EMS District Admin Training Plan
Training plan designed for the EMS District Administrator
As the EMS District Administrator, your role is to customize and maintain the Emergency Management Solution features to achieve safety and security compliance and equip your staff with access to critical emergency response resources.
Complete the three-part comprehensive training to learn how to manage user access, customize each feature in EMS and use all of the desktop functions.
Part 1: User Management
Scope of Training: Learn how your Student Information System (SIS) data is brought into EMS to enable seamless user management and assign user permissions based on function in your organization.
- Understanding your Data Sync via Clever, ClassLink, or VendorLink
- Viewing All Users
- Assigning User Permissions
- Editing individual User Account pages
- Viewing and Editing Site Information
Audience: District Administrators and departments assigned to oversee User Access (eg: IT Department, Human Resources)
Duration: 12-minutes, on-demand
Part 2: District Administrator Training
Scope of Training: Comprehensive training covering all core functionality within EMS on Desktop.
- Reviewing User Access Permissions
- Feature Overview - how to customize each feature for your district
- Alarm Management
Audience: District Administrators
Duration: 1-hour, on-demand
District Administrator Training
Don't have time to watch an hour-long session? Check out the feature-specific trainings below for individual feature overviews.
Part 3: Mobile App Launch Resources
EMS Mobile App Launch Resources
Enable your staff to activate an emergency alarm that notifies your school building of an emergency through the Navigate360 Emergency Management mobile app.
Click here to download the newest Emergency Management mobile app today!
The EMS Mobile App Launch guide offers a step by step walk through on core app functionality for Staff Users. Follow the steps to ensure your staff is prepared to use the EMS Mobile App in drills and emergencies.
- District Admin Pre-Launch Checklist
- Downloading and Installing the Mobile App
- Logging into individual user accounts
- Configuring and testing notifications
- Navigating the Mobile App - Staff User and Admin User
- Starting an Emergency
- Performing Student Roll-Call and Staff/Visitor Accountability
- Ending an Alarm
Administrator Resources:
Click here to download the EM Mobile App Launch Guide
On-Demand Training: EM Admin User Mobile App Walkthrough
Staff Resources:
Click here to download the Staff User Quick Reference Guide
On-Demand Training: EM Staff User (Limited Access) Mobile App Walkthrough
Click here to download the Staff Quick Guide to Practice Alarms in EM Mobile App
Click here for assistance accessing webinar notifications
Feature Specific Training Resources:
Many districts identify multiple team members to support the customization of various EMS features at both the district and building level. Access feature-specific training below for each user.
Be sure to give the identified users Admin Permissions to edit and customize documentation!
Rapid Alarm Management
Webinar: Rapid Alarm Management Overview
Scope of Training: Learn the essential aspects of alarm management, including configuring rapid alarms, creating and customizing alarms, customizing alarm features, and activating alarms to ensure prompt and effective emergency responses.
- Introduction to Alarm Management
- Configuring Rapid Alarms
- Viewing Active and Past Alarms
- Creating Custom Alarms
- Configuring Alarm Features (Sound, Countdown, 911 Prompt, Flip Charts, Roll Call)
- Activating Alarms
Audience: District leaders assigned to oversee emergency alarm activation.
Duration: 5-minutes, on-demand
Safety Plans
Webinar: Safety Plans
Scope of Training: Learn how to build safety plans that meets state compliance at the District and Building-level with the Safety Plan Wizard.
- Creating a new District Safety Plan
- Cloning a Safety Plan for multiple buildings
- Editing Safety Plans
- Using Variable Fields in a Safety Plan
- Completing and Exporting Safety Plans
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee Safety Plan creation and completion at the District and Building-level
Duration: 7-minutes, on-demand
Drill Management
Webinar: Drill Management
Scope of Training: Learn how to schedule, facilitate, log, and report on safety drills completed at each campus.
- Establishing State and District Drill Requirements
- Scheduling Drills
- Logging Drills
- Drill Reporting
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee Drill Management at the District and Building-level
Duration: 13-minutes, on-demand
Assess
Webinar: Assess Overview
Scope of Training: Learn how to use the Assess feature to create, customize, and manage comprehensive safety assessments that meet state compliance requirements at both the District and Building levels.
- Introduction to Assess
- Creating Custom Templates
- Adding Sections and Questions
- Publishing and Completing Assessments
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee district and building-level audits.
Duration: 6-minutes, on-demand
Maps & Floorplans
Webinar: Maps and Floorplans
Scope of Training: Learn how to create and customize interactive Floorplans for each campus buildings.
- Adding a Floorplan
- Editing a Floorplan
- Adding Icons to Floorplan
- Customizing Floorplan with attachments (eg: images, documents, camera links)
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee district and building-level floorplans
Duration: 7-minutes, on-demand
Interested in 360-degree photos to be included in your Maps & Floorplans? Reach out to the Navigate360 team to learn more!
Flipcharts
Webinar: Flipcharts
Scope of Training: Learn how to create and customize Flipcharts at the district and building-level that will be accessible to all staff in the EMS Mobile App.
- Creating a new Flipchart
- Publishing a new Flipchart
- Editing and Archiving existing Flipcharts
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee Flipchart creation
Duration: 6-minutes, on-demand
Call Lists, Binders, and Documents
Webinar: Call Lists, Binders, and Documents
Scope of Training: Learn how to manage and organize your safety information.
- Creating and Updating a Call List
- Attaching Call Lists to Flipcharts
- Accessing Document Storage
- Creating and publishing Virtual Binders
Audience: Team Member assigned to oversee safety information and documentation
Duration: 5-minutes, on-demand