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- | ====== Student Portraits ====== | + | ====== |
- | ITRTs or Guidance Counselors load the annual | + | WCPS uses a variety of companies for student portraits, which means that their delivery methods vary as well. |
- | Within PowerSchool, search on " | + | |
- | **View the Student Portraits** | + | |
- | - Insert | + | |
+ | * **PhotoGenius**: | ||
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+ | ===== How to Prepare and Import Student Photos into PowerSchool ===== | ||
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+ | Before being able to mass import student photos into PowerSchool you must first provide the portrait company with a list of students along with their name and student number from Powerschool before picture day. Once the portrait company provides you the photo and student number files you must prepare them before being able to import them into PowerSchool by creating these two things. | ||
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+ | - A flat ZIP file containing all the Student photos you wish to import. | ||
+ | - A tab-delimited text file that maps Student_Number to the exact filename of their Student photo. | ||
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+ | ITRT's can assist in loading the annual student portraits | ||
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+ | ==== Preparing the Picture file as a Flat ZIP File ==== | ||
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+ | So that you can import the photos all at once instead of individually, | ||
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+ | - If portrait files are provided via email download the zip file and text file provided by the portrait company. | ||
- Open folder to view files. | - Open folder to view files. | ||
- | - Navigate to the LIFETOUCH/ | + | - Copy the images |
- | - Copy IMAGES | + | - Open images |
- | - Open IMAGES | + | - Within |
- | - Within | + | - **Note:** Search for and omit teacher pictures as well as teacher portraits with a student number as the file name if applicable. |
- Right-click over one of the highlighted pictures to access the menu. | - Right-click over one of the highlighted pictures to access the menu. | ||
- Choose **Send to...** from the list. | - Choose **Send to...** from the list. | ||
+ | - Then choose Compressed (zipped) folder. | ||
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**Create a Flat Zip File** | **Create a Flat Zip File** | ||
- Click the compressed (zipped) folder. | - Click the compressed (zipped) folder. | ||
- | - Within the same folder, a zipped folder icon is listed with the fist student' | + | - Within the same folder, a zipped folder icon is listed with the first student' |
- Rename the zip folder to create a new .zip extension. | - Rename the zip folder to create a new .zip extension. | ||
- After clicking to rename the folder, the list will appear alphabetically. | - After clicking to rename the folder, the list will appear alphabetically. | ||
- | - **Note:** The zip file must be " | + | - **Note: |
- | - The zipped file may be relocated to the desktop if desired. | + | - The zipped file may be relocated to the desktop |
//The student pictures labeled as **noid<> | //The student pictures labeled as **noid<> | ||
- | **PowerSchool | + | ==== Preparing the Mapping File as a Tab-Delimited Text File ==== |
- | To create the mapping file, drag and drop the IDLINK.TEXT file to the desktop\\ | + | |
+ | PowerSchool | ||
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+ | To create the zipped | ||
**Note:** Photo Genius uses XREFDATA.TEXT-NOTEPAD | **Note:** Photo Genius uses XREFDATA.TEXT-NOTEPAD | ||
- | - Open MS Excel | + | - Open MS Excel. |
- | - Excel expects specific file extensions (.xl; .xlsx; .xlm; etc.) | + | - Excel expects specific file extensions (.xl; .xlsx; .xlm; etc.). |
- | - Change the file format to search All Files (*.*) | + | - Change the file format to search All Files (*.*). |
- | - From within MS Excel, select Open and change the file type to All Files (*.*) | + | - From within MS Excel, select Open and change the file type to All Files (*.*). |
- | - Open the IDLINK.TEXT file when using LifeTouch | + | - Open the IDLINK.TEXT |
+ | Once the files are on the Desktop, proceed with the import. | ||
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**Import the file into MS Excel using the Text Import Wizard** | **Import the file into MS Excel using the Text Import Wizard** | ||
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- | - Choose file type as Tab Delimited | + | - Choose file type as Delimited. |
- | - Click Next | + | - Click Next. |
- | - Choose Delimited by a Comma | + | - Choose Delimited by a **Comma**. |
- | - Click Next | + | - Click Next. |
- Select General in the Column data format section. | - Select General in the Column data format section. | ||
- | - Click Finish | + | - Click Finish. |
- | - **Note:** Ensure the file extension in column B is the same as the file extensions on the actual filename of each student picture. | + | - **Note: |
- | - Save the file as Text(Tab delimited) (*.txt) | + | - Highlight Column A. |
- | - Confirm saving the file and the format changes for all the popup windows. | + | - Choose the Data tab and select the Text to Columns data tool to access the Text Wizard window. |
+ | - In Step 1 of 3 select Delimited and click Next. | ||
+ | - In Step 2 of 3 select Comma and click Next. | ||
+ | - In Step 3 of 3 select General and click Finish. | ||
+ | - Ensure the file extension in column B is the same as the file extensions on the actual filename of each student picture. | ||
+ | - Save the file as Text(Tab delimited) (*.txt). | ||
+ | - Confirm saving the file and the format changes for all the popup windows. | ||
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**Strip off the Header and Footer** | **Strip off the Header and Footer** | ||
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**Upload the images into PowerSchool** | **Upload the images into PowerSchool** | ||
- | - Open PowerSchool | + | - Open PowerSchool. |
- | - Choose the appropriate school for the image import | + | - Choose the appropriate school for the image import. |
- | - Under //Setup//, click **System** | + | - Under //Setup//, click **System**. |
- | - Click //Photo Management// | + | - Click //Photo Management// |
- | - Click //Import Pictures// | + | - Click //Import Pictures//. |
- | - Select Group: **Students** | + | - Select Group: **Students**. |
- | - Zip File - browse and open the zip file with the pictures | + | - Zip File - browse and open the zip file with the pictures. |
- | - Mapping File - browse and open the mapping file | + | - Mapping File - browse and open the mapping file. |
- | - Mapping Type - **Student/ | + | - Mapping Type - **Student/ |
- | - Click **Upload** | + | - Click **Upload**. |
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**Correct the Import Failures** | **Correct the Import Failures** | ||
- | - The list of Import Failures will identify those with no ID associated with the photo. | + | - The list of Import Failures will identify those with no ID associated with the photo. These students picture may be missing or a previous school year picture may still exist. |
- | - Within PowerSchool, search on " | + | - To find students without pictures, search on " |
- | - Click on the student' | + | - Go to the photo file provided by the company and find the students |
- | - Click **Submit a new photo for this student** to load a single photo when identified from the noid<> | + | - Rename it to the correct student number. |
- | - {{: | + | - Click on the student' |
+ | - Click **Submit a new photo for this student** to load a single photo. | ||
+ | - If the student was not enrolled on portrait day/makeup day follow the instructions below on how to take and upload photos for individual students. | ||
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+ | ==== Troubleshooting ==== | ||
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+ | * If the filename of the photo contains leading zeros (Example: 001.jpg), your mapping file must also contain leading zeros. | ||
+ | * If the filename of the photo uses the .jpeg extension, your mapping file must also use the .jpeg extension. By the same token, if the filename of the photos uses the .jpg extension, your mapping file must also use the .jpg extension. | ||
+ | * You may have additional columns in your mapping file while you're constructing it, but you should save the final version with only two columns. | ||
+ | * If the mapping file contains quotation marks after you've created it you can remove them by going to Edit > Replace in Notepad. | ||
+ | * The photos must be in a ZIP file. Other compression types such as .SIT, .RAR, and .7z are not accepted. | ||
+ | * If importing staff portraits there must be a separate mapping file for students and separate mapping file for staff. | ||
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+ | ===== How to Take and Upload Photos for Individual Students in PowerSchool ===== | ||
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+ | - Search on " | ||
+ | - Take a picture of the student with a cell phone, email it to yourself, then download it to your desktop. | ||
+ | - Select each student in the list. | ||
+ | - Go to the Photo page for each student. | ||
+ | - Click on the " | ||
+ | - Browse and select a valid picture file (Note: the photo must be in JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) format). | ||
+ | - Submit the new photo. |