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Welcome to ASCENDER
ASCENDER offers a full range of school management software to meet your needs:
- Business applications include: Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, Bank Reconciliation, Budget, Finance, Grants and Projects, Payroll, Personnel, Position Management (PMIS), Purchasing, and Warehouse
- Student applications include: Attendance, Discipline, Grade Reporting, Graduation Plan, Health, Registration, Scheduling, Special Education, and Test Scores
- State Reporting and Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Reporting complements the Business and Student systems
- Security Administration allows you to create user/password information and grant access to applications, menus, and tabs.
- District Administration allows you to maintain important LEA details and settings. This information complements the Business and Student systems.
TIP: Review the ASCENDER Browser Settings document for a list of supported browsers and recommended browser settings which will allow you to utilize the ASCENDER system at its fullest potential on any personal computer.
After you have successfully logged on to ASCENDER, the ASCENDER homepage is displayed.
Overview
- The My Applications list provides a personal list of applications to which you have access. The list is updated any time your access to an application is added or removed in Security Administration.
- Under My Applications, a list of applications to which you have access is displayed. Click an application name to open the application homepage where you can select a page from the various menus.
- Under Other Applications, a list of all other applications to which you do not have access is listed. If you do not have access to an application, a link to information about the application is displayed.
- The version and build number are displayed in the lower-left corner of the page under the main menu.
- The county-district number to which you are logged on is displayed in the lower-left corner of the page under the software version details.
- The Change Password and Logout buttons are displayed if you click the drop-down arrow next to your user name in the upper-right corner.
- The Help button is displayed in the lower-right corner of the page.
Quick View Dashboard
Depending on your user profile, ASCENDER offers a Quick View dashboard used to display important information from multiple sources into one, easy-to-access place.
Document Attachments
Depending on your user profile and LEA, the Document Attachments feature may be available on certain pages within ASCENDER. This feature allows you to upload and view documents by application, school year, folder, and document type.
Overview Guides
For an overview of the ASCENDER Business and Student systems, review the overview guides in the respective online Help.