Using the Daily Bulletin

Dear Principals and Secretaries,

You may want to review how to use the Daily Bulletin as you prepare for the coming year. Here you go - direct from the Help Files

Daily Bulletin Setup Use this page to set up the daily bulletin for viewing in PowerSchool and on the Parent Access and PowerSchool Teacher pages. In addition, you can modify the format of the daily bulletin, preview it, and view all bulletin items, including those that have expired. How to Add a Daily Bulletin Item On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click New. The New Daily Bulletin Item page appears. Use the following table to enter information in the fields: Field Description Item Title Enter the title of the item. Date Range Enter the dates on which you want this item to appear using the format mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy. If you do not use this format, an alert appears. If you submit the date with an incorrect format, the date field will be submitted as a blank entry. Target Audience Use the pop-up menu to choose the audience of the bulletin item, identified by the user's permissions: Public: Everyone can view this bulletin item, including those using the URL [your school]/bulletin/[your school number].html. Teachers: Only those with permission to PowerSchool Teacher and the PowerSchool Admin webpages can view this bulletin item. Admin: Only those with permission to the PowerSchool Admin webpage can view this bulletin item. Sort Order Enter a number to determine the order in which you want the system to display this item relative to other items. The lower the sort order number, the higher the item appears on the daily bulletin. Note: You can use the sort order 0 or negative numbers, such as -1, to precede other entries. If two items have the same sort order number, the first one created precedes the other. The audience does not affect the sort order. Item Body Enter the text of the bulletin item. Click Submit. The Daily Bulletin Setup page displays the new bulletin item. How to Change Bulletin Formats Change the font, font size, and color of daily bulletin items. Modifications on this page require basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click "Bulletin HTML formatting preferences." The Bulletin HTML Formatting Preferences page appears. Use the following table to enter information in the fields: Field Description Item Title Start Enter the start tags for your title to determine how your title will look. Item Title End If you do not want the body text to look the same as the title text, enter the end tags for your title text. Item Body Start Enter the start tags for your body text to determine how your body text will look. Item Body End Enter the end tags for your body text. Click Submit. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. How to Preview the Daily Bulletin Though it is possible to view the daily bulletin in PowerSchool and from the PowerSchool Teacher start page and the Parent Access pages, view the bulletin items for a particular day from the Special Functions page. On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click Preview Bulletin. The Daily Bulletin page appears. Click the dates to navigate to different pages of the bulletin. How to View All Bulletin Items Though it is possible to view the daily bulletin in PowerSchool and from the PowerSchool Teacher start page and the Parent Access pages, view all of the bulletin items, including expired items, from the Special Functions page. On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click "Show all bulletin items, including expired terms" to view bulletin items. The All Bulletin Items page appears. How to Edit a Daily Bulletin Item On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click the date of the bulletin item to be edited. The Edit Daily Bulletin Item page appears. Use the following table to edit information in the fields: Field Description Item Title Enter the title of the item. Date Range Enter the dates on which you want this item to appear using the format mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy. If you do not use this format, an alert appears. If you submit the date with an incorrect format, the date field will be submitted as a blank entry. Target Audience Use the pop-up menu to choose the audience of the bulletin item, identified by the user's permissions: Public: Everyone can view this bulletin item, including those using the URL [your school]/bulletin/[your school number].html. Teachers: Only those with permission to PowerSchool Teacher and the PowerSchool Admin webpages can view this bulletin item. Admin: Only those with permission to the PowerSchool Admin webpage can view this bulletin item. Sort Order Enter a number to determine the order in which you want the system to display this item relative to other items. The lower the sort order number, the higher the item appears on the daily bulletin. Note: You can use the sort order 0 or negative numbers, such as -1, to precede other entries. If two items have the same sort order number, the first one created precedes the other. The audience does not affect the sort order. Item Body Enter the text of the bulletin item. Click Submit. The Daily Bulletin Setup page displays the edited bulletin item. How to Delete a Daily Bulletin Item On the start page, choose Special Functions from the main menu. Click Daily Bulletin Setup. The Daily Bulletin Setup page appears. Click the date of the bulletin item to be deleted. The Edit Daily Bulletin Item page appears. Click Delete. The Selection Deleted page appears.

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