Challenges Found and Fixed

 

Challenge: You have a new computer (or have had major repair work done on your current computer) and the Campus Plan does not open or has some other problem.
Solution: Call Donna Summers at 713.740.0048 or your Instructional Technology Specialist at 713.740.0130.
Challenge: It's time to start next year's campus plan.  What do I need to remember to do?
Solution:
Backup your plan
1.  Go to Start-->Programs-->Cimarron Campus Planner 2.3-->Compact and Repair Data
2.  Go to Start-->Programs-->Cimarron Campus Planner 2.3-->Backup and Restore
3.  Click on Backup
4.  Click Browse
5.  Click Floppy Disk A: (or your own Office drive, if you prefer)
6.  Click Start  (You should get verification when the process is complete.)

Change the school year
1.  Open your Campus Plan using the Texas icon on your desktop.
2.  From the Main Menu, click on “School Year 2002-2003.”
3.  Click the up arrow on the next screen
4.  You will be asked to insert the Cimarron disk.  (This is referring to the Campus Planner Version 2.3 Upgrade CD.  If you do not have this disk and/or cannot locate it, call your Instructional Technology Specialist at 713.740.0130.)
5.  Once you have inserted the disk, click OK.
6.  You will be prompted to start a new plan year.  Click Yes.
7.  You will be prompted to import the data from the previous year.  You will want to click Yes.
8.  A blue bar will run across the screen.  Then, you will be ready to start the new year.  BE SURE TO PUT THE CAMPUS PLANNER 2.3 CD IN A SAFE PLACE!  YOU WILL NEED IT NEXT YEAR.
Challenge: You've started a new plan year and you are getting an error message that reads:  "There are no Indicators that support this Goal."
Solution: 
Entering TAKS Results as Indicators:
From the Main Menu:
  1. Click Indicators
  2. Double click the Indicator
  3. Enter the appropriate percentages (tabbing from box to box)
  4. Click Apply (to save the entries)
  5. Click Back when you have completed that Indicator
  6. Repeat steps 2–6 for each Indicator you wish to change

When you have completed entering percentages for each Indicator, click Main Menu.

Applying Appropriate Indicators to each of the Goals:
From the Main Menu:

  1. Click Group Indicators
  2. Select the appropriate Indicator for this Goal by double clicking the Indicator on the left. (This will move the Indicator to the right hand window.)

By clicking Next (under the word Goal), you can move from goal to goal and apply the appropriate Indicators to each goal.
Challenge: When viewing the OUTPUT (printable copy) of your Campus Plan, you see the following message (written in italics) under the beginning of each goal ("There are no Indicators/Objectives that support this Strategy").
Solution: 
From the Main Menu:
  1. Click Strategies
  2. Click Strategy Details
  3. Click Supporting Objectives (this appears to be new/different from last year)
  4. Click the box next to each Indicator associated with the Strategy (this will add a check)
  5. Click OK
  6. Click Next (the one just to the left of Supporting Objectives)
  7. Repeat steps 3–6 to add the Indicator(s) to each Strategy

When you have added this to EACH strategy in the Goal, click Next (at the top of the window) to go to the next Goal. Repeat steps 2-7 for each Strategy in each Goal.
Challenge: The graph does not show the results of different grade levels.
Solution: The Cimarron Campus Planner only graphs "all grades" data. The only data charted is:
TAAS Reading - All Grades  (all groups)
TAAS Math - All Grades (all groups)
TAAS Writing - All Grades (all groups)
Attendence - All Grades
Dropout Rates - All Grades
Graduating Seniors taking SAT/ACT
Graduating Seniors scoring at or above criteria
Mean SAT Scores
Mean ACT Scores
TAAS Overall - All Grades
Alternative - TAAS retake Results
Alternative - Texas Learning Index

Any other data that you enter, for example 4th grade, or alternative TAAS Math, or TAAS Social Studies, will not be represented in a chart. If you want to include this data as a chart in your plan, you will need to use Excel or some other chart producing program.