NC SIS Weekly Email Bulletin

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March 12, 2021

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NC SIS Weekly Email Bulletin

Topics in this issue:

1.  Next Home Base Maintenance Period

2.  NCEdCloud Maintenance - Friday Night, March 12

3.  New sqlReport5 Report - CCRG Student List

4.  Reminder:  FERPA Collection in PowerSchool

5.  Reminder:  Submitting Tickets in the PowerSchool Case Portal 

6.  Reminder:  2021-2022 Instructional School Start and End Dates

7.  Home Base Webinars

8.  Follow us on Social Media

9.  NCDPI Technology Support Center  


home base maintenance

Next Home Base Maintenance Period

The next Home Base maintenance is scheduled for March 19, 2021.  Currently, PowerSchool is the only known application that will undergo maintenance.  All other Home Base applications will remain available.

 

The PowerSchool application will be brought down for one night onlyFriday, March 19 at 7 p.m. and returned to service by 2 p.m.., Saturday afternoon, March 20.  The application will be made accessible to all users once maintenance is complete.

 

Note:  Each year, a list of scheduled maintenance windows are published by NCDPI.  This is published in advance to help teachers and administrators better prepare for temporary outages and loss of access.  Please review the 2020-2021 maintenance schedule and put these dates on your calendar. In most cases, the entire window is not necessary and we can return systems to service earlier than listed. If emergency maintenance is required in addition to these scheduled dates, all users will be notified in advance. 


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NCEdCloud Maintenance – Friday Night March 12

The NCEdCloud IAM Service will undergo a minor upgrade to the Rapid Identity portal this Friday evening, March 12, 2021 between 10 PM - 12 AM. The NCEdCloud IAM Service will be unavailable during this time. This upgrade includes mostly backend changes with minor changes to the portal.


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New sqlReport5 Report - CCRG Student List

A new sqlReport5 report called CCRG Student List has been created and entered in all NC PowerSchool instances.  This report lists students enrolled in the special program for CCRG English or Math. Schools must assign a special program of NC-CCRG English or NC-CCRG Math to the section for the report to pull the students.  The report is located under the CCRG heading/folder.


PowerSchool

Reminder:  FERPA Collection in PowerSchool

The yearly required collection of the parent’s or eligible student’s response to the use of data for directory purposes is included in PowerSchool.  Please click on the following link to access the full message sent this week with details about this collection process.

FERPA Collection in PowerSchool

 


Reminder:  Submitting Tickets in the PowerSchool Case Portal

When submitting a ticket in the PowerSchool Case Portal, remember to only enter personal identifiable information (PII) in the “Secure Data for Troubleshooting Only” field located at the bottom of the screen.  This will ensure the data is protected and only viewed by authorized personnel.  Please see the attachment for further guidance.

 

Tech Support

Reporting Deadline

2021-2022 Instructional School Start and End Dates   

  

G.S. 115C-84.2(a2) specifies that a report on the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for the next academic year be provided to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of education by April 1 of each year.  To make this deadline, the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for each school must be in PowerSchool before April 1. 

 

School Start and End Dates for 2021-22 will be pulled immediately after April 1, 2021. 


Webinars

PowerSchool

Pre-Recorded Webinars

https://youtu.be/wyH4sSdmn6g 


Courses

Spring 2021 Course Code Webinar Series

Please join the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) for a Spring 2021 course code webinar series. PowerSchool Data Managers, PowerSchool Coordinators, School Counselors, Career and Technical Education Directors, Career Development Coordinators, CCP Coordinators, and Curriculum and Instruction/Academic Leaders are encouraged to join the conversations. Please see details below and we look forward to seeing you (virtually) soon! 

 

SAVE THE DATES! 

Time:  2 - 3 pm EST

Platform:  Webex

Dates and Registration Information:

 

Completed Webinars and Slides can be viewed at SIS Resources

  • Course Codes General Overview - Part A
  • Course Codes General Overview - Part B
  • CAA vs. Non-CAA Courses

 

Questions? Please enter your questions in the Question Collection Form.

 


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Canvas PD Mini-Course - Crafting High Quality Feedback in Canvas

 

Our next Canvas mini-course is now open for self-registration in NCEES. Learn all about the different ways you can give high quality feedback in Canvas.

 

This course is designed to be completed in one hour, and upon course completion, 0.1 CEU of Digital Learning Competency Credit will be applied to your transcript in NCEES (within 48 hours).

 

Register here (must login to NCEdCloud): https://bit.ly/3nxtogw


GoOpenSelfPaced

New Self-Paced Course on Curating Content in #GoOpenNC

We are so excited to try something new with our monthly webinars for #GoOpenNC. The webinar is now available on-demand in a mini Canvas course (you will need to login to NCEES via NCEdCloud to register).

 

The course is designed to be completed in one hour and NCEES will apply 0.1 CEU of Digital Learning Competency Credit to your transcript within 48 hours of completing the course.  The course is available until May 31, 2021


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New Mini-Course: Remix and Add Your Own Content to #GoOpenNC!

 

Our next #GoOpenNC mini-course is now available for self-registration on NCEES. Learn how to remix and add your own resources to #GoOpenNC.

 

Each mini-course is designed to take one hour to complete and within 48 hours of course completion, 0.1 CEU of Digital Learning Competency Credit will be applied to your transcript!

 

Register here (must login to NCEdCloud): https://bit.ly/3amydp9

New Collections Available in #GoOpenNC

The #GoOpenNC team is excited to launch a new learning hub on the platform for Advanced Learning. On the hub, you will find over 200 lesson plans for Academically and Intellectually Gifted learners! 

 


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Register for NCEES March Webinar

EOY for Principals

    • Audience: Teachers and Support Staff, Evaluators, Observer
    • Description: Participants will gain an understanding of the process for completing the Professional Development Plan End-of-Year Review. Teachers will explore the steps leading to the Summary Evaluation Conference, how to complete the signatures acknowledging the summary evaluation and how to provide a written response and artifacts.
    • Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021   4-5 PM

WiseOwl

NCWiseOwl EBSCO Webinars 2020-2021 

PSUs, please share this message with your teachers.

Want to love and utilize NCWiseOwl even more?  Attend the upcoming webinars available from our database vendors! 

 

Britannica School: REGISTRATION and RECORDINGS

  • Britannica School for Remote Learning 
  • Britannica School for Parents 
  • Britannica Basics for Elementary Educators 
  • Britannica Basics for Secondary Educators 
  • Sharing Britannica Content on Google Platforms 
  • Preparing Digital Content Sets for Instruction 
  • Britannica Tools to Support Reluctant Readers 
  • Britannica School - STEAM in Focus 
  • Britannica School - Arts & Humanities in Focus 
  • Britannica Tools to Support English Language Learners 

EBSCO: REGISTRATION and RECORDINGS

  • EBSCO Reference Center Exploration 
  • EBSCO Online Classroom Tools and Integration Tips 
  • EBSCO Accessibility and Usability Features within EBSCO Resources
  • EBSCO Working with EBSCO eBooks

Please visit the NCWiseOwl  Toolkit  professional learning section for detailed descriptions and registration links.  www.ncwiseowl.org

 


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Follow Us on Social Media!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and begin receiving "Did You Know" tips featuring each Home Base product. 

 

These messages will include upcoming changes, tips and even hidden treasures within each product to make your job easier.  If you are not following us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, click on the links below and begin today!  Make sure you share this information with other staff within your school.

 

Instagram:  @nchomebase         Facebook:  @nchomebase       Twitter:  @nchomebase


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NCDPI Technology Support Center

NCDPI's Technology Support Center continues to meet your support needs for:

  • Schoolnet 
  • NCEES/Unified Talent
  • IAM/SSO (NCEdCloud) 
  • Staff & Student UID (eScholar)


Support availability:

Web (NEW URL)https://ncgov.servicenowservices.com/sp_dpi   -  24/7

Phone:  919-716-1840, Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (excluding state holidays)


Technical support for SIS needs is handled directly by PowerSchool support using chat, phone, or by opening a case ticket. 


Remember to visit the NC SIS website for additional information including webinars and training documentation.  Follow us on twitter @NCHomeBase

 

 NC SIS

 NC Department of Public Instruction

 Education Building, 7th Floor North

 301 North Wilmington Street

 Raleigh, NC 27601

 

 Email: ncsis@dpi.nc.gov