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• ServiceNow
• Application Training and Support

• Dallas Assessment Navigator (D.A.N.)
• PhishID
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Dallas ISD Portal
• Seesaw
• PowerSchool SIS
• Professional and Digital Learning
• Clever
• Little SIS for Google Classroom
• SchoolMint

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You will receive a notification to reset your password. When you receive the notification, be sure only to use the Dallas ISD Portal page to reset or update your password. The Dallas ISD Portal allows your password change to sync across all systems.

Dallas ISD campus staff, specifically main office staff, including Office Managers, Data Controllers, and Teachers that transition to a new role at another Dallas ISD campus, must:

1. Submit a ServiceNow ticket to assign/reassign your number and notify the Telecom Services team that you are moving to another campus at least two weeks before your move.

• Type ‘phone number’ in the search bar.
• Select Request for Phone Number and VoiceMail.
• Under General Options, select ‘Assign/Reassign Number.’
• Optional: Add a Comment to explain the reason for requesting the move.

1. Sign out of their old campus phone before moving to their new assignment.

Once Telecom assigns/reassigns your number, your profile will be updated in the directory to reflect your new assignment and phone number in Outlook, Skype, and Microsoft Teams.

NOTE: Central Office Staff do not need to request a new number if they are moving campuses or positions.

Visit the Dallas ISD MacBook Air Google Site to learn MacBook Basics and find Additional MacBook Resources.

Visit Educational Technology's Helpful Tips page on your Dallas ISD Portal Dashboard for additional resources.

Attach a Knowledge Article to an incident to solve issues quickly by going through the in-depth troubleshooting steps and other detailed information in the article.

1. Edit an active incident record.

2. Select Related Search Results, enter the search criteria into the Related Search field, then press the Enter key on your keyboard. The search results are displayed in the Related Search Results pane.

Optional

3. To display only Knowledge Article search results, open the source selector, and select Knowledge Articles.

4. Select Attach in the search result for the Knowledge Article that you want to attach to the incident record. A note about the Knowledge Article is copied or appended to the Additional comments (Customer visible) field on the incident record.

Note: Attachments from the selected Knowledge article aren't attached to the incident record.

5. To add the note to the activity stream, select Post. Alternately, you can select and hold (or right-click) the form header, then select Save.

Details of the selected Knowledge Article will appear in the Additional comments field and will be emailed to the caller.

Are you traveling for District business? The following guides will help you create your Expense Reports in Oracle.

• Grant Funded Travel Advance Guide
• Non-Grant Funded Travel Advance Guide
• District Mileage Guide
• City-to-City Mileage Guide
• Other Mileage Guide

The Application Training and Support team's Training Schedule and Course Catalog for Spring 2024 are available in Cornerstone.

The attached course catalog is linked under Quick Links on the ATS website. Training schedules, including times and locations, are organized on each application’s resource page, i.e. PowerSchool Resources, Oracle EBS Resources, etc., by subject.

Please register for any classes you are interested in through Cornerstone. If you have any questions or require further support, please reach out to the ATS team by submitting a ticket via ServiceNow.

Please submit a request for assistance with Oracle through ServiceNow using the following instructions.

The Dallas Assessment Navigator is a cloud-based platform and will be used to administer and score district assessments online.

The purpose of the Dallas Assessment Navigator is to provide innovative learning solutions using assessments and analytics to help students gain mastery of knowledge and skills necessary for college and career readiness. Integrating within the 2nd grade - 12th grade environment, this platform delivers intuitive tools to monitor progress and facilitate data-driven decisions that improve student outcomes.

The Dallas Assessment Navigator also allows users to easily create a variety of items and assessment types. Students may take assessments online on the student portal or optionally use a scannable answer sheet. It can be integrated with most learning management systems as well as Google Classroom, so your assessments and reports can be launched right from your digital classrooms!

The DAN team is now a part of the Online Assessment Management & Support team to better align campus support and training!

Check out our NEW Website on the Assessment Department page.

23-24 Assessment Matrix | Item Banks | Spanish Dictionary |

Class Roster Accommodations Report | Desmos and TI calculators

February '24 Virtual Training Dates - Coming Soon!

CMS courses:

• DAN: Platform Basics [1 credit hour] Get an overview of how this platform can save you time and energy in the classroom and in data analysis. We will cover the basics including, how to administer an already created test, view test results and student history, and ensure that your students receive online testing accommodations.

• DAN: Student Portal [1 credit hour] Master how to best use DAN to support instruction and learning in your classroom. Learn how to leverage specific tools and features for the ultimate DAN student experience. From the student portal, check out the launchpad basics or customizing flipcards. Next, practice item bank assessment navigation and how students complete a score review. Lastly, explore the student history report for a digital data portfolio of academic achievement.

• DAN: How to Create Assessments [2 credit hours] Ready to learn how to create DAN assessments? Gain the knowledge to create an Answer Key Only assessment using your assessment. In addition, learn about the items available to you using district item banks so you can simply choose which items you want to populate your test. This session will focus on the basics of creating an AKO and item bank assessment including recommended settings.

Online Assessment Management & Support Team Contact Information | oams@dallasisd.org

Elizabeth A Barrientos | elcontreras@dallasisd.org | Celina Jimenez | celjimenez@dallasisd.org

June Malone | jumalone@dallasisd.org | Kelly Morgan | kellmorgan@dallasisd.org

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2909 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75228

Dallas ISD is implementing a new phishing prevention tool called PhishID in a continued effort to enhance the safety and security of our staff and students.

Over 90% of school cybersecurity incidents start with phishing, making phishing prevention the first line of defense against account takeovers and ransomware attacks. PhishID leverages an AI-powered browser plug-in to stop phishing at the point-of-click.

The software will be installed on staff and student devices during maintenance hours, and users should not experience any disruption from everyday activities. Once the software is installed on your device's the security team will monitor the functionality to address noted/submitted issues within the product.

What device and browser type will receive this product?

PhishID will be present on the following devices and browsers:

• Windows: Edge, Firefox and Chrome

• MacOS: Chrome and Firefox

• Chromebook: Chrome

For more information, click here to view the WAIP.

Click here to find Dallas ISD's most recent Weekly Administrative Information Packets (WAIPs), managed by School Leadership!

If not, we recommend accessing your applications through the Dallas ISD portal to remain SSO enabled.

When you sign in to the Dallas ISD Portal, you are instantly signed in to all of your applications at once. You can switch between applications seamlessly, without having to sign in to each one separately.

Seesaw has released TONS of new features for PreK – 2 teachers this year - including a new workflow for assigning activities, a formative assessment feature, and new collections designed to introduce students to Seesaw’s multimodal features & build classroom community!

Check out What’s New in Seesaw (live recording) or work through this self-paced course to learn more!

Visit the Digital Learning in Early Learning for resources, guides, and tutorials specific to Seesaw!

Dive into our Texas Reading Academies-aligned Seesaw Activities! These activities are organized by TRA Module and are ready to assign to students. Activities are available in both English and Spanish.

Please contact the Seesaw team directly at seesaw@dallasisd.org for any questions, problems, or concerns you may have when using Seesaw. Be sure to include the following information: name, grade, campus, and student information, as needed. Submitting a Help Desk Ticket for Seesaw issues may delay the time it takes to give you the needed assistance.

PowerSchool SIS is our Student Information System which covers all administration needs, including scheduling, attendance, reports, data management, facility management, emergency/medical, health management, registration, and more.

Questions about PowerSchool? Contact Student Data Services.

For more information on the Dallas ISD Professional and Digital Learning department, please visit their website.

Substitutes assigned to org 000 now have automatic access to HMH Apps Ed: your friend in learning, MyHrw and ThinkCentral via Clever!

Little SIS Premium is a web app add-on to Little SIS Classroom that can create and sync Google Classroom classes with student information system (SIS) data. For more information, please see the attached FAQ and document.

Little SIS Teacher FAQs

Little SIS Coming Soon

The DISD-Enrollment report provides data for most enrollment and registrations in all statuses. The report can be found under Enrollment Reports in SchoolMint. Follow the steps below to generate the report:

Choose Dallas ISD (SchoolMint) Parent Registration Guide

Choose Dallas ISD - Campus Support Parent Guide

Choose Dallas ISD - Campus Admin Guide PK

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