SIS: Teacher Connect for Beginners Webinar

SIS: Teacher Connect for Beginners Webinar

This is a brief article highlighting areas discussed in the webinar.  Scroll down to view the video.
Enter Teacher Connect  by clicking on the icon at the upper right-hand area of your screen after logging in.  Depending on the style you are using, the Teacher Connect symbol will be   or   .
Teacher Connect contains four modules whose icons sit vertically along the upper left side of the screen.
      Roster -    The roster houses 4 views: Attendance, Class Roster, Seating Chart, and Course Recommendations.

      Gradebook -   The Gradebook allows for Advanced grade entry and Rapid grade entry.

      Progress Report -   The Progress Report module allows for quick grade entry by "copying over averages" from the gradebook. The grade can be calculated from the dropdown arrow in the grade column header.

      Learning Standards/Task List -  The manual grade entry for standards and tasks take place here. Grades can flow here from the gradebook if the standards/tasks are attached to assignments. Reverse grading allows a manually entered task grade to flow to a special Task Grades assignment in the gradebook. This allows task grades to be part of the marking period average.

  1. All modules allow the user to see current students, students at school or at home, and a dropped student view.
  2. All modules have a tool bar row.  Many of these tools have multiple options/views. Some main tools are: 
    1. Settings - each view has its own settings in which you can determine the columns you see and features you can turn on and off.
    2. Layouts - Gradebook and Learning Standards/Task modules can toggle between student layouts and assignment/task layout. Single student views can be achieved by clicking on a students' name.
    3. Reports - all modules, except Progress Reports, have various reports based on the data entered in those modules.
    4. PDF, Excel, Print - These allow you to view the screen information in a different format or print hard copies.
    5. Gradebook Categories , Assignments, and Set Up - These tools allow the user to prepare the gradebook for entering grades and averages.
    6. Field Trip and Lunch Counts - Can be used in the Roster if desired with additional setup.
    7. Labels -  Various labels can be created for mailings or other uses.
                                                                           SAMPLE VIEW OF ROSTER SCREEN IN TEACHER CONNECT
                                                               

Please see other Quick Reference Guides that will give specifics for certain tasks such as "Adding Categories" and "Adding Assignments."