Settings are now broken down into five sections:
Settings:
1. To access your settings, please click on the cog icon at the bottom left corner of the application window. Doing so will open the settings column.
2. You can see the five sections in the hierarchy on the left of the application:
System Settings
In System Settings, you have a Sort Students option by first or last name, a Time Zone selection, and Link to Clever and Link to ClassLink, all familiar options.
Teacher Settings
When you go to Teacher Settings, you will see the Show Expired Users option. If you have it enabled, you're going to see all the users on the data page, regardless of expiration date. If you choose to enable or disable this, please click on the blue Save Changes button at the top right of the application screen.
Report Settings
Reports work similarly to Teacher Settings; you can choose to have it enabled or disabled, and you're also given the choice to include the Student ID or Export ID on exported reports. If you decide to make any changes or disable it completely, please hit the blue Save Changes button at the top right of the application.
Customize Parent Letter
You can upload a school logo and make changes to any text that you want in the Parent Message. Clicking on and dragging the orange text blurbs below the message field will allow you to add specific information, such as a Student First Name or Student ID, which will then auto-populate once exported. After changes are made, you can see the blue Save Changes button comes up. Please click on this to save all of your changes.
If you wish to revert all your changes, please click on the “Revert to Default” button. Deleting changes and reverting to the original version will also cause the Save Changes button to get grayed out.
At the bottom of the page, there is a small section which shows the status of publication. Click the “Publish to District button” if you want to publish it and make it available for all the users in the district. Doing this will also change the Current State: to “Published” indicated by the green lettering.
If you want to unpublish the Parent Letter, click on “Unpublish” which will change the Current State: to “Not Published” indicated very clearly by the red lettering.
Step by step instructions for Customizing the Parent Letter can be found on our District Parent Letter Support Page.
Export Data Settings
Export Data allows you to export test data or to export roster for school year. To learn more about exporting data in greater detail, please visit our Exporting Test Data Support Page.
If you click on "Export Test Data”, you will see that it looks the exact same as data exporting in the previous version of ESGI.
Clicking on “School Year” will give you a drop down which will allow you to navigate any school year rosters that are available for the district.
Once you’ve selected your desired school year, you can export the roster for the school year by clicking on the “Export Roster for School Year” button.
My Account:
1. To access My Account, please click on the My Account button, represented by the default profile and initials icon located at the bottom left corner of the application window.
My Account is broken down into four sections:
Personal Information
Personal information is prioritized and selected by default. You will see an option for a profile picture, along with name and location details. The email address will be grayed out, accompanied by the new standard message indicating that users cannot change their email on their own; they must contact customer service for assistance. Additionally, the account expiration date and the option to log out are displayed as well.
District
For District, you will review your district information.
District Calendar
My District Calendar is a feature which allows for you as an admin to create your own personal calendars and manage your own marking periods, which are not shared with others in your district (admin or teachers). These individual calendars are used to quickly set date ranges for the new widgets on the Dashboard page.
On the District Calendar page, the screen will show the default Marking Period, and it will show as “Active”
To create a new Marking Period, click on “New Marking Period” at the top of the page. This action will activate the screen, allowing the Admin to set up the new Marking Period. Once the screen is active, enter a new Title and select the number of marking periods. After you’ve chosen the number of marking periods, the calendar will automatically fill in the dates. Finally, click on “Create” to finalize the process.
When "Create" is selected for any active marking, a warning screen will appear to inform you of a potential data impact. This notification serves to alert you that there has been a change in the marking period, which may affect your report data. You can choose to either cancel or proceed with your decision.
If you proceed, a new marking period will be created and marked as active. This new marking period will automatically become your active and default selection. If you return to the original default marking period and select it as active, you will see the “Potential Data Impact Notice” again and your dates will return to how they were previously.
Login Information
On the Login Information page, your username will be grayed out to prevent users from changing it. If you wish to update your username, you should contact Customer Service (CS) for assistance.
To change your password, you must enter your current password and then input the new password twice. To save your new password, you need to click on "Set New Password" after filling in all fields and ensuring that the two new passwords match. If the passwords do not match, you can choose the option "Keep Current Password”.