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Admin - District Settings

ASCENDER ParentPortal Admin > District Settings

This page is only available to users who log on to ASCENDER ParentPortal with a district-level administrator account.

This page allows administrative users to manage the district-wide ASCENDER ParentPortal settings, such as site theme and security questions.


NOTE: Selections are automatically saved for most fields. Clicking Save is only required where indicated.

Access Control

Site Access:

❏ Enable or disable access to ASCENDER ParentPortal.

ASCENDER ParentPortal isActive is displayed if the application is currently available to parents.

Inactive is displayed if the application is not currently available to parents.
ASCENDER ParentPortal is active as ofThe date for the active/inactive setting is displayed.

If Active, the date indicates when ParentPortal became active.

If Inactive, the date indicates when ParentPortal will become active.

To change the date, click Change Date.

In the ASCENDER ParentPortal will be active as of this date field, type the new date. Click Save Changes.

The new date is displayed, and the system is automatically activated or inactivated accordingly on that date.
Would you like to allow campus admins to view all district students?Indicate if campus-level administrative users can see all students in the district.

No - Campus-level administrators are blocked from accessing students who are not at a campus they have access to, and from impersonating a user to access those students. For example, if a parent has two students - one that the campus administrator should be able to see, and one that he should not be able to see, the campus administrator can impersonate that parent, but only students at his campus are displayed.

Yes - Campus-level administrators can access students who are not at a campus they have access to, and can impersonate a user to access those students.






Display Access:

Determine what data is displayed to ParentPortal users.

Would you like to display discipline records?Indicate if you want discipline information (with or without comments) displayed in ParentPortal.

No - The Discipline page is not available for parents in ParentPortal.

Yes, but without comments - The Discipline page is available for parents in ParentPortal, but any comments associated with an incident are not displayed.

Yes, with comments - The Discipline page is available for parents in ParentPortal, and any comments associated with an incident are displayed below the discipline record.
Display schedules?Indicate if you want to display student schedule information in ParentPortal.

No - Parents will be able to access ParentPortal and use some parts (such as online registration), but will not be able to view data that would require a student's schedule to be displayed (Summary, Attendance, Grades, and Assignments). When set to No, the message “Student schedule is not available at this time” is displayed at the top of the Summary, Attendance, Grades, Assignments, and My Account pages.

Yes - Student schedule data is displayed throughout ParentPortal.
Display immunization records?Indicate if you want to display immunization data for parents in ParentPortal.
Display an immunization resource path?If Yes:Path






Site Resources:

Pre-defined Security Questions

Enter security questions that users can use to recover a user name or reset a password.

New Security Question
Select a language code


Click Add Question.




Provide links to helpful websites.

Web Address
Text
Description


Click Add Link.




Student Picture Path

Current Path
Edit Path?
Student Picture Path


Click Save.






Site Theme

Turn on custom theme?
Background color
Text color
Accent color


Click Save Theme.

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