Session Handout Name Bio Session Descript Session  handouts
Activates Eligibility/Grading/Report Cards Click Here Jim Anderson Jim taught in Denver Public Schools for fifteen years.  Jim has been a member of the DoTS (Department of Technology Services) team for twelve years.  Jim’s current “title” is Manager, Technical Product Support, responsible for level three support of Infinite Campus. This session will cover the different options you can use to pull the activities eligibility report in Campus.  Grading tasks versus terms/Setting up grading tasks/Setting up activity courses/Posting scores/Utilizing the activities report/AdHoc.   Session 1-5   Wyoming  done
AdHoc Edit Checks for CDE Submissions Click Here  

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Fred Wilson   The window finally opens for student data submission.  Thinking that your data is accurate, you rush to be one of the first to submit and find out from CDE that you have 10,000+ errors.  See how Weld 8 created our own edit checks in Ad Hoc Reporting and use them throughout the year to prepare for these CDE data submissions. Session 2  Colorado rm    Session 8      View rm  
Adv and SQL Pass Thru AdHoc Reporting Click Here Jason Packer Brighton School District  We will cover advanced topics in Ad Hoc filter design, with a special focus on how to use SQL Pass-Through filters. Included in this course will be a basic overview of the SQL schema to give some ideas on how this powerful tool can be used in your district. Intended audience: IC Administrators. Session 3     Salon 5     Session 7   Salon 3 done
Athletics Click Here Julie Trujillo Brighton School District    Session 2  Salon 4 done
Beginning AdHoc Reporting (no sql) Click Here Anne Scott Anne Scott has worked for Jeffco Public Schools for 13 years as an Instructional Technology Specialist, Technology Trainer, Web Developer, and now as a member of the Level 2 Support Team for Campus and six other applications. Anne has worked for IBM, Scholastic, and has taught elementary and middle school.    notified Session 1-5      Salon 3 done
Behavior/Behavior Referral Click Here Cindy Dunn Cindy has worked for Academy School District 20 in Colorado Springs for 14 years and has been working with Infinite Campus since the implementation in 2005.  She is responsible for the management of the Infinite Campus database including training and user support. This session will discuss the procedures for using the behavior referral, events, resolution and behavior letter wizard objectives.  Correct setup for district and state events/resolutions.  Entering behavior events and resolutions.  Retrieval of student behavior history with behavior reports.  Session 1-8  Salon 4 done
Campus Messenger/Emergency Click Here Steve Bohlender CIC Review the new options available for increased performance, reduced cost, and eliminating dialer hardware for the new Campus Messenger Voice, Powered by ShoutPoint application, available with 2009.2.  We will review the key functions of the new application, how you can use E-rate funds to help subsidize the costs for dialing services, and more!  Learn how you can easily create surveys to students, parents, and staff members with Campus Survey.  We’ll review the basic functions available with Campus Survey, and show how easy it is to create effective surveys for your district, and record results in Infinite Campus. Session 1   Salon 2  Session 8    Salon 1  
CDE Reporting Out of Infinite Campus Click Here Jackie Twehues Jackie has been the Student Information Lead at Boulder Valley School District for seven years.  She works closely with the Support Center and district Application staff to coordinate all applications relating to student data including Transportation, Food Services, Student Data Warehouse and Infinite Campus.   Session 4  Colorado Rm done
CIO round table Click Here ??     session 3      Salon 2  
CIO round table Click Here ??     session 4       Salon 2  
Cube Builder Click Here Liz Smith Widefield School District Cube Builder - Learn what Cube Builder can do for you.  Need more data analysis? Need it in a visual format?    Ever want to see class numbers by period? Or grade marks by course and period, do students taking AP classes do better early in the day or late?  Learn to use Cube Builder including graphs. Session 1    Colorado Rm done
Custom Reports with Access Click Here Dan Jorgensen Aurora School District This beginner level session will discuss the use of Access for generating reports utilizing Infinite Campus and State Submission data.  Also, the strengths and limitations associated with the use of Access reports will be discussed.  The presenter will provide a basic demonstration of building such reports.  This session is geared towards the beginner Access user who is often asked to produce single use reports utilizing education data.  Session 3    Wyoming rm done
Customizing Infinite Campus (Custom tabs, fields) Click Here Patty Roundy Aurora School District   Session 6    Wyoming rm done
Day to Day Operations/Attendance Wizard/Letters Click Here Claudia   Fitch Claudia has worked for Denver Public Schools for twenty-seven years.  She worked as a Technology Instructor and IT person at the Career Education Center, Denver Public Schools for 15 years. Claudia has been a member of the Department of Technology Services (DoTS) Site Support team for nine years, as a district-wide applications/desktop support technician. She is currently a member of the Technical Product Support team, responsible for level three support of Infinite Campus. Day-to-Day Attendance Procedures
General Attendance
Unprocessed vs. Processed / Attendance Monitor
Attendance Wizard
This part of the session will cover the different options you have available in the attendance wizard to process student attendance efficiently.
Course Objectives: When to use the appropriate attendance mode.
Daily/Period/Batch/Edit/Batch Edit/Check-In/Check-Out
Attendance Letter
This part of the session will cover how to create and run an attendance letter.
Course Objectives:  Creating an attendance letter / Setting up the report interface
Session 1      Salon 5      Session 5    Salon 5 done
Export Gradebook to Excel: Data Analysis Click Here Patrick Mount I have had the pleasure of 12 years of classroom teaching experience before moving into a full-time technology role, focusing on Student Informaiton Systems for the past nine years. Currently at Centennial BOCES, I have the opportunity to work with a dozen school districts for their SIS needs. I also serve on the Board for CSIS (8 years) and Colroado TIE (2 years). Do you or your teachers have a need to analyze the scores in your grade book? Campus and Excel make the process easy!  We will spend most of our time using Excel’s tools to format, sort, filter, and analyze data, as well as to create formulas and charts. Will include time for Q & A as well.  Session 5     The View rm  
Fees Click Here Ann Godfrey I work for Brighton School District as Student Information Systems Manager, a position I have held for 11 years.  We implemented Infinite Campus in January of 2007.   I have also been a member of the Colorado Student Information Systems Users’ Group for 10 years, and currently server on the board as treasurer.    I am happy to be able to share what I have learned about Literacy Plans, Advanced Learning Plans, and fees at this conference.   Learn to set up fees, assign fees to students using the Fees Wizard, Post Course Fees, or on an individual basis, record fee payments, and generate fee reports.   Session 8    Colorado rm done
Food Service/POS Click Here Phyllis Dickerson CIC – I will show how Infinite Campus can easily track Food Service daily by using the demographic data your student information system is already tracking.  I will also demonstrate all of the available tools used to do this; including Daily Menu’s, Sudent/Saff Food Service Account Management, Terminals, Reporting, FRAM (Free and Reduced Application Management), Parental View on Portal, and much more. Session 2-6 Salon 1  
General Navigation Click Here Matt Maske       Jefferson County School District Entering and accessing your data more efficiently in Infinite Campus.  Strategies and tips for navigation. Session 2    Wyoming rm  Session 5  Salon 4 Done
Hands-On AdHoc Reporting (no sql)  Click Here Josh Smith/Tina Madison Woodland Park School District Hands-on Basic Ad Hoc Query navigation, terminology, and features. One-on-one help with query questions and troubleshooting. Session 1-2/5-6 Nebraska rm done
Hands-On Cube Builder Click Here Liz Smith Widefield School District Hands On Cube Guiding-Using the computer provided you do the actual cube building.  As a class we will work on the cubes you need.  Please bring a basic knowledge of Cube Builder and some ideas of cubes you would like to build.  Basic knowledge means you know how to use AdHoc and have a least opened cube builder or have attended a Cube Builder session prior to the hands on class.  you do not need to be an expert or even proficient in Cube Building to attend. Session 3-7     Nebraska rm done
Health  Click Here Melissa Shields CIC Overview of Health Module, including the ability to log Conditions, track and report Immunizations, log  Screenings, use simple forms with the Documents feature, and keep record of communications in the Contact Log.  We will also review the new 2009.2 enhancements of Medication Tracking / Management and Health Office Visits / Calendar . Session 8  Salon 2  
ILP & ALP in Infinite Campus Click Here Ann Godfrey I work for Brighton School District as Student Information Systems Manager, a position I have held for 11 years.  We implemented Infinite Campus in January of 2007.   I have also been a member of the Colorado Student Information Systems Users’ Group for 10 years, and currently server on the board as treasurer.    I am happy to be able to share what I have learned about Literacy Plans, Advanced Learning Plans, and fees at this conference.   Using the Literacy tool in Infinite Campus:  We will cover setting up the literacy plan document, how to create and modify templates, how to create a literacy plan, coding the CBLA status for the End of Year Membership report, setting up the dibels test in Assessment, reports and ad hoc queries to check the information as entered in the Literacy tool. We will also review the custom tab Brighton also uses to track Literacy Plan History.    In addition, we will review the custom Advanced Learning Plan, developed for Littleton Public Schools, and purchased for use  by Brighton School District and other Colorado School Districts.  Session 1     The View rm done
Implementing Standards Based Grading in Infinite Campus Click Here Matt Maske    Patty Roundy Aurora School district  Considerations and perspectives from two districts on implementation of standards based grading and reporting in Infinite Campus  Session 7      Salon 2  
Instruction Gradebook Pt 1 Click Here Jerry Windsor Eaton School District notified Session 3-7   New Mexico rm  
Instruction Gradebook Pt 2 Click Here Jerry Windsor Eaton School District   Session 4-8  New Mexico rm  
Intermediate AdHoc Reporting (no sql) Click Here Mario Cartaya Jefferson County School District Intermediate Ad Hoc – Learn tips, tricks and techniques to get the most out of Ad Hocs including filtering on ranges, wild cards, the data export tool, using filters on searches and more. Bring your questions, too Session 2  Salon 3    Session 6  Salon 3 done
Jeffco Custom Programming Click Here Sarah Cahill   Why do Custom State Reporting?  Technical Overview of Jeffco Custom State Reporting.  Application Overview and data flow.  Submission from start to finish using the custom app's and custom scripts reporting.  Session 4       The View rm  Session 8   Wyoming rm Done
Messenger/parent Portal Setup, Processes and Support Click Here Mina Parthasarathy Douglas County School District notified Session 5  Colorado rm   
Messenger/parent Portal Setup, Processes and Support Click Here Sue Thompson  Douglas County School District notified Session 3  Colorado rm done
National Record Exchange Click Here Steve Bohlender CIC The Campus National Records Exchange (NRE) is a records transfer utility that will work between two Infinite Campus districts regardless of physical location. When a district activates this functionality and ''joins'' the Infinite Campus national community of users, districts can request detailed student data from the original district and reduce manual data entry. In this session participants will:- View the data available for transfer;- Learn what is required to be a member district of NRE; and- Understand the next steps to activate NRE. Session 3-7 Salon 1  
New Student Enrollment/Walk-In Scheduler Click Here Carrie Sullivan Carrie has provided Littleton Public Schools with district support for Infinite Campus since March of 2004.  Prior to that she provided technical support for five years in Arapahoe High School.  Carrie graduated from the university of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with minors in sociology and deviant behavior. This session will cover the process of enrolling new students and building their schedules through walk-in scheduling. Session 2-6   Salon 5 done
New Year Setup Click Here Kathy Green I began my career in Education in Douglas County Schools in Colorado, some 23 years ago.  Initially I was a secretary in Special Education, then I moved to an elementary school where I served as School Secretary, and on moving back to the central office I eventually became the Student Information System (SASI at the time) manager for the district.  I left Douglas County for Computer Information Concepts in July of 2004 where I served as an Infinite Campus implementation manager, trainer and support staff member through October of 2008.  In November I moved to Centennial BOCES in Colorado.  My current position allows me to continue my work with Infinite Campus, as well as explore new and exciting ways to deliver services to our member districts. New Year Processes / Calendar Roll forward / Detailed review of all calendar tabs & settings / Student roll forward / Student course requests / Security Session 1         Salon 1   Session 5     New Mexico rm  
Personal Learning Plan Development Click Here Kristin Hayes  Douglas County School District notified Session 4    New Mexico rm Done  
Preparing for Counselors/Grade Planning/Transcript Click Here Sue Warrick Littleton School District notified Session 4  Salon 5   Session 7   Colorado rm done
Reports, Reports, Reports Click Here Peggy Carlson Aurora School District This session is an overview of the available reports in Infinite Campus Session 3  Salon 3    Session 7    Salon 5 done
Round Table  Standards Based Grading Philosophy Click Here Dale Downing Denver Public Schools   session 1    Utah rm  
Round Table Adding Functionality in Campus through SQL Click Here Bob Renwick Aurora School District   session 5     Utah   
Round Table Central Admissions/Registration Click Here Patty Roundy Aurora School District   session 4      Utah  done
Round Table Interfacing with External Apps  Click Here Josh Smith  Woodland Park School District   Session 8      Utah  
Round Table Lessons Learned  Click Here Shelley Tailer Douglas County School District   session 3      Utah  
Round Table State Reporting Solutions Click Here Debbie Icke Aurora School District   session 7       Utah  
Schedule Wizard Prep Click Here Misty Flick Misty Flick is employed by the Greeley-Evans School District in Weld County, CO.  She has extensive experience as a certified trainer, as well as supporting Infinite Campus across the country.  She has presented on virtually all aspects of Infinite Campus, including (but not limited to) Master Scheduling, Food Service, and State Reporting.  This is her second year presenting at the Colorado CSIS conference.   Misty earned a Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI This session will provide an overview of what must be completed before using the Schedule Wizard.  Calendar setup, Enrollment Rollover, Course Prep, Teachers, Departments, Student Requests, and Reports. Session 3-6   Salon 4     done
Setting up and using Campus Survey Click Here CIC CIC   Session 8  Salon 5      
SPED/IEP Click Here Melinda   Trickey  & Tammy Johnson Melinda Trickey=I began at the district in September of 2003.  We migrated from SASI to Infinite Campus beginning in February of 2006 and were fully active for the beginning of the 06-07 school year.  I do all things Campus including setting up users, training, exporting student data to other programs, state reporting and custom reports.  I have a general computer background with an emphasis on computer science/programming.  This will be my second User Conference as a presenter.   Tammy Johnson = I have been the Director of Special Services for three years.  Prior to that I worked for the Mesa County School District in Grand Junction where I had spent 12 years working as a special education and music teacher.  Fort Morgan has been using Infinite Campus for special education since we migrated to it from Excent in 2006. Set up and overview for creating IEPs, Evaluation Documents, Forms, Progress Reports and importing/uploading other documents.  This session will go over the administration part of the set up for special ed and show how to generate an IEP. Session2-4    New Mexico Rm done  
State Reporting  Click Here CDE CDE   Session 6      New Mexico rm  
CIC Analysis Portal, Powered by Tableau Click Here Steve Bohlender CIC CIC Analysis Portal leverages data within Infinite Campus to better understand results, see relationships and find patterns to make optimal decisions. In this session participants will:- Review questions that information "consumers" want answered; - Discuss best practices and ways to communicate information graphically; - Review example visualizations, K-12 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other means to communicate data with Campus Data Warehouse and Tableau Software. Session 4-5    Salon 1  
Test Creation Mapping and Importing Click Here Melinda   Trickey Melinda Trickey=I began at the district in September of 2003.  We migrated from SASI to Infinite Campus beginning in February of 2006 and were fully active for the beginning of the 06-07 school year.  I do all things Campus including setting up users, training, exporting student data to other programs, state reporting and custom reports.  I have a general computer background with an emphasis on computer science/programming.  This will be my second User Conference as a presenter.   Tammy Johnson = I have been the Director of Special Services for three years.  Prior to that I worked for the Mesa County School District in Grand Junction where I had spent 12 years working as a special education and music teacher.  Fort Morgan has been using Infinite Campus for special education since we migrated to it from Excent in 2006. Create a test template and import data from a raw data file using the Test Import Wizard.  This session will go over the steps required to set up a test and import assessment data into Infinite Campus. Session 1   Wyoming rm done
The House Hold Game Click Here Lucy Gutierrez Lucy has worked for Denver Public Schools for 11 years.  Lucy worked as an accountant with the Student Services, Special Education department for 2 years.  Lucy has been a member of the Department of Technology Services (DoTS), Client Support Training team for the last 9 years as an applications trainer.  Lucy currently trains the district staff on how to use the various district applications including Infinite Campus.  The Household game is geared towards engaging participants to reflect in a more in-depth manner of building households in Infinite Campus.  This session is a lively and interactive board game where teams are pitted against other teams trying to reach the end by to successfully answer questions …the result - a successfully built household!  The household game was created to help participants kinesthetically explore the many faucets of building a household to help the participant solidify the process.  Because the game is so interactive, participants find themselves engaged in lively discussions exploring the reasons why districts build households in various fashions.  Participants walk away with an understanding of how to build households and could even hear some valuable opinions why many districts collect and enter different bits of information. Session 2 -6  Utah rm    done
Tips & Tricks Click Here Doug Bradley Doug has worked for Denver Public Schools for twenty-four years.  Doug was a teacher with DPS for 10 years. He has been a member of the Department of Technology Services (DoTS) Site Support team for fourteen years, as a district-wide applications/desktop support technician. He is currently a member of the Technical Product Support team, responsible for level three support of Infinite Campus. This session will cover a variety of strategies you can use to make your daily use of IC easier and more efficient. Topics include; navigation, managing workspace, search tips and tips specific to the most commonly used tabs in IC. Session 4    Salon 3    Session 7  Wyoming rm  
Traditional Secondary Instruction: Lesson Planner/Gradebook Click Here Valerie Locke  Douglas County School District notified Session 5   Salon 2 done
User Security and Support Click Here Jim Anderson Jim taught in Denver Public Schools for fifteen years.  Jim has been a member of the DoTS (Department of Technology Services) team for twelve years.  Jim’s current “title” is Manager, Technical Product Support, responsible for level three support of Infinite Campus. This session will cover how to set up and support the option for or user security.  Understand the role of users groups in IC/Learn about assigning Calendar rights/Understand the option of assigning individual too rights beyond the group/Learn how to enable accounts that have been disabled. Session 6  Colorado rm done
Using AdHoc/Cube Builder Click Here Liz Smith Widefield School District Cube Builder - Learn what Cube Builder can do for you.  Need more data analysis? Need it in a visual format?    Ever want to see class numbers by period? Or grade marks by course and period, do students taking AP classes do better early in the day or late Session 8  Salon 3 done
Using Campus Data in Excel: (basic) Click Here Patrick Mount I have had the pleasure of 12 years of classroom teaching experience before moving into a full-time technology role, focusing on Student Informaiton Systems for the past nine years. Currently at Centennial BOCES, I have the opportunity to work with a dozen school districts for their SIS needs. I also serve on the Board for CSIS (8 years) and Colroado TIE (2 years). Explore fun and easy ways to take data analysis much further!  We'll begin by developing an AdHoc export, then export that data from IC into Microsoft Excel, where we can format, sort, filter, and generate impressive pivot tables and charts.  High tech skills are not required to create attractive reports! Session 7     The View rm done
Using Campus Data/Gradebook in Excel (experienced) Click Here Patrick Mount I have had the pleasure of 12 years of classroom teaching experience before moving into a full-time technology role, focusing on Student Informaiton Systems for the past nine years. Currently at Centennial BOCES, I have the opportunity to work with a dozen school districts for their SIS needs. I also serve on the Board for CSIS (8 years) and Colroado TIE (2 years). Taking the ‘Basic’ class a step further, we will briefly review the concepts covered and take it beyond to mail merges, macros, and using formulas. For those who have attended the Basic class in past years, this one’s for you! Session 2-3-6 The View rm  
Using Schedule Wizard Click Here Misty Flick Misty Flick is employed by the Greeley-Evans School District in Weld County, CO.  She has extensive experience as a certified trainer, as well as supporting Infinite Campus across the country.  She has presented on virtually all aspects of Infinite Campus, including (but not limited to) Master Scheduling, Food Service, and State Reporting.  This is her second year presenting at the Colorado CSIS conference.   Misty earned a Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI This session will provide an overview of schedule Wizard functionality, trails, navigation, section and course management, loading, analyzing and reporting. Session 4-7  Salon 4 done
What's New in Campus 2009 and plans for Campus 2010 Click Here Steve Bohlender   New functionality available with the Campus 2009.2 release will be reviewed, including Messenger Voice, Powered by ShoutPoint, new functionality in the Health module (recording medications, scheduling health visits, changes to the office visit functions, and reporting), Attendance (closing prior school months), Active Directory improvements, and more! Session 2-6    Salon 2