Learn to use Synergy TeacherVUE to your advantage for everything from daily attendance through completing report cards. This page is divided into the following sections that mimic your TeacherVUE main menu:
Home / Seating Chart | Grade Book | Report Cards | Admin Reports
Professional Development & Resources | Elementary Report Card Committee Web Page | Archived Help Web Page
Home / Seating Chart
| Navigate TeacherVUE | Other | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TeacherVUE 2020 Home Screen Overview | Image | video (1:40) | |
| View Announcements | video (:49) | ||
| Select the Class to Display/Class Focus Menu | video (1:25) | ||
| Seating Charts | Other | Video | |
| Section Information | |||
| Add Student to Seating Chart | video (2:07) | ||
| Edit/Copy a Seating Chart | video (3:34) | ||
| Change Seating Chart Name | video (:30) | ||
| Zoom Slider – enlarge or reduce seating chart pictures on the computer screen | |||
| Student Tallies | |||
| Enter/Display Student Nicknames | video (1:37) | ||
| “Charts” Quick Button | Other | Video | |
| Select a Seating Chart | |||
| Split by section – automatically create seating charts | video (2:36) | ||
| Create a Grid Seating Chart | video (3:34) | ||
| Create Seating Chart Containing all Students | video (0:43) | ||
| Create a Freeform Seating Chart | video (4:35) | ||
| Create a Seating Chart Template | video (3:40) | ||
| “Attendance” Quick Button | Other | Video | |
| Distance Learning Attendance 2020-2021 | video (3:05) | ||
| Take Attendance by Chart View or List View | video (3:38) | ||
| “Reports” Quick Button | Other | Video | |
| Overview of Printing Steps and a Slideshow of Each Report | video (3:43) | ||
| Print Report Alphabetically by First Name | video (2:02) | ||
| SSID Number Report (Statewide Student Identifier number) | video (1:10) | ||
| Birth Date Order – STU401 (See Admin Reports for birthdays by month.) | video (:45) | ||
| Options for Printing Class Lists | |||
| Student Detail Options Menu | Other | Video | |
| Overview of Student Detail Options Menu | video (3:21) | ||
| – Daily Attendance |
above video at 0:18 | ||
| – Discipline Incident | above video at 0:47 | ||
| – Health Records | above video at 0:53 | ||
| – Student: demographic, family, and emergency contacts | above video at 1:19 | ||
| – StudentVUE (elementary teachers have access to this but students do not) | |||
| – Report CHS409: Work Samples by Students | above video at 1:34 | ||
| – Report STU201: Student Profile | above video at 1:45 | ||
| – Communication: email a single student’s family | above video at 1:54 | ||
| – Grade Book | above video at 2:42 | ||
| IEP and 504 Plans | video (1:00) | ||
| Log Student Contact | video (2:46) | ||
| Student Note – Add and View | video (1:19) | ||
| Communication / Email | Other | Video | |
| Download Synergy Student or Guardian email addresses for Zimbra | video (1:36) | ||
| Email Multiple Students, Parents, Groups, Class, or All | video (1:28) | ||
| View or Delete Email History Sent via Home Menu | |||
| Email via Student Detail Menu – Student, Parent(s), or Both | |||
| View or Delete Email History sent via Student Detail Menu | |||
| Test Results and Work Samples | Other | Video | |
| View Standardized Test Scores (Viewing Test Group Analysis) | |||
| Enter Work Sample Scores | video (2:39) | ||
| Substitute Information | Other | Video | |
| Leave Instructions for Substitute Teachers | video (1:48) | ||
| Log in as a Substitute | video (1:25) |
Grade Book
| Grade Book Setup | Other | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Grade Book | |||
| Filters & Options | video (7:14) | ||
| Class Focus – focus to the correct section and grading period | video (1:25) | ||
| Grade Book Settings (full video) | video (9:57) | ||
| –Default Final Grade Rounding Settings snippet | video (4:17) | ||
| –Grading Period Default for New Assignments snippet | video (2:19) | ||
| –Retroactively change Grading Period Default for New Assignments snippet | video (1:08) | ||
| –Teacher Type Defaults snippet | video (1:01) | ||
| –District Grade Book Settings snippet | video (:04) | ||
| –Class Notifications snippet | video (:31) | ||
| –Interpretation Scale snippet | video (:38) | ||
| –Other Settings snippet | video (:11) | ||
| Subject Types – customize | video (1:54) | ||
| Assignment Types – customize | video (2:38) | ||
| Comment Codes – customize | video (5:57) | ||
| Comment Codes: Excused vs. Exclude | video (1:49) | ||
| Final Grade Rounding | |||
| Share Grade Book | Other | Video | |
| Overview of Sharing Report Card and Grade Book | video (2:06) | ||
| Share Grade Book via TeacherVUE > Manage Classes | video (2:14) | ||
| Share Grade Book via School Secretary adding Additional Staff | video (2:29) | ||
| Calculation of Grade Book Mark | Other | Video | |
| Performance Key Calculations (for consistent grading across 4J) | key (jpg) | video (11:11) | |
| Proficiency-based Grading | video (3:47) | ||
| Weighted Grades (Max. Score and Points Vary) | video (2:42) | ||
| Enter Assignments | Other | Video | |
| Assignment Settings | video (3:39) | ||
| Create Assignments and Enter Scores | video (6:49) | ||
| Copy Assignments from Previous and Current Grade Book | video (4:43) | ||
| Copy Assignments from Another Teacher | video (2:01) | ||
| Hybrid – Transfer Assignments and Scores from Your Other Section | video (1:50) | ||
| Enter & View Grades | Other | Video | |
| View Student’s Grade Book Summary | video (1:18) | ||
| View Previous Years’ Grade Books | |||
| Reports | Other | Video | |
| Student Missing Assignments Reports | video (2:21) | ||
| Hybrid – Print Grade Book and Progress Reports as Backup | video (1:40) | ||
| Special Features | Other | Video | |
| Overview of Sharing Grade Book and Report Cards | video (2:06) | ||
| Class Website | |||
| Create Breakout or Intervention Classes | |||
| Add Resources to your Class | |||
| Google Classroom | Other | Video | |
| Sync Grade Book with Google Classroom | video (4:53) | ||
| Recover Google Classroom Classes | video (2:50) | ||
| Students Locate Work in Google Drive | video (1:17) |
Report Cards
| Calculation of Report Card Marks | Other | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculating Report Card Mark (includes modifications for mimicking rubric scoring) | key (jpg) | video (8:07) | |
| Complete the Report Card Steps | Other | Video | |
| Report Card Completion Checklist (with video links) | |||
| ELD Report Card Template | video (2:07) | ||
| ELD Report Card Template – changing template after marks entered | video (3:47) | ||
| Add a Co-Teacher Name to the Report Card | video (1:31) | ||
| Assign and Print Spanish Language Report Card | video (1:21) | ||
| Check-in with Team | video (1:45) | ||
| Transfer Marks from Grade Book to Report Card | video (:51) | ||
| Changing Transferred Marks | video (2:32) | ||
| Manually Enter Marks | video (2:45) | ||
| Comment Box: Fit Comments into the Text Box and MS Word Template | template | video (5:09) | |
| Comment Box: 3 Ways to Enter Comments | video (4:30) | ||
| Comment Bank: Using Spanish Comments from “Comment Bank” | video (4:30) | ||
| Comment Bank: Add a Comment using Placeholders and Userswap Codes | video (3:45) | ||
| Mark Report Cards Complete | video (1:43) | ||
| Print Report Cards | video (1:36) | ||
| Share Report Cards | Other | Video | |
| Overview of Sharing Report Card and Grade Book | video (2:06) | ||
| Delegate Report Card Rows to Another Teacher | video (3:07) | ||
| Share Report Card via TeacherVUE > Manage Classes | video (2:14) | ||
| Share Report Card via School Secretary adding Additional Staff | video (2:29) | ||
| Reports | Other | Video | |
| Progress Reports | video (6:08) |
Admin Reports
| Other | Video | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| View and Sort Admin Reports | video (5:53) | ||
| Student Birthdays by Month and Day Order | video (1:11) | ||
| Student Usernames and Password List | video (2:06) | ||
| Student/Parent Email List – Teacher: List of student or guardian email addresses for class | video (1:36) | ||
| Parent Email List by Student – Teacher: List of guardian email addresses by student | video (1:58) | ||
| Class List (Elementary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – General | video (1:04) | ||
| Class List (Elementary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – PDF Report | video (2:15) | ||
| Class List (Elementary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – Excel Report | video (2:21) | ||
| Student Username and Password Labels using MS Word Mail Merge | docx | video (2:52) |
Professional Development & Resources
| Other | Video | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Browser Cache | video (2:22) | ||
| Zoom Meeting: Pre-assign breakout rooms – Excel | video (6:15) | ||
| Zoom Meeting: Pre-assign breakout rooms – Numbers | video (7:50) | ||
| Zoom Meeting: Upload a second pre-assigned group to a session | video (2:21) | ||
| Webinar – Grade Book Introduction (assignments, calculations, & settings) | video (56:40) | ||
| Report Card – Completion Checklist | |||
| Report Card – Blank K-5 including ELD | |||
| Home/Seating Chart Documentation (older document but many parts are still relevant) |
