Path: Student Information > Program Administration > Flags Setup
The Flags Setup tool allows schools and districts to assign indicators to a student for particular programs, alerts, or notices that may assist with the student's success in school. Any number of flags can be created for a school or district, and any number of flags can be assigned to a student.
This guide explains how to create a flag and convert a flag to a program.
For more information, see Flags Setup - Start here.
Create and maintain flags with this tool.Create a flag
- Select the New icon. A Flag Detail editor will appear to the right.
- Enter the Name of the flag.
- Enter a Code for the flag. This code can be a district-defined code or a state-defined code.
- Enter a Description of the flag.
- Mark the Flagged checkbox if this flag should display next to the student's name. If yes, then select a Flag Image and a Flag Color. There are 30 images and 12 colors to choose from.
- Mark other checkboxes (Contact, POS Display, Special Ed, State Reported) if applicable to this flag. See the Flag Setup overview article for details regarding the impact of selecting these checkboxes.
- Select a Flag Image to appear next to a student's name when this flag is assigned. This image will only display if flagged is selected.
- Click the Save button when finished. The new flag will appear in the Flags Editor tree.
Convert to program
If there are flags that would be better suited to be programs, use Convert to Program. This option requires the user to have full tool rights to (RWAD) to Program Admin > Flags.
Flags can be converted to programs.- Click the Convert to Program button. A warning message displays explaining what happens, as follows:
- The image associated with the flag no longer displays next to the student's name.
- User warnings associated with the student are erased.
- Participation details move to the Program Participation > Programs tool.
- Click OK to continue the conversion process. A confirmation message displays. The flag that was converted no longer displays in the Flags Editor; it is visible in the Programs editor.
- NOTE: When a flag is converted to a program, the Sessions checkbox cannot be added.
Impact
If there was an image associated with a converted flag, the program the flag was converted to no longer displays the image next to the student's name. The program is listed in the Program Participation Programs editor. All other data entered as part of the flag converts to the equivalent program data fields.
What's next
Flags are assigned to students either individually via the Student Flags tool or en masse using the Batch Assignment Tool.
To assign a medical alert flag, Health Conditions must be set to display a flag. See the Condition Setup article to learn how to do this.
