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Home page

When you first sign in to your system [>>] when you switch your role [>>], or when you click Home on the task bar, your system's home page appears. The home page differs according to role [>>]. For most roles, the home page is the Quick Search page [Figure 6]. For a Teacher role, the home page is the My Classes page [>>].

Figure 6: Quick Search page example

A Student name or ID [>>]: A search of students based on students' last name, first name, or ID number. For the District Administrator, this searches all the schools to which the administrator's role [>>] has access.
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A home page may also display some of the following:

= One or more Predefined Searches [Figure 27], each of which enable you to run a system-defined search on the information currently in the system.
= One or more Saved Lists [>>], each of which contain the saved results of a previously run search. Any new lists you save automatically appear in this list.
= One or more Reports, which assemble certain kinds of information from the system. Of the reports available to you in the system, you can add your choice to the home page [>>]. If you have not done so, then the Reports section is not displayed.
= One or more Quick Links [>>], which provide shortcuts to other pages. You can choose up to ten quick links to display on the home page [>>]. If you have not added any quick links, then the Quick Links section is not displayed.
= One or more Scheduled Events, including scheduled Reports [>>] and exports.

My Classes home page

If your role [>>] is that of a Teacher, when you log in, the home page [>>] that appears is the My Classes page [Figure 7]. This page gives you direct access to all classes assigned to you and the students in those classes. The My Classes page for an elementary school Teacher differs slightly from that of a secondary.

Figure 7: My Classes home page

A Display by: Enables you to list the classes by period and day [Figure 9]. This is particularly useful for attendance taking [>>]. A secondary Teacher can also view classes by term and meeting pattern.
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Note: On the MyClasses page, Chancery SMS displays only the classes for which you are the active teacher, that is, the teacher who is assigned to the class: 

= On today's date if that date is within the class schedule term date range.
= On the class schedule term start date if it is in the future.
= On the class schedule term end date if it is in the past.

Class roster

When you open a roster page [], Chancery SMS displays a list of students scheduled to attend that class or homeroom. What you can do with this roster depends on your role; for example, a School Administrator can use the roster for scheduling (add a student, transfer a student, drop a student, and so on) a School Secretary can record a behavior incident [>>] for one or more students (in the Actions menu, click Add Behavior Incident), a Teacher or School Administrator can save the roster as a list [>>] (in the Actions menu, click Save to List...).

Figure 8: Class Roster page

A Columns: The School Administrator can adjust the columns displayed [>>].
B Student Name: Click a name to view the student's record.
C Student: The School Administrator can filter the list according to a student's status: active, incoming, or withdrawn: from the Edit menu, select Include Incoming Students or Include Withdrawn Students (Current Year).

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