Instructional Management Program & Academic Communication Tool Verify for Administrators User Guide 10/19/2010 Version 2.
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V E R I F Y . N E T A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Verify.Net Administrator’s Guide Copyright: All design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software is Copyright © 1998-2009, Omicron Technologies, Inc. (OTI) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Privileged/confidential information may be contained in this document and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this document by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized.
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V E R I F Y . N E T A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Welcome to Verify.Net ....................................................................................... 5 Getting Ready.............................................................................................................................. 6 Getting Started ............................................................................................................................ 6 Next Steps .........................................
V E R I F Y . N E T A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Configuring Verify.Net ............................................................................................................ 26 Workstation Script Installation .............................................................................................. 27 Page 4 of 27 OTI Proprietary and Confidential Rev. 2.
V E R I F Y . N E T A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 1 Chapter Welcome to Verify.Net The main modules of the Verify.Net application that allow school administrators and personnel (Principals, Assistant Principals, District Office personnel, etc…) to perform their day-to-day activities include the: • ID Module: Captures and stores photos of students and staff; prints ID hard cards for students/staff and temporary ID labels for students.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Getting Ready To get started you will need the following: • A CPS Email /Active Directory account. Please contact your tech coordinator or principal if you do not know or have an active directory account so that one can be created for you. • The appropriate security permissions in Verify.NET. This must be set-up by your principal or tech coordinator through the CPS Online Data Acquisition system or ODA.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 4. A login screen will be displayed. Please enter your username and password you use to log into your CPS email. In the User Name field, please type in your CPS username without the @cps.edu or @cps.k12.il.us. In the Password field, type in your password. 5. Click on the Login button. 6. If your username allows you to access multiple schools, select a school from the drop down and click on the Select Unit button. 7.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Next Steps New and old users alike can download the Verify.Net for Beginner’s Manual from http://www.omicrontech.net/Support/Verify.NET/Docs/Verify.NETUserManual.pdf Page 8 of 27 OTI Proprietary and Confidential Rev. 2.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 2 Chapter Installing Tardy Pass Printers This chapter guides the installer through the installation process for the various Tardy Pass printers that can be used for Verify.Net and includes: • Listing of compatible Tardy Pass printers • Instructions on how to install printer drivers • Post printer driver installation instructions to enable printing in Verify.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Installing Tardy Pass Printer Driver If the printer is not already installed on the computer, insert the driver CD or download the driver from the manufacturer’s website. If you were able to print tardy passes from the old Verify/LSIMSxp, the driver has already been installed and you can then skip to the Installation of Tardy Pass Page Settings section. Follow the onscreen instructions to the complete driver installation.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 11. If Control Panel is in Category View, select Printers and Other Hardware and then open Printers and Faxes. If in Classic View, select Printers and Faxes. 12. Click on Add a Printer in the left pane. 13. Click Next. 14. Select Local printer attached to this computer and uncheck Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer. Click Next. 15. Select the printer port.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 1. From Internet Explorer, download the following file: http:// www.omicrontech.net/Support/Verify.NET/TardyPrinter/tardypasspage.zip 2. Extract the file Verify.NET Tardy Pass Page Settings.reg from the downloaded zip file and double click on it. 3. Click Run or Yes to any File Security warnings. 4. Click Yes to “Are you sure you want to add the information in…to the registry?”. 5. Click OK on the confirmation message. 6.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 5. Set the Paper Size to ‘Verify.NET Tardy Pass’ and click OK. 6. Click OK on the prior screen. 7. Click on the General tab and then the Printing Preferences … button. 8. Repeat steps C through F. 9. Click OK to the Printer Properties screen to save your changes. Enable Direct Printing Please follow the instructions in Chapter 6 to allow for the tardy pass to print automatically without being asked to choose a printer.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S 3 Chapter G U I D E Installation Procedures for Taking Pictures This chapter guides the installer through the installation process for the various video capture devices that can be used for Verify.Net in taking pictures.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 2. Double-click on the downloaded file. 3. Click Run, Allow, or Yes buttons for any security dialogs. 4. Follow the steps in the installation wizard to complete the setup. 5. Click Finish when prompted. 6. Plug the video capture device into your computer. Allow the computer to detect and activate the device.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 7. Double-click on the video capture device (the Belkin is called Hi-Speed USB DVD Creator). If there are no devices under the Scanners and Cameras folder, or your device is not there, there is a very good chance that the video capture device installed is not supported by Verify.net. Contact Omicron for more information on obtaining a compatible device. 8.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 4. Follow the onscreen instructions and choose the default options. 5. You will eventually get to the screen below. Please wait while the process detects media devices installed on the computer. If the process begins to take longer than 5 minutes, make sure the video capture device is plugged into the computer and that the camera is plugged into the video capture device.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E correct Windows-level permissions. Make sure you are logged in as ‘techco’ or another Windows administrator account that has sufficient permissions. Running Verify.Net Picture Taker 1. Open Internet Explorer. Turn off any popup blockers. If the popup blocker cannot be turned off, add https://verify.cps.k12.il.us to the popup exemptions list. 2. Login to Verify.net and navigate to ID and then Student ID. 3.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 4 Chapter Installing Temporary ID Printers This chapter guides the installer through the installation process for the various Temporary ID printers that can be used for Verify.NET. The following sections are included: • Listing of compatible Temporary ID printers • Detailed instructions for installing printer drivers • Post driver installation instructions to enable printing in Verify.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E old Verify/LSIMSxp, the driver should already be installed and you can then skip to the Installation of Temporary ID Page Settings section. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the driver installation. If given a menu to select a printer model and port, ensure that the correct model and port is selected.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 3. Set the Orientation to Landscape. 4. Click on the Advanced button. 5. Set the Paper Size to ‘30256 Mailing Labels’ and click on OK. 6. Click OK on the prior screen. 7. Click on the General tab and then click on the Printing Preferences button. 8. Repeat steps 3 through 6. 9. Click on OK to the Printer Properties screen to save your changes.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 5 Chapter Installing ID Card Printers This chapter guides the installer through the installation process for the various ID Card printers that can be used for Verify.NET. The following sections are included: • Listing of compatible ID Card printers • Detailed instructions for installing printer drivers • Post driver installation instructions to enable printing in Verify.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Driver Installation for Eltron/Zebra P420/P420C 1. If the printer is connected to the computer via USB, disconnect the USB cable from the computer before proceeding. You will be asked to reconnect during the installation wizard. 2. Turn on the printer. 3. Download http://www.omicrontech.net/Support/Verify.NET/IDCardPrinter/P420_DRV_v2.1B11.exe to your desktop. 4. Double-click on the downloaded file. 5.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 13. Browse to Control Panel. 14. If the Control Panel is in Category View, select Printers and Other Hardware and then open Printers and Faxes. If it is in Classic View, select Printers and Faxes. 15. Rename the ID Card printer from Eltron P420 Card Printer to Verify.NET ID Card Printer. 16. Right click on the ID Card printer and click Properties. 17. Click on the Advanced tab and then the Printing Defaults… button. 18.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E Enable Direct Printing Please follow the instructions in Chapter 6 to allow for the ID to print automatically without being asked to choose a printer. Page 25 of 27 OTI Proprietary and Confidential Rev. 2.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 6 Chapter Installing Direct To Printer Functionality This chapter guides the installer on setting up workstations to print directly to the Tardy Pass, Temporary ID, and ID Card printers without out any a print dialog. The following sections are included: • Configuration for direct printing in Verify.NET • Instructions for setting up individual workstations for direct printing using Adobe Reader 8.0 and 9.
V E R I F Y . N E T F O R A D M I N I S T R A T O R ’ S G U I D E 5. Set the DoorSwipe Printer name to Verify.NET Tardy Pass Printer. If the printer naming convention in Chapter 2 was not followed, the printer name should be set to the actual printer name in the Printers and Faxes Control Panel on the computer that has the Tardy Pass printer. 6. Click Save.
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