Essential data in real time.
Students:
- View admission status, course schedule, final grades, GPA
- Perform degree audit
- Pay fees with credit card or e-check
- View upcoming assignments
- View teacher-supplied course materials (such as the syllabus) online
- Take online quizzes
- View assignment & assessment grades and track performance in course
- Register for classes or apply for admission
Teachers:
- Take attendance
- Publish course information
- Announce upcoming homework assignments and assessments
- Create graded online assessments
- Prepare paper exams to be printed and scanned for grading
- Submit final grades (which are automatically calculated by the Focus/SIS gradebook) for transcripts
- Weight grades, exclude assignments for individual students, and customize grading scales
Secretaries & Administrators:
- Create student fields to store student information and perform searches and reports on these fields
- Add students to the system when they apply, and transfer the students when they are accepted
- Print transcripts
- Define user permissions
- Schedule students into classes
Take control of user access with incredibly fine-grained permissions.
Focus/SIS system administrators can assign read-only and editing access to any function within Focus/SIS. These permissions can be assigned to individual users or groups of users.
When describing Focus to another district, I tell them that it is user-friendly, very intuitive and that the company is always adding functions that meet teachers needs.
Meg Brown - Director of Technology - Flagler County Schools
We are happy to use Focus/SIS. As a new school, we were nervous about choosing a student information system. Focus/SIS has been a great choice. The responsiveness of the Focus team, trainings, troubleshooting and assistance has made using our SIS a breeze.
Malka Borrego - Executive Director - Equitas Academy Charter School
Administrators are able to get information about students in real-time.
Meg Brown - Director of Technology - Flagler County Schools
With Focus we got what we wanted – portal, grades, attendance, etc. - without spending as much...
Adam Lewis - Director of Technology - Elverado Schools
When describing Focus to another district, I tell them that it is user-friendly, very intuitive and that the company is always adding functions that meet teachers needs.
Meg Brown - Director of Technology - Flagler County Schools
The parent portal has been a huge success in getting parents involved in their child/children's education. Parents are very pleased with the ease of the program and ability to view all their children with one logon.
Maria McGovern - Flagler County Public Schools
The program is very user-friendly. If I do run into any problems, I simply pick up the phone or email tech support and I get a response in a timely manner. Everyone at Focus has been very helpful!
Patricia G. Mahaney - Director of Guidance - Kenston Forest School
Personally, I don’t think you need a lot of training with Focus because it is so easy to use.
Adam Lewis - Director of Technology - Elverado Schools
Administration and parents are pleased to have this valuable tool to encourage parent communication. The online gradebook has motivated teachers to be current in posting their grades and their assignments.
Maria McGovern - Flagler County Public Schools
The program is very user-friendly. If I do run into any problems, I simply pick up the phone or email tech support and I get a response in a timely manner. Everyone at Focus has been very helpful!
Patricia G. Mahaney - Director of Guidance - Kenston Forest School
Focus is very good at capturing translating, displaying and communicating information to key stakeholders.
John Just - Assistant Superintendent - Pinellas County Schools
