Preparation materials needed

INITIAL SET-UP OF DATABASE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY YEAR 2 2010-2011.

SCHOOL YEAR SET-UP WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO INCLUDE ALL NEW SCHOOL INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

During the initial setup of your School Database, you will need to get the following information together:

Datavan Office User Manual

Please click on the link to download a PDF copy of the Office Manual.

DADAVAN OFFICE USER MANUAL

Dadavan Teacher Manual

Please click on this link to download a PDF copy of the Teacher Manual.

DADAVAN TEACHER MANUAL

Attendance Module Update

For the new school year of 2010-2011, there have been some updates to the Attendance Module for improved calculations of attendance and the generation of monthly attendance reports for teachers and the school.

Attached is the new instructions for setting up the attendance module. For help on this contact Jesse Fiddler or Angus Miles to ensure that your attendance is updated properly.

Download Attendance Update Directions - Adobe PDF

Progress Report Update

For those schools using the new "Ontario Ministry of Education : Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario's Schools, First Edition Covering Grades 1 to 12" reporting guidelines, there is a new progress report available for Dadavan.

To request the new Progress Report for your school, please contact Jesse Fiddler at jessefiddler@knet.ca or 1-877-737-5638 ext 1712 and he can update your database with the new reports.

For those that have the new Progress Report, attached are the instructions for using the Progress Report.

Download Progress Report Instructions - MS Word Document

K.O. KNet's presentation

Please click on the link to download the power point presention.

K.O. KNet's Presentation

Starting up Dadavan

Here are the steps you need to take in order to get your school using your Dadavan server. It is best to do these steps in order to make it easier. Details of each step can be found in the Dadavan Office User Manual.

1. School Information
2. Year Setup
3. School Days
4. Employees
5. Homerooms
6. Students
7. Courses
8. Sections
9. Assigning Students
10. Attendance
11. Assigning Attendance
12. Backdating Attendance

Change Request Process

The following process is required for ALL requests for changes, customizations, and additions – whether you are looking for additional fields, new reports, changes to reports, new module development, etc.:

1. When a request comes from the school level, they submit it to the FNSSP Liason Worker who is overseeing the Dadavan Outcomes project at the school.

2. The FNSSP Liason forwards this request to the NAN FNSSP Database Manager at K-Net (Jesse Fiddler) who is responsible for approving customization or modifications to Outcomes reviews the request.

3. When the request is approved, a Change Request Form is completed and forwarded to Dadavan.

4. The Dadavan Project Manager reviews the request with the development and technical teams. The request should be as detailed as possible to ensure the development and technical teams fully understand the request.

5. Dadavan Project Manager provides a quotation with the estimated cost as well as the expected date of completion to the band/board representative.

Please note: any changes made for one school affects all schools using Outcomes in the band/board. It is strongly advised that one person at the band/board level ensure that the request is acceptable to all schools prior to submitting the request.

Download Change Request Form - MS Word Document