Texas Education Agency
The Cooper Institute
Human Kinetics
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Texas has been using the FITNESSGRAM® (FG)
health-related fitness assessment since SY0708 per SB530.
At that time, private funding paid for all TX
districts to receive FG desktop software.
TEA has been gathering data annually with
districts uploading FG scores in the Spring.
2013: During the 83rd TX legislative session,
funding was approved to support the upgrade
to FG 10 state software program for districts.
FG 10 is a web-based, data collection system.
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Announcement information—A few key points:
◦ FG 10 is available to districts free of charge to upgrade to the FG 10
state software version. Deadline to opt in/register is 5/31/2015.
◦ Registration online form—Authorized individual needs to sign up/opt
in/register for FG 10 for entire district. Online form on web site;
worksheet available.
◦ FAQ online.
FG10 Training – District IT staff in Jan; trainings for PE teachers in
Feb/March. Documents and webinar recordings to be posted.
New PACER calculation no longer requires entry of height and weight
New BMI standards - Healthy Fitness Zone standards now in alignment
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts
(commonly used by pediatricians).
Teacher app available for entering scores; cost is $4.99
iPad/iPhone/Android devices.
Email student and parent reports from the state software.
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When you register/opt in for FG 10 state software, you
receive the following:
◦ Site licenses for each school in your district
◦ Technical support from HK
◦ Web hosting from The Cooper Institute
◦ FG manuals for each school in your district (#s from TEA)
◦ Eight keycodes for each school: provides PE teachers
access to the FG online course:
 PDF of FG manual
 Test administration videos
 All cadences in downloadable format for any device
 New FG10 Student app free- Available for iPad, iPhone,
and Android devices. Complete with ACTIVITYGRAM®
surveys and reliable FITNESSGRAM Knowledge Tests (also
available in PDF format).
The FG 10 state software is
installed at The Cooper Institute.
School A
State Server
Region or Program
Server
School B
School C
Note: FG State software currently
used in DE, NJ, GA, KS, and
Miami Dade school district.
All TX districts/schools have been
added and deactivated.
In order to receive access:
1. Sign up for the software via
the registration form on FG
website.
2. HK works with your SIS
vendor to create the extract of
student information for import.
3. Once the SIS extract file is
approved by HK, your district
is activated. You will receive
admin logins to the software
for your import.
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State program is one software version.
The software is hosted at The Cooper Institute.
There is nothing to install locally; no need to maintain a
server environment within your district.
FG 10 state program is a public web site with its own
unique URL. All users can access from anywhere with an
Internet connection.
Report FG scores to TEA. With use of the FG state software,
there is no need to annually export data to TEA. Done
within the program and users do not have to do anything.
RECOMMENDATION: If you are currently using your FG 8 or
9 software now, then continue to do so for this SY, but
register for FG 10 now to be prepared for 2014-15 SY.
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SIS Vendors/independent districts:
◦ Trainings held in Dec 2013 for vendors/districts not
affiliated with a vendor to create a specific extract for
districts to use. Extract is based on a series of constraints
for teacher/class/student information
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District IT:
◦ Receive access to the state software once their SIS vendor
extract is tested and approved by HK. If district is not
affiliated with a vendor, then that extract needs to be
tested and approved by HK before receiving access.
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Physical education teachers:
◦ Once their IT has imported the extract and everything
appears correct, then our instructions will be for the PE
teacher to log into the FG software and begin to enter
scores and run reports for students and parents.
• CI/HK add all districts and their schools.
• All are made inactive.
FG 10 Database
• This step completed.
• HK works with SIS vendors and districts not affiliated with a vendor to create the extract for
import into the software.
Extract for import is
prepared
• All extracts must be tested/approved by HK. Once that is done, extract is ready to import into
the software.
• CI activates districts with approved extracts and creates admin logins for the district IT.
• District IT request the extract and imports the file using their login.
• If everything is correct, PE teachers login and enter scores and run relevant reports.
IT imports
Teachers enter scores
• Data is entered and available to TEA at any time via a click of a button.
• Districts will not be allowed to import historical data from current FG 8 and FG 9 software.
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URL—
https://texas.fgontheweb.com/Region/login.aspx
The FG 10 program is accessible anywhere you
have an Internet connection. We recommend a
stable, secure, and fast connection.
Remember this is a public web site. Please keep
that in mind when importing your
teacher/class/student information.
Also, safeguard your login—user name and
password. Do not give out your login to anyone.
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There are web browser requirements for FG
10. Please make sure your school or home
computer meets these requirements so that
you can import teachers/classes/students
into FG 10.
 Internet Explorer 7-10
 Firefox 3
 Fitnessgram 10 does not support Safari nor
Google Chrome
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This training document is only for the process of
importing teachers/classes/students into the FG 10
software.
The import process should only be done by district IT
staff.
The import file used in this process should address all
schools within a district.
If the import file is requested from a state vendor, use
the file name:
◦ FG 10 Extract 2014
◦ Note: Your vendor may have created extracts for your
FG 8 or FG 9 installations. Please be sure to pull the
CORRECT extract for FG 10.
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In FG 10 you will import information to create the necessary
data relationships of teacher, class, and student. These data
relationships must be established before you can use any
features in the program, such as creating Fitnessgram test
events and entering scores.
The vendor extract required for FG 10 state software is
based on defined constraints for each field. Software
requires unique IDs for teachers/classes/students.
You will first need to download your Fitnessgram 10 file
from your vendor (Infinite Campus, Power School, etc). Your
vendor will provide you with instructions for downloading
the file.
◦ File name to request: FG 10 Extract 2014
DO NOT edit any of the information in the
vendor-created FG 10 extract.
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Login information is defined as a User Name and a
Password. You will need both to access FG 10.
To obtain IT login for the import process:
◦ Your user name and password will be emailed to you
via the site after your district is activated. Activation
occurs after your vendors’ FG10 extract file passes the
testing phase and is approved.
 Forgotten your user name and password? You will
be able to select the Forgotten Password link to have
it emailed again.
 Please add fgreports@fgontheweb.com as a trusted
sender in order to prevent FG reports and emails
from being caught in Spam filters.
At the FG 10 login
screen, do the
following:
1. Select your
state
2. Select your
district
3. Select your
school
4. Enter your User
Name and
Password
5. Click the Log In
Now button
https://texas.fgontheweb.com/Region/login.aspx
The light green area above is dynamic and will display
messages for users.
This is the main
screen of FG 10.
1. Your name
should be at
top left with
your school
and
permission
level. All IT
will have
‘District Admin’
as the security
level.
2. Click on the
Utilities icon at
left.
Click on the Import
and Export button.
Click on the
Custom Import
button.
Note: The capability
to import from your
FG 8 or FG 9
software has been
disabled in order to
ensure a stable
database for the
state software.
All imports are
Scheduled by
default. You will
not be able to
select to run your
import in Real
Time.
This places your
import file in a
queue and it will
be processed in
the order it is
received.
Email notifications will be sent when the import is completed.
Since your vendor
has created an
automated extract
for you with the
fields already in
the default order,
the only format
available is the
combined Custom
Student, Teacher,
Class data all
together.
DO NOT edit any
of the information
in the vendor FG
10 extract.
Select the Match
option of ID number.
This import makes it
possible to import 45 fields
of student, teacher, and
class related data.
Note: The order is already
set within the vendor
extract file. There is no
need to reorder or remove
fields for your file. If you
edit the default order your
file will not match the fields
and corrupt your data or
fail to import.
(The order has already been set in your vendor file. No need to make selections
or remove anything here. Skip to next step.)
Click the Browse
button to navigate
to the filepath
where your vendor
Fitnessgram 10
extract file is
located.
Issue of duplicate IDs is covered in
the next slide.
 Click the Allow duplicate IDs checkbox if you have students
that will be imported into more than one class.
 If your student’s are only in one class in your import file
you may want to leave this unchecked so the import
process will find duplicates and report the errors to you.
 IT staff may want to check to see if the possibility of
students being in more than one physical education class
exists for the import file in order to choose accordingly.
Click the Upload
button to upload your
import file to be
added to the import
queue.
The import file is submitted here and scheduled for importing.
It is added to the queue to be processed in order of submission.
You will receive an email when the import completes
processing. Once your file is processed you will see your
rosters and can verify your import was successful.
After submitting your import file, you can come back to the Import Log to
see the status of the import and if there were any errors reported from the
import process.
Status Explanation
Submitted – The import file was received and is in line for processing as
soon as possible.
Shows Percentage – Is currently processing and the percentage will
increase until completed.
Finished – Has completed and you can view your rosters or error log file.
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Once you have imported your file, please check the
program to see if everything is as expected for
teachers/classes/students:
◦ Click on the My Classes icon
◦ Select a teacher
◦ View the classes listed for that teacher
◦ View the student rosters for that class
If teachers/classes/students are not as expected,
then please review your import file.
◦ Contact Human Kinetics technical support if you have
questions regarding the import process. Please indicate that
Texas and your district name in subject line of your email:
support@hkusa.com
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January 2014:
◦ SIS vendors/independent districts have their extract tested,
approved, and final by Human Kinetics.
January 2014: District IT trainings for requesting and using the
extract for import into FG 10.
February 2014: PE teacher trainings for the FG10 Software. Dates
and times are posted on TX web page
Feb 2, 2014 through June 6, 2014: FG 10 state software is open
for access. Same timeline for current PFAI process.
◦ NOTE: Current upload of FG scores to TEA still available for
2013-14 SY. No decision has been made for 2014-15 SY.
February 5, 2014: TEA TETN information session for ESCs. Sign
up via TEA.
May 31, 2015: Deadline for districts to register/opt in for free
upgrade to FG 10 state software.
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All technical questions on the vendor extract creation
process or the district import process: Vette Wolf, FG
Technical Support Manager
◦ vettew@hkusa.com
◦ 800-747-4457 ext. 2352
Overall information and/or project questions:
◦ Texas Education Agency: Kathy Goodlett
Kathy.Goodlett@tea.state.tx.us
◦ Cooper Institute: Catherine Vowell
cvowell@cooperinst.org
◦ Human Kinetics: Kathy Read
kathyr@hkusa.com
www.fitnessgram.net/texas for updated information