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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT DDN CAMPUS
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ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What is DDN Campus?
The Dakota Digital Network (DDN) Campus system is an online tool for maintaining student records, grades, and attendance. DDN is used widely across the state of South Dakota, and is used across the country under the name Infinite Campus.
DDN maintains the records for the school system in an electronic format, and ensures that those records are kept intact and secure.
Because it is an online tool, it also allows Red Cloud Indian Schools to make each student's grade and attendance information available to that student's parents or guardians.
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2. Why Does Our Lady of Lourdes Use DDN Campus?
The DDN Campus system is an excellent system that allows teachers to maintain student grades with ease, and parents and guardians to easily access their students' information conveniently.
DDN is used widely across the state of South Dakota, and therefore also makes it much easier to transfer student data to and from other schools if a student transfers into or out of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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3. What Benefit Can I Get From Using DDN Campus?
As the parent or guardian of a student at Our Lady of Lourdes, the DDN Campus system will make it easier for you to keep yourself up to date on the academic progress of your Red Cloud student. Through DDN, you can access student schedules, grades, and attendance records from any computer with Internet access.
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4. What do I need in order to use DDN Campus?
In order to access DDN Campus, you must use a computer with access to the World Wide Web, and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.
You can download Microsoft Internet Explorer from the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/.
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5. What rules are there about using DDN Campus?
The rules of DDN Campus are as follows:
- Parents/guardians will keep their Dakota Digital Network (DDN) access information (login name and password) safe and confidential.
- DDN users agree not to use the system in any way that endangers the accuracy or integrity of the DDN system or any data contained in it or violates the law or the privacy of any other individual.
- In the event that there is an error in student information, parents/guardians must contact the school immediately to inform them about the error.
- In the event that a parent or guardian is mistakenly shown information about any other student, that parent must contact the school immediately to let them know that such an error has occurred. This information must not be publicized in any way.
- RCIS reserves the right to deny DDN access to any individual at any time for any reason it deems as being significant, including, but not limited to, the misuse of the DDN system.
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6. How can I obtain a user ID and password?
To obtain a user ID and password, you need to fill out a Parent Access Form. You can pick up the form from the school your student attends.
If you have more than one student in the Red Cloud School system, you still only need to fill out one form. You may pick up that form at any school in the Red Cloud School District (Red Cloud High School, Red Cloud Elementary School, or Our Lady of Lourdes).
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7. Do I need a different user ID and password for each student?
No, you only need one user ID and password. You will be able to view data about all of your students at Red Cloud with your own user ID and password. Please remember to keep your user ID and password safe.
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8. How do I access DDN Campus?
You can access DDN by following the link at the top of the page ("Take me to the DDN Parent Portal"), or browsing to the myCampus Parent Portal at https://sis.ddncampus.net/campus/mycampus/red_cloud.asp.
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9. How can I see my student's grades?
Log into the myCampus parent portal by typing your user ID and password into the appropriate boxes on the myCampus page and clicking "Log In."
Once you are logged into DDN, you will see a list of your Red Cloud students on the left side of the page. Click on the student to see information about that student.
Under the name of the student on the left menubar, you will see the word "Reports". Click it, and you will see a list of available grade reports for that student.
Click on the name of the grade report you wish to see to be shown that report. For example, if you wished to see the most recent weekly grade report for your student during the third quarter, you would click on the words "Term 3" under "Weekly Grade Reports".
A report card for your student will open in a new web browser window.
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10. How can I see my student's attendance records?
Log into the myCampus parent portal by typing your user ID and password into the appropriate boxes on the myCampus page and clicking "Log In."
Once you are logged into DDN, you will see a list of your Red Cloud students on the left side of the page. Click on the student to see information about that student.
To see an attendance history for your student, click on the word "Attendance" under the student's name on the left menubar. Your window will change to show the attendance history of your student.
Each row on the attendance history represents a day. Letters in each box indicate the attendance of that student at a given time each day. Boxes are color-coded to show whether or not an absence was excused. The key at the far right of the attendance history (you may need to scroll left using the scrollbar at the bottom of the page) shows what each letter and each color means.
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11. How do I change my password?
Log into the myCampus parent portal by typing your user ID and password into the appropriate boxes on the myCampus page and clicking "Log In."
Once you are logged into DDN, click on "Change Account Info" on the left menubar. The screen that shows up will ask you to enter your old (current) password, and allow you to enter a new username and new password. Fill in the appropriate boxes, and click "Change Account".
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12. A student's personal information (address, etc.) has changed. What do I need to do?
If a student's personal information (such as address, phone number, or the person with whom the student is living) changes, please call the school the student attends and alert them to the change.
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13. These grades do not seem to be up to date! Is something wrong?
If the grades that show up on DDN Campus do not seem to be accurate, there are several possibilities. The first is that not enough time has passed for the grades to be updated. Red Cloud teachers are very busy, and it sometimes may take a few days for assignments to be graded and new grades posted on DDN Campus.
If the grades seem to be more than a week or two old, and you suspect that the grade posted is somehow wrong, please feel free to contact the school about the problem. It is possible that a technical error has occurred, or that the grade is somehow being misreported.
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14. I can see information about a student who is not a part of my household. What do I need to do?
In the event that you can see information about student whose information should be hidden to you, please contact the school immediately and inform them of the error. The school will take steps to correct the issue as soon as possible. Please do not publicize any information accidentally show to you in this way.
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