Project Leads

Planning the project

• Preparing for a planning meeting
• Preparing the system
• Planning the menu
• Constructing the page menu
• Configuring the dashboard
• Branding your Firefly site
• Viewing as another user
• Preparing for initial training
• Migrating from your old system

Planning the Parent Portal

• Parent Portal overview
• Creating a parents' dashboard
• Plugin configuration
• Setting profile permissions
• Parent Portal pre-launch check
• Inviting parents to log in for the first time
• Communication options with parents

Planning the apps

• Teachers app overview & documentation
• Parents app overview & documentation
• Students app overview & documentation
• Introducing users to the Firefly apps

Using the Control Panel

• Control Panel overview
• Modifying the site structure
• Running reports
• Exporting all task data
• Advanced site settings
• Adding & editing users
• Adding & editing groups
• Resetting passwords
• Setting up an AUP

Firefly Insights

• The Summary Page
• Which resources do your school community find most useful?
• How do students in your school use Firefly?
• How do teachers in your school use Firefly?
• How can I understand parent engagement in our school?

Training options

• Introductory training
• Ongoing training
• Firefly Training Class

Preparing for a new academic year

• Changing your infrastructure
• Exporting all markbooks to CSV
• Bulk archiving all tasks
• Restricting access until the new academic year
• Adding new people to your MIS
• Keep up to date with the latest version
• Consider a training option for next year
• New academic year checklist
• Saving Firefly pages to use offline
• Training resources for new starters

Firefly 6

• Support for Firefly 5 has ended
• What's in Firefly 6?
• Upgrading to Firefly 6
• Switching to a compatible theme
• Communicating the changes
• Help and training

Moving from local to cloud

• Benefits of the cloud
• Testimonials
• Frequently asked questions
• Setting up AD Link