STI InformationNOW Parent Portal Instructions

You have been sent a PIN Slip with a login and the Web site to access your child’s information.

When you have the login information:

 Open a Web browser window.  Go to the Web site URL given by the school.

You will see the following screen. On this screen you will be entering information that will authenticate you into the INOW WebVPN.

To authenticate into the INOW WebVPN you will enter the following information:

User name: hcsparent Password: hcsparent

Then click OK This page is always the first step when using the parent portal. You will then see the following screen:

You will then follow the Login instructions provided on the next page.

The first thing you should do is to go to Settings and enter your primary e-mail address for the school to use for announcements and other information. Login schedules. An event will display not just those for the selected as a blue link. Click the link to year. You have been sent a PIN Slip with a view more details. Non- login and the Web site to access your attendance days appear in gray. child’s information. Grades Click the Month drop-list to view Displays all of the current running When you have the login information: a different month or click the >> averages (grades) for your child’s or << arrows to navigate to a classes. • Open a Web browser window. different month. • Go to the web site URL given by the • Grading Period: The current school. • Click Events to view only events grading period will display by • Enter the User Name and Password. for that month. Click Schedule default. Click the drop-list to If you forgot your password, click to view the attendance select a different grading period. the Forgot your password? days/schedule (early out days, • A: Click to view the individual link and follow instructions rotation days). Click Both to grades for the child’s activities provided. view both events and the such as homework, quizzes and schedule. • Click Login. tests. Click the + button to view more details about the activity. Attendance Click the Progress Report The first time you log in, you will Displays the child’s attendance button to view/print a report for need to reset your password for records for the year including the date, your child’s activities for this security purposes. Enter the old term, periods of the day that were class. password. Then enter the new missed, the level (all, half), reason, • D: Click to view more details about password and retype it in the space category (excused, unexcused) and your child’s grade for this class. provided. Click OK to save the any notes that were entered by your child’s school changes. Requests (N/A AT THIS • Click the Date of the absence to view more details. TIME) Selecting Shows a list of current requests and Students/Years • View Check In/Check Out: Click allows you to enter new requests for to view a list of the dates/times the classes your child will take. Be • Student: If you have more than one that your child checked in or out sure you have selected the correct child enrolled in the district, click from school. year. To enter requests for the classes the student drop-list to select a • Term: All terms will display by your child will take for next year, be different student. If you don’t see default. Click the drop arrow and sure to select that year from the all of your children on the list, select to view the absences by School/Academic Session drop- contact the school. (for the 2011- term. list in the upper right hand corner. 12 school year each student will be given a different User Name • Add: Click to add a new request for and Password...Parents will be Demographic your child. Search for the class issued User Names and Displays the basic demographic you wish your child to take. Place Passwords for the 2012-13 school information on file at your child’s a check next to each desired class year.) school. If any information needs to be and click Add. corrected, please contact the school. • School/Academic Session: • Delete: To delete a request for your Each year that a child is enrolled Discipline child, just place a check next to in a school in the district, they are the course name and click Click to view a list of any applicable enrolled in an academic session. Delete. Click the drop-list to select a discipline records for your child for different year (academic session) this year including the date, infraction, and view grades, requests, etc. for inf. count (how many times the that year. student committed this infraction), demerits, disposition, disp. count (how many times the student received this Home disposition) and the date on which the • Home Page: A list of student must serve the disposition. announcements will display. Some announcements may have a • Click the Date to view more details blue link that you may click to about the discipline record. view more details. • Click the History button to view all • School Calendar: Displays a of your child’s discipline records, calendar of school events and

Schedule • Change Password: To change Displays the schedule that your child your password, enter the new has for the selected year (academic password and then retype the session). All terms will display by password in the field provided. default but you may click the Term Passwords must meet the drop-list and select to view just one following criteria: term of your child’s schedule. • Must be a minimum of eight alpha-numeric characters in Reports length. InformationNOW uses Adobe • Must contain at least one Acrobat Reader to display reports. To number and one letter. view or print these reports, you may need to install the free version of • Cannot be password, pass, Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at administrator or admin. http://www.adobe.com. • Cannot be same as username. • Comprehensive Progress: A list of activity grades such as homework, quizzes or tests for all classes. • Report Card: A report of the student’s report card grades, such as quarter and semester grades and comments. • Standards Report Card: A standards-based report card including marks for certain standards such as Able to tie shoes or Able to evaluate mathematic strategies of others. • Unofficial Transcript: A student’s unofficial transcript. A watermark will print indicating this is an unofficial copy. Therefore this transcript may not be submitted to colleges for consideration. System Preferences • Alerts: You may elect to Go Green. If you do, you will receive an e- mail from the school announcing when reports such as report cards or progress reports are available for viewing online. You will not receive a printed report. To Go Green, check the box and enter a primary e-mail address. An e-mail will be sent from the school when an electronic version of a report is ready. To view the report, log in to InformationNOW and, under the Reports link on the left, click the desired report.

• Email: Enter the primary e-mail address for the school to use for announcements and other information.