6th Annual
Focus Users’
Conference
So you think you know
Focus
Presented by:
Bethany Heslam
Focus
History
Focus
Menus
Focus
Focus Fields Focus Tips
Features
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Question 1 - 10
• Focus current has how many employees:
– 40 to 50
– 50 to 60
– 60 to 70
– 70 to 80
– 80 to 90
– Over 90
Answer 1 – 10
• 80 to 90
Question 1 - 20
• In addition to SIS which other four areas of
educational software does Focus provide?
Answer 1 – 20
– ERP
– LMS
– SSS
– CTE
Question 1 - 30
• Focus implement the full SIS in its first Florida
school district in which school year?
• With New Jersey districts in which school
year?
• With Texas districts in which school year?
Answer 1 – 30
• 2010-11
• 2011-12
• 2013-14
Question 1 - 40
• The first district to use Focus was in which
State?
Answer 1 – 40
• Illinois
Question 1 - 50
• Focus is written in _ _ _
Answer 1 – 50
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FSA ELA Reading/Writing and Mathematics Operational Test PreID Extract
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if(isset($parameters['school_list']) && !empty($parameters['school_list']))
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Add school to valid school list
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Question 2 - 10
• Which menu is state specific?
Answer 2 – 10
• The “State” Reporting menu
Question 2 - 20
• Which menu contains Standards-based report
cards and Multi-Tiered System of Support
reports
Answer 2 – 20
• Assessment Menu
Question 2 - 30
• LMS modules exist in two different menus –
these menus are:
Answer 2 – 30
• Grades Menu
• Assessment Menu
Question 2 - 40
• Computed Fields are setup through the _____
menu
Answer 2 – 40
• Students
Question 2 - 50
• The invalid address report is located in the
_____ menu
Answer 2 – 50
• Students
Question 3 - 10
• The System Preference Automatically update
GPA, updates the GPA and classrank for a
student when course history is updated
Answer 3 – 10
• False
• To update the Classrank a user must run
Calculate GPA from the Setup section of the
Grades Menu
Question 3 - 20
• Duplicate Marking Periods should be used
when rolling over non-student data so the
marking periods can be shared across schools
in the district
Answer 3 – 20
• False
• Duplicate Marking Periods is copy BACK to
prior years the marking periods for import
purposes
Question 3 - 30
• Which of the following setup options are
connected to the master scheduling sections:
– Calendars
– Marking periods
– Periods
– Resource Scheduler/Rooms
– All of the above
– None of the above
Answer 3 – 30
• All of the above
Question 3 - 40
• Substitute attendance rosters are created
through which menu option?
Answer 3 – 40
• Attendance Menu – verification sheets/sub
rosters
Question 3 - 50
• Parent Request Setup allows parents to
______ through the ______ and this setup is
located in the ______ menu
Answer 3 – 50
• Update student demographic and contact
information
• parent portal
• students menu
Question 4 - 10
• This icon is references ________
Answer 4 – 10
• Focus Messenger
Question 4 - 20
• Which field identifies a student as being coenrolled in more than one school in the
districts?
Answer 4 – 20
• Second school on the enrollment record
Question 4 - 30
• Where is the student’s graduation program
and progress plan set?
Answer 4 – 30
• On the students enrollment record
Question 4 - 40
• In an advanced report when the user pulls in a
logging field (daily visit log, immunizations,
documentation etc) the output of student
records is automatically restricted to students
with data in these fields – why?
Answer 4 – 40
• The logging field data is stored in a separate
table and therefore when student data is
joined on the logging data it restricts the
output
Question 4 - 50
• Where are images attached through the
upload fields stored?
Answer 4 – 50
• On the webserver in a folder called uploadedassets
Question 5 - 10
• What is an easy way to share a letter or
letterhead with another district?
Answer 5 – 10
• Copy the source code
Question 5 - 20
• To print the Teacher Schedule Report the
most effectively:
• Select the _______ to select a letterhead
template that is setup to print _______ and
also click the ________ to shrink the report
Answer 5 – 20
• Gray arrow next to print
• Landscape
• shrink to fit check box
Question 5 - 30
• To see all students that will not receive
funding due to 999 FEFP or lack of attendance
the user should run the _________ report
Answer 5 – 30
• Null FTE
Question 5 - 40
• The DOE verification reports appear to be
looking at appendices from last year for the
CCD and Voc/Prog numbers as well as the
MSID file. To correct this issue select the
option _________ from the _______ menu
and select the _________ tab
Answer 5 – 40
• Florida Reports Setup
• Florida Reports
• Florida Files
Question 5 - 50
• The grade posting window has closed and 5
teachers have not yet posted grades. To
retrieve their gradebook grades without
reopening the posting window or having to
manually post for them the user should use
the _____ feature and select the _____ option
Answer 5 – 50
• Use Pull grades
• Insert only