6 th Annual Focus Users’ Conference So you think you know Focus Presented by: Bethany Heslam.

6th Annual Focus Users’ Conference

So you think you know Focus

Presented by:Bethany Heslam

Focus History

Focus Menus

Focus Features Focus Fields Focus Tips

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Question 1 - 10

• Focus current has how many employees:– 40 to 50– 50 to 60– 60 to 70– 70 to 80– 80 to 90– Over 90

Answer 1 – 10

• 80 to 90

Question 1 - 20

• In addition to SIS which other four areas of educational software does Focus provide?

Answer 1 – 20

– ERP– LMS– SSS– CTE

Question 1 - 30

• Focus implement the full SIS in its first Florida school district in which school year?

• With New Jersey districts in which school year?

• With Texas districts in which school year?

Answer 1 – 30

• 2010-11• 2011-12• 2013-14

Question 1 - 40

• The first district to use Focus was in which State?

Answer 1 – 40

• Illinois

Question 1 - 50

• Focus is written in _ _ _

Answer 1 – 50

• Php• <?php

• /*• * FSA ELA Reading/Writing and Mathematics Operational Test PreID Extract• * Beginning Spring 2015.• * Accessed through the Generate Pre ID page.• */• // Process passed parameters• if(isset($parameters['school_list']) && !empty($parameters['school_list']))• {• $schools=array();• $class=array();• foreach($parameters['school_list'] as $school_id=>$school_param)• {• // Add school to valid school list• $schools[]=$school_id;• // Determine the desired grouping for this school• switch($school_param['group'])• {

Question 2 - 10

• Which menu is state specific?

Answer 2 – 10

• The “State” Reporting menu

Question 2 - 20

• Which menu contains Standards-based report cards and Multi-Tiered System of Support reports

Answer 2 – 20

• Assessment Menu

Question 2 - 30

• LMS modules exist in two different menus – these menus are:

Answer 2 – 30

• Grades Menu

• Assessment Menu

Question 2 - 40

• Computed Fields are setup through the _____ menu

Answer 2 – 40

• Students

Question 2 - 50

• The invalid address report is located in the _____ menu

Answer 2 – 50

• Students

Question 3 - 10

• The System Preference Automatically update GPA, updates the GPA and classrank for a student when course history is updated

Answer 3 – 10

• False• To update the Classrank a user must run

Calculate GPA from the Setup section of the Grades Menu

Question 3 - 20

• Duplicate Marking Periods should be used when rolling over non-student data so the marking periods can be shared across schools in the district

Answer 3 – 20

• False• Duplicate Marking Periods is copy BACK to

prior years the marking periods for import purposes

Question 3 - 30

• Which of the following setup options are connected to the master scheduling sections:– Calendars– Marking periods– Periods– Resource Scheduler/Rooms– All of the above– None of the above

Answer 3 – 30

• All of the above

Question 3 - 40

• Substitute attendance rosters are created through which menu option?

Answer 3 – 40

• Attendance Menu – verification sheets/sub rosters

Question 3 - 50

• Parent Request Setup allows parents to ______ through the ______ and this setup is located in the ______ menu

Answer 3 – 50

• Update student demographic and contact information

• parent portal • students menu

Question 4 - 10

• This icon is references ________

Answer 4 – 10

• Focus Messenger

Question 4 - 20

• Which field identifies a student as being co-enrolled in more than one school in the districts?

Answer 4 – 20

• Second school on the enrollment record

Question 4 - 30

• Where is the student’s graduation program and progress plan set?

Answer 4 – 30

• On the students enrollment record

Question 4 - 40

• In an advanced report when the user pulls in a logging field (daily visit log, immunizations, documentation etc) the output of student records is automatically restricted to students with data in these fields – why?

Answer 4 – 40

• The logging field data is stored in a separate table and therefore when student data is joined on the logging data it restricts the output

Question 4 - 50

• Where are images attached through the upload fields stored?

Answer 4 – 50

• On the webserver in a folder called uploaded-assets

Question 5 - 10

• What is an easy way to share a letter or letterhead with another district?

Answer 5 – 10

• Copy the source code

Question 5 - 20

• To print the Teacher Schedule Report the most effectively:

• Select the _______ to select a letterhead template that is setup to print _______ and also click the ________ to shrink the report

Answer 5 – 20

• Gray arrow next to print • Landscape• shrink to fit check box

Question 5 - 30

• To see all students that will not receive funding due to 999 FEFP or lack of attendance the user should run the _________ report

Answer 5 – 30

• Null FTE

Question 5 - 40

• The DOE verification reports appear to be looking at appendices from last year for the CCD and Voc/Prog numbers as well as the MSID file. To correct this issue select the option _________ from the _______ menu and select the _________ tab

Answer 5 – 40

• Florida Reports Setup• Florida Reports• Florida Files

Question 5 - 50

• The grade posting window has closed and 5 teachers have not yet posted grades. To retrieve their gradebook grades without reopening the posting window or having to manually post for them the user should use the _____ feature and select the _____ option

Answer 5 – 50

• Use Pull grades• Insert only