Dear Parents:

We are inviting you, as parents, to join the Cobb County School District PARENT PORTAL program. This program is an integral part of our student information system, SchoolMax. By joining this program, you will have instant, online access to your child’s attendance, tardies, and discipline. You will also have access to grading data for each class in which your child is enrolled, with assignments updated on a regular basis.

By implementing this new PARENT PORTAL program, we hope to provide you with access to timely information. This initiative has proven to be an efficient communication tool for parents and the Cobb County School District.

In order to participate, you must enroll in the program. Please review the information included with this packet. The completed form must be returned to school in person. We will then enroll you in the program and provide the web address, a user name, and a temporary password to you. If you have used iParent in the past, you will not need to register again. The system is set up by families, not by individual students. You can use one account to access information on your middle and high school students.

Cobb County School District

iParent User Guidelines and System Requirements

Your iParent account will become active as soon as we receive your signed copy of the Acceptable Use Policy/User Guidelines. The login information and instructions must be picked up by a parent at the school.

1.  Parents will have access to the following data about their child:

a.  Attendance – updated daily

b.  Grades for current classes – updates will vary from class to class. Parents can expect that grades for an assignment will be posted within one week after that assignment has been turned in.  Teachers will need adequate time to grade all of the student work and post the grades.

c.  Transcripts (high school only) – updated each semester

2.  Parents must pick up login information and instructions in person at the school. The Acceptable Use Policy/User Guidelines must be turned in at that time.

3.  Parents must create a user ID and password the first time they login to the site.

4.  Parents will not share this password with anyone and will not set their browsers to auto login to iParent.

5.  System recommendations for home computers are as follows:

a.  Internet connection – 56K modem speed or greater.

b.  Browser – Internet Explorer 5 (IE5.5) or higher; Mac or Windows.

c.  Monitor – at least 800 x 600 resolution.

6.  Security features of iParent are as follows:

a.  Three unsuccessful login attempts will disable your account. Parents will then have to contact the Cobb County School District’s Technology Customer Care Center via e-mail (techhelp@cobbk12.org) to have the account reactivated.

b.  You will be automatically logged off if you leave the iParent browser open and inactive for a period of time.

c.  All attempts at logging into the system are recorded and monitored and a full audit trail is tracked on sensitive data.

7.  Technical assistance is available through the Cobb County School District’s Technology Customer Care Center via e-mail at techhelp@cobbk12.org

iParent Instructions for Creating a NEW Account

If you have had an account in the past, continue to use that account.  All of your students will be listed for access. Accounts are established for families, not individual students.

1.  Type in the web address: www.cobbk12.org (site best viewed using Internet Explorer)

2.  Click on “PICASSO”

3.  Click on “login” under iParent (you may want to bookmark this site for future access)

4.  Choose “I haven’t registered yet”

5.  Enter district # 0633

6.  Enter access key exactly as written with NO SPACES

7.  Enter birth date of your oldest child currently enrolled in the school district

8.  Create your own user name (at least 6 characters)

9.  Create your password

10.  Answer password hint questions

11.  Log in

You should see a screen with all of your students listed. You will have the option to view attendance information, grade information, and the current schedule. These choices are listed on the LEFT of the screen. Information is available only for middle and high school students.

BE SURE TO ALWAYS LOG OUT!! (ON LEFT)

After the above steps have been completed, you will need to do the following when you log in again:

Enter web address

Click on     “PICASSO”   then   “iParent”

At log in screen, enter district # (0633), user name and password

Click log in

If you need assistance, you may contact the Cobb County School District’s Technology Customer Care Center via e-mail at techhelp@cobbk12.org

8/20/2004

Your iParent contacts at Campbell are:

, 678-842-6850, ext. 276

Joyce Blocker, 678-842-6850, ext. 221