Home Access CenterConnecting Parents

to Fulton County

Schools

What is Home Access Center?◦ Web site that will replace Parent Connect◦ Allows parents and students to view data including:

Student Registration Report Card Attendance Discipline Transcript (course history) Course Requests (implemented in Spring 2011) In progress grades

Class work (assignments, tests etc.) Student Schedule Testing Information (CRCT, ITBS etc.)

◦ All data is ‘real-time’ as teachers and administrators input data into the school district's database

Home Access Center

Parents will be assigned a network login for access to the Parent Portal.

Parents can request consolidation of all students in the household into a single login.

Logins and passwords available for parents at child’s school (must present photo ID to pick up login)

Passwords may be changed inside Home Access Center (coming soon – forgotten password reset utility)

Home Access is just one of the options that will be available for Parents and Students coming soon!

Location of Home Access:◦ Fulton County Schools Website:

www.fultonschools.org◦ Click on the Parents icon

◦ This brings up the Parent Community Page

Login via Parent Portal

Home Access Login

Parents:Click on theHome AccessCenter iconon the leftto access thewebsite loginpage

Parents with one student will access the Daily Summary page first

If you have more than one student you will access this page when you click on the link (name) of one of your children

Summary Page Shows:◦ Today’s Attendance◦ Today’s Schedule◦ Discipline Incidents for this Week◦ Student’s Assignments for this Week

Daily Summary Page

Initial Home Access Page for parents with two or more Students;

Click a Student Name to view that child’s data; To change student view at any time

Click on ‘My Students’ from menu item and select another student

Daily Summary PageClick on Other Tabs for Detailed Information

Student ScheduleTeachers may add notes for the class or just your student as well as attach documents related

to the course/assignment

Teacher noteindicator

Absences are Color Coded and the date on the calendar is colored if an attendance event was

recorded. Hold the mouse cursor over a day to display

detailed absence information

Discipline summary page Click on an Incident link to view the details; no

individual names are shown on the website

This window is a ‘pop-up’ Make sure you allow pop-

ups in your Internet settings

Classwork Information Choose a Class to view then click Refresh View

Report card view will be available in this area after the first grading period in Fall 2010

Unofficial Student Transcript Transcripts on the website available after the beginning of the school

year *

* Students in Grades 06 and 09 will have Transcript data at the end of Semester 1

Student Test ScoresAll Test History available on this tab

Registration InformationEdit e-mail address; FERPA preferences are updated on the student account

Edit e-mail address

Sign up for Email alerts; real-time notificationsParent must have a valid email address in parent

profile; Email alert settings can differ between siblings if

desired

Home Access Center Alerts

Attendance Emails

Discipline Emails

Parents will receive an alert in the morning if their child is absent in the first two periods of the day!

Parents will receive alerts multiple times during the week if events are posted and information is updated

Home Access Center Alerts

Report Card Emails

Gradebook Emails

Parents will receive notification of report card and progress reports that indicate marks posted.

All gradebook changes will be reflected in alerts, for example test scores posted, missing assignments. These notifications will help keep parents up to date.

Parents: To Change PasswordClick on My Profile to open dialog box

Input required values

Must enter Old Password (current)Then enter New PasswordThen enter New Password (again)Click on Change

To exit Home Access Center:Click on ‘Exit’ menu item

Click OK at exit prompt

Must present photo ID to receive a login and password

Request single entry for all children in the household (initially may have one login per student)

Home Access Internet website: www.fultonschools.org◦ Click on Parent icon on FCS website.◦ Click on Parent Login and then ◦ Click on Home Access Center icon

Click on tabs within the website to see related data

To Exit click on ‘Exit’ menu item, click ‘OK’ then close your Internet browser window

Summary

Documentation about the website data elements will be available on the Parent Community Page after the website becomes active

If you have problems with your login and/or password please contact the school to receive assistance◦ Password reset application coming soon and

parents will be able to reset their passwords without contacting the site!

Most Internet browsers are compatible with this website

Home Access Assistance

Home Access CentereSchoolPLUS Student Information System