o     Enter the following url in the address bar of Internet Explorer: http://campusware.brazosportisd.net/pc/   or you can access it via the BISD Website – Quick Pick – CourseLinks.

o     Click on the Click here to sign up on the bottom of the screen.

o     Enter accurate information in the fields.  This information will be compared against student records as a qualification for approval.  Items with an asterisk are required.  Please do not use nicknames, but rather your full legal name.  You must have a valid email account or you cannot gain access.  If you do not have a valid email account there are multiple services that will sign you up for a free email account.  YOU MUST BE THE FIRST CONTACT LISTED IN OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO BE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED – if you are not the first contact your application may be denied but can be approved manually.  It may take a couple of days for this to be approved manually.

o     All users must agree to the terms of usage (displayed in the user agreement) that the school specifies.  Also, please note that the Password Requirements displayed below the blank password field.

o     Click Sign Up.

o    To request access to a student’s records – click on the Add Student button and fill out the form completely.  Take care that all data is accurate.  Access to your student’s grades will be approved or denied based on the information in the application.  After filling all required fields, click Submit, located near the bottom of the screen.  Your request may be processed automatically if all information is correct or it may have to be verified and processed by a school administrator.  You will be notified immediately whether your request was approved or denied.  Campus administrators will check daily to approve applications.  You can add multiple students to any account.

o    Student Grades – you can view the student’s courses, names of teachers, the period and the student’s average grade for each cycle in each course.  To view details about an average grade, click the grade that is highlighted in bright blue.  Please note that cycle grades will appear and until the cycle is over are to be considered temporary.  The recommended timeline for teachers to enter grades into the grade book is weekly for secondary schools and every two weeks for elementary schools.  If the teachers email address has been entered in that teacher’s profile, parents can click the teachers name to send the teacher an email.

o     Attendance – Attendance appears ONLY when an attendance code was entered for the student.  If the student has perfect attendance the screen will be blank.

o     Report Cards – ParentConnection allows you to download and view your student’s report card online.

o     Triggers – The Triggers tool allows you to receive notification if your students’ grades dip below a certain threshold, or if your students are marked absent or tardy.  We are experiencing issues with the text message feature because most cell phone carriers are blocking the text messages sent from our system – I recommend if possible to choose email until this issue is resolved. 

o     Discipline – This feature will allow you to view discipline on your student (not yet available in BISD).

o     Calendar – Any dates with attendance events will be highlighted, as shown above.  To view the attendance records for that day, click in the highlighted field.  Information related to the attendance event will be displayed to the right.  Administrators also have the ability to add school-wide and district-wide events and important dates to the calendar.

o     Manage Students – After creating their accounts, parents can add student associations to their account or manage existing student associations from this screen.  This is where you would add additional students.