txConnect – A Parent’s

View• Is a web-based application designed to allow parents

access to student information entered in the txGradebook.

• Utilizes a replicated database populated with student information

from the txGradebook.

• Uses automated services to update the database and generate

alerts regarding grades and/or attendance.

• Supports alert notifications via email based on district

configuration.

• Supports the use of a single parent account to access students

attending multiple campuses within the district.

• Help topics are available for each section of the application.

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Summary Page

Attendance

Grades

Assignments

Alerts

My Account

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From this page, a user may:

(1) establish a NEW account, (2) reset a password, or

(3) login to the application.

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IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, you

may proceed logging into Parent Portal

TxConnect. Your user name and password

do not change from year to year.

If you do not have an account, the

following directions are for you.

You will first need a Parent Portal ID which

you can get from your campus secretary

before you can set up an account.

6 to 9 alpha-numeric characters (ABC3333)

6 to 9 alpha-numeric characters (Abc1234)

Valid email address will be used for alerts

My Account - Students

To add a new student to the

account, the parent must enter

the Student Portal ID provided

by the campus along with the

student’s Birth Date and click

Add. The parent must then click

Save to apply the changes.

Summary

The information displayed in the class

schedule reflects what is in the

teachers grade book. Note, there is

a date and time stamp associated

with all grade and attendance

related information.

You can

have

more

than one

student

on your

account

Summary

The parent may

view Course or

Instructor Notes

entered by the

teacher in

txGradebook by

clicking on the

appropriate

yellow icon.

These notes appear

throughout the

txConnect application.

Attendance –

Detailed

The Attendance Key displays posting codes and

descriptions maintained in the Student Information

System (SIS). The attendance displayed on this page is

a combination of what the teacher posts in the grade

book and any changes made by the clerk in the SIS.

E-Excused Absence

U-Unexcused Absence

T-Tardy

Attendance – Calendar View

The Calendar View tab displays a

calendar for each month within

the selected semester. Shaded

boxes represent days where the

student has been marked absent

or tardy. The parent may click

on these boxes for more detail

Attendance – Total View

The Totals View tab is a summary

of absence and tardy totals for

each period.

Grades – Cycle Grades

The Cycle Grades tab displays

the current working cycle

average for each course in the

student’s schedule plus any

previously posted cycle grades

within the selected semester.

Grades – Cycle Grades

The Show All

link will reveal

detail for all

courses while

Hide All will

collapse that

detail.

By clicking on a cycle average,

the parent may view the category

and assignment detail within

each course.

Grades – Semester Grades

The Semester Grades tab will

display grade and credit

information from the SIS that has

already been awarded.

Assignments

Teachers are currently not required to

enter pending assignments.

Alerts – Subscribe to Alerts

Note, the parent may set up

custom alerts for each student

on their account.

Alerts – View Alerts

By checking the Read? box, the

alert will assume an

acknowledged status and will

only display on this tab if the

View Read Alerts box is checked.

My Account

To change any of the data on this

page, the parent will click the

appropriate Change link, enter

the new information and click

Save to update.

Need help?

Call Gigi Magee

Idalou ISD Admin office

(806) 892-1900 ext. 2000

gimagee@idalouisd.net