Spider - User Interface

The interface for Spider has changed over time. Please ensure you are on the current version to see all of the latest changes.

The desktop is a place where staff can place their “Favourite” controls for quick access to the ones they use the most. The “Alert Dashboard” is designed to show users important messages as they log in. Users can now select their own starting page and schools can configure the controls to either open a new tab or open within the current tab. For a video preview of the single tab option and how to activate it, click here.

Home Page and Notification Panel (2020 Spider)

1. The menu drop-down has been replaced by icons on the left hand side of the desktop. Hovering over the appropriate icon will expand the menu options available. This replaces the previous drop-down.
2. The username and security information has been shifted to the right hand side
3. A new “Notification Panel” has been introduced. This consolidates the options that used to run across the top of the desktop.
4. A new feature of the quick links is to allow links to be shown on the panel without the user having to select them from a drop-down

Menu Selection (Spider 2018)

By hovering over the left hand side icons, the menu map will appear. This allows users to see all available options without having to look into each category.

Control Page Icons

	Log Out of Spider
	Add to Portal Home Page (Desktop will need refreshing or you will need to Log Out then In to see the change)
	Love this page – you can set this to Auto-launch when you sign into Spider instead of showing your Home Page
	Return to your Home Page
	Help information for this page/section
	Toggle between show/hide the Search screen

Alert Message Bars

The alert message bars provide a visual clue that there is information pertaining to one of the following categories about the student. Clicking the bars shows a summary of the information. It is important that staff are aware that when using this feature, accidental sharing of this information can occur if the display is open to the public eg roll marking connected to a whiteboard.

^ Quick Links – My Classes and Teacher Timetable

	Class Reports	This icon opens the Class Reports screen. The new report printing options allow for a “Quick Print” option so the user does not need to make any additional choices when printing.
	Export Class List	Exporting the class list in a CSV format has never been easier. The file is automatically downloaded for use in other applications such as Excel.
	Email	The email option allows staff to quickly email their class. It allows student’s caregivers to be selected, as well as other associated staff. Students can be excluded from the initial selection and an additional recipients added.
	Class Documents	Class Documents opens the Document Explorer for the class of students. It shows the individual students folders, based on the teachers security. This allows staff to see documents that have been stored against the individual students, as well as copying in homework documents to the year level or subject folders.
	Homework for Class	This icon allows homework for the class to be posted on the calendar. It can include attachments and have a priority set against it.
	Subject and Assessment	This icon shows the subject information for the selected class, as well as the current assigned areas of assessment.
	OTJ Result Entry	The OTJ Result Entry allows teachers quick access to enter the Overall Teacher Judgements for their subjects.
	Attendance Analysis	Using this icon shows an analysis of the attendance for the class
	Mark book	If using mark books, this icon auto populates the subject’s mark book with the class ready for marks to be entered.
	Result Entry	Result Entry will launch the result entry control with the current class reading for entering assessment data.
	Roll Marking	One-click access to mark the class roll.