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Deployment Time Frame

k12pages is designed for rapid deployment. While each school and staff is different, it is not unreasonable to expect a content-rich, fully deployed site with hundreds of registered users in just a few weeks.

Registration – 15 Minutes (site webmaster)
Registration includes basic information about the school, district, and the webmaster’s account. In just minutes a school can have a fully functional site where staff can post content and parents and students can create OneStop Accounts.

Accounts Creation – 2 hours (site webmaster)
With little more than a name and email address, the webmaster can create a staff account that automatically emails login information to the staff member, enabling the immediate creation of courses and content. Organizational accounts, such as sports, activities, and committees, are created just as easily, automatically generating a connecting link and the organizations home page.

Site Formatting – 1-4 days (site webmaster)
New school sites begin with a stock template. k12pages offers many ways to customize the school’s website, including ways to copy templates from existing schools. Time required will vary with expertise, intricacy of design, and availability of previously created graphics

  • Independent Formatting - Each site webmaster has full control over color schemes, main page layout, and design/creation of headers and footers.
  • Format Replication - A school may choose to replicate the formatting from an existing school in the k12pages network. By doing so, formatting for most areas is copied directly from one school to another. Formatting can still be altered from that point. Background images, headers, and footers are not copied.
  • District Level Formatting - For districts wanting a high level of consistency, a webmaster at the district level can control the majority of the formatting of all district sites simultaneously. This greatly reduces the burden on the site webmasters but can reduce the uniqueness of each learning community.

Content Creation – varies (site webmaster)
Some schools may use the move to k12pages as an opportunity to start afresh with their web content. Other schools may want to transfer previously created information. In either case, some general school content (bus schedules, bell schedule, etc.) will need to be created. k12pages offers several easy ways to enter and upload content.

Staff Startup – 2-4 hours (building staff)
Staff accounts are created by the webmaster. Staff will receive an instant automated email providing login information. Tutorials in the teacher’s personal navigation bar will guide the teacher through editing his/her bio, course creation, posting announcements, posting assignments, creating calendars, posting to calendars, and much more. k12pages’ ease of use combined with the available tutorials will allow most staff a fast and successful self-startup.

Parent/Student OneStop Accounts – 15-30 minutes (parent/student)
Parents and students are responsible for creating and maintaining their own OneStop Account. Tutorials available in the user’s personalized navigation bar will help guide the user through account setup, adding students, adding classes, and creating/deleting subscriptions. Note that school personnel, including the webmaster, have no access to user passwords, logins, or account information, and virtually no responsibilities related to user accounts.

Staff Training – varies (site webmaster or peer mentors)
k12pages is designed to be intuitive and easy to navigate. Through the use of the supplied tutorials, the majority of staff members should find success in the basic tools that are available to them. For basic operation it is recommended that staff training be provided to those staff that would benefit from such training.

k12pages also is rich in its offerings, so opportunities for small group training on specific features should be expected.

Parent/Student Training
Ease of use and the supplied tutorials will aide most adults and older students in successfully creating and maintaining a OneStop Account. Younger students will benefit from a classroom trip to the computer lab for account setup and training.