II. View the Summary page and your student's information (if available).


ASCENDER ParentPortal > Summary

The Summary page is the first page displayed when you successfully log on to ASCENDER ParentPortal. This page provides your student's schedule, current average for each class, and attendance for the current date. You may also see a district or campus message if available.

If your student's report card or IPR is available, a link is provided.

Mobile App Features


❏ Select Summary from the Navigation menu to access this page.

Student Information

A student summary card is displayed for each student added to your account which displays the number of unread alerts for your student (according to your alert settings).

Student Summary Card

During the Online Registration period, additional information and tools are available on each student summary card.



Online Registration

During the annual online registration window:


You can easily see your student's progress in the registration process and access the page where you can complete the forms.

If your student's registration is in progress, a pop-up window opens from this page.

Resume Registration pop-up window

❏ Click Resume Registration to continue the registration process.

Or, click delete icon to close the pop-up window and continue registration later.

Once you have completed registration, the pop-up window will no longer appear.


NOTE: On the Summary page, the Registration button will be red, yellow, or green depending on how far along you are in the process.


• The information is green if all forms are completed (i.e., 100%).

Green student card

• The information is yellow if most of the forms are completed (i.e., 50%-99%).

Yellow student card

• The information is red if fewer than half of the forms are completed (i.e., 0%-49%).

Red student card

• The card is highlighted and has a check mark for the selected student.

snippet of card for selected student



❏ To begin or resume the registration process, click Resume Registration on the pop-up window, or click the Registration button on the student's card.

The Registration page opens.



Campus Message

If campus notes have been entered, they are displayed.

MOBILE DEVICE USERS: On a mobile device, tap View Campus Notes to view any notes provided by the campus.



Published Grades

If your student's report card or interim progress report (IPR) is available, a button is displayed.

snippet of Summary page with Published Grades section visible

❏ Click the Report Cards button to view the student's report card. If a skills-based report card is available, the Skills Based Report Cards button is displayed.

report card

❏ Click the Interim Progress Report button to view the student's IPR.

report card

The report is displayed. Click Print Screen to print the screen as it appears on the page. NOTE: Print screen dimension can be no greater than 992 pixels.

Only the most current report card or IPR is provided.



If your student's Texas Assessments are available, a button is displayed.

Texas Assessment button

❏ Click the Texas Assessment button to be directed to the Family Portal login page to login and view the student's available assessments, or click here to view information for ASCENDER ParentPortal Single Sign-on.

Family Portal login page

Texas Assessment login page



Class Schedule

The student’s class schedule is displayed if enabled by the district, including period, course title, teacher name, room number, current attendance and current grade average for each class.

MOBILE DEVICE USERS: On a mobile device, only the period, course, and current average are visible initially. Tap a row to view the complete details for each class.


Instructor

If the teacher has provided an email address, the teacher's name is displayed as a link to that email address. If you click the name, the default email client (as specified in your Internet Options settings) opens with the teacher’s address in the To field.

TIP: If you use web-based email (e.g., Gmail or Yahoo! Mail), you can copy the email address from the default email client to a web-based email message.

If the teacher has provided additional notes, click to view the notes. The notes open in a pop-up window. Click anywhere on the page to close the pop-up window.

Last Updated

The date when the teacher last updated grades or attendance is displayed.

Current Average

The student's current grade average for each class is displayed.

If the course is set up to post letter grades, letter grades are displayed.

If the course is not graded, the message “Non-graded Course” is displayed in place of a grade.

Today's Attendance

Attendance for the current date is displayed for each class if it has been posted. Otherwise, it is blank.

If the student is enrolled in an elementary campus which has only one period, one attendance status is displayed for the entire day.