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MISTAR ON THE WEB A look at the benefits of using web-based MISTAR JoAnne Messina, Bloomfield Hills Schools, May 24, 2017
Today’s Objective
Overview
NOT Training
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Some Hidden Benefits
More Current
No more default printer concerns
MISTAR specific preferences
Safer
Business Rules warn if not saved before exit
Not directly touching the SQL database
Easier to
Support
No more locally installed “clients” or reports to deal with
THE “HOME” PAGE
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Customizes to Each User
High School Counselors may see birthdays and visits.
Customized for a “Site Administrator”
Enrollment for a “Site Administrator”
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“Widgets” (aka Reminders)
Visits Birth- days
Notifi-cations
Favorites – a faster way to menu items
Lower Left Corner
Add/ Remove Menu
Readily Accessed
Home Page
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Open to a Specific Application
Accessed through Favorites menu
Select any permissioned menu item
Sticky Notes
Blank Note
• Custom to each user
• Great place to store notes for those infrequently used pages
• Menu area notes carry throughout that menu
Populated Note
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History
• Accessed through icon in lower left of any MISTAR window
• Provides date and time record of user’s access to each permissioned menu item
Preferences and Settings
User Specific
Area Specific
By District Level
Preference
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Notifications
See New
Create Manage
Locate Button – by permission
• Click the
Green Arrow to
quickly change
tracks
• Click the
Printer icon to
print the default
transcript
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NEW/IMPROVED AREAS FOR “EVERYONE”
Banner Setup
Pick and Choose items to show in the banner
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Student Profile
•Allows multiple areas to be displayed on one screen
•Report includes only open areas
Student Documents
• Automatically attach a PDF of things like report cards
• Manually scan and attach any document
• Restrict access by document type
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Student Pulse
• Quickly identify students meeting specific criteria all focused on grades and attendance
• Available to staff and parents, if permissioned
Emergency Contacts
Added by Parents or Staff
Seen in Profile and Reports
Parent Names Here
Emergency Contact Names
Student Names Here
Household Names Here
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CLASSROOM TOOLS
Behavior (Discipline) Referrals
Replace Paper
With MISTAR
Referrals may be processed into an incident record or dismissed
Student Names are here
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Classroom Behavior
This is for classroom use only
Use colors or whatever method a district chooses to record daily student behavior in the classroom
Student names appear here
Grade Book Setup Warnings
Grade Book warns teachers when there are setup components that remain incomplete
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SCHOOL OFFICE TOOLS
Online Updates from Parents
• Parents may submit updates to student and contact data
• Field-level control
• Review before accepting into MISTAR or set to automatically populate
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Consolidated Scheduling Screens • Schedule for this
year and next year
on the same screen
• Add course requests
then schedule those
requests from the
same screen
Consolidated Alternate Faculty
• Alternate Faculty is
now added through
the Staff Editor, not
the master schedule
• See all alternate
faculty records on
one screen
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Auto Tracker
• Use MISTAR to track Parking Permits
• Collect payments through the Summer Registration module
Student names appear here
License Plate Info is here
Expanded Health Module
Replace medication and office visit logs/ binders
with MISTAR
Track more detailed health data through Service
Manager
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SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TOOLS
Grade Book Manager
Save time and create consistency for teachers by establishing default Grade Book settings
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Role Restrictions /Field Level Permissions
Many areas now have field-level permissions available
Permissions - Role Data Filters
Give access to an item but not all of
the underlying items
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Undo Marks Processing
• Wrong marks posted
to the transcript?
Just Undo Marks
Processing!
Customizations
Bloomfield Hills Schools had a tab built to display only certain parts of what is normally on the “Enrollment” tab
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Questions?
Thank you JoAnne Messina
Bloomfield Hills Schools [email protected]
248-341-6395
OAKLAND SCHOOLS MISTAR SUPPORT
Logon to Ready Desk and submit a help ticket
Email: [email protected]
Call the helpdesk at: 248-209-2060
WAYNE / LIVINGSTON COUNTY MISTAR SUPPORT
Email: [email protected]
Call the helpdesk at: 734-334-1870