2011 Conference Handouts
(additional handouts will be added as they are received)

 

Session# Session Name Slot
       
General & Vendor Sessions
GEN01 Q&A with Skyward Executives 3T 
GEN02 Texas Student Data System 1V 
VEN02 Employee Benefit Enrollment Integration 2D 
VEN03 Innovative Solution to Summer School Using Skyward & RevTrak 3D 
   
Technical Services
TECH01 Benefits of Upgrading to OpenEdge 10.2B 1A 
TECH02 Database Performance Tuning 2A 
TECH03 Skyward Best Practices for Servers and Networks 3A 
TECH04 Improve Your Skyward with Virtualization 4A 
TECH05 Skyward OpenEdge Management 5A 
TECH06 Top IT Services Tech Issues 6A 
TECH07 Skyward Disaster Recovery Options with OpenEdge Replication 7A 
TECH08 Advanced SQL/ODBC Configuration 8A 
TECH09 Maintaining a Test Database 9A 
TECH10 Technical Introduction to Skyward 10A 
   
Business - Finance & HR
BUS01 Finance & Staff PEIMS Reporting 0B 
BUS02 Crystal Reporting for School Business Office Users 0C 
BUS20 Workflow Management - Task Manager & Workflow Manager 3Q 8T
BUS21 Web Security - Financial Mgmt. and HR/PR 8S 
BUS26 Going Green - Finance and HR/PR 9S 
BUS34 Roundtable - New User and Conversion 10S 
BUS42 SkyPort for Financial Mgmt and HR/PR Users 6S 
BUS43 Moving to the Web - Financial Mgmt and HR/PR 6T 7S
   
Business - Finance
BUS03 New Year Budgeting Process 0D 
BUS04 Purchasing: Setup 1O 
BUS05 Budgeting Process 1P 
BUS06 School Based Activity Accounting (SBAA) Overview 1Q 
BUS11 Purchasing: Requisitions & Purchase Orders 2O 
BUS12 Using the Bank Reconciliation Program 2P 
BUS13 What's New in Finance 2Q 7R
BUS18 Roundtable - Purchasing 3O 
BUS19 A/P Check Requests 3P 9P
BUS24 Vendor Master & New Vendor Requests 9Q 
BUS25 Interfund Reconciliation Report and Other Cool Reports for Data Analysis 9R 
BUS31 Importing into Financial Management 10P 
BUS32 Vendor Data Mining 10Q 
BUS33 Expense Reimbursement Option 10R 
BUS39 Accounts Payable Setup 6P 
BUS40 Financial Management Report Writing - Advanced 6Q 
BUS41 Fixed Assets Overview 6R 
BUS47 Accounts Payable Processing 7P 
BUS48 Account Management - Utilities 7Q 
BUS49 Financial Management  Year End 8R 
BUS52 Roundtable - Accounts Payable 8P 
BUS53 1099 Processing 8Q 
BUS58 Using e-Commerce in Purchasing 4O 
BUS59 Budget Transfers 4P 
BUS60 Inventory Overview 4Q 
BUS65 Purchasing:  Receiving 5O 
BUS66 Financial Management Report Writing - Beginner 5P 
BUS67 Accounts Receivable Overview 3B 
BUS68 Roundtable - Business Office Supervisor 5R 
   
Business - HR
BUS07 Human Resources Profile (Web) 1R 
BUS08 What's New in Human Resources and Payroll 1S 7U
BUS09 True Time: Setup 1T 
BUS10 Maintaining Certification Information 1U 
BUS14 Employee Access - Getting Started 2R 
BUS15 Roundtable - True Time 7T 
BUS16 Importing Deductions/ Benefits from 3rd Party Administrator 7V 
BUS17 Employee  Data Mining 7W 8W
BUS22 Time Off Sick Bank/ FMLA Tracking 8U 
BUS23 Payroll Tips & Tricks 8V 
BUS27 HR & PR Working Together - Adding Employees 9T 
BUS28 Time Off Changes 9U 
BUS29 TRS Matching Expenses - Calculating and Posting 4S 
BUS30 Salary Negotiations - Overview 9W 
BUS35 HR & PR Working Together - Terminating Employees 10T 
BUS36 Service Records 10U 
BUS37 Payroll - Entry of Hourly and Supplemental Pay 5T 
BUS38 Fast Track - Additional Options 5U 
BUS44 SubTracking - Using the Options Features 6U 
BUS45 Pay Dock/Unpaid Leave/ Service Records 6V 10V
BUS46 Salary Negotiations Utilities & Advanced Features 10W 
BUS50 True Time: Processing 2T 
BUS51 Employee Management Overview 2U 
BUS54 Reconciling TRS Invoices 3R 
BUS55 Employee Access - Web Posting & Surveys 3S 
BUS56 True Time: Bells & Whistles 3T 
BUS57 Employee Management Position Control Groups 3U 
BUS61 Fast Track Overview 4R 
BUS62 Payroll - New Fiscal Year 9V 
BUS63 Custom Forms and User Defined Tables in HR 4T 
BUS64 Employee Management - Additional Options 4U 
BUS69 W-2 Processing 5S 
BUS70 Roundtable - Payroll 2S 
BUS71 Roundtable - Human Resources 6W 
VEN04 TRS TRAQS Workshop 4D 
VEN05 TRS TRAQS Workshop 5C 
   
Student - Food Services
FSVC01 Skyward Food Service Overview 1C 
FSVC02 Skyward POS and Applications 2C 
FSVC03 Successfully Meeting TDA Guidelines (What, When, & How) 3C 
FSVC04 Food Service:  PaC to Web Overview 4C 
   
Student - Health Services
HLTH01 Welcome and General Overview to the Web 1B 
HLTH02 Helpful Hints 2B 
HLTH03 Vaccination Updates 3B 
HLTH04 Medications/Medication Reports 4B 
HLTH05 Health Screenings 5B 
HLTH06 Data Mining Part I 6B 
HLTH07 Data Mining Part II 7B 
HLTH08 Health Reports 8B 
HLTH09 IHP's 9B 
HLTH10 Health User Group Roundtable 10B 
   
Student Services
STU01 New User Boot Camp 0E 
STU02 Crystal Reporting for Student Users 0F 
STU03 Changing Families 0A 
STU04 Enhanced TREx 0H 
STU05 PEIMS Pitfalls 0G 
STU06 Advanced Secondary Gradebook Features 1E 8F
STU07 Basic Student Entry 1F 
STU08 Maintaining Data for the 300 and 305 Records 1G 10H
STU09 Custom Fields & Forms 1H 
STU10 Setup for Response to Intervention (RtI) 1I 6J
STU11 Advanced Master Builder Prep 1J 
STU12 Skyport & SMS Mobile 9X 10O
STU13 Security Concepts for Student Management Users 1L 5K
STU14 Surviving a Leaver Audit 1M 
STU15 Beginning Data Mining 1N 
STU16 Future Scheduling Process 2E 
STU17 Skybuild:  Data Importing/Exporting 2F 6E
STU18 Preparing for the 415 Course Completion Record (Grades 1-8) 2G 8O
STU19 Attendance Reporting Procedures 2H 
STU20 Uses of Response to Intervention (RtI) 2I 7J
STU21 GPA Troubleshooting 2J 
STU22 Maintaining 090 Staff Responsibilities Records in the Student Database 2K 4K
STU23 Family Access Rollout Roundtable 2L 
STU24 Data Mining - Processing Lists 2M 
STU25 Data Warehouse 2N 
STU26 Future Scheduling Setup 3E 
STU27 Attendance, Discipline & Guidance Office Visits 3F 
STU28 Importing ACT, SAT, & TPRI Test Scores 3G 
STU29 Tracking At Risk Students 3H 10M
STU30 Elementary Scheduling 3I 
STU31 Secondary Gradebook Roundtable 3J 
STU32 Setting Up the TX Honor Roll 3K 
STU33 End of Course Overview 3L 8K
STU34 On-Line Registration with Custom Forms 3M 
STU35 Effective Dates & Effects on PEIMS Records and Gradebooks 3N 10I
STU36 Auto Scheduler 4E 
STU37 Fee Management & Child Care 4F 
STU38 Special Ed Coding for PEIMS 4G 9H
STU39 Posting Individual Grades 4H 
STU40 Importing TAKS Test Scores 4I 8I
STU41 Creating Secondary Custom Report Cards 4J 10K
STU42 Demographics / Utilities - Data Cleanup 4L 8N
STU43 E-mail Processing - Improving Communication 4M 9N
STU44 How to Implement On-Line Course Request Entry 4N 10L
STU45 New Features in the Skyward Student Software 5E 7F
STU46 The NEW Button in the Secondary Gradebook 5F 
STU47 Scheduling Tasks 5G 8G
STU48 Using the Scheduling Board on the Web 5H 
STU49 Preparing for the 415 Completion Records (Grades 9-12) 5I 
STU50 Third Party Exports Q&A 5J 
STU51 Rolling Up Students Using Address Paths 5L 
STU52 Bells & Whistles 5M 6O
STU53 Procedures for Changing Schedules & Moving Grades 5N 7H
STU54 Student Lookup Features for Campus Administrators in EA+ 6F 
STU55 Section 504 Overview 6G 
STU56 Small District Roundtable (<10,000) 6H 
STU57 Attendance Letters 6I 
STU58 Custom Forms Roundtable 6K 
STU59 Extracting Teacher Schedules for PEIMS for 090 Staff Responsibilities 6L 
STU60 Advanced Master Builder Roundtable 6M 
STU61 Family Maintenance & Reporting 6N 7N
STU63 Tracking Student Data Changes 7E 10N
STU64 Curriculum Master - Changes & Cleanup 7G 10E
STU65 OCR Reporting 7I 
STU66 Introduction to Grad Requirements 7K 
STU67 Creative Solutions Roundtable 7L 
STU68 Grading Procedures - Finding & Dealing with Gradebook Discrepancies 7M 
STU69 Skylert 7O 
STU70 Future Scheduling Reports Analysis 8E 
STU71 Large District Roundtable (>10,000) 8H 
STU72 Creating Standards Custom Report Cards 8J 
STU73 Grade Analysis 8L 
STU74 Options for Setting CTE Indicators & Calculating Contact Hours 8M 
STU75 Cross Entity Course Enrollment 9E 
STU76 Introduction to Discipline 9F 
STU77 Year-End Processing Prep & What to Look For (Part 1) 9G 
STU78 Transcripts - Grade History 9I 
STU79 Bilingual/ESL Entry & Reporting 9J 
STU80 Advanced Features Button 9K 10J
STU81 TREx - Texas Records Exchange 9L 
STU82 EA+ Administration 9M 
STU84 Importing Custom Tests - Local Benchmarks 10F 
STU85 Year-End Processing Prep & What to Look For (Part 2) 10G