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Setting Up Renaissance Place

When you first start using Renaissance Place, you need to set up your data in the software.

Importing Data from Other Sources

Before you go through the checklists below, consider whether you can bring in some information from another program. If you have other software with student, teacher, course, and class information in it, you may be able to get the data into Renaissance Place by doing one of the following:

  • Import the data
  • If you have purchased the Custom Data Integration (CDI) service, Renaissance Place data is automatically entered from your student information system. CDI handles the user accounts and management of students, courses, classes, and rosters; information is updated nightly. Contact your Renaissance representative for more information.

Setup Checklist for District Administrators, School Administrators, and Non-Teaching Staff

To set up Renaissance Place for the first time, use the checklist below. In some cases, Renaissance Learning may have done some of these tasks for you.

The check marks show who can do the tasks if the default capabilities have not been changed; if capabilities have been added for other users, they may be able to do these tasks as well. (In that case, those users may need to select their user name at the top of the page and select Change Role to choose the role that will let them do the task.)

If district-level personnel will be adding students or transferring them from one school to another, school personnel should wait until this is done before adding their students to avoid adding the same student more than once.

       Task District Admin District Staff School Admin School Staff Teacher
Add the marking periods for each school (used for goals and reports).
Add the days off during the school year for each school (used for report calculations).
Set reporting periods for Consolidated Reports (district administrators or school administrators only).
Add all personnel who will be using the software, or import their information.
Add the students who will be using the software, or import their information.
Add the courses of study, which stay in the database for your school from year to year.
Add the classes for this school year to the courses. Classes must be added every year. As you add the classes, select the primary teacher and the products the class will use, and add the students. (If you imported classes, edit them to select the teacher and products and add the students.)

Setup Checklist for Technology/Computer Coordinators

       Task How to start the Task
Check for the Renaissance Place downloads and third-party software that you need on any new or updated computers that will be used with the Renaissance Place software. Make sure that you check both teacher and student computers. You must be logged in to each computer with the rights required to install software for all users. On each computer, select Check Software Requirements before you log in to Renaissance Place. Then, select Downloads.
Make sure each computer that will be used with the Renaissance Place software has a shortcut or favorite set up that points to the current Renaissance Place address. Follow the instructions for your computer's operating system and/or browser.

For most Renaissance Place products, there are also tasks that need to be done to set up the software, such as setting preferences, setting up or choosing objective lists, setting levels, setting benchmarks, or setting screening dates. Refer to the software manual or help for each of your products for more information.