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Troubleshooting Parent/Guardian Data Access Accounts

If a parent/guardian is having issues logging into PowerSchool and filling out pre-registration and enrollment information, here is a quick list of issues to check. Has their student been moved to pr...
Bulk Attendance Change

From the start page of PowerSchool Select your group. If you are working with an activity group such as baske
Consolidating Contacts in PowerSchool Admin

Sometimes contacts are duplicated when users as emergency contacts without checking if that contact exists first.  If you find a contact, you can consolidate them into one account, and that new consol...
Creating Custodial Data Access Account in PowerSchool

If a custodial contact does not have a Data Access Account in PowerSchool, Administrative Assistants and Help Desk staff can create one, and attach the correct students to the account. To learn how to...
Helpful Administrator Links

The following links will help you with better understand the Administrator features of powerschool.  To login to Powerschool, navigate to https://lposd.powerschool.com/admin.

PowerSchool - Creating report cards at the end of the grading period

This article is specifically for sending report cards at the end of the grading term. For secondary schools, you need to store grades before you can run report cards Knowledge Base Article On the Pow...
PowerSchool - Storing Grades

Testing tip:You can select a single student like normal and while on step 5, click on the 'Store grades for currently selected students only'. Warning: If you 'forget' to select that box it will run ...
Resetting Password for Contact Data Access Accounts in PowerSchool

If a contact Data Access user needs to have their password reset in PowerSchool, they can click the "reset password" link on the login page, or they can contact LPOSD and have the Help Desk or an Admi...
Review Pre-Registration Submission for Approval

In order to review all pre-enrollments for your school, you must look at the submissions from the Pre-Registration form in PowerSchool, then review and either Approve or Reject the entries. In PowerSc...
Sending a Mass Email to students and/or parents

Follow this ScribeHow document: https://scribehow.com/shared/Admin_Mass_Email__UzjzweDXRae8Jnvswi1Bpw This will send an email from your Google account to the contacts you have selected.
Creating an alert

Follow these steps to create an alert for a student. ScribeHow - Create an alert in PowerSchool Updated: 3/11/24 DH
Completing Initial Review of Student Behavioral Threat Assessment

Use the following instructions to complete the initial review process. ScribeHow - Complete Initial Form Updated: 3/11/2024 DH
Print a class roster

Follow this ScribeHow on running a roster for a teacher classes https://scribehow.com/shared/Generate_Class_Rosters_Using_PowerSchool_SIS__matJLVfzTOGXCjUXz8h3XQ Updated: 5/3/2024 DH
Turn on Alphabet Filter for start page

Follow this scribehow: https://scribehow.com/shared/Turn_on_Alphabet_Filter_for_Start_Page_Search__iwm5Mq58TCG0k-JvfgSe2g

Create Document Delivery List

For use when a document comes from outside of PowerSchool or the Document Delivery feature isn't working as expected. To individually send out a document there must be a unique number associated with ...