Below you will find important details about how to handle your files and accounts in eBackpack, Google Drive, and Veracross. Please be sure to read the entire post.
eBackPack
*Access to eBackpack will end June 30th for Grades 6-9
*For students who are graduating or leaving Pike, all files will be erased after June 30th.
For all returning students
- Any file in the “My Files” area that students want to save should be moved to the E-Portfolio area. All other files will be deleted.
- If you want to save assignments turned into the teacher.
- Navigate to that assignment.
- Open the file that you turned in.
- Click the “share square” and then move it to Notability or Google Drive.
- Any file in the E-Portfolio area will remain available as read-only next year for returning students.
Google Drive Grades 3-9
*Access for graduating or leaving students ends June 30th
*Access for returning students ends August 25th – Between August 25 and the first week of school there will be no access so that we can change passwords and perform other maintenance
There are two options for saving files.
Option 1 – When you only want to save a few files.
- Log into your account on a laptop or desktop (not an iPad).
- Select the files you would like to save.
- Go to More Actions (three dots) > Download…
- Make the appropriate choices for file formats and then click download.
- This will download a .zip file containing your documents. You can open these documents on a home computer.
Option 2 – When you want to save all of your files.
- Log into your account on a laptop or desktop (not an iPad).
- Then go to Google Takeout
- Under “Select data to include”, put a check next to Drive only.
- Scroll to the bottom and click “next”.
- Click “Create Archive” in the “Customize download format” section.
- If you have a lot of files, this process will take a good bit of time.
- It will say that you will receive an email when it is finished but you won’t because students don’t have access to email.
- Instead return to Google Takeout later and choose “Manage Archives” at the top of the screen.
- Find your archive and click download. Your files will be downloaded as a .zip file. You can transfer these files to a home computer.
Veracross – all grades
*Access for graduating or leaving students ends June 30th
- Reports must be printed before June 30th. As of June 30th, 2019, there will be a $15 fee to receive a copy of your child’s report(s) if you did not download and save or print the report(s) prior to the parent report portal closing. Please make your check payable to “The Pike School” and send it to the attention of Gale Mender. After payment is received, you will be provided with a copy of the requested report(s).
- Lower, Middle, and Upper School reports will be published on Veracross on Monday, June 17th.
Access to reports for returning students ends July 26th.
- Reports must be printed before July 26th. As of July 26, 2018, there will be a $15 fee to receive a copy of your child’s report(s) if you did not download and save or print the report(s) prior to the parent report portal closing. Please make your check payable to “The Pike School” and send it to the attention of Gale Mender. After payment is received, you will be provided with a copy of the requested report(s).
- Lower, Middle, and Upper School reports will be published on Veracross on Monday, June 17th.
