Training will be held online via Google Meet, please take the time to read through the details below so that you know what to expect on the day.

Fee

Tickets cost €140 ex. VAT (€172.20 inc. VAT) per attendee per day.

**Cancellations should be made 48 hours in advance to avoid charges.**

Please note: the reason the price is listed as ‘free’ at time of booking is because we don’t take payment via Eventbrite, however your school will be invoiced after the event instead.

Schedule for day

Training will be held online via Google Meet. It consists of a morning webinar from 9:15am - 12:00pm followed by an individual, one to one 30 minute video call with the trainer in the afternoon.

Morning webinar

A reminder for the morning webinar will be emailed to you automatically by eventbrite once you book your ticket, and then again 48 hours prior, 2 hours prior, and when the event starts.

On the morning of, go to that email and click ‘View the event’ > then ‘Join now’ to access the video call > then click ‘Ask to Join’. (Please note that you won’t be actually admitted into the meeting until 9.15 sharp as we have to admit people manually).

Important note: if you don’t already have an Eventbrite account, please create one in advance so that you don't have to rush to do so as the training is starting. Do this by clicking ‘View the event’ in your email and follow the steps.

When on the video call, you will be able to hear the trainer speak and view their computer screen. You can leave your own camera on or off but we ask that for the duration of the lecture part of the webinar, you keep your mic off unless otherwise instructed as it can cause sound/feedback issues.

Afternoon one to one call

Your unique Google Meet link for your individual one to one session in the afternoon will be emailed to you directly.

*****Please email lclarke@vsware.ie if you would like to request a specific afternoon time slot in advance (see times below). Otherwise, you will be allocated a time the day before the training. If you are not able to attend your one to one session on the day, we will not be able to arrange it for another date.*****

Times

Webinar: 9:15 – 12:00 (break from 10:35-10:50)

One to one sessions:

Attendee 1: 12:15 – 12:45

Attendee 2: 12:50 – 13:20

Attendee 3: 13:25 – 13:55

Attendee 4: 14:00 – 14:30

Attendee 5: 14:35 – 15:05

Attendee 6: 15:10 – 15:40

Attendee 7: 15:45 – 16:15

Attendee 8: 16:20 – 16:50

Course Content

Exams /Assessments- 30

Bulk enter state Exam numbers per class (e.g. LC & JC Results)

How to enter State Exam Results per class

Using Assessment reporting section

Setting up Target Grades

Setting up Class Assessment for a teacher

VS Mail – 30

Explaining how VS mail works

Configuring who can use VS-Mail & what they can do (e.g. teachers ,year heads etc.)

How to use VS-Mail (secretaries / principal /teachers etc.)

How a parent can use VS-Mail

How to setup the Attendance submission request function on VS-Mail

How to setup templates on VS-Mail.

Access rights- 20

Generating parental access – What is involved

Parental /student access overview

How to create a list of parents Usernames

How best to re-issue a forgotten username to a parent

How to view a parents app profile

BREAK: 15

Resource Classes: 40

How to setup a resource class

How to populate a Resource Class with students

How best to address the removal of a student for a resource class during the week and not all lessons

of a subject (e.g Remove a student out of 1 of 3 periods of Religion during the week).

How to remove if exam results are not being added for a resource class.

Room bookings:

How to use room bookings

How to setup a room on room bookings (e.g. iPad trolley etc.)

Substitution & Supervision - 30

How best to address /reallocate a teacher’s timetable once constructed and published

Manually editing teacher timetables – assigning S&S offerings, removing /adding teaching groups

Adding new teaching groups and rooms – Pastoral Care, Tutorial etc