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Data Verification – Mass Notification What is Data Verification? Data verification is the process of checking the data imported, such as student, parent and staff data, against the data in your SIS, for accuracy. Once the files are sent to Blackboard and the Data Integration Specialist has completed the imports, it is very important to go over the data and verify that the data is accurate. STEP 1 – VERIFY ACCOUNT DATA There are 2 ways to verify account data for Mass Notifications. Both methods of data validation are outlined below. 1.) The first way to verify account data is through your BB Comms online web portal. 2.) The second way is through the BB Comms HQ App. This app is only for administrators (you can only log in with District Administrator credentials), and allows you to easily view and verify student, staff, and parent data. Administrators can send messages through both the online web portal as well as through the HQ app. BB Comms Web Portal Data Verification Steps 1. Once you have received the credentials to access the website from the project manager, go to https://INSERTDISTRICTNAME.parentlink.net and enter the credentials provided. 2. Once you enter the UI, the simplest and most basic way to check your data is by clicking on the ACCOUNTS tab as indicated in the image below (Figure 1).

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Data  Verification  –  Mass  Notification    What  is  Data  Verification?  Data  verification  is  the  process  of  checking  the  data  imported,  such  as  student,  parent  and  staff  data,  against  the  data  in  your  SIS,  for  accuracy.  Once  the  files  are  sent  to  Blackboard  and  the  Data  Integration  Specialist  has  completed  the  imports,  it  is  very  important  to  go  over  the  data  and  verify  that  the  data  is  accurate.    

STEP  1  –  VERIFY  ACCOUNT  DATA    There  are  2  ways  to  verify  account  data  for  Mass  Notifications.  Both  methods  of  data  validation  are  outlined  below.    

1.) The  first  way  to  verify  account  data  is  through  your  BB  Comms  online  web  portal.        

2.) The  second  way  is  through  the  BB  Comms  HQ  App.  This  app  is  only  for  administrators  (you  can  only  log  in  with  District  Administrator  credentials),  and  allows  you  to  easily  view  and  verify  student,  staff,  and  parent  data.  Administrators  can  send  messages  through  both  the  online  web  portal  as  well  as  through  the  HQ  app.      

BB  Comms  Web  Portal    

Data  Verification  Steps  1. Once  you  have  received  the  credentials  to  access  the  website  from  the  project  manager,  

go  to  https://INSERTDISTRICTNAME.parentlink.net  and  enter  the  credentials  provided.      

2. Once  you  enter  the  UI,  the  simplest  and  most  basic  way  to  check  your  data  is  by  clicking  on  the  ACCOUNTS  tab  as  indicated  in  the  image  below  (Figure  1).    

 Figure  1  

3. To  locate  students,  parents,  or  staff  members  for  a  certain  school,  click  on  the  Role  drop  down  menu  (Figure  2:  Red  arrow)  and  choose  the  role  that  you  wish  to  verify.  Next,  click  on  the  School  drop  down  menu  (Figure  2:  Blue  arrow)  and  choose  the  school  in  which  you  want  your  role  to  populate.  Then,  click  on  List  Accounts  indicated  by  the  orange  arrow  below.  You  will  want  to  check  several  different  roles  and  schools.    

 Figure  2  

 

4. The  quickest  way  to  search  for  an  individual  person  is  by  typing  their  name  in  the  Name  box  (Figure  3:  Blue  Arrow),  or  searching  for  their  account  in  the  Account  Search  search  engine  (Figure  3:  Red  Arrow).  NOTE  –  the  Account  Search  engine  (Red  Arrow)  updates  every  24  hours,  so  data  might  be  a  day  behind  if  you’re  using  this  search  box.  It  is  recommended  to  use  the  Name  box  (blue  arrow).  

 Figure  3  

Verifying  Student  Data  1. Choose  Student  in  the  Role  drop  down  menu,  and  the  school  you  want  to  check  in  

the  School  drop  down  menu.  Click  on  List  Accounts,  and  accounts  will  populate  as  shown  below.  The  accounts  below  are  for  demo  purposes.  

 Figure  4  

     

2. Click  on  the  student  you  wish  to  verify.  A  new  box  will  appear  displaying  the  information  imported  for  that  certain  student.  On  the  top  of  that  box,  there  are  multiple  tabs  for  different  information,  depending  on  the  files  imported.  Click  on  the  PARENTS  tab  to  check  the  parents  associated  with  the  student.  To  check  classes  or  attendance  information,  just  click  on  the  Attendance  and  Classes  tab  (assuming  the  package  you  purchased  contains  enrollment  data  for  classes,  schedules  and  grades).    

 Figure  5  

 Checking  Parent  Data  

1. Choose  Parent  in  the  Role  drop  down  menu,  and  the  school  in  the  School  drop  down  menu.  Click  on  List  Accounts  to  populate  all  the  parents  for  that  certain  school.    

 Figure  6  

2. Similar  to  Students,  click  on  the  desired  parent.  A  box  will  appear  displaying  the  information  for  that  parent  (Figure  7).  There  are  also  different  tabs  on  the  top  of  the  box  to  display  additional  information.  Note  that  it  is  important  to  check  that  all  students  show  up  in  the  Students  tab  for  that  certain  parent,  even  if  not  all  students  are  associated  with  the  particular  school  chosen  in  the  School  drop  down  menu.    

 Figure  7  

 Checking  Staff  Data  

1. Under  the  Role  menu,  there  are  different  options  for  different  roles  for  staff.  Depending  on  the  staff  file,  different  staff  members  could  be  assigned  different  roles.  Note  that  we  need  to  receive  Role  IDs  in  the  staff  file  in  order  for  staff  to  fall  into  the  various  Role  categories.  

 Figure  8  

   

2. After  choosing  the  desired  staff  member,  a  new  box  will  appear,  displaying  similar  information  as  the  students  and  parents.  If  the  staff  member  is  a  teacher,  the  classes  tab  will  show  the  classes  associated  with  this  certain  teacher  (assuming  enrollment  information  has  been  imported).  Please  feel  free  to  navigate  through  the  tabs  to  verify  additional  data.  

 

 Figure  9  

BB  CommsHQ  App    

Data  Verification  Steps  

1. Search  for  “Blackboard  Communications  HQ”  in  the  app  store  to  download  the  HQ  app.  

   

2. Once  you  have  downloaded  the  app,  search  for  your  district  name  in  the  search  box  and  then  select  your  district.  

   

     

3. Login  with  your  district  admin  credentials  and  then  click  on  the  Directory  icon.    

   

4. From  here,  you  can  click  on  the  Schools,  Staff,  Parents,  and  Students  tab  and  enter  in  names  in  the  search  box  to  verify  account  data.  Below,  I  clicked  on  the  Student  tab  and  searched  for  student  Emma  Lopez.  Note  that  this  screen  will  look  slightly  different  on  

Android  devices  compared  to  the  Apple  device  below.    

   

5. From  here,  you  can  view  and  verify  student  account  data,  including  addresses  and  contact  information.  

 6. By  logging  into  the  BB  CommsHQ  app,  you  can  check  as  many  student,  parent,  and  staff  as  

you’d  like  for  data  verification.  

 STEP  2  –  VERIFY  AUTOMATED  LUNCH/ATTENDANCE  MESSAGES   (if  appl icable)    Checking  the  Message  Tracking  Report  If  automated  attendance  and/or  lunch  balance  messages  were  setup  by  your  DIS,  you’ll  want  to  check  the  message  tracking  report  to  verify  that  the  correct  students  were  identified  for  these  calls.  These  messages  will  be  setup  in  Post  to  Web  test  mode  initially,  meaning  that  no  actual  calls  will  go  out  until  you  confirm  that  the  message  tracking  report  is  accurate.    

 

1. Navigate  to  Reports  >  Message  Tracking    

 

   2. On  the  Message  Tracking  Report  page,  you  can  then  select  individual  schools  (or  view  all  

schools),  a  date  range,  and  a  message  type  from  the  Message  Category  dropdown.  Below,  I  selected  Cafeteria  Balance  for  all  schools.  Click  the  Generate  Report  button.  

 

   

3. From  here,  you  can  select  an  individual  message  to  view  the  report  for  that  particular  school.  

 

   

4. Next,  click  the  Mobile/Web  access:0  hyperlink  

 

     

5. Next,  change  the  Status  to  “All,”  and  click  the  Generate  Report  Button.  You  will  then  see  a  list  of  recipients  that  would  have  been  contacted.  

 

 

     

6. From  here,  you  can  click  the  view  button  or  the  radio  icon  button  on  an  individual  message  to  view  or  listen  to  how  the  message  would  have  gone  out.  

 

 

 7. These  same  steps  can  be  followed  for  verifying  automated  attendance  messages.  

 

 

 

Contact  your  Data  Specialist  

After  the  data  has  been  verified,  please  contact  your  Data  Specialist  to  let  him/her  know  whether  or  not  there  is  an  issue  with  the  data.