About the Home Page

Do ONE of the following:

• Log in to 3sysACADEMIC. Your home page is the first screen that appears.

• Click Home on the left-hand side of the mega menu.

  

Note: The options you see depend upon the permissions set by your System Administrator.

1. Go to Setup > Desktop Management > Home Pages.

   The Home Pages screen appears.

   

2. Click Add.

   The Home Page Designer screen appears.

   

3. Complete the Home Page Name field.

4. Using the Visibility drop list, select 'Personal' if only you should be able to see this home page, OR 'Global' if multiple users can access it.

   Note: If the visibility for the home page is set as 'global', then only those users whose profile allows them to access the desktop that the home page is associated with will be able to view it.

5. Design your home page layout by dragging functions or 'widgets' from the Available list on the left-hand side of the screen and dropping them into the blank Page Layout on the right-hand side.

   More details...

   Widgets represent a block of data within 3sysACADEMIC.

   Note: The following widgets are appropriate for any user: Favourite Reports, Absences All, Special Needs, My Searches and Notifications for the next 7 days. The remaining widgets detailed below are only appropriate for teaching staff, and as such the relevant schoolADMIN (PASS) user record must be linked to a teaching member of staff for data to be returned within the widget. (This link is optional in schoolADMIN (PASS), as not all staff are teachers.) If a teacher-specific widget is added against a non-teaching member of staff, then data will not be displayed within it.

   The available widgets include:

   Widget	Action
   Favourite Reports	Lists Report Builder templates which have been marked as favourites by the user.
   Absences - My Current Lesson	Draws from the timetable, current time and today's registration data to list pupils who should be absent from the user's current lesson.
   Absences - My Form	Lists pupils in the user's form (if they are a Form Tutor) who have been marked as absent at today's morning or afternoon registration.
   Absences - My House	Shows which pupils in a user's house (where they are a House Master / Mistress) who have been marked as absent at today's morning or afternoon registration.
   Absences - My Form Year	Designed to show Heads of Year which pupils in the user's form year were marked absent at today's morning or afternoon registration.
   Absences - My Section	Lists pupils in the user's school section (where the user is a Head of Section) who have been marked absent today at morning or afternoon registration.
   Absences - All	Details ALL pupils who have been marked absent at this morning or this afternoon's registration.
   Calendar	Shows the user's timetable. Attendance, subject set inquiry and Markbook functions can be launched from the calendar.
   Markbooks	Displays a summary of 'outstanding' Markbook data, i.e. Markbook data which has not been marked as 'Complete'. It also displays a summary of completed Markbook entries. The completed and outstanding Markbook entries are clearly distinguished by the use of different colours.
   School Reports	Displays a pie chart showing outstanding school report entries and provides a shortcut to writing reports, via clicking on the relevant sectors within the pie chart.
   Subject Set	Lists all pupils in the user's current lesson, with a summary of today's attendance and a link to each pupil's full record.
   Special Needs	Provides a breakdown of the SEN requirements of pupils in the user's current lesson.
   My Searches	A configurable widget which allows users to access a variety of information.
   Notifications for the next 7 days	Displays notifications for the next seven days.

   

   Note: If you add a widget in error, click to remove it.

6. (Optional) Edit the widgets' size and colour, and set whether or not a widget is removed from the home page when there is no relevant data to show.

   More details...

   1. Click in the widget you would like to edit.

      The Options dialog appears.

      

   2. State a fixed height for the widget on your home page OR check Auto for the size to adjust according to the content.
   3. Select the Hide when empty check box to remove the widget from the home page when there is no relevant data to show.
   4. Select a coloured square to colour code the widget.
   5. Click OK.

7. (Optional) Set specific options for the Markbooks widget.

   More details...

   The Markbooks widget has extended functionality that enables you to control which Tasks appear within the widget. You can restrict Tasks by Task Profiles and who the Tasks are for. The Order By drop lists determine the order in which Tasks are displayed within the widget. If you tick the Group tasks check box, the ordered list of Tasks is also grouped by the option selected in the first Order By drop list.

   

   You can choose to include the Markbooks widget on a home page more than once, with each one configured to display different Task Profiles.

   Example: In this example, the user has selected to order by ‘Task Date’ and ticked the Group tasks check box, so the Tasks have been ordered by date and are also grouped within dates. (These dates expand to show the relevant Tasks, as shown in the following screenshot.)

   

8. (Optional) Set specific options for the Favourite Reports widget.

   More details...

   The Favourite Reports widget enables you to specify that the reports displayed within the widget are grouped by report type.

   

9. (Optional) Set specific options for the Calendar widget.

   More details...

   The Calendar widget enables you to specify which timetable is used to display timetable data for this particular widget. You can include more than one Calendar widget within a home page.

   

10. Click Save.

Note: The options you see depend upon the permissions set by your System Administrator.

1. Find the home page you would like to edit.

   More details...

   1. Go to Setup > Desktop Management > Home Pages.

      The Home Page Search and Home Pages screen appears showing a complete list of existing home pages.

      

      Note: You can re-order a grid by single-clicking on fields in the header row. If is displayed, the list is ordered from lowest to highest. If appears, the list is ordered from highest to lowest.

   2. Enter all or part of the home page name into the Name field at the top of the screen, and click Search. Your search results populate the grid.

   3. (Optional) Use the Page icons beneath the grid to navigate between pages of records.

      • Click or or on the numbers underneath the grid on the left-hand side to move between pages.

      • Click to go to the first page or to go to the last page.

      • Use the Records Per Page drop list to see more records on each page.

      • Click in the Page field and type the number of the page you want.

2. In the Actions column, click Edit next to the home page you would like to change.

   The relevant Home Page Designer screen appears.

   

3. Design your home page layout by dragging functions or widgets to where you want them on the Page Layout on the right-hand side of the screen. New widgets can be added from the Available panel on the left-hand side.

   Note: If you add a widget in error, click to remove it.

   More details: See About Available Widgets.

4. (Optional) Edit the widgets' size and colour, and set whether or not a widget is removed from the home page when there is no relevant data to show.

   More details...

   1. Click in the widget you would like to edit.

      The Options dialog appears.

      

   2. State a fixed height for the widget on your home page OR check Auto for the size to adjust according to the content.
   3. Select the Hide when empty check box to remove the widget from the home page when there is no relevant data to show.
   4. Select a coloured square to colour code the widget.
   5. Click OK.

5. (Optional) Make the necessary changes to the following widgets: Markbooks, Favourite Reports and Calendar.

   More details: If you are unsure how to do this, see steps 7 to 9 of Creating Home Pages.

6. Click Save.

Note: The options you see depend upon the permissions set by your System Administrator.

1. Find the home page you would like to delete.

   More details...

   1. Go to Setup > Desktop Management > Home Pages.

      The Home Page Search and Home Pages screen appears showing a complete list of existing home pages.

      

      Note: You can re-order a grid by single-clicking on fields in the header row. If is displayed, the list is ordered from lowest to highest. If appears, the list is ordered from highest to lowest.

   2. Enter all or part of the home page name into the Name field at the top of the screen, and click Search. Your search results populate the grid.

   3. (Optional) Use the Page icons beneath the grid to navigate between pages of records.

      • Click or or on the numbers underneath the grid on the left-hand side to move between pages.

      • Click to go to the first page or to go to the last page.

      • Use the Records Per Page drop list to see more records on each page.

      • Click in the Page field and type the number of the page you want.

2. In the Actions column, click Delete next to the relevant home page.

   The Confirm Home Page Delete screen appears.

   Note: You cannot delete a home page that is linked to one or more desktops.

3. Click Delete.
   The relevant home page is deleted, and you are returned to the Home Page Search and Home Pages screen with the relevant home page removed from the grid.