Student Learning & Instructional Management (SLIM)

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• Training Server Login – Use this site to practice and experiment in Synergy without affecting production data.  Data is refreshed on a regular basis, and must be accessed on the LPS network.
• Changing Your Default Login to Synergy SIS or TVUE

Athletics

• ParentVUE Registration Steps
• Managing Athletic Registrations

Attendance

• Attendance Absence Codes
• Attendance Letters
• Entering and Verifying Attendance
• Mass Change Attendance
• Review Parent Submitted Attendance
• Student Attendance Collaborative Plan
• Substitute Teacher Attendance
  
  • Printable Day Substitute Instructions for Elementary

Communication

• Adding a Synergy Announcement
• School Event Calendar
• Synergy Mail for SIS Users
• Upload a CSV file to School Messenger

Course History

• Adding to Student Course History
• Grad Check
• LPS High School Transcripts
• LPS High School Transcripts by Section

Discipline

• Discipline Referral Entry 
• Discipline Reports
• Discipline Q & A
• Early Childhood Behavior Data
• PBIS Behavior Data

Enrollment

• Enrollment Code Cheat Sheet
• Enrollment Quick Guide
• Synergy Enrollment Decision Chart
• Add a New Student
• No Show a Student
• Inactivate a Student
• Transfer a Student
• Concurrent Enrollment
• Concurrent Enrollment with DDSEC
• Kindergarten Assessment Information 

Fees

• Adjusting Student Fees
• Entering Fee Payments
• Mass Assign Fees
• Recommended Reports
• View/Add Individual Student Fees
  
  • Student Fees when something happens to a Chromebook

Grading – Elementary

• Elementary Grading Processes for Office
• Blank Elementary Report Cards
• Blank Translated Report Cards

Grading – Secondary

• Secondary Progress Report Process for Office
• U-GB104: Student Progress Reports
• U-GB105: Student Progress Report Scheduled Emails
• U-GB106: Student Progress Report Bounced Emails
• Secondary School Office Report Card Grading Procedures
  
  • 2024-25 Secondary Grading Calendar

Labels and Letters

• Student Mailing Labels
• Mail Merge in MS Office
  
  • Mail Merge Instructions for Window Users
  • Mail Merge Instructions for Mac Users

Online Registration

Parent Teacher Conferences (available to elementary schools only)

• Synergy Parent Teacher Conferences

Scheduling – Elementary

• Adding Classes – New Student 
• Mass Schedule Sections
• Updating Schedules 

Scheduling – Secondary

• Scheduling for Program Schools
• Assign Students to Sections
• Create New Sections
• Duplicate Section
• School Course Opt In
• Student Classes
• Student Groups
• Walk-In Schedule
• Mass Scheduling Reports
• School Scheduling Options
• Schedule Request
• Mass Assign Course Requests
• On-Line Course Request Setup
• On-Line Course Request ParentVUE/StudentVUE

Staff Maintenance

• Assigning Staff to Your Building
• Assigning Additional Staff to Class Sections
• Removing Staff from Your Building’s Staff List

Student Device and Technology Tool Use

• Tech Tools student notification
• Student Device repair process

Student Photos

Summer School

Test History

• Student Test History

Training Server Login – Use this site to practice and experiment in Synergy without affecting production data.  Data is refreshed on a regular basis, and must be accessed on the LPS network.

Enter Class Information in Synergy

• Class Information Templates [Jump Code: RQBT]
• Written Instructions
• Video Instructions

General Information

• Taking Attendance in TeacherVUE
• Entering Lunch Count in TeacherVUE
• Sending Emails to Students/Parents/Guardians
• Notes and Contact Log
• PBIS Behavior Data Entry
• Accessing Synergy SIS
• Tips for Specialists
• Set up the TeacherVUE mobile app
• Video Tutorials

• Entering Sub Plans in Synergy
• Finding Home Language in TVUE
• Teacher Groups
• Test Class Analysis: Displaying Test Scores in TeacherVUE (e.g., ACT, AP Tests, GDEs, Iowa Assessments, NeSA tests, STAR Reading)

• Teacher Analytics

 Updated Grade Book Videos

• Elementary Reading Card Quick Start
  • Important Tips and Information for Reading in Grade Book
• Elementary Math Card Quick Start
• Transfer Student Scores
• Math Standards Cumulative Report: An export of Math grades from the Grade Book
• Language Arts Cumulative Report: An export of Language Arts grades from the Grade Book
• Synergy & Google Classroom Integration

• Elementary Report Card Process
• Gifted Report Card Process
• Video Tutorials for Elementary Report Cards
  • Generate Math & Language Arts Report Cards
  • Entering Scores via Matrix
  • Mark Report Cards Complete
• Elementary Report Card Comments
• Blank Elementary Report Cards for students that have left but need to be reported by original school or to be used to share grades that need to be entered by the homeroom teacher (social studies/health etc).

• PBIS Behavior Data Entry
• Tips for Specialists

• Using Synergy to Take Attendance

• Taking Attendance in TeacherVUE
• Sending Emails to Students/Parents/Guardians
• Notes and Contact Log
• Accessing Synergy SIS 
• Viewing Discipline Incident Referral details
• PBIS Behavior Data
• Set up the TeacherVUE mobile app
• Video Tutorials – Seating Charts, Attendance, Communication, Referrals and more!

Home Menu

• Entering Sub Plans in Synergy
• Finding Home Language in TVUE
• Teacher Groups
• Test Class Analysis: Displaying Test Scores in TeacherVUE (e.g., ACT, AP Tests, GDEs, Iowa Assessments, NeSA tests, STAR Reading)

Analytics

• Teacher Analytics 

Athletics

• Athletics Placement – Coaches

Grade Book Menu

Grade Book Videos

• Grade Book Documentation

• How Grades are Calculated in Synergy
• LPS Best Practices for Communicating Grades
• Copy Assignments Between Years, Semesters or Classes
• Available Grading Comments + Shortcuts! 
• Viewing Grades for Dropped Students
• Using the Analysis Tool for Non-Weighted Categories
• Synergy & Google Classroom Integration
• Transfer Scores

Report Card Menu

• Report Cards
  
  • Report Card Process – Secondary Teachers
  • Posting Grades for Students with N/A in Grade Book
  • Available Report Card Comments
• Sample Report Cards:
  
  • Middle School Sample
  • High School Sample
• Progress Reports
  
  • Progress Report Process for Secondary Teachers

Daily Substitute Teacher Resources 

• Using Synergy to Take Attendance

Grading Conversations

• LPS Best Practices for Communicating Grades (for Teachers) 
• LPS Best Practices for Communicating Grades (for Students and Parents)

Notes, Contact Log, & Incident Referrals 

• Notes, Contact Log & Incident Referral Information

Discipline

• Discipline Referral Entry

MTSS

• Check In Check Out
• MTSS Dashboard
• MTSS Plans

Mobile

• Using AdminVUE mobile app

Student Fees

Attendance Dashboards

• Absences
• Tardies

Elementary Report Card

• Grades Received Dashboard

ParentVUE

• ParentVUE Activation Dashboard

NOTE:  If you encounter any issue with assessments, complete a helpdesk ticket (New Ticket >> Software/Online Systems >> Edupoint Synergy SIS >> Assessment). 

District Assessments

Before the Assessment

• Access and Administer a Student Practice Test
• View an Assessment as a Student
• Authorize Students to Complete an Assessment

During the Assessment

• Enter Student Responses on Assessments

After the Assessment

• View Assessment Results
• Score Constructed Responses
• Provide Student Feedback/Results
• Connect Assessment Results to the Grade Book
• Update Grade Book Settings on District Assessments

Teacher Supports

• Best Practices in Administering Synergy Assessments
• Teacher Tips for Success – District Synergy Assessments
• Upload Files to Constructed Response Questions as a Teacher
• Additional Synergy Assessment Options

Classroom Assessments

Before the Assessment

• Build an Assessment
• Create an Overlay Assessment
• Create a Quick Assessment
• Create an Assessment Passage
• Change Points on Synergy Assessments
• Access and Administer a Student Practice Test
• Schedule an Assessment to Students
• Authorize Students to Complete an Assessment

During the Assessment

• Manually Enter Student Responses / Scores

After the Assessment

• View Assessment Results
• Score Constructed Responses
• Provide Student Feedback/Results
• Connect Assessment Results to the Grade Book
• Allow Students To Retake an Assessment

Teacher Supports

• Best Practices in Administering Synergy Assessments
• Upload Files to Constructed Response Questions as a Teacher

Student Instructions

• Student Tips for Success – Synergy Assessment
• Chromebook Troubleshooting Tips
• Take an Assessment with Sections
• Complete Synergy Assessments in StudentVue (Non-Secure)
• Complete Synergy Assessments using the Kiosk App (Secure Browser)
• Students Accessing Synergy Assessment Results
• Upload Files to Constructed Response Questions

Analyzing Assessment Data

• View Assessment Results
• Compare Assessment Data Using Views
• Access Student Results by Standard
• Print Student Responses and Teacher Feedback
• Test Class Analysis: Display Test Scores in TeacherVUE (e.g., ACT, AP Tests, NSCAS, etc.)

Additional Data Reports

Large-Scale Assessment reports and score summaries available to all LPS staff can be found here: Data Reports

DIBELS

• DIBELS Entry in Synergy

• Create/Print a ParentVUE Activation Key Letter
• Helping families get ParentVUE and/or email
• ParentVUE Activation Key Letters (batch)
• Resources for Advertising ParentVUE

Request Form

Students are not able to use Zoom on LPS devices without prior Administrator approval. Principals may use this form to request that Computing Services allow a student to be able to use Zoom.

• Principal Request Form

This change requires an overnight sync across systems, so depending upon when the form is submitted it can take a while for the student to be able to use Zoom.

Zoom Setup for Staff

LPS has the following resource to assist staff members with the use of Zoom, in general.

• Zoom Video Conferencing and Team Chat in LPS

Zoom Setup for Students

If a student has been granted Zoom access, they may sign into an LPS Chromebook as themselves and open a Zoom meeting link created by a teacher. No additional setup is needed on the Chromebook. 

Strategies for Starting a Zoom meeting with a Student

Depending upon the circumstances, teachers may choose to go about this process in a few ways.

• If this is a short term situation, a teacher may choose to create a Zoom meeting themselves and simply share the link to the student via:
  • an Email message, or
  • pushed to the Chromebook via Hāpara, or 
  • shared as an announcement in Google Classroom for just the one student.
• If this is a longer term situation, the teacher may prefer to use Synergy TeacherVUE to create and start the Zoom meetings to align with the class schedule. The student would then find the meeting link(s) in StudentVUE. More information on this process can be found below.

Using Synergy to Create and start Zoom Meetings

• Create & Start Zoom Meetings in Synergy (including scheduling recurring meetings)
  • Video: Start a One-Time Meeting (Elementary)
  • Video: Start a One-Time Meeting (Secondary)
  • Video: Start a One-Time Meeting (From the SIS Side)
• Re-link Your Zoom Account in Synergy
• Manage Zoom Meetings in Synergy (edit, start, delete, or copy links to meetings)
  
• Zoom-in Quick Cards
  • With a Seating Chart
  • SIS Side (No Seating Chart)
  • Specialists
  • Substitute/Class Cover
  • Paraeducator