Beginner Training: OnCourse SIS for Counselors

Welcome to the OnCourse Student Information System! In this video series, we give you a brief intro to some of the key things you'll do in OnCourse every day.

Basics for Beginners

SIS

Student Profiles 

• Student Portfolios (4:20) 
  This video takes you on a tour of the Student Portfolio Documents tab. Learn how to create folders and upload documents.
  
  
• Reviewing Student Grades (2:19) 
  This video takes you on a tour of the Grades tab. Learn how to view progress reports, add override grades and exception codes, export to Excel, and print.
  
  
• Student Schedule tab (User Guide)
  Student’s schedules are available in each individual profile. This is a live schedule, changing as modification are made. You can even make changes to the schedule directly in the student profile. This guide will show you how to make those modifications.
  
  
• Student Transcript Records (4:37) 
  This video takes you on a tour of the Transcript tab. Learn how to view transcript grade details, add courses, and run the Student Transcript Report. 
  
  

Guardian Profiles 

• Identifying Students Linked to Guardians (2:36) 
  This video shows where and which students are linked to the selected guardian as well as all the details within the Student tab.

Health & Medical 

• Health Alerts (User Guide)
  This document will show you how to create and edit health alerts. You will also learn how to access health alerts in different areas of the OnCourse system.
  

Reporting with OnCourse 

• Frequently Used SIS Reports (User Guide)
  OnCourse has more than 100 canned reports for you to use! Here are some snapshots of key reports most school utilize.
  
  
• Simple GPA Report (User Guide)
  The Simple GPA report was created to enable districts to easily run a GPA report for schools that don't have course credits and grade points associated with their classes. GPA can be calculated differently depending on your district. However, the Simple GPA report uses a standard calculation.
  

Graduation Pathways 

• Graduation Pathways NJ (12:25) 
  The Graduation Pathways applications offers a way of tracking New Jersey approved assessments and to assure that all students meet their state and district mandated credit requirements. This video shows you how to import test scores, add assessment results, and manage credit requirements.
  
  
• Graduation Pathways LA (15:30) 
  The Graduation Pathways applications offers a way of tracking Louisiana approved assessments and to assure that all students meet their state and district mandated credit requirements. This video shows you how to import test scores, add assessment results, and manage credit requirements. It also covers IBCs and individual graduation plans.
  
  
• Auto-Import Scores into Graduation Pathways (1:29)
  This feature allows user to auto-import multiple Student Stats test scores into Graduation Pathways.

More Learning

• 15 Things you didn’t know OnCourse could do! (35:12)
  
  
• School and District Groups (3:57)
  
  
• Student Grades & Attendance Data (User Guide)
  
  
• Student Story (2:22)