{"id":4225,"date":"2018-08-23T08:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.quickschools.com\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2018-08-23T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:35:00","slug":"tips-to-start-the-school-year-off-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.quickschools.com\/2018\/08\/23\/tips-to-start-the-school-year-off-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Start the School Year Off Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">It\u2019s about that time again, some schools are already in session while others are gearing up to start the new year. Here are a few tips to help you get these things rolling smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">For users with admin access you will need to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005737323-Creating-New-Academic-Year\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">activate your new year and term<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> before teachers are able to add <strong>grades<\/strong> or <strong>attendance<\/strong> for the new term.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">You also need the new term to be activated in order to work on a new <strong>schedul<\/strong>e if you&#8217;re using our\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/208248153-Visual-Scheduler-Video-Tutorial\">Simplified Scheduler<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">A few other tips on what do at the start of the new school year:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000452423\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Update access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for teachers and staff: <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000518963-Adding-Students-to-Quickschools\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Enroll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> new students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Invite new users\/re-invite users with new email addresses <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000521743-Managing-Student-Portal-for-Admins-#Inviting%20Students\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Invite Students<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005734926-Parent-Portal-for-Admins-\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Invite Parents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000472666-Adding-Teachers-to-Quickschools#Adding%20Teachers%20Manually\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Invite Teachers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Set teachers that have left as resigned <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Add <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000506423-How-to-Change-Add-Grade-Levels\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">new grade<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> levels <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Add <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005735486-Introducing-QuickSchools-to-Parents\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">QuickSchools Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to your website for parents <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Add new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.quickschools.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000015486-Setting-up-Subjects-and-Enrollment\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">subjects and setup enrollments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">As always, if you need help with anything please don&#8217;t hesitate to reach out via live chat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s about that time again, some schools are already in session while others are gearing up to start the new year. 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