CHARMS Click on CHARMS to access the program. Scroll down for instructions to access your account.
So, what is Charms?
The Charms Office Assistant represents nearly eight years of continual design, programming, and testing. It is an all-encompassing office assistant, ready to go to work when you are. It will keep track of all your student and parent information such as email addresses, phone numbers, groups, chaperones, and lots more. It will organize and make sense of your library, and keep track of your inventory, props and uniforms. Charms knows who turned in their form, who missed practice, and where they stand or sit with our seating charts.
Charms is a complete financial package as well! It will help you track fundraisers and disburse profits. You can manage local and international trips with ease. Charms knows who paid their fees, who still owes for repairs, and can give you a running balance of your activity fund and booster club bank accounts. Parents can even pay for trips and fees online with credit cards through our exclusive Parent/Student Area.
Parent Communication has never been easier or more effective! Charms will keep track of all your events on a live, interactive on-line calendar - available to all your students and parents by group over the Internet. You can send mass e-mails, record and blast phone messages and even type and send text messages directly to your student's and parent's cell phones. You can upload handouts, sound files, assignments, audition materials, maps, pictures and more for students and parents to access 24/7.
Music students can keep practice logs online, record and upload playing tests, and track their own grades. Parents can track inventory assignments and monitor attendance and merits or demerits earned.
And this is only the beginning.... As a member of the Charms Community you will get continual, automatic updates when they become available, and there are no hidden "new version" charges. Since Charms is written for the Web, there is no such thing as a Windows or Mac version. Any computer with an internet connection can access Charms from anywhere in the world.
So, take a few minutes and view the free demo. It's the real, fully functional program using a ficticious teacher in mythical schools. Or if you're ready, you can set up a free trial today and start using Charms tomorrow. Charms is a product of Dorian Business Systems, Inc.
Give Charms a try, and let us know how you like it!
Michael Baker, Charms Administrator
How to access your account
· Log on to www.charmsoffice.com
· Locate the “PARENT/STUDENT LOGIN” section of the web page.
· Login to your child’s program account using the following login:____BAYLESS___
· This will bring up the main parent page. This will allow you to look at your child’s program’s public calendar, event list, handouts and other files.
· Clicking on an event on the calendar brings up the details for that event, such as times, attendance requirements and equipment/uniform necessities. Clicking on “event list” puts all of the calendar information in a list form for easy printing.
· When you enter your child’s ID NUMBER, ______ another more detailed screen appears with even more options to view your student’s uniform assignments, music assignments, financial records, forms and inventory. Enter your child’s ID FIRST – then you may create your own, unique password by clicking on the “keys icon”
· Two areas in which you can help the director maintain his/her records:
o Student information form – if the director has allowed it, you may help make changes to your child’s student information page (such as updating phone numbers and email addresses if they change) to help the teacher communicate with you more effectively.
o Credit card payments for fees, trips and deposits to your student’s account. If the director has created a PayPal account for the booster club or school activity account, you may pay for your child’s fees or trips easily with a credit card.
· Most importantly, the parent page assists both you and the teacher to communicate with each other.
· You will also see links to enter Practice Logs, view Grades, and use the Recording Studio if the teacher has enabled these options.