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-===== Features of the PLS =====
+{{tag>pls is_teacher_essential independent_study}}
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+====== PLS Student Roster - Overview and Features ======
-To access your roster go to Teachers>PLS/Student Roster
-==== I. Roster Options ====
+{{:pls:features1.png?nolink&700|}}
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-At the top of the PLS/Student Roster page, there is a blue box with many options to help you narrow the students who appear on your roster.
-In this box, you can narrow by:
-  * Date Range: Choose either from the drop down, or type dates into the date range boxes.
-  * Staff Member Association: If you are the Admin, you can view all teachers rosters. If you are a teacher, you will only see your roster.
-  * Courses: Homeroom is the teacher's primary roster. You can also choose to see classes you have HQ oversight of.
-You can expand all the folders of all the students on your roster.
-You can use the Set Copy MA mode to copy MA to the next reporting period.
-==== II. Printable Form ====
+To access the PLS Student Roster when you log into PLSIS, go to the **Teachers Tab** at the top of the page > **PLS/Student Roster** or click on **PLS/Student Roster link**.
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-On your roster, you can print a list of students with or without student accommodations.
-  * Step 1. On your roster, in the blue box at the top, click the magnifying glass next to the Print Options.
-  * Step 2. Set your settings for the printed list.
-  * Step 3. Click Print/Export.
-==== III. Key of Student Status ====
+===== Roster Options =====
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-On the right side of the roster, you will see the color key.
-  * Light Green: ReportWriter/PLS(IS)
-  * Blue: Pre-enroll
-  * Dark Green: Homeroom class
-  * Gray: Not enrolled.
-==== IV. Attendance and Learning Logs ====
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-Just under the Roster Options box, you will see a grid box with LPs of the date range chosen above listed.
-For each of these LPs, you will see 5 columns of icons.
-  * Att: allows you to take attendance for all students on your roster.
-  * AL: Activity Log - Shows completed logs.
-  * LL: allows you to print all learning logs for all students on your roster at one time.
-  * AWR: allows you to print all Assignment and Work Records for all the students on your roster.
-  * WS: allows you to print all work summary reports.
-==== V. Special Needs Column ====
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-Note: The roster columns visible on this page are optional. Click on the page policy at the bottom of the page to change which columns are present.
-The Special Needs column will allow teachers to view the accommodations for students. There will be icons representing different programs/disabilities. You can see a key of all these icons on the SP SIS Icon Descriptions page.
-==== VI. Activity Monitor ====
+  - Roster settings.  Click UPDATE after any changes. {{ :pls:features2.png?nolink&300|}}
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+    * Choose the school year, track, and date range by reporting period or by setting dates manually.
-The Activity Monitor Column lists assignments entered in portal learning logs, PE logs, reading logs, etc. Also notes any online assignments/sessions students completed and time on task.
+    * If accessing as a supervisor, only the teachers you supervise will appear in the “Student’s belonging to” field.
+    * If you are a supervising teacher, the “Supervised by” and “Show student’s belonging to” fields will not be visible.
+    * If you are set as a highly qualified teacher for any students’ classes in the PLS, you will be able to view the student folders by choosing your subject matter here.
+    * Click to expand/open all student folder below.
+    * Copy classes from one reporting period to another.
+    * Roster print options.
+  - Color key of student enrollment status {{ :pls:features3.png?nolink&300|}}
+    * Light Green – ReportWriter/PLS
+    * Blue – Pre-enroll
+    * Green – Homeroom Class
+    * Gray – Not enrolled
+  - Attendance and Learning Logs \\ {{:pls:features4.png?nolink&400 |}} In this view, two reporting periods are showing because of the date range chosen at the top of the page.
+    * Att:  Allows you to take attendance for all students on your roster in one view.
+    * LL:  Allows you to print a learning log for all students on your roster at one time.  When you click on a log you must choose your options from the pop up and then “print logs.”
+===== Page Columns Layout =====
-==== VII. Expanded Student Folder ====
+Many of the columns viewable on this page are optional.  The school administration can click on the page options at the bottom of the page to change the page policies.  See PLS - Page Policies manual for Administrators((<wrap todo>Article coming soon!</wrap>)) for more information.
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+\\ \\
-When a student's folder is expanded you have options to:
+  * **Standard View** – school administration can choose which columns to display.  Options are:
-  * View courses and course curriculum
+    * Student State Identifier #
-  * View LPs
+    * Local ID #
-  * View comprehensive grades
+    * Student Name
-  * Produce pacing guides
+    * Grade Level
-  * Set grade book marks and options
+    * Track of Enrollment
-  * Edit existing courses.
+    * Street Address
-  * Add new courses.
+    * City
-  * Access Reports
+    * Zip
-  * Access grade books.
+    * Phone
+    * Birthdate
+    * Counselor Overview Option
+    * Mig (Migrated in RW or in PLS)
+  * **Activity View** – shows educational activities students have listed on the portal learning logs.  If students are enrolled in Online Learning classes, shows amount of time engaged in online learning per subject and number of activities submitted as complete.  If students are enrolled in site-based classes and teacher claims positive attendance, this is also noted as activity.  Click on activity icon to specific information: \\ {{:pls:features5.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+  * **Special Needs** - allows teachers to view the accommodations notes for students.  Click on the check box at the top of the column to view all students’ accommodations.  Check the box in the student’s row to view just one student’s accommodations.
+\\ {{:pls:features6.png?nolink&700|}} \\
-==== VIII. Other Features ====
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+===== Other Page options =====
   * Email selected students
-  * Email parents of selected students
+  * Email Parents of selected students
-  * Upload newsletters for view in the portal.
+  * Mass Delete Student PLS Classes (by permission)
+  * Post Newsletters to Parent/Student Portal
   * Create mailing labels for selected students
-  * Print Emergency Cards for selected students
+  * Print Re-Enrollment forms for selected students
-  * Print Unofficial Transcripts
+  * Print Emergency Cards for selected students (with option to only print the first page)
-  * Print student drop form
+  * Print Transcripts
- --- //Last Updated by [[alexandria@schoolpathways.com|Alexandria Barbato]] on 2016/04/05 15:56//
+  * Print Withdrawal Form
+\\ {{:pls:features7.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+===== Options per Student =====
+To work with a student’s file, click on the blue triangle to expand the view.  You can have multiple student folders expanded at one time.  You can also expand all students by using the Expand/Collapse Students (see Part I – 1.).  When a student’s file is expanded the triangle points down.  Options/Information in this view:
+ \\ {{:pls:features8.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+  - **The reporting period your date range is set to.** \\ Date ranges are chosen at the very top of the page.  The date range defaults to today’s date unless you manually change it.  It will hold your manually set date range until you log out of the program.  You can choose to filter by Reporting Period date range (eg: Fall Semester/Spring Semester) or leave the Reporting Period/Date Range set to “Filter by Date Range” and use the FROM and TO date fields to span different times of the school year.  Depending on the what date ranges you set, different “reporting periods” will show in your student folders.  If you want to access records from a previous school year, set the FROM date field to a date in last year’s school date range or choose the previous school year from the schoolyear drop down at the top.  If you want to see a student’s file in the future, set the FROM and TO into the future.  The wider you set your date ranges, the more information you will see on your students. \\ {{:pls:features9.png?nolink&500|}} \\ With the date range set to the entire school year, you see all reporting period tabs.  Click on a reporting period tab to see student’s courses for that reporting period. \\ {{:pls:features10.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+  - **The Course/Assign/Eval tab** – the system defaults to this view \\ This tab contains all course/class information in the student file. \\ {{:pls:features11.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+  - **Binoculars** \\ If a curriculum is personal to you, this allows you to copy all assignments from the grade book to make your own copy of the curriculum.  See manual PLS - Master Curriculum - Saving Grade Book Assignments to Create.
+  - **Grade Book Settings** \\ See [[pls:gradebooks#i_settings|PLS – Grade Book Settings]] for complete details on this section. \\ {{:pls:features12.png?nolink&700|}} \\
+  -  Other Icons: \\ Students may be taking courses from different sources.  The sources are denoted by icons:
+    * {{:plsis:plsclassicon.png?nolink&16|}} PLS course.  This is a class of one student and allows you to personalize the assignments.
+    * {{:plsis:cmsclassicon.png?nolink&16|}} Classroom course.  This course is being taken in a classroom with other students.
+    * {{:plsis:buzzicon.png?nolink&16|}} Buzz online course.  This course/class is being taken in the Agilix LMS and is online.  There are multiple providers that your school could be using.  Each provider has its own icon that would show.
+  - **[[pls:classesinthepls|Add a Course]]**:  The ability to edit/view current course/class information
+  - **[[pls:gradebooks|Grade Books]]**:  Access to the grade book for each course to add assignments and enter grades and comments.  Click on the curriculum name.
+  - **[[pls:lessonplanspacingguides|Pacing Guides]]** – Ability to print/view the entire curriculum
+  - **Info Tab**
+    * [[products:ef:student_info|Student Dashboard]]
+    * [[plsis:contact_manager|Contact Manager Access]]
+    * [[cms:change_class_registration|Register Student for Classes]]
+  - **Reports Tab**
+    * [[pls:masteragreements|Master Agreements]]
+    * [[pls:reportcards|Report Cards]]
+    * [[pls:attendance_in_the_pls#part_ii_claiming_students_individually|Attendance for the individual student]]
+    * [[pls:awr|Assignment and Work Record Notes]]
+    * Work Summary Report((<wrap todo>Article coming soon!</wrap>))
+    * Activity Log((<wrap todo>Article coming soon!</wrap>))
+    * [[pls:learninglogs|Learning Logs]]
+    * [[pls:progressreports|Progress Reports]]
+    * [[pls:attendance_in_the_pls|Attendance]]
+    * [[pls:custom_curriculum|Curriculum]]