You can easily configure your General Info at Configure Registration => General Info.
- Time Zone - This was configured when the school was set up and can be edited at Account => Edit 'School Name".
- Date and Time to Begin Registration - This is the time that students will first be able to access the registration site. Prior to this date/time, students will be presented a message that the registration has not begun and to come back after registration has begun.
- Date and Time to End Registration - The registration will no longer be accessible to the students after the date and time. If schools elect to use the wait list, the system will allow students to sign up on the wait list after this date.
- Base Exam Fee - This is the "typical" non-discounted fee that students will pay for the exam. This fee can be discounted for various reasons (free/reduced lunch, certain exams, based on the number of exams, etc) later in the configuration process. Think of this as the maximum fee that students will pay for an exam.
- IB Registrations/Program Fee - (You will only see this when configuring IB exams.) Set the fee to charge all non-Diploma students who did NOT pay the fee the previous year.
- One-Time Admin Fee - (You will only see this when configuring AP and IB exams.) Schools have the ability to charge a one-time fee per registration. This will be charged each time a student registers and will be independent of the number of exams.
- Admin Fee Label - (You will only see this when configuring AP and IB exams.) How the "Admin Fee" is referenced on the registration site.
- Minimum/Maximum Grade Level - This is where you can set which grade levels will show for students to choose during registration.
- Attend Your School - (You will only see this when configuring AP and PSAT exams.) The system can ask students if they attend your school. If they answer no, the system will ask students to identify the school they attend (or if they are homeschool students). The system also has the ability to ask or require different questions depending on whether or not the student attends your school. "Non-Students" can also be charged a different exam fee, which is helpful for schools that subsidize the exam.
- Allow TR to distribute Join Codes to Students - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams) Schools can choose to upload their join code file from the College Board so that TR can easily distribute join codes to students once they choose their exam/teacher/period in Total Registration. TR also includes instructions for students to use the join code to enroll in the College Board's MyAP system.
- Do you have second-semester courses - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams) If your school offers second-semester AP courses, you can configure late fees and a refund policy specific to those courses and the College Board's spring ordering deadline.
- Does your school offer IB Exams - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams.) If your school has both IB and AP programs, the system can calculate exam conflicts between the two programs. Since both of the programs have exams during the same time period, there is a chance that students may have an IB and AP exam at the same time. The system will ask students if they are taking any IB exams and if they are which exams they are taking. The system can then identify exam conflicts, allowing coordinators to schedule alternates if necessary.
- Select PSAT Exam Date - (You will only see this when configuring PSAT exams.) Select the date(s) you plan to administer the PSAT exam. You can also set a maximum number of registrations for each of the dates configured.
- Using the College Board's Bulk Registration File Upload - (You will only see this when configuring PSAT exams) This option will allow you download a file you can upload to the College Board's website to order ID labels for your students and take away the time needed to bubble demographic information on exam day.
- Allow Students to Sign Up For Wait List - (You will only see this when configuring AP and PSAT exams.) Schools can elect to start a wait list after the registration end date. In this case, students will continue to be able to access the registration site, but instead of "registering" the student's exam will be added to a waitlist. Coordinators can view these wait-listed exams and "Approve" a wait-listed exam. This will add the exam, fees, etc to the system and the student will now appear in the exams counts and on the roster. Wait-listed students will not be able to pay for their exams until their wait-listed exam is approved.
- Waitlist No Teacher/Independent Study courses - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams) Schools can choose to waitlist students who are not taking an AP course but wish to register for the AP exam. This option works well for schools that give exam preference to students taking the course.
- Allow students to request the alternate date for an exam - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams.) Schools can allow students to submit a request to change their regular AP exam date to the alternate exam date. Coordinators will receive the request and can then approve or deny the date change.
- Allow students to request a teacher/period update after registering - (You will only see this when configuring AP exams) You can allow students to request a teacher/period change to their AP course in order to receive a corrected Join Code for joining MyAP.
- Contact Info - There are some places where the registration site will display the contact info. This contact info will also be used to generate some of the customized text and directions.
You can learn more about the AP Configuration's General Settings page by watching AP Configuration Webinar - General Info page