QSS - Quintessential School Systems

QSS Workshops and Webinars for 2008-2009

Revised:

QSS is pleased to offer the following all-day workshops and on-line seminars (webinars) during the 2008-2009 fiscal year (printable list in .pdf format). For additional learning opportunities, see the list of QSSUG-sponsored seminars.

Look below the table for a key to Status codes.

Workshop	Day/Date	Time (Pacific)	Location	Prerequisites (Workshop #)	Title/Description	Status
1 (free!)	Wednesday, September 3, 2008 (and various other dates throughout the year, to be announced later)	10:00-11:30 a.m.	on-line	none	Introduction to QSS ControlCenter (QCC) and QCC Print Manager -- a non-technical introduction for end-users (announcement)	Completed
2	Thursday, September 4, 2008 (and various other dates throughout the year, to be announced later)	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1	In-depth QCC Print Manager, including exporting and downloading print files and viewing $STDLISTs (announcement)	Completed
3 (free!)	Tuesday, September 9, 2008 (also offered Monday, February 9, 2009)	10:00-11:00 a.m.	on-line	none	QSS Customer Forums -- tips and tricks for technical staff using the support forums to communicate with QSS staff on support issues and with other QSS customers (announcement)	Completed
4	Tuesday, September 23, 2008 (also offered Tuesday, January 6, 2009)	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1	Financial Systems Overview -- a brief introduction to QSS/OASIS Budget Development, Budget, General Ledger, Financial Reports, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets and Stores (announcement)	Completed
5	Thursday, September 25, 2008 (also offered Wednesday, January 7, 2009)	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1	HR/Payroll Systems Overview -- a brief introduction to QSS/OASIS Personnel, Position Control, Absence Tracking, Job History, Benefits Management, Payroll and Retirement (announcement)	Completed
6	Monday, September 29, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	Human Resources Introduction and Overview (announcement)	Completed
7	Tuesday, September 30, 2008	9 a.m.-3 p.m.	Sacramento COE	1, 2	QCC Core Financial, including General Ledger Maintenance, Chart of Accounts, Budget Maintenance, GL Application (Journal Entry, Proforma Journal, Cash Deposit, Cash Transfer), Finance Maintenance, GLAR Accounts Receivable (no invoicing), GL Account Lookup, Indirect Cost Accounting and Account Summarization (announcement)	Completed
8	Wednesday, October 1, 2008	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Sacramento COE	1, 2	Beginning Financial Reports (announcement)	Completed
9	Thursday, October 2, 2008	9 a.m.-4 pm.	San Mateo	1, 2	Establishing Security in QSS ControlCenter (QCC) and Using Package Manager (announcement)	Canceled
10	Friday, October 3, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	QCC HR Report/Job Selector, including Personnel, Applicant Tracking, and Personnel Labels reports and jobs, and QCC Personnel Downloader (announcement)	Completed
11	Tuesday, October 7, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2, 6, 10	HR Query (announcement)	Canceled
12	Thursday, October 9, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	none	Introduction to Linux for System Administrators and System Operators (announcement)	Completed
13	Tuesday, October 14, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	Employee Absence Tracking Introduction and Overview (announcement)	Completed
14	Tuesday, October 21, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	Accounts Payable Introduction/Overview (announcement)	Completed
15	Wednesday, October 22, 2008	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2, 6	Human Resources, including Code Maintenance, Employee Maintenance (Demographics, Client-Defined Data, Employee Contract Info, Education/Units, Evaluation Info, Medical/Emergency Info, Seniority, Skills/Subjects/Degrees/In-service Data, Termination Information, Teaching History & Subject/Site Preferences, and Employee Verification), and introduction to reporting and downloading HR information (announcement)	Canceled
16	Please note new date Friday, October 31, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2, 6	Credentials and Personnel Assignment Tracking; Credentials Reports, including Credential Notification for Payroll -- a brief introduction/overview for these topics (announcement)	Completed
17	Wednesday, October 29, 2008	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2, 13	Employee Absence Tracking, including Leave Group Definitions, Recording Employee Leave, Leave Accrual Processing, Reset and Balance Forward Processing, and Employee Leave Reports (announcement)	Completed
18	Wednesday, November 5, 2008	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Sacramento COE	1, 2	Accounts Payable, including Vendor Maintenance, other Master Files, Batching, Overview of Purchase Orders and Requisitions, PO Payments, Pay Vouchers, Travel Claims, Credit Memos, Liability Payments, Accounts Payable Reports, Transaction Maintenance, Revolving Cash, and Hand and Canceled Warrants (announcement)	Completed
19	Tuesday, December 9, 2008	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2	W2 and 1099 Processing for 2008 (announcement)	Completed
20	Tuesday, December 16, 2008	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	W2 Processing for 2008 (announcement)	Completed
21	Wednesday, December 17, 2008	10:00-11:30 a.m.	on-line	1, 2	1099 Processing for 2008 (announcement)	Completed
22	Tuesday, January 6, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1	Financial Systems Overview -- a brief introduction to QSS/OASIS Budget Development, Budget, General Ledger, Financial Reports, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets and Stores (announcement)	Completed
23	Wednesday, January 7, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1	HR/Payroll Systems Overview -- a brief introduction to QSS/OASIS Personnel, Position Control, Absence Tracking, Job History, Benefits Management, Payroll and Retirement (announcement)	Completed
24	Tuesday, January 13, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2, 8	Advanced Financial Reports (announcement)	Completed
25	Tuesday, February 3, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	Budget Development #1, including basic budget development processes, budget actions, and the Comparative Budget Report (announcement)	Completed
26	Thursday, February 5, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2, 25	Budget Development #2, including importing data, working with ending/beginning balances, budget transfers, interfacing with Position Control, and calculation of benefits (announcement)	Completed
27 (free!)	Monday, February 9, 2009	10:00-11:00 a.m.	on-line	none	QSS Customer Forums -- tips and tricks for technical staff using the support forums to communicate with QSS staff on support issues and with other QSS customers (announcement)	Completed
28	Tuesday, February 10, 2009	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Sacramento COE	1, 2	Purchasing, including Requisitions, Purchase Orders, PO Change Orders, PO Receiving, PO Routing and Purchasing Reports (announcement)	Completed
29	Wednesday, February 11, 2009	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Sacramento COE	1, 2, 6	Introduction to Position Control (announcement)	Canceled
30	Wednesday, March 25, 2009	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2	Payroll Introduction and Overview, including Master Files and Rate Tables, Employee Maintenance (W4/Control Data, Pay Lines, Pay Deductions, Time Card Data, Payroll Information, Termination), Mass Updates to Pay Lines and Pay Deductions, Auto-Pay Deposit, Payroll Prelist Reports, and introduction to reporting/downloading payroll information (announcement)	Completed
31	Thursday, March 26, 2009	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2	Intermediate Payroll, including Hand and Canceled Warrant options, Labor/Benefits and Payroll History Inspection, Payroll Totals, Deferred Payrolls, Benefits-Only Payrolls, Payroll Encumbering, and Payroll Production Reports (both production and post-production) (announcement)	Completed
32	Thursday, April 2, 2009	10 a.m.-12 noon	on-line	1, 2	Invoice and Billing Management Introduction and Overview (formerly "Accounts Receivable" or "CSAR") (announcement)	Completed
33	Wednesday, May 6, 2009	9 a.m.-4 p.m.	Yolo COE	1, 2	Fiscal Year Transition Tasks for Finance, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Stores, Payroll, Position Control and Personnel, Retirement, Absence Tracking, Benefits Management and Job History (announcement)	Canceled

Key to Workshop Status Codes

Scheduled -- The workshop is on the calendar, but not yet open for registration.
Open -- The workshop flyer has been distributed, and the workshop is open for registration.
Low -- The workshop is subject to cancellation unless the minimum registration count is met.
Medium -- The registration count has met the minimum, and there are still plenty of seats left.
High -- Many seats are reserved, so fax your registration form in soon if you want to attend.
Full -- All seats are reserved. You can get on a waiting list for cancellations.
Cancelled -- The minimum registration was not met, so the workshop has been cancelled.
Completed -- The workshop was held as scheduled.

General Information

Location

All-day seminars will be held at facilities provided by QSS customers located in or near Sacramento, California. Yolo COE is located in Woodland, California, near the Sacramento airport. Specific locations of other all-day seminars are to be announced (TBA) later. Workshops with a location of "on-line" are webinars held via internet and telephone connections.

Cost

The Introduction to QCC (#1, and any repeats of #1 announced later) and QSS Customer Forums (#3 and #27) workshops are offered by QSS without any tuition charge (free).

Tuition for all other QSS workshops (both all-day on-site seminars and 2-hour webinars) is $250 per person. However, if 10 or more paying customers participate in a workshop QSS will only invoice $200 per person for that workshop. There is no limit on the number of people from one QSS customer organization who can view a webinar via a single registration. Pre-registration is required for all QSS workshops.

Registration

Announcements, including workshop descriptions and registration forms, will be e-mailed to all QSS seminar contacts approximately 10 weeks prior to each workshop. They will also be posted on the QSS web site at http://www.qss.com/workshop.htm at the same time the e-mail is distributed. A contact e-mail address must be included on each completed registration form so QSS can confirm registration with each participant, and so the web link, phone number and access code for webinar registrations can be returned via e-mail.

QSS reserves the right to cancel any of the above workshops if fewer than eight paid registrations have been received three weeks prior to the scheduled workshop date. A current list of the workshops, including enrollment/cancellation information, is posted for your reference at http://www.qss.com/workshop.htm.

For more information about any of these workshops, please contact your QSS Account Manager, or contact: Yolanda De La Paz at (650) 372-0200 extension 600 or Frank Fish at (530) 271-0306.

If your organization would like to have any of the workshops listed above presented at your district office, please contact Frank Fish at (530) 271-0306.