Using a Directory

Using a Directory

Directory Home Page

This page is displayed after you click on a specific directory link on the “Your Directories” page. There are 3 primary portions of this home page:

1. On the left, you are shown some read-only background information about your school.

2. Near the top, you are provided with a Search box, if you wish to find a specific person within your school. Directory Burst will attempt to find your search string in across all of the fields within a record, so be as specific as possible to narrow your search results.

3. Under the search box, you are shown a list of all groups that exist in the default view that your directory administrator has defined. In most cases, this default view will display a list of classrooms or grades in your school. You can click on any of the links in the list to navigate into the records within that group. If your directory administrator has defined multiple views, you can also use the top-right drop-down to change the view displayed on this page.

Directory List Page

This page is displayed after you click on a specific group on a directory home page. It displays a list of all records (e.g., students, teachers, others) that fall within that group. You can click the “View” link next to any record to see the full contact information for that individual.

Search Results Page

This page shows a list of all results from a search. You can click the “View” link next to any record to see the full contact information for that individual.

Directory Detail Page

When you click on a specific record within a list or search results, the resulting page shows the full contact information for an individual record within your directory.

For records that you commonly access, you can use the detail page to mark those records as Favorites. Any Favorites you designate will be displayed prominently on your Directory Home Page.

If your directory administrator has designated any fields as being editable, you can edit those for your own student. Simply visit the detail page for your own student, hover over the field with your mouse cursor, click the "Edit" link that appears, and make your desired modifications. Again, you can only make modifications for your own student.

(Note: If you are the directory administrator, you can edit all fields for all records in the directory. Simply hover over a field with your mouse cursor, click the “Edit” link that appears, and then make your desired changes. As the directory administrator, you alone can also see and use the "Delete Record" button at the bottom of the page to remove a record.)