On the Summary tab of the Permissions page, you can customize report cards, set whether schedule rotations are visible, and choose what information is displayed in the school directory. See the full list of settings you can manage below:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Customize User Home Pages
• Set Default Directory Display Settings
• Show or Hide Avatars in Class Discussions
• Enable Push Notifications
• Set Quarter Ending Dates
• Customize Attendance Codes
• Make Schedule Rotations Visible
• Edit Schedule Rotation Names
• Choose Which TeacherPlus Gradebook Content is Visible to Students and Parents
• Customize the Skills Information Parents and Students See
• Customize the Standards Live Report
• Set the Earliest Date to View Disciplinary Incidents
• Display Section Meeting Times to User Groups
• Configure Coursework Display Settings
• Show Withdrawn Courses to Parents and Students
• Display Course Descriptions Instead of Course Names
• Allow Parents and Students to Access OneDrive School

Customize User Home Pages

You can determine the panels that parents, students, and teachers see on their portal Home pages by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Under Home Page Permissions, select the options you want to display on the parent portal and student portal Home pages.
3. Select the options you want to display on the teacher portal Home page.
4. Select to show Daily Attendance or Period Attendance on the parent portal Home page. Parents can see their child's attendance on the Attendance tab.

5. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Set Default Directory Display Settings

You can choose whether or not parents and students appear in the directory by default. You can also choose whether to show non-teaching staff members in the directory.

Note: To customize what parents, students, and teachers see in their directories, refer to the following topics:

• Customize Directory Permissions for Parents and Students
• Customize Teachers' Directory Permissions

To set default directory display settings, follow these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Directory.
3. Click one of the following:

• Opt-in: Show all parents and students in the directory by default. To hide their information, parents and students must opt out on their portal's Directory Listing page.
• Opt-out: Hide all parents and students from the directory by default. To show their information, parents and students must opt in on their portal's Directory Listing page.

4. To show non-teaching staff members in the directory, click Yes.
5. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Show or Hide Avatars in Class Discussions

You can display student and teacher avatars next to their names in class discussions, or you can hide them.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Discussions.
3. To display the avatar, select the Show Avatar check box. To hide the avatar, clear the check box.
4. Click Save Settings.

Tip: You can also show or hide avatars in discussions by clicking Manage Accounts, clicking Settings, and scrolling down to Discussions. To show avatars, set the corresponding toggle to Yes. To hide avatars, set the corresponding toggle to No.

 Enable Push Notifications

The main administrator account ("plusportaladmin") can enable administrators to send push notifications to parents' mobile devices.

Important: To receive push notifications, parents must download the ParentPlus app and register their account.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions.
2. Click Summary.
3. Scroll down to Push Notifications.
4. Select the Push Notifications check box.
5. At the bottom of the page, click Save Settings.

Next, Choose the Types of Push Notifications to Send Parents.

Set Quarter Ending Dates

Students' courses appear in the portals based on the quarter ending dates you set. You can choose to display courses from the current quarter only or from both the current and previous quarters. You can also display period attendance from selected quarters.

To set quarter ending dates, follow these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Quarter Ending Dates.

3. Type the quarter ending dates, or click  and select the dates.
4. Next to Show Which Courses, click one of the following:

• From Current Quarter
• From Current and Previous Quarters
• Show all courses

5. Select the quarters you want to display period attendance for.
6. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Customize Attendance Codes

You can change how attendance codes and their descriptions display for parents and students in PlusPortals by following these steps:

Important: These settings do not change how attendance codes appear in AdminPlus.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Period Attendance Legend.
3. Next to the code you want to customize, click Edit.
4. In the Visible column, select the check box to make the code visible.
5. In the Display Code As column, type the code as you want it to appear.
6. In the Display Description As column, type a description for the code.
7. Click Update to save your changes, or click Cancel to undo them.

Make Schedule Rotations Visible

You can decide which, if any, schedule rotations you show to parents, students, and teachers by following these steps:

Note: Schedule rotations are configured in AdminPlus.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Student/Teacher Schedule.
3. Select Show rotations to Parents, Students and Teachers to make schedule rotations visible.
4. Select the rotations you want parents, students, and teachers to see.
5. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Tip: Click Edit to change the rotation's display name.

Edit Schedule Rotation Names

To edit schedule rotation names, follow these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Student/Teacher Schedule.
3. Select Show rotations to Parents, Students and Teachers to make schedule rotations visible.
4. Next to a rotation, click Edit.
5. Edit the rotation name.
6. Click Update to save your changes, or click Cancel to undo them.

Customize Report Cards

You can choose which report card columns parents and students see; show or hide grades, narratives, skills, honor roll, and class rank; and determine your GPA display settings.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Report Card Settings for Parents and Students.
3. Refer to the following diagram and table to customize your report cards.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Choose Which TeacherPlus Gradebook Content is Visible to Students and Parents

You can choose which information from TeacherPlus Gradebook (such as grades, averages, skills, category averages, narratives, and scores) to show students and parents.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Progress Box, Scores and Progress Reports settings for Parents and Students.
3. Refer to the following diagram and table to customize your settings.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Customize the Skills Information Parents and Students See

You can select the skills information that displays in parent and student portals. Skills are the learning goals assigned to a class.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Skills View for Parents and Students (Performance tab).
3. Select one or both of the following:

• Show Summary View: Summary View displays a skill description and a grade.
• Show Detailed View: Detailed View displays a skill description and any columns you select under Show which columns in Detailed View.

Note: To enable Detailed View, teachers must link skills to assignment columns in TeacherPlus Gradebook. For more information on linking skills to assignments, see the Add a New Assignment Score Column section of the Add a Score Column topic.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Customize the Standards Live Report

Customize the information displayed to parents and students in the Standards Live Report, located on the Progress Reports tab.

Note: Standards Live Report only appears on the Progress Reports tab if Standards are assigned to a course in the TeacherPlus Management Site.

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Show Standards Live Report (Progress Reports tab).
3. Select the columns you want to include in the Standards Live Report.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Set the Earliest Date to View Disciplinary Incidents

You can show students' disciplinary incidents on or after a set date by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Incidents.

3. Type the date, or click  and then click the date.

Tip: To ensure that all incidents submitted during the school year remain visible, set this date to coincide with the first day of your school year.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Display Section Meeting Times to User Groups

You can choose which user groups see section meeting times by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Section Meeting Time.

3. Select the appropriate check boxes.
4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

The section meeting times display in the Class drop-down lists in the selected portals.

Configure Coursework Display Settings

You can choose the order coursework is displayed and the type of coursework displayed by default by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Assignments/Coursework.
3. Next to How to show homework, click one of the following:

• Show current month's homework on top: Display coursework for the current month at the top, and sort the coursework by due date.
• Show homework by sorting on due date (descending order): Sort by due date, displaying the newest coursework at the top of the list. Past due coursework is relocated to the bottom of the list.
• Show homework by sorting on due date with current day due at top: Sort by due date with the current day's coursework displayed at the top, followed by the most recent past due coursework.

4. Next to  Coursework Default Sort View, click the type of coursework you want to display by default.
5. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Show Withdrawn Courses to Parents and Students

You can show withdrawn courses to parents and students (if there are grades or scores for the course) by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Section Visibility.
3. Select Show withdrawn courses to parents and students if there are grades or scores.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Display Course Descriptions Instead of Course Names

You can display course descriptions instead of course names by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Section Visibility.
3. Select Display Course Descriptions instead of Course Names.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Allow Parents and Students to Access OneDrive School

You can give parents and students access to OneDrive School by following these steps:

1. On the navigation bar, click Permissions. The Summary tab opens.

2. Scroll down to Microsoft OneDrive School (Business) Accessibility Settings in E-Locker.
3. Select the Allow parents and students to sign in to OneDrive using their work or school account to attach files to homework check box.

4. At the bottom of the Summary tab, click Save Settings.

Note: If a parent or student wants to access OneDrive School to attach files, they can do so in their portal by clicking E-Locker and then Upload in the Homework Hand-in tab.