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This wiki was created for ETEC 623 for my 3rd Project.
 * ETEC 623 Project Proposal **
 * Your Name:** Carla Felix


 * Project Title:** Wiki World

I would like to challenge myself to create a wiki to support classify staff in using eSchool Plus. What I plan to have in my wiki are several instruction on how to process report cards, how to run attendance, student searches, and scheduling reports. If time allows I will include other instructions. The instructions will contain screen shots of the student information system with written instructions. By creating a wiki I will be providing a new support system in which employees can add their own instruction on how to run reports in eSchool plus. For example, I might give 3 examples about running and attendance report for middle schools and a middle school might have their own examples of what works for them. In the past my department has held user groups meeting but attendance is low because employees are not able to leave their school site. The user groups were created to have different users from several sites discuss how they are using the different features available with eSchool plus. I have chosen to create a wiki because anyone can edit the information and from what I have read it is simple to use. By doing this project I expect to learn how to create a wiki and find out if it is an effective tool in providing support and training to employees.
 * Project Focus:** Supporting technology (focus 3)
 * Project Description: **

Week 7-research about how I may create a wiki Week 8- begin creating instructional materials Week 9-continue creating instructional materials Week 10-finish project
 * Project Artifacts: **
 * 1) I will create a wiki with instructions on how to how to process report cards, how to run attendance, discipline, and scheduling reports. If time allows I will include other instructions.
 * 2) I will have a survey posted in the wiki to help me determine if the instructions on the wiki are helpful and the areas that need improvement.
 * 3) My completed wiki will demonstrate my engagement in the process because I will create a product and encourage feedback.
 * Project Timeline: **

This project intends to develop online materials using a Wiki that may be updated by several users for maximum effectiveness and attempt to measure the effectiveness of these materials by providing a survey. Creating a Wiki was much simpler than I had imagined. I have heard about Wikis but never really knew what they were about so I googled Wikis. I found out that a Wiki is a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, excluding blocked users. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. The negative side of Wikis is that the information that may be entered can be incorrect. To prevent this from happening to the Wiki that I have created I will give access to DSUSD employees only to modify data. I have decided to create instructions of reports that employees do not run/process often, because these are the reports that they tend to forget how to process. These instructions may be utilized as training material or a refresher for eSchool Plus, the student information software in the district that I am employed. I work in the technology department, we only provide training’s a couple times a year, and we do most of our support by via phone or e-mail. My Wiki will be available on the district website. The instructions on my Wiki will not replace the face-to-face trainings that the department provides or the support via phone or email, but they will be an additional resource for employees that will allow the department to be more effective. There is a need for online instructions because some of the reports are only run a couple of times a year. Another reason why we need online instructions is because employees are not always cross-trained at their school site or department and when one of the employees is absent the other staff member needs constant support.  The results from this project will produce immediate assistance seven days a week twenty-four hours a day, because the Wiki will be available on the school district website. This will give the employees the opportunity to work at home because eSchool Plus is web-based. After doing this project, I realized that I should also include the most common reports or searches used by employees that are substituting for another employee.  This Wiki is my artifact and the guides on the left hand side under the navigation pain.
 * __ Reflection __**
 * Artifacts: **
 * 1) End of the day teacher status report
 * 2) End of the day teacher status report by teacher
 * 3) How to process report cards for high school students
 * 4) How to process report cards for high school students by course
 * 5) How to process reports cards for one or several students
 * 6) Print student schedules
 * 7) Print student schedules by grade level
 * 8) Search for students in a close course
 * 9) Search if a teacher has English Learner students
 * 10) Survey