504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. The purpose of Section 504 is to ensure that individuals with disabilities are given the same opportunity to participate in programs and activities as are their nondisabled peers.
ABM
Attendance Boundary Modification
ADA
Average Daily Attendance: See TEA's Texas Public School Finance Overview for detail on calculation.
BHIP
Bullying and Harassment Investigation Portal
Blueprint Master Course
Blueprint is the Adjective for Master Course. This is a course that is linked to your Live Course. Whatever you build in this course will sync automatically to your Live Course. Good for teams that plan together. Note: This is not the best option for every team.
Breadcrumbs
A secondary navigation aid or path, indicating where a user is on the site.
Canvas
online Learning Management System (LMS)
Course Navigation
This navigation bar controls locations within your course. If you want to go to your homepage in the course navigation click HOME.
CTD
Classroom Technology Designer; These are certified district-based staff in the Instructional Technology department who function as instructional technology specialists for multiple campuses.
CTE
Career and Technical Education
DSF
Digital Store Front: a system for submitting Hardcopy or Digital files for printing or copying services.
Eco Dis
Economically Disadvantaged
ELL
English Language Learners
EOC
End of Course
EOY
End of Year
ESC
Education Support Complex
eSchool Plus 4.1
Student Information System
ESL
English as a Second Language
eStar
SPED/504/RTI/LPAC Data Entry and Reporting System
Global Navigation
This navigation bar controls ALL of Canvas. This will bring you to places outside of your course.
GT
Gifted and Talented
iCalendar File
An ICS file is a calendar file saved in a universal calendar format used by several email and calendar programs, including Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, and Apple Calendar. It allows users to share calendar information on the web and over email.
IE
Internet Explorer
Katy ISD user credentials
Staff/Students: Katy ID (located at bottom of ID badge) and District password. Parents/Guardians: Home Access Center ID and District password
Knowledge Owl
Knowledge Owl is the application used to create and manage articles in Katy 1 Source.
KRONOS
Timecard system used by Payroll
LEP
Limited English Proficiency
Live Course
Canvas Course attached to TAC rosters. Updates nightly. Will have the semester listed underneath the course name on the Canvas Dashboard.
LMS
Learning Management System
LTI
LTI = Learning Tool Interoperability. This is for all the tools we use that are not native to canvas like Google, Nearpod, Flipgrid, etc. They have each built “apps” for Canvas so it’s easier to keep all of your online learning in one place: Canvas!
LUZ
Land Use Zone: Small boundaries that geographically define neighborhood areas, or sections of a subdivision
Master Course
Your “teacher binder”. Where you keep the clean copies of all of your work. Build content in here and import it into your Live Course as you go. Can be used with a team or PLC.
MUNIS
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system that manages all core functions, including financials, procurement, HR, payroll, and revenues.
OOL
Office of Other Languages
PEIMS
The Public Education Information Management System encompasses all data requested and received by TEA about public education, including student demographic and academic performance, personnel, financial, and organizational information.
PIE
Partners In Education: brings the community into Katy ISD classrooms through a menu of opportunities. Giving everyone a chance to volunteer.
PII
Personally Identifiable Information: considered highly sensitive and must be protected at all times.
Playground Course
This is your course where you try things out. Not serious business. The place where it’s even more okay to make mistakes than normal.
PMP
Performance Management Portal: District repository for data dashboards.
Quick Ticket
Pre-populated, template based requests that can assist with submitting TSC Help Desk tickets quickly and efficiently.
RFIT
Request for Interpretation Translation
Rich Content Editor
This is the “text box” on all of the content creation pages. We go into detail on the specifics later in the course.
RTI
Response to Intervention
SARA
School Assignment by Residential Address
SBP
School Business Partnerships: mutually beneficial, long-term relationships that provide value to both the campus and the company.
SPED
Special Education Students
TAC
Teacher Access Center
TMAX
the Telephone Movement and Transfer Request System used primarily by the Campus Secretary.
TRIP
Stands for Travel Reimbursement Input and Planning. It is an application used by employees planning overnight travel on behalf of the District.
TSC
Technology Support Center
WADA
Wealth per average daily attendance: See TEA's Texas Public School Finance Overview for detail on calculation.