PIKE LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL Achieve Portal Tutorial A Guide for Parents Jeremy Mathews 2013-2014 This is a guide for parents on the use of the Achieve Portal with a complete step-by-step tutorial including screen shots. If there is something that is unclear in this manual, please contact Jeremy Mathews at pikelibtech@gmail.com with any questions. Note: Pike Liberal Arts must have a valid email address on file in order for Achieve to generate a user name and password for a parent. The generated user name and password will be sent to the email address provided by the parent.
Table of Contents Section 1: Logging into the Achieve Portal... 3 Section 2: Menu - School Schedule... 5 Section 3: Menu - Student/Household... 7 Section 4: Menu - Attendance... 11 Section 5: Menu - Classes... 14 Section 6: Menu - Download School Forms... 17 Section 7: Menu - Your Account... 18 Section 8: Menu - Logout... 20 Page 2
Achieve Portal Tutorial for Parents Section 1: Logging into the Achieve Portal 1 - Go to www.pikelib.com and click on the Achieve logo in the upper right hand corner of the screen, above the announcements link. This will take you to https://pike.achievetechnology.us. Page 3
2 - Type in the user name and password that was generated for you and emailed to you at the email address that you provided. 3 - You will see a Pike Liberal Arts banner in the middle of the screen and a menu at the left-hand side of the screen. Page 4
Section 2: Menu - School Schedule 1 - Click on the School Schedule option on the menu to see a calendar of your child s schedule. 2 - Clicking on your child s name will bring up a box with his/her schedule showing what classes he/she is taking at what periods, with which teacher, and in which classroom. Page 5
3 - You may notice that the menu disappears when you select an option from it. When you are ready to return to the navigation bar which contains the menu, click on the side panel which reads Click for Navigation Pane or simply click the green arrow at the top of the panel. Page 6
Section 3: Menu - Student/Household 1 - Click on the Student/Household option on the menu to see and edit your child s information as well as your parental information. 2 - Use the drop down menu at the top left of the screen to select a student if you have more than one child enrolled at Pike. Page 7
top. 3 - Once you have selected a student, you will see the following screen with tabs at the 4 - Click the Student tab at the top of the screen to view or edit student information. Page 8
5 - Click on the Household tab at the top of the screen to view or edit parental information. 6 - Click on the Emergency Contact tab to view and edit your emergency contacts. Page 9
7 - Click on the Authorized Pickup tab to view and edit persons authorized to pick-up your student from school. 8 - Once you have checked and updated all information, return to the General tab and click the box that reads, Click here to confirm that all information is correct. Page 10
Section 4: Menu - Attendance class. 1 - Click on the Attendance option on the menu to view your child s attendance records by 2 - Select a student then select a quarter from the drop down menus to view their attendance. Page 11
3 - You will see a record of attendance by class. There is an Attendance Key in the upper righthand corner of the screen that will show you the meanings of each column to the right. Page 12
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Section 5: Menu - Classes 1 - Click on the Classes option on the menu to view your child s grades by class. 2 - Select the child (if you have multiple children enrolled) and the quarter you wish to view. Page 14
class. 3 - You will see a list of your child s classes with their letter and numerical grades next to each 4 - At the far right of each row of classes you will see a column entitled Detail which lists the grading details for each class. Page 15
5 - Clicking on the individual class names will show all assignments and grades for those assignments in that particular class. Page 16
Section 6: Menu - Download School Forms 1 - Click on the Download School Forms option on the menu to download various school forms as they become available. 2 - Simply select the form(s) you wish to download from the drop down menu. Page 17
Section 7: Menu - Your Account Click on the My Account option on the menu for a tree-menu with the following two choices: A - Change Password and B - Rename Account Page 18
A. Change Password 1 - Click on Change Password to change the password to your Achieve Portal Account. Simply follow the directions in the pop-up box that appears. B. Rename Account 1 - Click on Rename Account if you would like to change your user name. Notice: This will delete your account and re-create it with your new user name but it will not change your password. Page 19
Section 8: Menu - Logout 1 - Click on the Logout option on the menu to log out of your current Achieve Portal session. NOTICE: Every effort was made to redact full names and student grade information. This accounts for the blacked-out and empty boxes in some of the screen shots above. Your child s information and your personal information will be displayed on your portal account without redaction. Page 20