\nThe Administrative Center provides for management of the TIM Tools suite of applications. <\/em><\/p>\n
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There are three sections under the Schools tab:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Section 1: Alphabetical Lis<\/strong>t<\/p>\n Use this page to make any changes to the name or identifier of a school, change the zone of a school, or delete a school. A PDF report of the individual school roster and activity is also available.<\/p>\n Schools are displayed in alphabetical order and with their system ID and external identifier. The system ID is the internal identification code used by TIM Tools. The external identifier is any alphanumeric code your own system uses.<\/p>\n To change the school name or the related identifier, first click the Edit<\/strong> button. You will then see a form where you can change the name of the school or the unique identifier for the school. You may want to match the unique identifiers to the codes you use in other district systems. The identifier can be any alphanumeric code you wish. It must be unique, however. If you try to assign the same identifier to a second school, you will receive an alert that the identifier is already in use. When you have made the desired changes, click the Save Changes<\/strong> button and you will be returned to the Alphabetical List.<\/p>\n To change the Zone<\/strong> of a school, use the dropdown menu to select the new zone.<\/p>\n Use the Delete School<\/strong> button to delete a school.<\/p>\n Click the PDF Report<\/strong> Button to generate a PDF file of all the data from a particular school.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Section 2: Schools by Spreadsheet<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have many school changes to make, you may find it easier to make those changes via spreadsheet instead of entering each change individually.<\/p>\n 1. First, use the Download Schools<\/strong> button to download your current list of schools. When you open the spreadsheet in Excel you\u2019ll find four columns labeled: Your Identifier, School Name, Zone ID, and System ID.<\/p>\n Figure 5. Downloaded spreadsheet.<\/em><\/p>\n 2. Make any desired changes to the School Name<\/strong> or the Your Identifier<\/strong> columns, keeping in mind that each cell in the Your Identifier column must be a unique alphanumeric entry. Add each new school in its own row. Do not edit anything in column D (System ID). Save your spreadsheet somewhere easy to find on your computer.<\/p>\n 3. Click the Choose File<\/strong> button and select your revised spreadsheet.<\/p>\n 4. Click the Preview Import<\/strong> button. A report will display indicating each change. At this point no data has actually been changed in the database.<\/p>\n Figure 6. Schools Upload Preview. The preview shows that a correction has been made to the name Ann Petersen Middle, a change made to the identifier for Art Dunning Academy, and the John Jay Charter school successfully added. The report also shows one error. In changing Claretha Posel Elementary from zone 4 to zone 7, the administrator accidently entered \u201c47\u201d into the spreadsheet. Since the district did not happen to have a zone 47, an error was displayed.<\/em><\/p>\n 5. Apply the changes. You can apply the changes from within the School Upload Preview<\/strong> window by clicking on the Apply Changes<\/strong>button or you can close the Preview window and apply the changes by clicking the Apply Changes to Database<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n TIP: Be sure to indicate a zone for each school, even if you did not create any special zones of your own (in that case, just indicate the default zone ID for each school).<\/a> The default zone ID will always be 1. A SCHOOL WITHOUT A ZONE ID INDICATED WILL NOT BE IMPORTED<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Section 3: Add Schools Individually<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have only a few changes to make to your schools, it may be easier to make them in the Add Schools Individually<\/strong> window rather than using the spreadsheet method. Simply enter a name for the school. The system will automatically create a unique ID number for each school. <\/p>\n OPTIONAL: If you would prefer to use your own school ID, you can add your unique identifier where indicated. For example you may wish to use “CCHS” as your ID for “Center City High School.” Large districts usually have their own school codes that they would prefer to use rather than have the system generate a numeric ID.<\/span><\/p>\n Then select the zone from the dropdown menu and click the Add Individual School<\/strong> button. 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\nThe TUPS is the perfect tool to use annually, or at the beginning and end of any technology project to measure the changes in how teachers relate to technology in their work. It supports teacher inquiry by providing the teacher with a tool for recording changes in classroom usage of technology. The information is also useful for planning technology infrastructure and support and getting a snapshot of the perceptions of teachers.<\/p>\n
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\nThe ARTI tool provides a framework for teachers to design and conduct their own action research projects. ARTI takes teachers through the five basic steps of an action research project including: identification of a question, description of the context, data collection, analysis, and the creation of findings.<\/p>\n
\nAccessing School or District ARTI Data<\/p>\n
\nThe Report Tool allows a school or district to create new reports using the Report Builder. Choose the option to create new TIM-LP, TIM-O, TIM-R, or TUPS reports. Use the Report Tool Dashboard to review the number of complete, incomplete, published, and unpublished reports in your system. View all previous reports, along with newly created reports, in the Report List.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Survey Tool allows a school or district to create surveys on new topics as needed. The surveys can be offered to TIM members only or made available to the general public. Surveys can be built from scratch or users can start with a survey from the included library of sample surveys.<\/p>\n
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Figure 1. Schools tab showing an alphabetical list of current schools.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schools-2.jpg\")
Figure 2. School edit window.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Schools-3.jpg\")
Figure 3. Reassigning a school to a different zone.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIf you have a large district, you may find it convenient to set the Records per Page<\/strong> setting to a higher number.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Schools-4-1b.jpg\")
Figure 4. The Schools by Spreadsheet section.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/schools-5.jpg\")
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Figure 6. Adding a school individually. “Brand New High” has been entered with an identifier of “999”.<\/em><\/p>\n