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Spring 2012

Out with the old. In with the new.

Ways tO PrePare fOr the

EXTREME

DISTRICT EDITION

“You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more.” B O B D Y L A N

ON THE COVER

Centennial Independent

School District 12, located in

Circle Pines, Minn., was the first

customer to use Infinite Campus.

Members of the Centennial

Reimplementation Team

(clockwise):

Chris Ripken (teacher)

Lori O’Dowd (student system specialist)

Keith Dixon (superintendent)

Dan Huffman (business director)

Anne Thomsen (teacher)

Scott Johnson (curriculum director)

EDITORIAL

Charlie Kratsch, Founder and CEOCreative Director

Liz SchmittManaging Editor/Writer

Mary SullivanArt Director/Designer

Matt Schmitt, PhotographerMatt Schmitt Photography

Karl Beach and John MooreContibuting Copy Editors

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WelcomeLetter from Charlie Kratsch, Founder and CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Tools for Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Messenger, Portal, Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Reporting and Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Food Service, Online Payments, Fees . . . . . . 28

National Records Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Custom Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

EtceteraThe People Behind Our Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

It's Just the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Campus Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Ways to Prepare Your District for the Future

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Change is Good.

Even if things are running well there’s always room for

improvement. Are you taking advantage of all the new

features provided free of charge in our releases? Have you

taken a look at our Premium Products? Have you found

any good ideas from other districts by reading the case

other educators in the Campus Community? Have you

engaged our process consultants to help review your

district operations and identify areas for improvement?

Now is the time to learn more about what’s new and how

your district can get the most out of the product.

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Take a tip from Charlie and relax. Change is good. Together we’ll build the schools of tomorrow.

Prepare for the Future.By Charl ie Kratsch, Infinite Campus Founder and CEO

CUSTOMER PROFILE // Ravenswood City School District, California

"Standards are a clear set of shared goals and expectations

for what knowledge and skills will help students succeed.

Using standards-based grading drives our decisions on

how the state standards are to be met. Targeted instruc-

tion is defined by areas of focus within the state standards.

Measuring progress is the key to improving practice and

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ultimately improves student achievement. Infinite Campus

gives us the tools to use standards effectively."

Samantha Goldman, Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Ravenswood City School District, CA


Same Standard. Several Solutions.

Field trip Individual learning Online learning

Where We’re Headed

Science Standard 1A

Infinite Campus views standards-based learning as creating

opportunities for innovative teaching & individualized learning.


R

Proactive Process

Jesusita Rivera explains science concepts to her fifth grade class at Costano Elementary.

Standards Team: Amy Padilla, Jaclynn Megerian, Bronwya Alexander, Ednita Fuentes, Samantha Goldman (Not pictured: Jesusita Rivera)

Throughout the semester each standard is assessed to know

when the student can move to the next level. We can give added

support to specific areas of need, like whole number addition,

if the child is stuck there. It’s a much more proactive process,

defining a more personalized teaching and learning experience.

Bronwya Alexander, third grade teacher, Ravenswood City School District

When students are interested in what they are learning, comprehension increases.

Traditional Learning

Standards-aligned Learning

Standards-based Learning

Supports different learning styles

Able to work at their own pace

Frequent assessments to stay on track

Student Benefits

Allows flexibility in teaching activities

Manage individualized learning

Create clearly defined expectations

Teacher Benefits

International National State District Teachers Students Future

The world is just

beginning to

recognize the

potential of tech-

nology to enable

global common

performance stan-

dards, especially

in math, science

and technology.

This will eventually

lead to a global

educational net-

work wherein the

best teachers are

connected to the

most appropriate

student.

Many countries

have established

national standards.

In the U.S., the

Common Core is

a step toward this.

In today’s mobile

society, shouldn't

a sixth-grader in

Florida have the

same math skills

as a sixth-grader

in Oregon?

Infinite Campus

supports the

common core

standards, state

standards and

district standards.

The Tenth Amend-

ment ensures edu-

cation is controlled

at the state and

local levels. States

have established

learning standards

defined by grade

level or clusters of

grades. Curriculum

and assessment

systems are then

organized around

expectations in core

subject areas.

Infinite Campus

allows state stan-

dards to be easily

linked to courses.

Led by the curricu-

lum and instruction

staff, districts review

the state standards

and develop a

more granular set of

standards aligned to

the state. Essential

Learner Outcomes

drive the curriculum

design, along with

assignment creation

and assessments.

Infinite Campus

has a standards

bank with numer-

ous subsets to de-

fine the most basic

skill set and align

it with appropriate

courses.

When teachers

are assigned a

section, the course

standards are

provided for them.

They have the

flexibility to create

their assignments

and develop their

own pedagogy,

with the end result

in mind.

Infinite Campus

allows the

standards to be

aligned to assign-

ments and forma-

tive assessments

to easily track

progress and

proficiency.

Standards give a

focus to student

learning. Expecta-

tions of what is

to be learned

are clear and

proficiency is easily

determined.

Infinite Campus

collects and ana-

lyzes data about

each student and

clusters groups

of children to

assure differenti-

ated instruction.

This results in

better classroom

management

and personalized

learning.

Education buzz

words today

include “individual-

ized education.” For

Infinite Campus,

it’s our mission.

Infinite Campus is developing

tools to define

even more granu-

lar standards

and align them

to personalized

assignment and

assessments. This

will be tailored to

resources and in-

struction that will

result in the end

goal: individual-

ized education.

Creating Opportunity

Supporting Standards


CUSTOMER PROFILE // Eastview High School, Minnesota

With Campus Scheduling, schools create their schedules

in half the time it takes with other systems and rebuilding

a schedule can take as long as – a FEW SECONDS! Designed

to simulate the familiar white board, Campus Scheduling

uses district-defined rules to quickly set up schedules and

test variations in real time.

It’s Fast. It’s Flexible. It’s Fantastic.

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What’s so Great About Campus Scheduling?

LOTS! Campus Scheduler allows a school to balance classes across whatever attributes of interest a school desires. As part of an integrated

example, the course information and numbering sequences established in

Scheduling rules that accommodate the relationships between courses

rules needed to meet school or district needs. These considerations, which

visible on the computer screen when a schedule is set up.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. C H A R L E S M I N G U S

Campus Scheduler

MADE IN B L A I N E , USA


The Campus Scheduler optimizes

the relationships among time, space,

movement, and people in real time.

hundreds or thousands of students within hard constraints on space,

scheduling is an art. It is a complex -

ing mind of a human being and the

a computer.

While much of what has been au-

the art of scheduling. Those excep-

roster builder and the thoughtful

people who established the rules. The need for additional personal input to

District Course Catalog ensures consistency throughout the districtwhen desired

Teams allows for groups of students to move together as a cohort

Scheduling Rules and Constraints allows courses and teachers to be linked

Request Wizard makes it easy to mass assign courses to students

Walk-in Scheduler allows for easy changes to the student’s schedule and maintains the audit trail of changes

Course Requests can be made by counselors, teachers, parents and students

Integrated Whiteboard Scheduler provides the tools to manage the master schedule, allowing real-time changes and conflict resolution

Student Gap Scheduler streamlines processes by providing direct access to those students who have gaps in their schedule without needing to generate a report

Scheduler Tools

Automation's strength is its ability to

explore many possible solutions to a

scheduling problem.

With multiple possible combinations

derived, the scheduler compares

them to arrive at the solutions that

best satisfy the course requests and

rules it has been given.

-tion in the Campus Portal and the

counselors, parents, and students

scheduling. The Campus Scheduler is a

to inform and expedite this complex,

the fundamental role is still that of the person orchestrating the process. Ensuring the needs of the people in a school are met within a maze of resource limitations is an amazing

Orchestrating the Process


Scheduling is

the epitome of

blended arts and

science. It is a

complex task that

requires both the

discerning mind

of a human being

and the tireless,

blindingly fast

number crunch-

ing of a computer.

In the past, it was done with chalk-boards, cardboard boxes, and enough 3x5 note cards to paper a gym. They often got the job done over weeks of hot summer afternoons.

Using the power of Campus Scheduling, Eastview High School in Apple Valley, Minn., has developed “Targeted Tuesdays” and re-schedules more than 2,000 students every eight weeks. This is used as a proactive way to redirect students who may be struggling to get them the support

are accelerating and gives them the challenges they need. Either way, it

for each student. “With this advanced scheduling

model we have learning teams and no more than a dozen students in a class-room and large enrichment lectures,” says Dr. Randall Peterson, Eastview’s Principal. “Students are connected to the grade book, attendance, interven-

tion transcripts and personalized

Campus. This is how schools should be organizing their learning.”

continue to use their main schedule, although also manage a two session intervention/enrichment/teacher collaboration schedule (on designed

7 period to a 9 period intervention schedule). Within the main sched-ule, they create an arena schedule process for students to engage in

-port and enrichment instruction.

evaluate students, assign resources, and create a new master schedule as needed. “No other system I know of can do this,” says Peterson. The note cards may be gone, but the artists remain.

Photo above: The Eastview scheduling team creates order out of chaos. Front row L-R: Jodi Hanson, intervention specialist, Nancy Snoeyenbos, data manager. Back row L-R: Dr. Randall Peterson, princi-pal, Kim Martinson and Bruce Miller, asst. principals.

Eastview High School Scheduling Success

CUSTOMER PROFILE // West Des Moines Community School District

Infinite Campus understands the important role of

teachers. That’s why we have developed a strong set

of tools for teachers. Information about students is

integrated throughout the system so teachers can

have a better understanding of their students. With

all this information at their fingertips, teachers can

develop quality learning activities and spend more

time with students.

Got it.

I see that.

Good to know.

Behavior issues?

Grades improving?

Health concerns?

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Teachers want to spend more time with students and less time

teachers in West Des Moines the extra time they need. At Stilwell Middle School, Peter Bissinger (above) is able to work smarter with his social studies students. Teachers access and copy data from previous years. They manage assignments for all classes simultane-ously. They associate assignments with multiple courses as well as create assignments or activities associated with one or more standards

them the most essential features of a learning management system.

and improved communication. And best of all, teachers now have more time to do what they do best…teach.

Teaching is demanding work.

Infinite Campus wants to make it a little easier.

The Power of Integration

Communication Improves Involvement

Classroom Efficiencies

Manage Instruction

Report and Analyze

> Information is entered once and shared across the district in real time. The teacher’s roster displays pertinent student information including contact information and special concern flags. Campus Behavior Referral allows real-time entry and noti-fication of students being referred to other staff members.

> Grades and assignments are posted to the portal to increase parent and student involvement. Teachers create newsletters and emails. They have access to a letter designer and the phone dialer helps teachers, parents and students collaborate on classroom activities.

> Scores entered in the grade book are automatically incorpo-rated into the end-of-term grades. Teachers can request courses for next term based on student progress. Teachers can define student groups when creating an assignment and designate which group is required to complete that assignment.

> The Campus Assignment tool, in conjunction with the Campus Daily Planner, manages instruction for multiple sections. Campus Daily Planner makes it easy to view assign-ment due dates and student absences in calendar views.

> Good decisions are founded on accurate information and indepth analysis. Teachers have access to real-time data with built in reports and data analysis tools that provide the foundation for good classroom management.

Align assignments

to multiple standards

and access assign-

ments via the daily

planner.

Teachers can

provide assigment

content, including

hyperlinks,

to students.

Increased com-

munication with

parents and

students keeps

students on track

and conferences

more productive.

Campus integration

allows teachers to

access information

from anywhere,

including the com-

fort of their home.

Five Reasons to Use Campus Tools for Teachers

Mark assign-

ments as “turned

in,” which is

posted to the

Campus Grade

Book and Portal

in real time.

“Progress reports are such a breeze now. It saves so much paperwork.” Peter Bissinger, 7th grade social studies teacher, Stilwell Middle School


Teacher Sara Krzyczkowski (8th grade social studies, Stilwell Middle School) spends time with each student.


Spend more time with students

Classroom Prep Let’s make this easy.

Assignment tools allow you to create, manage and score assign-ments quickly. Align assignments to multiple grading tasks, assignment marks, rubrics or points while also aligning the assignment to multiple

parents of select groups to alert them about missing assignments or failing grades. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Assign-ments can be copied from current or prior years as often as needed using an intuitive editor. Merge assign-ments and categories by copying from multiple sections to a single destination section. Sort assign-ments by date, name, term, standards tasks, categories and student groups.

Hey Mom, I got an A in English! Walk the talk. Teachers can enter grades, comments and mark assign-ments as turned in, all of which are

immediately available to students, parents, counselors and administra-

-ments? Parents can check this daily. An exam on Thursday? Better crack the books tonight. Teachers have more proactive communication with parents that helps keep students on track. Integration rocks! The power of

to all parts of the product, including the grade book to improve commu-nication and collaboration between students, parents and teachers.

What’s Cool for Teachers?

Accountability matters.

with classroom management. Using federal, state and district standards that are pre-aligned to courses for accelerated lesson planning is one way. Others include the ability to cre-

district-set grading scales, and group grading items into categories. Teach-

ers can determine which assignments, grades, standards and comments to

can enter grades, comments and

and use real-time enrollment data to streamline initial data entry and demographic information updates. Beyond the basics. Other oppor-

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groups, using the Daily Planner to share with substitute teachers, and viewing and entering summative and formative assessment data via multiple interfaces.

Ed Wong prompts his Stilwell Middle School art students to discuss their drawing project.

Brian Abeling, West Des Moines Community School District Director of Technology, keeps it all working.

CUSTOMER PROFILE // Moore Public Schools, Oklahoma

Communication . Integration . Real Time

> An automated phone call service confirming a child’s absence

> A way to send an emergency message in minutes

> A place for parents to check grades

> A tool to gather feedback for decision making

Infinite Campus does all this, and more.

MessengerPortalSurvey

with Voice

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Oklahoma knows bad weather. The 1999 Oklahoma tornado

outbreak brought violent storms to the Midwest. On May 3, 66

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do tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Moore, Del City, Tinker

Voice Email Text

Campus Messenger Options


WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT CAMPUS PORTAL

Get the word out quickly

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I can login when I'm doing homework at

midnight!

IT keeps me on track for graduation

I love it! It's cool.

IT's helped me improve my grades

I can check if i'm behind in any classes

I can see which assignments i'm missing

Campus Messenger with Voice Access information any time, from anywhere

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I don't think I have homework...

Broccoli, beans or burritos?

welcome bienvenido

Districts choose which information to display: demographic information, assignments, assessment

scores, grades, completed standards and credits, atten-

dance, behavior, health, learning plans, transportation

information, fees, to-do lists, district and school notices,

reports, classroom newsletters, schedules, unofficial

transcripts, and direct messages from staff

Campus Portal


Campus Mobile PortalCampus Mobile Portal

One Touch, Tons of Info

A student was at the mall when she

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Daily PlannerUse the Daily Planner to know

Assignments

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your grade.

Schedule

Campus SurveyWhat's on your mind?

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PARENTS

STUDENTS

The more information you can get, the better decisions you can make.

motivated them to work harder and

build distribution lists, distribute

CUSTOMER PROFILE // Menasha Joint School District, Wisconsin

Campus Customers can capture a variety of test scores,

including summative, benchmark, interim and formative test

data. Analysis of this information drives decisions, promotes

early interventions and informs instruction.

This information is used for:

> Tracking student proficiency

> Finding patterns of strengths and weaknesses

in student performance

> Populating accountability reports

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Ascending the Stairway to Mastery

Doug Dahm, principal at Nicolet Elementary School (pictured at right), exemplifies the Bluejay Way with enthusiastic support for students.

Assess Often

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data for directing our decisions

and analyzing how we can

better close achievement gaps.

Doug Dahm, principalNicolet Elementary School

Doug Dahm, principal at Nicolet Elementary School and Scott Dyreson, internet database developer, work closely together to use assessments to inform instruction.

Campus Intergration

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Find patterns of strengthsf andweaknesses in student performance


>> IDENTIFY AT-RISK STUDENTS SO THEY DON’T DROP OUT

>> HOW THE UNITED STATES RANKS INTERNATIONALLY

>> DRIVE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES >> USE DATA TO INFORM

STUDENT INSTRUCTION

Annual drop out rate for high school students

Nearly 90% of public schools used their district network or the Internet to provide standardized assessment results and data for teachers to individualize instruction

3,22255555222,,000000000000 Projected high school graduates in 2012

Public high school graduates are projected to increase 6% between 2010 - 2017

Private high school graduates are projected to decrease 4% between 2010 - 2017

>> TRACK PROFICIENCY THAT CORRELATES TO COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS

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took the ACT exams

in 2010

1.555555 mmmmilliioooonnnn high school students

took the SAT exams

in 2010

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Campus Customers can capture a variety of test scores, including summative, benchmark, interim and formative test data. Analysis of this information drives decisions, promotes early interventions and informs instruction.

SCORE >> 100% Shanghai-China >> 575

United States >> 502

Kyrgtzstab >> 330

Understanding what a student has learned is captured with assess-

ments. Without this continued evaluation, we could not understand

what is working and what isn’t and make the required improvements.

How can schools identify at-risk students so they don’t drop out?

How can schools track proficiency that correlates to college entrance

exams? That’s what Campus Assessments helps districts track.

TRACK STUDENT PROFICIENCY

FIND PATTERNS OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE

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Reporting and

Data AnalysisCUSTOMER PROFILE // Norman Public Schools, Oklahoma

Infinite Campus provides what is by far the best

fully integrated reporting and analysis solution in

the industry. Our integration goes beyond tacking

on an external analysis suite to the core student

information system (SIS.) We didn't just tack on

reporting and analysis tools; we built up our own

in-house data analysis tool set. Check it out.

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The Hub of District Decisions Making good decisions is at the core of a successful district. With Campus Reporting and Analysis, all

your data is integrated and easily reported for up-to-date analysis. Because Campus can house virtu-

ally unlimited amount of data, administrators can use it for longitudinal analysis, identifying trends

and understanding results. Reports can be generated right out of the system.

for instruction, accountability, communication and other essential business processes. An intuitive

Ad Hoc Reporting

Integrated State Reporting

MS SQL Reporting Services

Standard Reports

ANALYSIS TOOLSREPORTING TOOLS

Data Analysis

Data Visualization

Data Warehouse Export

You don’t drive a car without checking to see if there is gas or if the oil pressure is low, why drive district decisions without gathering information?Campus Reporting and Analysis gives you the tools to reach well-informed decisions.

Ad Hoc Reporting

Integrated State Reporting

MS SQL Reporting Services

Standard Reports

ANALYSIS TOOLSREPORTING TOOLS

Data Analysis

Data Visualization

Data Warehouse Export


Justin Milner, Norman Direc-

2,300 students with disabilities throughout 14 facilities across the district. These include residential facilities and juve-

Campus provides essential information for tracking behav-ior, graduation progress and support services. It is a critical

tool for federal reporting. “Using Campus Data Analy-sis, I get important behavior in-formation when I need it,” says Milner. “In the past, we had to wait for information to be up-loaded and because data input was inconsistent, the reports were not always accurate. Now,

recognize trends of behavior

issues before larger problems occur and can implement appro-priate interventions. It has been an essential tool to accurately assess our complex population of special needs students.”

Special Services Generates High Volume Reports

Fisher, Norman’s Data Processing Manager, creates thousands of reports each year. “We use the Campus Reporting and Data Analysis tools all the time,” says Fisher. “Our high-stakes statewide assessments are

track graduation progress and I’ve set it up in the grad planner so they can have this information in a visual display as well as a grid. It’s a good snapshot of infor-mation that is easily understood.”

to track behavior incidents on buses. In fact, after analyzing these transportation reports, it was decided to be collaborative with the bus drivers. Instruction

doesn’t stop at the end of the day. Driv-ers are invited to be partners in entering and accessing stu-dent data and com-municating this to the administration.

This has helped to decrease inappropriate behavior and increase communication. And with several years of data available, when Nor-man considered opening a new elementary school and hired an outside company to help manage the logistics, Campus demographic data was instrumental in deter-mining the appropriate boundaries. “We use Campus reports and analysis for everything from daily assessments of attendance to complex state and federal reports,” says Fisher. “But the more impor-tant focus of our analysis is making good decisions for our students.”

The important focus of our analysis is making good decisions for our students.

We can recognize trends of behavior issues before larger problems occur.

Norman Public Schools Knows Data

Justin Milner and Christie Fisher work closely together to gather, analyze and use data every day.


It’s about integration. The same teams of engineers who

write the code for attendance, behavior and census also write

the code for our pivot table and charting solutions. Add to that

the Campus Data Warehouse Export tool and you get an analysis

pipeline that starts with Campus and ends in Campus, with no

intermediation by external vendors' formats and applications.

You ask: How many teachers will we need in the new elementary school two and three years down the road? You can do that with Infinite Campus. Let's say the new school, Central Elementary, will consolidate the students from West and North, while the kids at East will stay put. You can limit your analysis to

you're almost done.

line graph or pie chart, and you'll get a sense of the story you need to understand.

TABLEAU

MORE VISUALIZATION OPTIONS:

Pre-definedTemplates

Combine data from multiple databases

View an assortment of student data as a unified whole

Shift perspectives easily to find patterns

Tableau is an optional product provided by Campus Channel Partner, CIC

Bar ChartGrid Line Chart Pie Chart

120 Standard Reports available

Select any combination of fields, including custom fields

Use Report Designer to create letters and formatted reports

Use Report Builder to format and print customized reports

CAMPUS REPORTING

Create cubes with summary counts

Facilitate detailed data analysis and charting

Pivot-table functionaliity familiar to Excel users

Access snapshot data with the Data Warehouse Export

CAMPUS DATA ANALYSIS


> Districts manage free and reduced lunch tracking

> Parents know what their children are eating

> Parents pay for lunch and fees electronically

> Parents know student food and fee balances

> Students move through the lunch line quickly

> Reports are submitted accurately and on time

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Cool Campus Tools

Food ServiceOnline PaymentsFees

CUSTOMER PROFILE // Hopkins School District 270, Minnesota

Lunch Time: Fast, Fun and Functional Campus Food Service

Hopkins School District 270 (Minnesota) serves lunch to more than 7,000 students. In 20-25 minutes a student gets food, gets through the payment line,

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Take a peek at their food choices via the Campus Portal.You'll know her choices before she takes her first bite!

Think your kid's a healthy eater?

No nutritional value? Mom and

Dad will know before lunch is

even over.

Busted!

Schedules are tight.

Students are busy.

They get in and out

of the lunchroom

in 25 minutes.

Campus Food Service makes it possible.

No nutritionalvalue? Mom and

Dad will knowbefore lunch is

even over.

Busted!

You'll only see healthy food options at Hopkins!

Take a peek atk theirfood choices viathe Campus Portal.You'll know herchoices beforeshe takes herfirst bite!

Think yourk kid'sr ashealthy eater?y

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lasagna, steamed veggies and apple

School lunch programs are more than serving nutritious meals to rav-

-ties, high volume money manage-ment and transparent communica-

Campus Point of Sale

Get immediate, secure access to all the cafeteria information you need.

include cash transactions. Cafeteria professionals can create an unlim-

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they can perform end-of-day cashier

Students get assigned a PIN

students can access the lunchroom

stays assigned to them throughout their time in the district. “Students

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Students punch in their PIN number and move through the line quickly.

In the cafeteria, students enter

code scanners to move through the lines quickly. Some districts even

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Campus Cafeteria Serve

You can easily track and report

menu layouts, and support single or

and scanners

Campus Class Serve

of items. Class Serve is tied to atten-

Campus Offers Three Food Service Solutions

Easily track and report mealswith Campus Food Service

Check the Portal – Know Your Child

A mom had checked

the Campus Portal to

see how her daughter

was doing in choosing

healthy food. She

discovered her daugh-

ter, Ella, was taking

twice the amount of

food she would have

expected. Mom knew

Ella wasn’t THAT big

of an eater.

Mom questioned Ella

and learned that she

had a friend, Sasha,

who could not afford

lunch and was embar-

rassed to ask for help.

Ella’s mom reported

this to the district.

Staff contacted Sasha’s

family and arranged

financial assistance for

meals. Lunch selection

returned to normal for

both Ella and Sasha.

Infinite Campus

integration and

real-time communica-

tion make all

the difference.

“There has been a gigantic increase in portal usage (have 95% usage) because of Campus Food Service and Online Payments – at the elementary school especially. It has resulted in a cleaner email data-base for parents.”


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schools. Paying for food services,

through Campus Portal eliminating the

much money is left in the account.

PaySchools as its third-party online

Campus Online Payments, Hopkins took advantage of the seamless

their online payment functions. In addition, Campus Online Payments is fully integrated to their Campus Food Service and Fees. "After only a

to use and parents love it."

parental response after promoting Campus Online Payments on the

Parents appreciate the real-time accuracy of account information

Monitoring food purchases gives parents an opportunity to encour-age healthy eating and ensure that

-mation for the entire family.

jeopardy from lost checks or delayed district uploads of just-in-time pay-ments made to a third-party online payment system. Parents can make

checking or savings account, or even

school trip. Deposit information is -

record keeping accurate and easy. Hopkins administrators see the advantages of Campus Online Pay-

are increased through an integrated

uploads from a third party online payment system. Audit information

Cha-ChingCampus Fees

Many activities have additional

have. Campus Fees makes it easy.

so parents can add payments and -

Campus Fees gives districts the -

activities.

Linda Wareham and Jared Switch support Infinite Campus technology for Hopkins School District.

Stash the Cash

Campus Food ServiceNewly enrolled students are in the system in real time. They show up for their first day of class at 8 a.m. and can use their assigned PIN number immediately. The PIN number stays with the student every year through-out their schooling.

Campus Online PaymentsParents make payments anytime via the secure Campus Portal for one child or the entire household on one easy-to-use screen. They can use credit or debit cards, checking or savings accounts. This reduces cash han-dling, lost checks and improves cash flow.

Campus FeesParents use online payments to pay fees for school labs, field trips, athletic participation, etc. Managing the account on the Campus Portal is easy. Districts can extend reporting and auditing capabilities and view the last person to modify a transaction.

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Parents make payments with a credit or debit card, check-

ing or savings account, or even multiple bank accounts

National Records Exchange

Campus National Records Exchange allows for

electronic transfer of student records from one

Infinite Campus school to another. Within seconds

after requesting enrollment records, schools

know if the newly enrolled child requires special

services, what classes are still required, and if there

are health concerns to address.

CUSTOMER PROFILE //

Geary County Unified School District 475, Kansas

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EIGHTYFIVE PERCENT of the student popula-tion in Geary County USD is military. The nearby base, Fort Riley, houses 30,000 people, with more expected next year. On the

elementary schools and one middle school. Enrollment transfer requests are at an excep-

collecting, sending and

has been an arduous job. -

ticipates in the Campus Records Exchange, which makes the transfer process easy with other participating schools.

Amy Downs, head secretary, greets a new student at Fort Riley Middle School, Kansas.

Transient SocietyMoving to a new district is hard work. Infinite Campus alleviates some of that stress. Whether the student is moving to the next district, the next state or across the country, NRE makes records transfer easy so when students show up the first day, they’re not wasting time completing forms. They sign in, walk to class, and begin learning.

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Student Records in Seconds

Mom’s got a promotion. Dad’s been deployed. Aging parents require that the family relocate to be near them. So much on parents’ minds; only one of which is enrolling their child in a new school. “Working on the base, we have transfers coming and going all the time. Often, it can be weeks, even months, before we get the student records from the previous school. Parents forget these documents are needed and they’re packed away,” says Amy Downs, head secretary at Geary County USD. “We don’t know the child’s history so we do the best we can to place them in the right classes and provide the best support. The NRE is the perfect tool to man-age this process better.”

Join the Campus Network of Users

Because Geary is such a highly transient district, Wayne Hess, Geary County USD Application Developer,

“I’ve been a strong advocate to get Campus schools to activate NRE. We have suc-cessful transactions with our colleagues in Manhattan, Kansas, and others but would like to see more Campus Cus-

it. It’s so easy and it’s free.” Most dis-tricts may not have the high volume of transfers like Geary County USD, but

to handle student records. Anita McLean, Geary County USD

Registrar, gives a quick demonstra-tion of NRE. “I have a request for student transfer in my process inbox,” she says, pointing to her computer

I go ahead and approve the transfer of records. The documentation is immediately sent to the new district. It has saved me hundreds of hours of

How it Works

-pus customers and participation is voluntary. A registry of participat-

Campus. The receiving district requests the student’s records and the sending district approves the request. The approved request and student data is messaged through the National Computer Router to the receiving

routes data – no data is stored. The -

proval. The receiving district can view and import the student information.

Data Available for Transfer > Transcripts

> Enrollment history

> Assessments

> Immunizations

> Health summaries

Student Data Available in Read-only PDFs

Transcripts, census contact sum-mary, enrollment history, schedules, attendance period details, assess-ment summaries, behavior summa-ries, health condition summaries, health screening summaries, im-munization summaries, report cards, IEP, special education evaluations.

Campus National Records Exchange

Anita McLean and Wayne Hess show how transfers take only seconds to do.

It has saved me hundreds of hours of data entry and plowing through files.

National Records Exchange

(NRE) is free to all Campus

Users who activate this

functionality and join the

national community of

Infinite Campus users.

It's FREE!

BENEFITS

Eliminate hours of data entry; files are sent electronically

Ease student transitions; grades, behavior and health issues are known so support services are available

Relieve family stress; no need to dig through boxes to find student records

Obtain most current information; files are sent in real-time for most com-plete and accurate info

Create a welcoming environment; with records received, staff and teachers can focus on making the student comfortable in a new school

tomers across the country start using


Professional Development

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CUSTOMER PROFILE // Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools, Minnesota

In a world of accelerating technological change, Infinite Campus is

committed to providing you with a continually evolving product.

This commitment is what allows us to maintain market leadership

year after year. It is our greatest strength, but it also presents our

customers with one of their greatest opportunities: the ability to

provide staff with continual professional development. Because of

its comprehensive integration and extensive feature set, Campus is

arguably the most powerful SIS on the market. If there’s an important

educational business process, now or in the future, Campus has (or

will have) a tool to support it. But that tool will only truly be useful if

your staff knows how to use it to its full potential.



Carol Reis is serious about learning. Not only about students learning in her district, but also about her professional develop-ment. She is a leader in keeping up-to-date with the continuous

-munity to discuss issues with peers or to view a video tutorial. She attends user group meetings and attends the Lunch and Learns. She then shares her knowledge with administrators, registrars, secretaries, health professionals and teachers. “Districts that do not take advantage of the ongoing learning activities miss out using all the features within the robust prod-uct they’ve purchased. Accessing these learning activities helps me work smarter, not harder."

Carol Reis, information services coordinator at Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools, takes advantage of the many learning opportunities offered by Infinite Campus.

Sign-up for core course webinars

Join User GroupsConnect

with others via forums

View Video Tutorials

Receive One-on-One

Training

Access the Campus

Community

Attend virtual Lunch and

Learns

Subscribe to ICU

Find answers immediately with

Help Text


evolve with the new enhancements delivered on a monthly basis. To help

a variety of training options through a low-cost annual subscription.

LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS

-sions to teach you about the new enhancements recently released in the product, what they mean to your users, and how they improve your processes. These events are held every month after the new enhance-ment release is announced.

CORE COURSE WEBINARS

These courses are a convenient way to learn. Simply register, boot up and tune in. Topics include: scheduling, report and transcript templates, and data analysis. A variety of topics are

calendar roll forward, or throughout the year, like ad hoc reporting.

FAST TRACK TO TRAINING

Get your how-to issues resolved quickly when calling about a support

automatically routed to a designated trainer as high priority, giving you the personalized attention you need.

Gathering together with col-leagues to share tips and tricks

extremely productive learning

are scheduled across the country several times a year. Topics include

-ic issues and a format for custom-

PERSONAL ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING

Receive training on any part of the product to meet your individual needs. Hours included in your subscription depend on your student count.


The Campus Community is an interconnected group of forward-

and administrators – sharing knowl-edge, providing product tips and tricks, and promoting peer-to-peer networking. This user-friendly site provides single sign-on access from the

knowledge base, forum discussions, learning tools, support site, custom-er event calendar and news stories. It’s the place to be on Campus!

IT'S FREE!

This essential resource is free for all Campus Customers.

KEY FEATURES

> Campus Knowledge Base provides comprehensive product information.

> Campus User Forums connect you with others to ask questions and share ideas.

> Virtual Video Library explores product tools and tasks.

with your thoughts about products and services.

> Campus News gives you up-to-date information on what’s happening.

when questions arise. In addition, the Campus User Outline now features a

in-depth online documentation about the Campus tools they are using.

Recently, customers who have

years realized they are not using the product to its fullest and are missing out on a lot of really cool functional-ity – mainly because having the time to retool is so limited. A new process has been developed

district could save time and cost by using functions already in the Campus product. With an eye to keeping costs low, the implementa-

-rable combination of in- person and self-paced courses. Simulations are available for product-wide topics to

features and bring the district up to

decreased district help desk tickets, replaced costly external functions,

-tive in their jobs. If you’re interested in exploring this further please con-tact your Campus Representative.

Join the Campus

Community!

Learn new product features

Share tips and tricks with colleagues

Discover new learning

opportunities

Promotepeer-to-peernetworking

Find answers immediately

Custom Development

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Infinite Campus is sold as a commercial-off-

the-shelf system which gets the district up and

running quickly. However, one size does not fit

all. That’s where Campus Custom Development

comes in. This team of developers works closely

with you to understand your specific require-

ments, reports and processes that need a little

“extra something.” They build the additional

tools your district wants to capture the data,

manage the analysis, and provide the efficien-

cies to make the best decisions.

CUSTOMER PROFILE // Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky


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Data imports from special educa-tion and food service applications

Data exports to food service, library, transportation, SPED, and data analysis systems via FTP, SMB, FTPS, and SFTP

Extend the behavior functionality with behavior Matrix rules

Report cards in multiple languages

Custom reports to include: atten-dance, behavior, report cards, tran-scripts and missing assignments

An online registration system for new and returning students

Build a Custom SolutionRegardless of the size of your district or the complexity of your special needs,

Campus Custom Development can help fine tune your system to work the way

you need it to. The Campus Custom Development team will work with you to

ensure that your solution is created in the most efficient manner possible. Our

goal is to ensure the success of Campus in your district, not bleed you to death

by burning through consulting time. Just dream it – just do it!

Tracking of community service hours for students

Extended the transportation functionality to allow for the importing of routes

Before and after school day care tracking program including day care fees and payment

Various GPA calculations for district specific needs

Mass import tool for students enrolled into feeder schools

And more...


JCPS wanted their elementary

schools to use Infinite Campus

for grade reporting. This was not

set up in a district specific way, so

JCPS turned to Campus Custom

Development. “We needed a new

report card that looked exactly

the same as the PDFs teachers had

been using for years. We wanted

it generated within the Infinite

Campus system and viewable

and printable from the Campus

Portal,” said Amy Mueller, JCPS

Training Specialist.

“The Campus Developer

went above and beyond

my expectations to get us

exactly what we needed.”

Campus is the Customizable Off-the-shelf Solution

JCPS IT Team: Rick Mosley, Ruth Ann Reteneller, Amy Mueller.

Still wonder about the benefits?

Consider this:

The Campus Multi-language Editor, now available to all Campus districts as a premium product, was built to meet the needs of a district with a very diverse group of stakeholders. The Campus Multi-Language Editor provides support for multiple languages when a district builds custom SQL Reporting Services reports about grading tasks, standards, and courses. The district is then able to increase communica-

-holders by outputting these custom reports in their own languages. Another district uses Microsoft SRS reports created by Campus Cus-tom Development for report cards,

summer school registration mate-rials. All of these reports are high stakes, public-facing documents that have to be exactly right and ready on

And the Campus Custom Devel-opment Team provides even more services to create:

Visualization analysis tools

Custom transcripts

Automated data extracts

Fees consolidation and district-wide fee reporting

Application customization and development

all. While most districts are alike most of the time, most districts also have certain unique business processes that aren’t applicable to others and that aren’t supported by standard Campus functions. What to do? Call the “Campus Cavalry”: Campus Custom Development! Leveraging years of experience gained during the successful comple-tion of within-budget, on-time proj-ects, Campus Custom Development

-tion system by creating unique tabs, connectivity tools, and dynamic reports that meet your precise needs

shelf framework of Campus. It’s the best of both worlds! If you can imagine it and your data supports it, Campus Custom Develop-ment can most likely build it for you. For example:

Reduce redundant data entry by automating data exchange

third-party systems

Provide your stakeholders with dy-

Implement custom tabs, with spe-

logic, to manage and utilize your data in creative ways

It’s all about service. It’s about developing a state-of-the art product. It’s

about having a real person on the phone when you call. It’s about choosing

from a variety of learning tools to keep current on the product. It’s about

communication, connection and continual progress. It’s Infinite Campus.

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Infinite Campus District Edition

AdministrationThe tools you need to manage students

and administrative processes.

CurriculumA variety of curriculum planning and management tools for setting standards, managing courses, and effective scheduling.

Instructional ManagementIntegrated sets of tools for

managing classrooms.

School ServicesDaily operations to streamline school services.

CommunicationsStrong communication with stakeholders.

ReportingPopulate standard reports, build custom-ized ad hoc reports and take advantage of

the integrated state reporting capabilities.

AnalysisCreate a transactional data warehouse to analyze information.

It’s Just the Beginning…

Premium Products

Campus Food ServiceEstablish food service accounts, track food purchases, and manage payments.

Campus Online PaymentsEliminate cash handling, reduce lost checks, and enhance internal controls.

Campus Online RegistrationStreamline new and existing student registration with a configurable, flexible solution.

Campus Messenger with VoiceDeliver daily and emergency voice messages to students, parents, and staff.

Infinite Campus University (ICU)Maximize your investment by relying on a wide variety of training and networking options.

Campus Data Health CheckDetect costly data entry errors and optimize the data integration efficiencies of Infinite Campus.

Campus Student FeederImplement a standard file layout and automate the movement of students between districts.

Campus Data Warehouse ExportAmplify the power of your data to find patterns and relationships that facilitate decision making.

Campus National Record ExchangeRequest electronic transfer of data when a student transfers from another member district.

Campus Data Extract UtilityAutomate data integration with external data bases and third-party systems.

Campus Multi-language EditorSupport multiple languages when building custom reports.

Campus Continuous BackupRetrieve almost 100% of your data after a disaster in less than an hour.

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Districts1,134

StatesSTATEWIDE SYSTEMSInfinite Campus State Edition

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5. Bureau of Indian Education

ALL SHAPES AND SIZESCustomers range from those with

fewer than 100 students to more

than 600,000 students and include

districts, regional consortia, state

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to manage administrative work,

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and improve communication.

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