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Aspen: Who It Helps

School Administrators

  • Accomplish key administrative tasks faster and more effectively.
  • Save time and money by learning, maintaining and updating a single system.
  • Select what data to make accessible, such as class assignments, attendance, conduct and health visits.
  • Control the configuration, setup and layout of state reports.
  • Select which schools see which reports, and on which Reports menu they appear.
  • Keep the school community up-to-date (and save paper) by posting notices, announcements and newsletters online.

Learn more about Aspen's Reporting

System Administrators

  • Set up district-wide preferences like security and enrollment; then let each school customize available preferences as they see fit.
  • Protect course catalog information at the district level, allowing varying levels of access across specific schools.
  • Restrict access to certain domains or Internet Protocol (IP) ranges by instituting a strong password policy.
  • Track Aspen logins by start- and end-date and time, IP address and number of pages viewed.

Learn more about Aspen's System Administration

Teachers

  • Get real-time gradebook access anytime, anywhere with web-based technology.  
  • Enjoy the benefits of photo seating charts, automatic transmission of conduct referrals and a wizard to post term grades.
  • Access all the data you need right from your Aspen Gradebook, including individualized education programs (IEPs) and student demographic information.
  • Simplify end-of-term grade submission with custom score grids and grade scales, and the ability to link them to assignment categories or individual assignments.
  • View your own attendance records, accrual information, and personnel and professional development data.
  • Easily create and update your own webpages for each course section you teach, increasing communications with your students.

Learn more about Aspen's Gradebook

Nurses

  • Monitor, detect and better protect your students’ health by integrating health data into your SIS.  
  • Give nurses access to all the schools and students they’re responsible for with a single login.  
  • Easily record and track medical conditions, screenings and medications.
  • Monitor nurse office activity throughout the district to quickly discern similar recurring health issues.
  • Disclose specific student medical conditions like allergies or asthma to teachers right inside their Aspen Gradebook.
  • Use health alerts to notify staff of potential outbreaks or other hazards.

Learn more about integrating your Health Data with your SIS

Parents and Students

Aspen’s Family Portal makes a wide range of student data—including attendance, assignments, conduct incidents, grades, progress reports and report cards—available for parental review. Meanwhile, students can use the Student Portal to stay informed with real-time access to their own academic and activity information.

Parents:

  • Use one login to access all of your children’s information, including progress reports and report cards.
  • Receive email notifications regarding conduct, attendance and grades to help identify red flags early.
  • Take advantage of real-time access to your child’s academic information.

Students:

  • Store homework, files and recommendations in a virtual locker.
  • Keep better track of assignments both to and from teachers.  
  • Enroll in courses online, quickly and easily.
  • Manage clubs, groups and other activities in your own calendar.

Learn more about Aspen's Family Portal
 

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