account.
Student Enrollment in Portal indicates the count of students at each campus who are attached to a parent's txConnect account.
Get a month-by-month count of students who were successfully enrolled in the district via txConnect online enrollment, as well as those who have started the process and those who have submitted enrollment forms but do not have a record created in the student system with Online Enrollment. You can view up to 12 months of data.
Admins Dashboard shows you the number of district-level and campus-level administrative users at each campus.