Do you have questions about our new Online Enrollment service? Read below to find some answers to your most frequently asked questions.

Q: Does Online Enrollment work for both new students that are enrolling into school and returning students that are re-enrolling?

A: Yes. Online Enrollment supports initial enrollment of new students and re-enrollment of returning students.

Q: Does it work like Online Application?

A: Yes. Online Enrollment is integrated with Online Application. They will both display the same designs, school branding and school colors on the online forms presented to parents. They also share the same processes and content management system so if you know how to use Online Application, then Online Enrollment will require very little new training.

Q: How is Online Enrollment different from Online Application?

A: Online Enrollment is intended for new students that have already been accepted into school, and returning students that are re-enrolling. Online Application is for students who are initially applying to the school.

Online Application is accessed by prospective parents through your school’s public website. Online Enrollment is accessed through a secure ParentsWeb login available only to parents within your school community, including parents of new students.

Online Application presents to prospective parents online demographic forms that are blank so parents can initially enter their information. Online Enrollment presents to parents pre-populated demographic forms so parents can simply update any demographic or contact information that has changed from what RenWeb has on record.

Finally, Online Enrollment typically has different supplemental forms that are requested from parents than the supplemental forms requested from applying parents in Online Application.

For more answers to your questions about Online Enrollment, please see our Frequently Asked Questions and Pricing Details guide.

To see Online Enrollment in action, please register for a FREE demonstration webinar! 

Have you seen the announcement on our launch of Online Enrollment yet? Online Enrollment is an extension of RenWeb's Online Application service and provides schools an online process for enrolling new students into school and re-enrolling returning students.

Below are scheduled times and dates for our upcoming webinars that will demonstrate the capabilities of Online Enrollment.  We encourage you to register today for one of these sessions to reserve your seat in the webinar.

• Tuesday, November 29 - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm CST
• Wednesday, November 30 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST
• Thursday, December 1 - 9:00 am - 10:30 am CST

In the meantime, please feel free to review these Frequently Asked Questions and Pricing Details.

To sign up now for Online Enrollment and be first-in-line for setup, go to Report Manager > Product & Services > Online Enrollment Sign Up > Print. Then authorize the order form and submit it.  A RenWeb Project Manager will then contact you to begin the setup process.

Did you know you can keep track of a student's prescribed or over-the-counter medication in RenWeb?

Here's how to set it up:

Adding a Student's Prescribed Medication

1. From the Medical screen, click the Medication tab.
2. In order to add a medication, double-click a blank row in the Prescribed Medications grid area.  
3. Type in the appropriate information.
4. Select Self Administer, Discontinued, or Daily Schedule as appropriate.
5. Click Save to keep the configuration information or click Cancel to exit without saving.

Note: By selecting the Daily Schedule option an entry is added into the Scheduled Medications area.

Configuring Approved Over the Counter Medications

1. From the Medical screen, click the Medication tab.
2. Click the Configure OTC button. The OTC Configuration screen opens.

1. In the Name field type the name of the over the counter (OTC) medication to add.
2. Select District Wide if the medication is available to all schools in the district.
3. Select a Sort Order.  If you want to insert an item into the sort order, click on an item that has already been entered and click Move Up or Move Down to make available the desired Sort Order.
4. Click Save to add the medication to the list of OTC medications or click Exit to leave the screen without saving.

Do you have a Frequently Asked Question suggestion for us? Email us at socialmedia@renweb.com! 

Here's what a fan of RenWeb at the Catholic Diocese of Victoria had to say:

Parents and teachers love RenWeb because it allows them to receive immediate feedback – teachers don’t have to deal with the hassle of sending paper home and waiting for them to be returned, and parents can get online anytime and check their child’s grades and behavior so they can nip any kind of problem in the bud.


I love it, too, because as a Superintendent I can receive notes through RenWeb that keep me informed and up-to-date with what is going on in each school. -- Sister Gloria Cain, SSND, Former Superintendent of Victoria, TX Diocese, 15 RenWeb schools with over 2,900 students

If you're interested in learning more or wish to submit your own quote for a Fans Review RenWeb! post, please email us at socialmedia@renweb.com or leave a comment below!

We've been reading an article on Mashable.com* that discusses various ways schools can use Facebook to build an online community and to interact with students and parents in new and exciting ways.

Here are some of the article's suggestions on how schools can use Facebook:

• Share upcoming events
• Make school announcements
• Share photos (i.e., celebrations of student work, field trips, assemblies, recognition of individual students, etc.)
• Share videos (i.e., sporting events and concerts)
• Attract new staff
• Attract new students
• Use Facebook polls and Questions to get direct feedback from the school community

Is your school on Facebook? What are some ways you are building an online community through your school's Facebook Page?

*How Schools Can Use Facebook to Build an Online Community by David Hartstein

Would you like to update your Report Card?  Learn how with the RenWeb Customization Kit!

RenWeb is pleased to announce upcoming live demonstrations of the RenWeb Customization Kit. The Customization Kit enables schools to:

• Customize report card  templates, student and family-based reports, and accounting statements.
• Brand communications by compiling and deploying custom dynamic web forms and email templates.
• Enhance your Online Giving site with access to the style sheet for Donate Online.

The webinar demonstrations will cover how to create a Report Card, how to customize an existing Report Card template, how to brand your email communications, and where to find additional documentation and online training videos to view.

Following the sessions, attendees will be provided access to the RenWeb Customization Kit at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a $495 annual subscription and have access to the service year round.
 
In order to be successful with the Customization Kit, users must have a basic understanding of HTML. To test your knowledge, we recommend you take the following online Quiz. If you cannot pass the quiz, you will not be successful with the Customization Kit.
 
To sign up and register for the free session, please click on the link below:
 
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:00 to 10:00 AM CDT
 
Cost: FREE
 
For more information regarding the RenWeb Customization Kit, please go to RenWeb's Online Help. To access, click the Online Help button from the main screen of RenWeb, then click the RenWeb Customization Kit folder to view documentation, FAQ's and help demonstration videos.
 
To sign up for the RenWeb Customization Kit, go to the main screen of RenWeb and click Report Manager, then select the Products and Services category, then select RenWeb Customization Kit- Sign Up and click print. Fill out the authorization form and your account will be activated within 1 business day.