Starting to use Campus Student Information System
Getting Started:
Although it’s a Web-based program, you should not use your Web browser’s forward, back, and refresh buttons while using the SchoolExtra Campus special education tools. Instead, use buttons associated with the applications (Internet Explorer 5 and Acrobat Reader 5) to negotiate the program’s drop-down menus.

It will be easier to work with your data if you maximize your workspace (a.k.a. "screen real estate") by hiding all of your browser’s toolbars. If using a Macintosh computer, select the Toolbars option that is found under the View menu and then "uncheck" the toolbars you do not want to see.

Campus refers to "Calendars" to recognize each school facility.

A frame on the left side of the screen contains the User Outline and the Search Index. The User Outline displays the tools you have been granted security rights to use. When you click on the Special Ed hyperlink in your User Outline, the Special Ed  Search dialog box appears. Click "Advanced Search" and enter the available information (student number, name) you have and click on the Search button.

When you click in Special Ed (+) the Blank Forms choice becomes available.  You will see a list of standard blank due process forms that can be printed out. A blank form is not linked to the SchoolExtra Campus data warehouse and does not contain student information.

1. There are 4 tabs that access parts of the special education system:
When you click on the name of a student in the Search Index and then click on the Student Info Tab, you see basic demographic information about the student.

2. The Team tab allows you to specify the people responsible for ensuring a student’s individual learning progress (the IEP Team).  The members you add to the team will appear on Campus Special Education forms.  You must use the "Find and Link New Team Member" button and take the name of the staff from the dropdown list.  Failure to use this method will result in the student failing to display in Caseload lists.

3. The Contact Log tab allows team members to maintain an anecdotal record of various conversations and meetings that are associated with an individual student’s special education history. Clicking on the New Log Entry button, completing information in the Log Entry window, and clicking the Save button can create new entries. Make sure to use the Contact Log in a way that is compatible with the district’s interpretation of data privacy and School Board policies regarding this type of information.

4. All electronic documents related to a student’s individual educational planning are represented under the Documents tab. You return to this tab at any time to create additional forms.  When the list of documents becomes too lengthy, older documents can be highlighted and archived by clicking on the button.  Those documents can be retrieved at any time.

This is just a general description of the uses of the four Special Education Tabs.  Become familiar with their use, as they are integral to performing due process activities.

 getting started.pdf