MUSAC Seminars

Term 2 Schedule - Seminars start 30 May 2013 onwards

We've running a comprehensive range of MUSAC seminars scheduled in 5 North Island locations throughout term 2.

Our courses cover a large range of functionality offered within the MUSAC software suite. In brief, highlights this term include our popular Student Manager (including MOE July Returns) and  Library Manager seminars, as well as our ClassRoom Manager graphing seminars  -

*Introduction to Graphing*             *Cohort Graphing*             *Graphing Menus*             

Course numbers are limited so make a booking today.

Please note that bookings are required 10 days prior to a seminar.

As authorised MUSAC Agents since 1992, Edtech’s MUSAC seminars provide a quality of training that is second to none. Most seminars are 2 hours duration and at just $140 + GST per person, offer great value for money.  ClassRoom Manager seminars vary in duration.  Costs of these seminars are noted in the course outline.

Free edge demonstrations in Auckland and lower North Island Locations

We are offering FREE edge demonstrations in Auckland and lower North Island locations. Edge is MUSAC's new cloud-based School Management Software (SMS). It is an exciting and new way forward for online Student Management and Assessment systems - simple to use and intuitive.

View details of our full range of seminars on offer this term, including course dates and locations, here:

Seminar and Demonstration venues
 Auckland:
 Edtech Office

 570 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, Auckland.
 Hamilton:
 Edtech Office

 401 Anglesea Street, Hamilton
 Napier:
 Palm City Motor Inn

 31 Georges Drive, Napier
 Palmerston North:
 Telco (Edtech) Office

 9 Edgeware Road, Palmerston North
 Wellington:
 Capital Gateway Motor Inn

 1 Newlands Road, Wellington

 

 

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edge - MUSAC's new online SMS

 

edge Demonstrations (free of charge)
 
Overview:  
edge is MUSAC's new cloud-based School Management Software (SMS).
Edtech invite you to come along to a free demonstration and have a look at this new product.
It is an exciting and new way forward for online Student Management and Assessment systems - simple to use and intuitive.

Demonstration covers:

 
  • Student Administration
  • Curriculum (Assessment and Analysis)
  • Attendance
  • Staffing

You can view further details at http://www.musac.co.nz/musac-edge
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Venues    
Auckland:   Friday, 31 May; 10.00am - 12.00noon
Friday, 31 May; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Thursday, 13 June; 10.00am - 12.00noon
Thursday, 13 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Thursday, 27 June; 10.00am - 12.00noon
Thursday, 27 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Wellington:   Wednesday, 5 June; 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Napier:   Tuesday, 11 June; 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 30 May; 4.00pm - 5.30pm
     
Please complete the booking form below if you wish to register to attend a demonstration.

 

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Student Manager Seminars on offer this term

 

Student Manager July Returns
 
Overview:     How to prepare your July returns for MOE

Features: 

  
  • Step by step instructions
  • Preparation and printing documents
  • How to send returns electronically
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Monday, 24 June; 10.00am - 12.00noon
Monday, 24 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Student Manager Essential Features
 
Overview:      An introduction to the essential features of Student Manager that you will use on a daily basis. Ideal for users who have already had an on-site introductory training session and would like these skills refreshed.

Features: 

  
  • Configuration (setting up new users, rights and allocating documents)
  • Setting filters (including advanced filtering, tag lists and fast text searches)
  • Edit/add (Shortcut keys and default data)
  • Printing (including all aspects of User Defined Lists and creating labels)
  • Backing up
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Monday, 17 June; 10.00am - 12 noon
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 30 May; 9.30am - 11.30am
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Student Manager Advanced Features
 
Overview:   For confident Student Manager users, this course will show you how to progress into more advanced features

Features: 

  
  • Grid editing - learn how to quickly and easily identify students who fit certain criteria, check for missing data and globally enter new data. Includes how to create your own grid documents and how to export data.
  • Word processing - create individual and group letters.
  • Creating popup files and linking to re-namable category
  • Utilities - including family utilities, managing photos, exporting student data and backing up.
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Monday, 17 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Hamilton:   Wednesday, 12 June; 10.00am - 12noon
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 13 June; 10.00am - 12noon
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Student Manager Financial Features
 
Overview:   For users of Student Manager who are ready to move into using the financial features of the programme.
Features:  
This course covers all aspects of managing student finances including:
  • Setting up billable items
  • Receipting
  • Using reports to your best advantage
  • Creating reminder letters (statements)
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 13 June; 1.30pm - 3.30pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Student Manager Pastoral with Graphs
 
Overview:   For teaching staff responsible for the pastoral care of students.

Features: 

  
  • Configuration of the pastoral area - how to set up.
  • Recording of offences, merits and support transactions.
  • Printing of pastoral lists
  • Pre-designing of documents to automatically generate as a transaction is recorded (e.g. letters to parents, certificates of merit).
  • Using Pastoral with PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)
  • Creating graphs in Excel from pastoral data.
Suitable for:   All schools
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Monday, 10 June; 10.00am - 12noon
Wellington:   Wednesday, 5 June; 9.30am - 11.30am
Napier:   Tuesday, 11 June; 10.00am - 12noon
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 27 June; 1.30pm - 3.30pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Student Manager Customisation and Document Design
 
Overview:   For users of Student Manager who would like to learn how to customise their existing documents, store information specific to their school and create new documents to reflect this.

Features: 

  
  • Document design including design tools.
  • Data assistant and linking of data.
  • Customisation of existing documents.
  • Column maintenance.
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 4 July; 1.30pm - 3.30pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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ClassRoom Manager Seminars on offer this term

 

ClassRoom Manager Administration and Data Analysis
 
Overview:   This course is a refresher for existing ClassRoom Manager users. Suitable for senior teachers or teachers with ClassRoom Manager responsibility.
Features:  
CM Admin
  • Maintaining teacher dossiers.
  • Group rights.
  • Backing up.
  • Using comment banks.
CM Teacher
  • Using the GO documents.
  • Using the formulae and conversions.
  • Using the columns functions.
  • Printing.
  • And a brief look at the types of graphs and tables available.
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools
Cost:   $180.00+GST per person (2.5hr seminar)
Venues    
Hamilton:   Wednesday, 19 June; 9.30am - 12noon
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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ClassRoom Manager Introduction to Graphing
 
Overview:   For confident ClassRoom Manager users with an interest in learning how to create the graphs and tables that aggregate school-wide data. Covers current year analysis only.

Features:

  
  • Bar graphs
  • Named graphs
  • Basic tables
  • Gender / Ethnic comparisons
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools
Cost:   $200.00+GST per person (3hr seminar)
Venues    
Auckland:   Tuesday, 11 June; 12.30pm - 3.30pm
Wellington:   Wednesday, 5 June; 12.30pm - 3.30pm
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 30 May; 12.30pm - 3.30pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.
 

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ClassRoom Manager Cohort Graphing
 
Note:   Participants MUST HAVE FIRST ATTENDED the ClassRoom Manager Introduction to Graphing seminar.
Overview:   For confident ClassRoom Manager users with an interest in learning how to create the graphs and tables that aggregate school-wide data. Covers progress tracking.

Features:

  
  • Tables
  • Bar graphs
  • Progress within a Year (e.g. Feb-Nov)
  • Progress across Years (e.g. Year 5 to Year 6)
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $200.00+GST per person (3hr seminar)
Venues    
Auckland:   Tuesday, 25 June; 12.30pm - 3.30pm
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 27 June; 9.30pm - 12.30pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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ClassRoom Manager Graphing Menus
 
Note:   Participants MUST HAVE FIRST ATTENDED the ClassRoom Manager Introduction to Graphing seminar.
Overview:   For confident ClassRoom Manager users with an interest in learning how to create a menu driven system to access the graphs/tables.
Features:
  
This seminar will take you through the steps required to create a simple graph menu document. You will learn how to link graphs that you havge created to the menu page and add the menu to teacher dossiers.
  • Design of Menu pages
  • Linking to graphs/spreadsheets
  • Giving access to teachers via dossier creation
  • Setting data analysis main menu page to autoload
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $200.00+GST per person (3hr seminar)
Venues    
Palmerston North:   Thursday, 4 July; 10.00am - 1.00pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.

 

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Staff Manager Seminars on offer this term

 

Staff Manager
 
Overview:   For users responsible for the managment of information relating to staff members. Learn how to set up Staff Manager to make it easy to keep track of all the various details in one central location. This course covers personal details, leave, PD courses and how to generate lists, rosters, arrange reliefs and more.
Features:  
Learn how to:
  • Record staff personal details (address/DOB/qualifications,registration expiry etc)
  • Keep record of leave (sick/discretionary etc) and professional development. Staff reviews.
  • Filter and generate lists of staff details, create mail merge documents and term duty rosters.
  • Keep details of relievers.
Suitable for:   Primary and Intermediate Schools only
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Monday, 10 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.
 

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Library Manager Seminars on offer this term

 

Library Manager Introduction
 
Overview:   This seminar is a refresher course for users with basic knowledge of MLM.
Features:  
Learn how to:
  • Add books to your catalogue using manual entry or from Web supplier e.g. SCIS, National Library
  • Add/update borrowers
  • Create basic filters
  • Circulation - issues and returns
  • Basic cleanup facility - removing deleted borrowers, bulk status change, quick search and replace
  • Print basic list for borrower barcodes, overdue notices etc.
  • OPAC (Online Public Access) Searches.
Suitable for:   All schools
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Wednesday, 5 June; 11.00am - 1.00pm
Hamilton:   Wednesday, 12 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Napier:   Tuesday, 11 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.
 

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Library Manager Advanced Features
 
Overview:   For experienced MUSAC Library Manager users wanting to upgrade their skills and find out how to benefit from using the more intricate features available in the programme..

Features:

  
  • Advanced Filters
  • Advanced search and replace facility
  • Import / export of data
  • Seperating library databases
Suitable for:   All schools
Cost:   $140.00+GST per person
Venues    
Auckland:   Wednesday, 19 June; 11.00am - 1.00pm
Hamilton:   Wednesday, 19 June; 1.00pm - 3.00pm
     
Please click on Seminar Bookings (from the tree on LHS) and complete the form to register for this seminar.