Skyward Training

For those of you attending any Skyward training with me during the month of September, here is the information on how to find the presentation and media that will be used.  Even if you are not attending any Skyward refresher courses, please feel free to look at my documents which contain roughly 17 silent screen casts embedded into a slideshow of notes.  Covered in the notes are the following topics:

Skyward Training Topics
Logging On	New Layout/Widgets	Secondary vs. Standards Grading
Message Center	Taking Attendance	Lunch Survey
Creating Seating Charts w/Photos of Students	Grid/Reports Printing	Adding Assignments/Events
Adding Online Assessments	Scoring/Grading	Deleting Assignments
Posting Grades	Posting Comments	Category Maintenance
Display Options	Charts	Discipline
Gathering Student Information	Cloning the Gradebook

Here's a few places where items can be found:

1. Your District's Computer
• To find the PowerPoint, click on Computer, Staff Share, District Share, Skyward Redbook, Presentations
• Please SAVE AS a copy for yourself to be placed on your own H-Drive.  Be sure not to edit any material inside of the PowerPoint at the District Share location.
• All videos embedded into the PowerPoint are actually linked to an external page - all videos are hosted on Dropbox and are playable throughout the school day.
2. On Google Drive
• On my blog page, go to Presentations and Workshops, and click on the image corresponding with the Skyward presentation - it is linked to a Google Presentation
• All videos are embedded into the presentation via YouTube and can only be played at school after 3:00 pm (great resources to use if needing assistance from home).
3. My Video Container on Blendspace
• Blendspace is a great tool to bookmark materials for others to see whether they are websites, images, quizzes, directions, video clips, etc.  I've used it to place all of my screen-cast videos from YouTube into one container so you don't have to search for them. Use this if you just want the video and no notes.  The blendspace is embedded below for you to scroll through:

Note: since these videos require streaming via YouTube, please only access after 3pm or at home.