Parent workshop including an overview of web portals, athletic groups, setting up automatic email and text notifications, AlertNow Rapid Communication system, iCal and RSS feeds.

1. November 2010

2.  Parent Portal
 Behind Your Password
◦ Profile
◦ Emergency Contacts
◦ Notifications
◦ Groups
◦ Customized Portal
 RSS Feeds
 iCal Feeds

3.  News
 Photos/ Videos
 Downloads
 Announcements
 Calendar
 Links
 Event Registrations
https://www.hamdenhall.org/podium/
default.aspx?t=128470&rc=1

4.  Profile
 Emergency Contacts (AlertNow Settings)
 Notifications
 My Child’s Groups
 Customize your Portal

5.  Personal Profile
 Your child’s profile
 Allows you to edit some information
 Please check to see that this info is correct

7.  Information that is pulled for AlertNow
System
 P is for Primary (receives all calls)
 E is for Emergency (receives emergency calls
only)
 Check this for yourself AND each child

9.  Allows you to subscribe to emails and/or text
messages for:
 announcements
 athletic changes
 athletic cancellations
 athletic scores posted

10.  allows you to easily see the athletic groups
your child is associated with

11.  Customize the information you want to see
 Add Announcements, Downloads, etc.
specific to the areas of the school you want to
see.

12.  What is an RSS feed?

13.  Click the orange feed button
 Copy the URL from the feed
 Go to RSS feed
 Add content
 Paste URL

15.  Locate an events channel you would like to
subscribe to
 Click the green iCal feed button
 Copy the URL
 Paste it into the calendar (It must accept iCal
feeds)