Here are a few important pieces of information about the HEART database. These apply to every district using HEART. Please read and pass on to the correct people in your district for action.
• Send a K-12 barcode file to heart@aea11.k12.ia.us ASAP to update students to their new grade and building and to inactivate students who have moved away. This should be done at the start of each school year. Some displays will not work correctly without this information.
• Review the access and security settings for your users each year. Inactivate users who have left the district and modify other settings as needed.
• HEART training sessions for the year were posted over the summer. The next administrator and behavior training sessions are scheduled for September 3, 2009. Go to the July archive of the Administrator Connection or click here for details and registration information.
• A new version of HEART is up and running. Most of the changes are behind the scenes to accommodate the new ethnicity coding requirements. The changes visible on the Web are mostly minor tweaks to eliminate bugs and improve ease of use. Please let us know if you encounter any problems.
• There is a new administrator’s manual available for download from the Heartland Web site or by clicking here. Please download this version and trash your old administrator manual. The user manual is under revision and will be posted when finished.
As always, your questions and suggestions are welcomed. Please address HEART questions to Connor Hood at chood@aea11.k12.ia.us.
