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Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

amyryan — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:41:38 GMT

I'm new to a counselor-esque role. What can I toggle on PS Admin to make it so that my teachers aren't seeing two semester's worth of classes when they go in to take attendance? Our schedules are pretty funky, so the list of classes teachers are seeing when they log in is absolutely wild and I'd love to be able to clean up their dashboard. Thank you for any help!

I want this to just be "Semester 2." It isn't editable on the teacher side, so where is it editable on the Admin site?

To avoid teachers having to look at this mess:

Re: Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

SharonS1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:30:14 GMT

Are your semester courses setup as semester courses or only named semester courses?

Re: Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

amyryan — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:52:06 GMT

Thank you so much for responding. I didn't set up the courses, but when I look at the Master schedule, they all say S2, and they don't show up on the year long schedule. How else can I tell?

Re: Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

JeffG9 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:03:20 GMT

@amyryan Those S2s are likely Semester 2 courses. There are a number of ways to check but one way is to go to Years & Terms>Edit Terms>Semester 2>Check abbreviation.

You can change the Default Term Level at Setup>School>Miscellaneous (not sure the path for the new interface) if you do not want teachers to see Semester 1 classes.

See attached.

Re: Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

amyryan — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:40:13 GMT

Thank you so much! I never would have thought to look in "Miscellaneous" for that. Really appreciate it.

Re: Toggle Date Range on PowerTeacher

ggongwer — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:34:18 GMT

Adding on, I just had this same question, and here is how it looks in the new interface, in case anyone else needs it:

Take the following steps to set the default term level for a school:

Navigate to Start Page then School Management select Display Preferences and then select Additional Preferences.
Choose a default term level from the Default term level pop-up menu.
- If the level is set to a portion that does not exist in the current/next school year an unexpected year may be selected.
Click Submit.