Defining Preferences for Intermediate Organizations

In the Intermediate Organization view, define the following preferences specific to the organization an entity that contains one or more schools for using Aspen:

To define intermediate organization preferences:

1. Do one of the following:
• If you log on to the District view, click the District tab, and then the Organizations side-tab. Select the organization you want to define preferences for. Then, under Organizations, click Preferences.
• If you log on to an Intermediate Organization view, click the associated tab. Then, on the Setup side-tab, click Preferences.

2. Use the Category drop-down to select the following:
• General to define the address format for the intermediate organization and all schools attached to it. These preferences are only accessible from the intermediate organization's preferences.
• Security to define preferences for session timeouts, logon attempts, and password restrictions.
• Student daily attendance preferences, such as the codes you want to appear on each input page and basic attendance settings.
• Class Attendance to define class attendance preferences.
• Staff Attendance to define staff attendance preferences.
• Lunch Counts to define the types of lunch counts your teachers enter with attendance.
• Grade to define preferences for grade reports, such as report card messages and the qualification list for honor roll.
• Schedule to define school-specific scheduling parameters, such as pattern day and period IDs.
• Receipt printing to define receipt printer settings.
• Secondary school management to determine if your school has secondary students and how you do or do not share management of those students with their primary schools.
• Ticket reporting preferences, such as if you enable users with the appropriate privileges to submit help tickets.