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Navigating the Home Page

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Simplified Homepage

Our Simplified Homepage is an option for our customers through a specialized district configuration. If this is something your district is ready for, fill out a support ticket and we will get it all set up for you.

Key components of the Homepage on the web view.

  1. Me menu - Click arrow to display a drop down - "profile" and "online manual" as well as to "reset cache" or "logout."
  2. Schools menu - Click arrow to display a drop down for one or more schools depending on user permission settings.
  3. Quick Add menu - Click arrow to display a drop down to allow users quick access to common functions within ion.
  4. Favorite button allow users to pin a page to the homepage which are displayed on the lower left.
  5. Menu Bar has four icons that quickly access key features - these may be collapsed on a mobile device.
  6. Student Search Bar allows users to search for any student profile the user has access to.
  7. Secondary Student Search Bar Search for students displayed on the homepage to find stats for that one student.
  8. Drop Down Menu allows access to all functions of ion.
  9. Simplified Homepage Dashboard displays a dashboard for all grade levels/students the user has access to - change School Year and terms as desired.
  10. Data Bars will filter - click a color band for an assessment, and the display will show only those students in that color band.
  11. Assessment Columns will sort when clicking on the assessment heading.
  12. Hyperlinked student names - click to access the student profile.
  13. Support Widget allows users to send a support ticket.
  14. Scroll Bars appear in order to assist in navigation up/down and left/right.
  15. NEW! Recent history button shows up in the menu bar on both
  16. NEW! AI Button allows users to ask our chatbot "Iona" questions about data and receive groupings, recommendations, and more.

Homepage

Welcome to ion. A quick overview of the homepage will provide some important navigation tips. See below.

ion is a responsive web app: it will optimize its display from the size of the screen from which you are viewing the application. Bars will appear on the bottom or on the right hand side to scroll if needed.

Key components of the Homepage on the web view and on a mobile app view: (See both images below)

  1. Me menu - drop down accesses the "profile" and "online manual" as well as to "reset cache" or "logout."
  2. Schools menu - drops down displays one or more schools depending on user permission settings.
  3. Quick Add menu drops down to allow users quick access to common functions within ion.
  4. Favorite button allow users to pin a page to the homepage which are displayed on the lower left.
  5. Menu Bar has four icons that quickly access key features - these may be collapsed on a mobile device.
  6. Student Search Bar allows users to search for students.
  7. Drop Down Menu allows access to all functions of ion.
  8. Homepage displays a dashboard for the MTSS module.
  9. Support Widget allows users to send a support ticket.
  10. Scroll Bars appear in order to assist in navigation up/down and left/right.
  11. NEW! Recent history button shows up in the menu bar on both
  12. NEW! AI Button allows users to ask our chatbot "Iona" questions about data and receive groupings, recommendations, and more.

If you are interested in our new AI tool, contact customer support using the support widget!

Coming soon!

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