Category: Admin

An Overview of Scheduling

An Overview of Scheduling

District office technology will copy scheduling parameters, resources, and constraints from the prior year. Scheduling Parameters must be reviewed by each building’s Data Specialist and adjusted if necessary.  These dictate the boundaries of the...

PowerScheduler Processing & The Load Process

Glenbard uses the Processing section for loading students to the master schedule.The Processing section of PowerScheduler is used to automate parts of the scheduling process, perform quality assurance of the master schedule, and commit...

PowerScheduler Parameters

PowerScheduler Parameters

Parameters in PowerScheduler are used to dictate the boundaries of the master schedule. The parameters are copied over each year by District Office technology. Each building’s Data Specialist maintains the school’s Catalog parameter.  This...

Term ID Definitions

Term ID Definitions

This article discusses how termIDs are created and how to determine the exact ID of a year, semester, quarter, etc. TermIDs can be broken into 2 parts: The hunderds which represent the year The...

Quality Check Master Schedule Fields

Quality Check Master Schedule Fields

Any errors in the setup of the master schedule can lead to errors in numerous student schedules across the school, issues with attendance reporting to the state, and errors with stored grades. This article...

Understanding Advanced Searches

Although searching for a last name like Smith is useful there are many other ways to search in PowerSchool. This article is the starting point for learning about advanced searching. There are also many...

Searching for Students

PowerSchool users can either browse to or search for a student or group of students. Browsing is typically used to find any student from a large population. Searching is typically used to find a...

Browsing for Students

PowerSchool users can either browse to or search for a student or group of students. Browsing is typically used to find any student from a large population. Searching is typically used to find a...