Widgets List for Page Administrators
Widgets are tools to communicate information within your
If the type of widget you want to add is not offered (such as for a custom school news feed), it is possible to create your own widget definition.
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For information on how to change the layout of a Page, see Add a Widget to a Page.
Use the following table as a catalog of the available widgets that can be used on Pages:
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Address Changes |
The Address Changes widget is used on the homepage in the School view for users who need to know of any address changes for students in their school made by another school. |
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Announcements |
The Announcements widget is used on the homepage to communicate information using a rich text editor.
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Banner |
The Banner widget is used to relay information to groups of people, using a rich text editor. For example, you might use it to post your school's mission statement.
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Blog |
The Blog widget is used to relay information through dated entries. For example, a school principal can write a weekly blog about news of interest. Users can filter the entries by category and month. Select the Hide checkbox to display an entry only for administrators of the Page.
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Calendar |
The Calendar widget displays the current month by default. Click the arrow buttons to move to the next or previous month. |
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Class Information |
The Class Information widget can be used on class pages. For teachers, schedule information for the class appears.
In the Student and Family portals, the Class
Information widget can include the latest
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Follett Destiny Search | The Follett Destiny Search widget lets users search for Destiny resources from any Aspen Page. (Not available in the |
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Forums |
The Forums widget can be added to any Page as a place for Aspen users to discuss particular topics of interest.
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Group Resources |
The Group Resources widget can be added to any Page as an online repository for documents that need to be accessed by a group of users.
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Launch using LTI | The Launch Using LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) widget can be added to the homepage in the |
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Launch to Vendor | The Launch To Vendor widget can be added to the homepage in the |
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Published Reports |
The Published Reports widget can be added to any Page for reports that need to be accessed by a group of users, such as official school transcripts (parents would only see their children's reports).
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The Quick Charts widget lets you run saved Quick Charts on a Page. |
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Recent Activity |
The Recent Activity widget
is used on the homepage in the Student and Family portals to
display, by date, a student’s recent
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Report Links |
The Report Links widget is used so staff and administrators can create links to reports they use regularly in Aspen, such as the Student List and Attendance Bulletin.
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School Links |
The School Links widget is used on the homepage to let users who have access to more than one view in Aspen switch between them easily.
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Single Workflow | Aspen system administrators can add the Single Workflow widget to the homepage for users to access any workflow phases they are responsible for. For example, system administrators might put the Single Workflow widget for |
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Student Changes |
The Student Changes widget is used on the homepage in the School view. It shows authorized users any changes to demographic information for students associated with that school. It also displays the name and contact information of the user who changed the student record. |
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Student Search |
The Student Search widget is used to give authorized Aspen users the ability to search for a specific student’s record.
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The Submit Assignments widget
is used on class pages in the Student portal a view in Aspen where authorized parents and students can access student data, including attendance, assignments, conduct incidents, and grades.
Students can upload assignment files for teachers
to receive in their Aspen
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Survey |
The Survey widget can be added to any Page. Anyone with access to that Page can take the survey.
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Tasks |
The Tasks widget can be added
to the homepage, where users can manage any tasks
they are responsible for. For example, this is where teachers
can initiate a referral for a
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Teacher Classes |
On the homepage in the Staff view, the Teacher Classes widget displays the classes that the teacher is currently teaching, along with links to the class list, class attendance, seating chart, scores page and email. |
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Today's Appointments |
The Today's Appointments widget automatically appears on the homepage in the Health view.
This widget shows the appointments scheduled for today, including each student's current attendance, the time of the appointment, and its status (Past Due or Upcoming). The appointment's status changes based on the status of the health log entry. |
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To Do |
The To Do widget appears automatically on the homepage in the Student and Family portals. Students can use it to see which assignments need immediate attention (overdue, and due today and tomorrow). Parents use the drop-down to select which child's assignments they want to view. |
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Web Sites |
The Web Sites
widget is used to post links to outside websites that you
visit often, such as your school's homepage, the
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