NEW FEATURE: Tardy Report
A new report is available under the Analysis page. It's found under the Attendance section and is labeled Tardy Students. This lists students that were marked as tardy for the provided date range. I will list the student's name, the date they were scheduled, the period, and course they were scheduled for. You may [...]
NEW FEATURE: Manage Student Requests
Your school may enable its students to request an appointment to see a teacher. You can view student requests on the Requests page, which you can get to by selecting Requests in the navigation logged into your Enriching Students account. In addition, if you have any new student requests, a notification will appear at [...]
Why PLCs are Key to Student Success
Does your school have a Professional Learning Community? If you do, what does this look like? More importantly… Is it something you look forward to? Even if you do not have one at your school, likely you’ve heard of them. Professional Learning Communities. What are they? Is this just a fancy name for a [...]
The Roadblocks to a Growth Mindset
I recently stumbled across an amazing video, “Growth Mindset Animation.” The video compares a growth mindset and fixed mindset to the story of the tortoise and the hare. It defines a fixed mindset as the belief that your abilities and talents are ingrained traits. Someone with a fixed mindset may simply believe that they [...]
NEW FEATURE: Increased Course Editing Abilities
To edit a custom course option to change the appointment type, room number, or change the ‘block self scheduling’ option, you used to have to completely re-create the course. Now, on the Courses and the Admin Adjust Courses page, you now have the ability to edit these options for existing courses. No need to [...]
NEW FEATURE: Change Attendance Type Values
When taking attendance for students, staff can select an appropriate attendance type for students, the default options being Present and Participation, Present not Participating, Absent, and sometimes Cut. We’ve added a new feature that allows admins to change attendance types values for column headers, as displayed on the Student Profile page. For example, if [...]