Student Information Systems- Boise

For my district, I chose Boise City District. They use Campus Parent Portal to monitor the students' information, grades etc. which is part of Infinite Campus.

"Campus Portal is our tool for parents and students to access instant, online, timely and secure student information: class schedule, assignments, attendance, discipline, course registrations for next year, report cards and transcripts.
Campus Portal is a means to further promote educational excellence by enhancing our program of communication with parents and students."



This video explains all of the pros and conns of infinite campus as well as describes how to use it.
This next video describes how to enter grades into the system!



Here is a list of things you can do as a teacher with infinite campus:
Attendance
Behavior
Census
Enrollment
FRAM
Health
National Records Exchange
School Choice
Course Catalog
Graduation Planning
Mapped Curiculum Support
Online Registration
Scheduling
Standards Management
Assessment
Grade Book
Individual Learning Plans
Lesson Planning
Special Education

Fee Management
Food Service
Locker Management Email and Voice Messenger
Form Letter Wizards
Mobile Interface
Parent/Student Portal
Parent/Student/Staff Surveys
User Notices Ad Hoc Reporting
Integrated State Reporting
SQL Reporting Services
Standard Reports
Data Analysis and Visualization
Data Warehousing

For more information here is a great website the describes everything in detail, show you how to use them, and gives great examples!
http://www.infinitecampus.com/pages/product_menu/district-edition.php

This is a very usefull system that can make interacation between the home and the school very often and easy. The parents will never be in the dark about their student's grade, attendence etc!! I can also post anouncements or upcoming concerts on the page for the parents to be aware of. It would be a great way for me to communicate with parents in every single aspect of the school year!!