Secondary Synergy TeacherVUE Documentation
This page contains resources for completing specific tasks in Synergy TeacherVUE. Currently, two teachers guide your video learning.
- Mrs. Jess Wingit uses her first grade Synergy account to demonstrate tasks that are very similar between elementary and secondary teachers.
- Ms. Penelope Socrates demonstrates tasks that are unique to secondary teachers.
Guest Teacher Resources | Help – Other
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| TeacherVUE Home Screen Overview |
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| View Announcements |
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| Select the Class to Display / Class Focus Menu |
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| Go to your Current Class |
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| Access StudentVUE |
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| Seating Charts |
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| Section Information |
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| Add Student to Seating Chart |
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| Edit/Copy a Seating Chart |
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| Change Seating Chart Name |
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| Zoom Slider – enlarge or reduce seating chart pictures on the computer screen |
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| Student Tallies |
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| Enter/Display Student Nicknames |
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| “Chart” Quick Button |
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| Select a Seating Chart |
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| Split by Section – automatically create seating charts |
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| Create a Grid Seating Chart |
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| Create Seating Chart Containing all Students |
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| Create a Freeform Seating Chart |
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| Create a Freeform Seating Chart Template |
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| “Attendance” Quick Button |
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| Take Attendance by Chart View or List View |
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| Take Attendance for Previous Day |
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| “Reports” Quick Button |
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| Overview of Printing Steps and a Slideshow of Each Report |
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| Print Report Alphabetically by First Name |
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| SSID Number Report (Statewide Student Identifier number) |
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| Birthday List in Date Order (STU401) |
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| Print a Class List |
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| Student Detail Options Menu |
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| Overview of Student Detail Options Menu |
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– Period Attendance
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| – Discipline Incident |
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| – Health Records |
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| – Student: demographic, family, and emergency contacts |
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| – StudentVUE |
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| – Report CHS409: Work Samples by Students |
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| – Report STU201: Student Profile |
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| – Communication: email a single student’s family |
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| – Grade Book |
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| IEP and 504 Plans |
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| Log Student Contact |
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| Course History |
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| Student Notes – Add and View |
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| Communication / Email |
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| Communication Overview (basic video 3:04 min. / details through 11:30) |
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| Student or Guardian email addresses for Zimbra |
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| View or Delete Email History Sent via Home Menu |
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| Email via Student Detail Menu – Student, Parent(s), or Both |
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| View or Delete Email History sent via Student Detail Menu |
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| Test Results, Term Grades, and Work Samples |
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| View Standardized Test Scores (Viewing Test Group Analysis) |
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| View Term Grades |
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| View the Grade Book Student Summary |
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| Enter Work Sample Scores |
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| Substitute Information |
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| Leave Instructions for a Substitute Teacher |
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Grade Book
| New Grade Book |
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| Grade Book Settings |
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| New Grade Book Introduction – including Setup Stepper |
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| Canvas – Setup and sync to Synergy Grade Book, by Nicholas Hadley (video on page 3) |
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| Canvas – Create and Apply a Grading Scheme |
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| Canvas – Choose a Grading Scheme |
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| Add an Assignment |
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| Grade Book Final Mark Calculation |
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| Grade Book Setup |
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| Access Grade Book |
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| Class Focus – focus to the correct section and grading period |
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| Grade Book Settings (full video) |
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| –Default Final Grade Rounding Settings snippet |
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| –Grading Period Default for New Assignments snippet |
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| –Retroactively change Grading Period Default for New Assignments snippet |
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| –Teacher Type Defaults snippet |
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| –District Grade Book Settings snippet |
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| –Class Notifications snippet |
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| –Interpretation Scale snippet |
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| –Other Settings snippet |
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| Assignment Types – customize |
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| Comment Codes – customize |
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| Comment Codes: Excused vs. Exclude |
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| Configure Assignment Scoring Settings – Set assignment weights, dropped scores, and set default points |
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| Final Grade Rounding Settings |
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| Custom Grade Book Score Types – Learn how to create custom rubrics |
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| Add Standards to Your Class – Optional, but may be helpful for SLOs (Student Learning Objectives) |
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| Share Grade Book |
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| Overview of Sharing Report Card and Grade Book |
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| Share Grade Book via TeacherVUE > Manage Classes |
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| Share Grade Book via School Secretary adding Additional Staff |
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| Google Classroom |
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| Sync Google Classroom and Synergy Grade Book |
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| Recover Google Classroom Classes |
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| Students Locate Work in Google Drive |
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| Grade Calculation Setup |
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| Report Card Score Types – see current setup or change it |
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| Report Card Score Types – create your own grading scale |
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| Report Card Score Types – delete or undelete |
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| Assignments |
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| Choose Grading Period Focus |
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| Create Assignments |
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| Quick Tips for Easy Grade Entry |
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| Edit Multiple Assignments — you can make certain global adjustments to your assignments by selecting Grade Book > Assignments in TeacherVUE |
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| Weight Assignments Using the Maximum Points Field |
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| Weight Assignments by Assignment Type |
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| Add Standards to Assignments |
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| Transfer Student Assignment Scores to a Different Section |
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| View Grades |
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| View Previous Years’ Grade Books |
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Grade Book Reports Overview
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| Detailed Progress Report (via Reports menu) |
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| Student Missing Assignments Report |
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| Print the Grade Book |
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| Class Tools |
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| Class Web Sites |
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| Add Resources to your Class |
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| How to Add Resources to your Assignment/Class |
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| Special Features |
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| Create Breakout or Intervention Classes |
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| Add Students to Breakout or Intervention Classes |
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Report Cards
| Order of Students |
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| Change Order of Students on Report Card Screens |
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| Share Report Cards |
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| Overview of Sharing Report Card and Grade Book |
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| Delegate Report Card Rows to Another Teacher |
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| Share Report Card via TeacherVUE > Manage Classes |
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| Share Report Card via School Secretary adding Additional Staff |
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| Post Grades |
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| Progress Report (print and email versions via Report Card menu) |
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| Post Midterm or Final Grades for Grade Book Users |
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| Enter Midterm or Final Grades for Non-Grade Book users |
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Admin Reports
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| View and Sort Admin Reports |
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| Student Birthdays by Month and Day Order (in progress) |
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| Student Usernames and Password List |
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| 504 Plan Accommodations and Modifications – Teacher |
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| IEP Accommodations and Modifications – Teacher |
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| Student/Parent Email List – Teacher: List of student or guardian email addresses for class |
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| Parent Email List by Student – Teacher: List of guardian email addresses by student |
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| Class List (Secondary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – General |
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| Class List (Elementary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – PDF Report |
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| Class List (Elementary) with Student Usernames and Permissions – Excel Report |
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Guest Teacher Resources
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| Synergy TeacherVUE for Guest Teachers – access, attendance, student info |
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Help – Other
| Additional Topics |
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| Clear Browser Cache |
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| Pre-assign Zoom breakout rooms using emails from Synergy – Excel |
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| Pre-assign Zoom breakout rooms using emails from Synergy – Numbers |
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| Upload a second pre-assigned group to a Zoom session |
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