Can you type in zip codes from another state?
How is the Pupil Number populated?
How quickly does the withdrawn student to populate to the repository?
What is the difference between admission and registration?
How do you run the North Carolina Report Card and Athletic Eligibility?
How do you correct attendance for a student entered as absent after withdrawing from school?
Why is the Demographic Extract (Attendance Tab) not pulling the correct information for Daily attendance?
Does NC use Authorized absences?
How do we adjust the school schedule/PMR calendar when there is a snow day?
If you use period attendance but use specific period for the PMR, what do you set in eSIS?
Does everyone have to enter attendance to use specific period attendance?
Does NC use the Standard Reporting Days?
Is most of the Attendance module set up at the State or District Level?
Can we allow teachers to update attendance for a certain period of time (Company File)?
If I do not register all of my students, can I still have a homeroom list a week before school?
Where do we print the admit slip?
Does eSIS upload to/support ConnectEd or AlertNow?
Is there a report we can use for our Substitute Folder or those who want paper copies?
If you use specific period attendance, do you take attendance in daily or period?
Do we use School Closings Entry?
How do we view students that are already absent from school on class-sponsored trip?
Can we track attendance for football practice (after school activities)?
If you use specific period can you still run reports on all period attendance?
How do you change a student's usual name in eSIS?
How can I track a student in the 504 plan?
What codes are converting during the data conversion?
Can I run the course code conversion process on a network?
Can I run the course conversion process in segments? For instance, can I run my high schools separately from my middle and elementary schools?
What is the best way to get started?
What is the first step in the process?
How do I compile existing course information from all the schools?
Can I print the table?
What needs to be done with the compiled list of courses?
How do I send the courses back to the schools?
SIMS schedule issue when converting data to eSIS
How do I convert courses that are semester length or less from SIMS to NC WISE?
Is there a certain time of year or a time frame in which the course conversion process should be completed?
Can I run the course code conversion process on a network?
What steps must be taken before beginning the course code conversion process?
How do I begin the course conversion process?
What if my menu selections are different?
Which option do I select for the first step?
Can I add, modify or delete courses after this file has been given to my SIMS Coordinator?
Can Data Managers continue to work in the SIMS program while the LEA Coordinator is working on course directory?
What should I do when my SIMS Coordinator returns the file to me?
What is the next step after copying the file?
Can I make a copy of the table?
Does this report show me possible master timetable conflicts?
What kinds of problems/conflicts can be seen on the report?
What happens when I have corrected items on the edit report?
What is the final step?
Can courses have more than one length in the SIMS Schedule when converting data to eSIS?
How do I convert courses that are semester length or less from SIMS to NC WISE?
Why are courses not showing credit in course maintenance?
What is the difference between Before Sim and After Sim? Can you explain these further?
If you can’t create courses at school level, how do you do Course Exploding?
Do you recommend using Course Exploding?
Does it affect student credit if you delete a course taken in a previous year?
Is Max Class for the course or the section?
Does NC have immigration information requirements? Can we ask for this information?
Does the Demographic info remain with students throughout the years?
How do we get changes to the Internet Permission Type?
Do we track breakout activities in NC?
If the Emergency Contacts checkbox is checked, will it convert during conversion?
Does NC use Immunization Fast Entry?
Will school nurses be entering the immunization information?
Do siblings have to be hand-entered or could they be generated?
Does NC WISE have the family copy function set up (Company File)?
Is NC using the transportation module?
How are 000 schools handled during conversion from SIMS to eSIS?
Why do we have day 0 set at Sunday?
Once we convert to NC WISE, will we need to enter new incidents in both eSIS and USDDC?
How does the Superintendent drop down list populate and can they make changes at LEA level?
What reports are recommended to print for our Post Conversion Workshop?
Are the standard courses populated during conversion?
If the course number is the same but a setting for a course changes, then what supersedes?
Will the LEAs get soft copies of the training docs?
Should we meet prior to Post-Conversion Workshop (PCW) to determine Company File settings?
When will we see the production data?
Do we need to complete the spreadsheet for “NDS Batch Upload” for ALL teachers, etc?
Are the settings shown in the Company File the NC settings that we will get at production?
What should we do between conversion and Post-Conversion Workshop (PCW)?
Are only LEA Coordinators going to Pre-Scheduling?
When will we have access to WebApps?
Do districts need to plan to do any training with UERS prior to Post-Conversion Workshop (PCW)?
Will LEAs have access to the Company File during PCW?
How long will the training database be active?
Are our logins set to specific schools in the training database?
In the training database, is the middle school set to daily and high school to period?
Will we have access to the training database?
What is the recommended training method for teachers?
What is the suggested content for training re-delivery?
Who are we training? School users, data managers, trainers?
Do we have an automated tool for inserting dates into diploma met and diploma issued?
Can we use both the 4-year plan and the individual course plan?
Where does the LEA add local requirements to diploma requirements?
What is available besides AAL documents and WBTs?
Can we get a Word version of the NC WISE Guides?
Can you create a set of QRDs that we can print and then put in a binder for our users?
How do I access the DPI Security Console?
Is there anything that addresses EC and any changes there (IE what we can fill out)?
Is there the ability/future plan to pull information from CECAS into NC WISE?
Why am I unable to access eSIS? (Receiving error ORA 12203: TNS: Unable to connect to destination)
Does NC WISE force you to change your password?
What are the parameters around passwords?
Can you work with two schools at one time (MS and HS)?
Can you run multiple eSIS sessions?
What does the year refer to in the Date field in Select School?
Can we have leading numbers in our password?
Can we share logins (IE have concurrent logins)?
If eSIS accounts are locked out after 30 days of inactivity, then how do we get through the summer?
Why am I unable to calculate final marks?
Does the State determine the mark scale?
Is Report Card Legend used in NC?
How does Mark Calculation vs. Mark Entry work?
Does NC use the Comments and Configuration button?
How many comments can we put on report card?
Are teachers running their own report cards?
Can a teacher’s marks/grades only be seen with teacher’s log in?
If the numeric mark scale is being used, how is a mark of “Incomplete” applied on the report card?
Is there a way to not show class attendance on the report card?
Will report card comments from SIMS convert to NC WISE?
Does the e-mail integration with Lotus Notes work?
Symposium is during our grade time. Will attending Symposium be worth the time away from the office?
Have there been any problems with using the Free & Reduced Lunch Program?
Is a copy of our production database available to use to test things?
Why are early graduates not included in GPA/Rank?
Do you set a different date for each GPA type that you set up?
Do you need to have one for each report card issued?
What do we have to do for elementary schools?
How do you override credits on diploma type (evaluation)?
What is the GPA Multiplier and why do we have to use it?
When does the parameter reading, "Store GPA in student's records?" need to be checked?
Are EDI required fields available in a reference document?
How do I send transcripts along with college applications?
What causes an NC WISE system error to generate when sending transcript?
Is GPA stored in Credit Details?
Can you print the legend on a separate page (report card)?
Can you print report cards in Spanish?
Can you print more than 4 marks on portrait (vs landscape)? How many reporting dates?
Where do the comments on report cards come from?
What does the UB, PD and RO at the beginning of the incidents stand for?
How do you properly import incident records from NC WISE to USDDC?
Does NCDPI make most of the decisions on System Codes?
Are Assessment Types in System Codes State controlled or LEA controlled?
Are Observation Types in System Codes State controlled or LEA controlled?
Are Textbooks in System Codes state or LEA controlled?
What can the LEA do at the Company File level?
Is there an option to have the courses only altered at LEA level, not school level?
What happens when a student moves from one district to another if the courses don’t match up?
Do we use the External Test Button in Standard Courses?
What if 5 or 6 courses have the same description? Is there an easy way to determine which is which?
Why are W4 students not building in final masterbuild?
Do we take attendance on Pre-K students?
How do we set it up so that the Pre-K students show on our PMR but do not count toward membership?
What are 000 schools used for?
Are all Pre-K students entered in 000 schools, regardless of where they are?
Do you set up a Pre-K for every school or just one?
When should we start enrolling Kindergartners?
Why can't I print in TAM with Adobe 7.0?
Can you post-date the registration?
Should we register students when we admit them?
What is an example for how we could use cross-enrollment?
Why won’t the Print button work?
When we print the Student Activity Log screen, does it go to the Queue Manager?
Is there a suggestion for when and where saving, storing, and/or printing reports is appropriate?
Is there a quick way to print multiple reports on a particular student?
Will the reporting groups already be set up for the district?
Is there more than one way to save an exported file?
How many categories (menus) can be used when pulling information to export data?
Does the Simulate button save the schedule?
Is there a record of which counselor makes each scheduling change?
Does eSIS have trouble handling A/B (cycle) days for Academy schools?
Will year-long courses be semester 0 courses?
Can Teaching Teams be created and how do you set them up?
Can you just add minutes to a course and have students go to lunch during this time?
Where do the Individualized Course Plan entries “go”?
Should we always use the ADD/DEL button?
When can course selections/options for incoming 9th grade students be made?
How should you list periods on the Current School Year screen?
How do I make changes to the school schedule?
Can you weigh report cycles differently for elementary than high school?
Is SPED information carried throughout the system, for example to TAM?
Can you use Alerts to warn of ESL or other special programs?
How does being a two semester school but having both 18 week and 36 week classes affect your terms?
What if we have a course that is 36 weeks and also have 9 week courses?
What about community college courses that are 9 weeks?
What are unique courses in the Max # Unique Courses field?
Does NCDPI set up the School TA Config screen initially with the correct settings?
What is the difference between the TA Config and the School TA Config screen?
What should be set on the School TA Config?
Can you add more than three Vice Principals? Some schools have 4 VPs or more.
How should charter schools set up their Next School Default?
For a Pre-K through 12th grade school, what do we pick as the Type?
On the Homeroom Maintenance screen, what should we put for Class Type?
What is the difference between terms & semesters?
What prints on the report cards from the Reporting Periods screen?
How do ineligible students show up?
Do we use the E-mail Password field on the Staff Details screen?
Is the code for Superintendent important? How do we update the Superintendent?
How do we set up teacher assistants?
Should we check the Teacher Indicator checkbox for Teacher Assistants?
What are the requirements for Cert Name?
Will I get a fatal error on SAR if my certified names for teachers do not match payroll?
Do we need to have cafeteria staff or custodians in the system?
Who should be assigned Staff Roles?
Please explain the Staff Roles “# of students” field.
How should long-term substitutes be set up?
How should short-term substitutes be set up?
How are Title 1 Reading teachers set up?
Are SPED Teachers that teach pull out courses set up in a class?
How do we account for tutors that are non-certified?
What Staff Duties do teachers have to have?
What is the Supervising Adult Staff Role?
How do we set up Speech Therapists?
Do Speech Therapists have Staff Duties?
How do I change student course sections?
What school should be entered into Credit Detail when a student attends summer school?
Why is my system performing so slow?
Can teachers create only one prep and assign all classes to it?
How many assessment types are needed?
Do you have to select Assessment Types for the entire reporting period?
How many areas of study/categories are needed?
If teachers create comments on the My Comments tab in TAM, are they used on the school report card?
Who creates the school comments?
Are there pre-built assessments added and assigned, such as math and reading?
If an eSIS user navigates to the teacher gradebook, can they see the teachers prep?
Can teachers make changes and re-post marks any time?
Can marks be manually changed or edited once they are posted from the spreadsheet?
Is there a way to know who has posted marks/grades?
Is there a way for grades K-2 to use the report card with the 1-4 objective goals?
How can you enter report card marks if you do not use the spreadsheet?
How do most teachers keep historical gradebook info from year to year?
Are the Observation Types set by the district or are they set by state, etc?
Do teachers have access to the Diploma screen?
Do teachers have access to Student Transcript? (See Student Hot Print (TA) Screen)
If we are not using the area of study/category weights does it go away?
Do we use TAVG % Include Weight?
So if we have numeric score default set to 100, can we post 105 in the gradebook?
Should we check Delete assignments at year end?
Does NCDPI require use of Gradebook?
Is the Progress Report the Interim Report?
Can you print your interims from the gradebook?
Can you do possessive on comments (such as Caroline’s)?
Teachers can change grades manually. Isn’t this an issue?
Is there a problem with using Alpha scale?
Can you use +/- in assessments?
What is the point of copying assessments if it doesn’t copy the name or short name?
Can I put an assignment in even if reporting period has ended?
Is there a missing grades report that can be run per student?
Can you see the long name in the TA gradebook?
What if a student changes courses?
Can teachers use the Condensed Attendance entry (ATT106)?
Can teachers take attendance by seating plan under the Photos tab?
What happens when a student is withdrawn and when the student goes into red?
Once the student is withdrawn, can you re-sequence them?
What does class change notification mean?
Can teachers be double-booked on a period?
Can teachers get a count of the class’ students?
Are teachers allowed to use TAM at home?
Can teachers access fees to put in themselves?
Are there any special restrictions around mailing labels?
How do you enter data in the fields for the AAAI Test in NC WISE?
How do you convert SAT1, SAT2, and AP exams in NC WISE?
What specifically do we not use for the Standardized Testing screen?
Is EOG and EOD data pulled into eSIS?
So, will we still use ABC Tools?
How do I send transcripts along with college applications?
What causes an NC WISE system error to generate when sending transcript?
Are EDI required fields available in a reference document?
When do you run Masterbuild and Safe School Reports?
What may cause inflated absences on the PMR?
(back to FAQ topics)
RPG FAQs Document
eSIS Concerns:
Who are considered Itinerate Users?
Who should be given the School_UERS role in WebApps?
Who has rights to unlock which users in WebApps?
What is the Employee Number in WebApps User Security?
In WebApps, when the Add Users tab searches for an employee what is it checking against?
Will Data Managers see NDS User Import Assistant Link?
What if our user is a LEA Coord and CT?
Can user security be updated in esis?
Is it necessary to remove personnel with access rights once they have left the LEA?
Do we have to set up a password for UERS for users we are importing/adding?
Is there a notification once a rerun in UERS is completed?
Why should we disapprove reports in UERS?
Is Test Upload done school by school?
Do the teachers get any e-mail notifications in UERS?
What should I do during different withdrawal scenarios?
When do you withdraw versus reverse register?
What withdraw code do you use for the No Show process?
Is there an advantage to No Show vs Withdraw?
Can we perform Mass homeroom assign prior to YET?