This email just came in…it shares a new interface that will be available.

Good Afternoon Thinkfinity Field Trainers,

We are moving forward with the development and launch of the replacement for the Rusticello system. At this time, the main thing you should know about the new system is that rosters, surveys, and follow-up forms will only be accepted for two weeks after the end-date of a session. This means that any sessions occurring prior to July 15, 2008, that are migrated to the new system with incomplete information will remain incomplete and will not be counted as “official” sessions for Field Trainer continuance requirements (see the About section of the Professional Development portion of the Thinkfinity Web site for more information on maintaining Field Trainer status).

Due to this change, we highly recommend that all trainers login to the current Rusticello system–http://rusticello.mped.org–and submit any missing information for sessions they have conducted. If this is your first time logging into Rusticello, you will need to review and approve your Profile information before proceeding. Once you have approved your Profile, select the Follow-up component on the left side and page back through the calendar to locate any incomplete forms (they will be listed in red).

You may also review conducted sessions after logging in by running a report. To generate a Training Activity report, please follow the steps below:

1. Select Reports in the left navigation (Rusticello components list)

2. Select and add the following fields:
a. Training Date
b. Training Location
c. State
d. # of Attendees (from roster)
e. # of Attendees (from follow-up)
f. # of Attendees (from survey)
g. Start Time
h. Training Type

3. Select and add the following Training Session Status filter: Confirmed Session

4. Click the “Submit” button

5. A pop-up window will open with report results (it may take a moment or two to display)

6. The information from the report may be saved as an HTML document or copied and pasted into a spreadsheet.

7. Sessions requiring attention have a zero in the # of Attendees (from Roster), a (NULL) value in the # of Attendees (from Survey), or a (NULL) value in the # Attendees (from Follow-up) column. NOTE: for Awareness Sessions only, a zero in the roster or a (NULL) in the survey column is acceptable. All other sessions need data in all three attendee columns to be considered official.

The development team is currently finishing up Phase 1 of the new system. If you would like to take a sneak peek, the URL is http://demo-tims.thinkfinity.org:8080/Welcome.aspx Your Rusticello login ID and password will provide you access. We are happy to answer any questions that you have about the new system, and please send any error reports you may encounter while browsing to us at ThinkfinityFieldTraining@verizon.com.

Sincerely,

Thinkfinity Professional Development Team
ThinkfinityFieldTraining@verizon.com