NC SIS Weekly Email Bulletin

January 10, 2024

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NC SIS Weekly Email Bulletin

 

Topics in this issue:

  1.   Upcoming Digital Leaders Exchange
  2.   OCR/CRDC - SY2021-2022 NCDPI Uploads Complete*
  3.   NCDPI 2024-25 Master Course Code List Release for December 1, 2023
  4.   NCSIS Update
  5.   Regional Chats
  6.   Save the Date! - SIS Conference 2024
  7.   Has your PSU Opted into Home Base?
  8.   PSU Home Base Contact Updates for the 2023-2024 SY
  9.   2023-24 Home Base Maintenance Periods

Always available:

 

1.   Webinars, Recordings and Trainings

      Home Base Admin Course

2.   NCDPI Technology Support Center

3.   Follow Us on Social Media

 

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Upcoming Digital Leaders Exchange

Digital Leaders Exchange January 29th - February 1st

 

Registration is NOW OPEN! Think Home Base Meetups meets Regional Technology Directors Meetings! The NC Digital Leaders Exchange (formerly Home Base Meetups) is coming to a location near you soon! Each event will run from the West to the East while also aligning each “exchange” with a part of the Digital Learning Plan. In January/February, along with our typical Home Base product offerings, there will be 3 tracks: One for SIS Coordinators, one for E-Rate support/filing assistance, and one for all other participants with content wrapped around Human Capacity.  Stay tuned for further information!

We will meet from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and lunch will be catered. Register for a date & location that best fits your schedule.

Register at https://bit.ly/dlejan2024reg 

 

Jan/Feb DLE

CRDC

OCR/CRDC - SY2021-2022 NCDPI Uploads Complete

Happy New Year Coordinators!

 

Please inform other staff as appropriate.

 

Note:  PSUs that were not open in the school year 2021-2022 are not required to participate in this collection.

 

NCDPI CRDC Upload Complete

The NCDPI upload process is complete.  NCDPI recommends running the following reports in the Federal Submission Tool prior to making any changes in the system:

  • Submission Review Report
  • LEA Submission Download

The files from these two reports will download as zipped packages.  Running the reports before updates provides you copies of the data submitted by NCDPI in various formats that can be shared with designated staff working on the CRDC.

 

NCDPI recommends reviewing the data uploaded on behalf of the PSUs and making any necessary updates.  PSUs must add data not accessible to NCDPI and resolve all errors in the Federal Submission Tool.  PSUs are responsible for certifying the data in the Federal Submission Tool to complete the collection by February 24, 2024.

 

CRDC Data Not Accessible to the NCDPI

NCDPI published a document in early November 2023 in the CRDC Canvas course named ‘CRDC 2021-2022 Collection by Entity’.  This Excel workbook contains LEA and School level tabs that list the CRDC question numbers for SY2021-2022.  'The 'SEA' column indicates the data that NCDPI can access and has collected.  The 'LEA' column indicates the data that each PSU must collect at the local level.  Please review the document and work with your program and office staff to collect and submit the data within the Federal Submission Tool.

 

NC CRDC Canvas – Recently Published Documents

The following documents were recently published in Canvas to help support PSUs in understanding how NCDPI compiled the data for the CRDC:

  • NCDPI Guidance - LEA Form 2021-2022.pdf
  • NCDPI Guidance - School Form 2021-2022.pdf

To enroll in the CRDC Course in Canvas, please use this link: 

https://ncdpi.instructure.com/enroll/J4FD4R

 

NC CRDC Webinars

This 1.5-hour session will provide an overview of the NC DPI process that facilitates the transfer of data to the federal submission tool for the CRDC.  This session will also focus on resources at the federal level that support the collection, validation, and certification of the data in the federal submission tool.

 

This webinar will be hosted from 2pm – 3:30pm on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, January 10, 2024
  • Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Microsoft Teams Link: 

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 231 555 115 301Passcode: Pobeju

Or call in (audio only)

+1 323-484-5095,,360290936#   United States, Los Angeles

Phone Conference ID: 360 290 936#

 

Office Hours

CRDC Coordinators can book an hour meeting to ask specific questions about their CRDC.  Office hours will be held Tuesday through Thursday from 1pm to 5pm until February 26, 2023.  Use this link:  Book time with Terra

Please email nc.ocr.crdc@dpi.nc.gov with any questions you may have.  

 

Want information about the CRDC, but are not the CRDC Coordinator contact?  Add your information here:  2122 CRDC – Info Only Contacts List

 


Courses

NCDPI 2024-25 Master Course Code List Release for December 1, 2023

An updated master list of course codes has been posted with course offerings for the 2024-2025 school year. 

 

A copy of the NCDPI Master Course Code List is posted at https://www.dpi.nc.gov/educators/home-base/powerschool-sis/nc-sis-resources#courses

 

In the spreadsheet, course codes with a “Course Code Release Year” of 2024-25 will reflect new course offerings.  They are also listed in the tab “New Course Codes.” Note, there will also be a few course code names and credit value changes at the end of the year. These changes can be found in the Master List under the "Name Changes EOY", "Credit Value Changes EOY", and “Added Value Changes EOY” tabs. "CreditHour Changes EOY" is currently blank because there are no changes at this time.

 

The 2024-2025 course codes are now available in PowerSchool for PSU's to add to their local instances.


NCSIS Update

The North Carolina State Board of Education voted to award a new contract to Infinite Campus to modernize the North Carolina Student Information System (NCSIS), in compliance with state law. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is now working to finalize a thorough implementation plan that we expect to share with you within the next few weeks.  We are committed to frequent, clear communication throughout the implementation process, and we have set up a webpage to house the most up-to-date information about NCSIS. We hope you will take some time to visit the NCSIS webpage and learn more about the modernized system and the expanded offerings it will provide to better serve the students and educators of North Carolina.  

Learn more about NCSISNCSIS is powered by Infinite Campus 


Regional Chats

Mark your calendars. Regional Chats are back!

 

Join Tessa and the Home Base SIS team for Tea with Tessa.

 

A series of regional open forum virtual sessions for SIS Coordinators to join and receive updates, as well as openly share feedback, concerns, and network with other SIS Coordinators in your regions.

 

Please bookmark the below link and join us during the time designated for your region. Information for the chats is listed under the “PowerSchool” tab. Registration is not necessary. Follow the link below to join the Teams meeting on the designated date and time. 

https://www.dpi.nc.gov/educators/home-base/current-professional-learning#powerschool 

 

If you are unsure of your region, you can view a map of the regions here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TIAChi3cO4dJSWNPRUViLCliID9gGn1C/view?usp=sharing

Tea with Tessa

Save the Date SIS Conference 2024

Home Base

Has your PSU Opted into Home Base?

The NC Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce that the Home Base Opt-in Process is now open.  Finance officers and charter school directors/principals may begin opting into Home Base for their PSU. Click on the following link to see the full announcement and share with the appropriate staff: hb_pricing_memo 2023-24.

 

Note:  Only finance officers and charter directors/principals should opt-in for their PSU.

 

This year, PSUs have the option of opting into Navvy, a Pearson computer-adaptive interim assessment add-on for Schoolnet.  Navvy both formatively assesses and tracks standard-by-standard learning to provide immediate, actionable results to correctly inform personalized instruction. Navvy is made available to grades 3 – 8 for Reading and Math at an additional cost of $8 per ADM. If you have any questions about Navvy, please contact Rebecca Stokes.

 

Please visit the NCDPI Home Base Opt-in Website for detailed information concerning the Home Base Opt-in Process.  Questions may be directed to home_base@dpi.nc.gov or Jennifer Causey

 


PSU Home Base Contact Updates for the 2023-2024 SY

We understand that with each new year, comes new personnel to fill those roles.  To ensure the right people within your school are receiving the latest information, please visit our Support and Maintenance web page to see who is listed as your district or charter leads. 

 

Contact us at home_base@dpi.nc.gov or jennifer.causey@dpi.nc.gov with needed changes.

PSU Contacts

Calendar

2023-24 Home Base Maintenance Periods

 

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 2023-2024 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.


HB Web

Home Base Admin Course

Home Base Admin Course 

Feedback from PSUs identified a need for resource hubs for the Home Base products. The product managers have created Admin Resource Courses for each area. These resource courses are located in the NCDPI Canvas instance.

Please visit these courses.  Below are the steps to enroll:

 

How to access these resources:

    • Sign in to the Blue Canvas icon within NCEdCloud
    • Using the Global Navigation (on the left), click the Home Base Resources button
    • On the menu that opens, select the course(s) you would like to enroll into
    • After enrolling, the course will appear on your Canvas Dashboard
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Access for PSU PowerSchool SIS Admins

Any PSU PowerSchool SIS admin who does not have access to the NCDPI “Blue” Canvas located in the NCEdCloud portal and would like to have access follow these steps:

  1. Log into my.ncedcloud.org
  2. Find the Blue Canvas icon and click to launch it.
  3. Agree to the Canvas use policy question and Blue Canvas will open.

 If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Stokes.  

 

Other Information:

  • Feel free to provide feedback on these courses. They all contain a feedback button on their homepage.
  • We will continue to update these courses as more product information becomes available

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Service Now

NCDPI Technology Support Center

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

  • Schoolnet 
  • NCEES/Unified Talent 
  • 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)

 

Submitting a ServiceNow Ticket How to Document

 

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

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