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Thursday, November 21
 

8:45am EST

Beginning Data Mining Session 2 of 2 (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
EMERALD B
Learn how to use the valuable Data Mining tool in Skyward to create reports and extract endless amounts of student data. Create specialized reports that can be shared with other users and used for years to come. Reporting is available for both historical & current data. Possibilities are endless! Some tasks reviewed will be: cloning reports, adding fields, printing report (export options), understanding ranges & report information screens.
Presenters
MC
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
EMERALD B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

8:45am EST

Food Service Best Practices (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
THORNAPPLE
Discussion and sharing on utilizing the food service module efficiently.
Presenters
HZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
THORNAPPLE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Food Service

8:45am EST

Future Scheduling Boot Camp Prep for the New Year (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
GERALD FORD
It’s almost that time of year again – Future Scheduling will be starting! This session will go over the steps needed to get your Future Year set up and ready to go. Cloning, Course Master Clean Up – Everything you need to know to be ready to start your 2025-26 adventure!
Presenters
LK
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
GERALD FORD 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

8:45am EST

Grade Analysis (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
GRANDVIEW
This session will be discussing options for Grade Analysis Reporting. There are several reports that can be run to analyze grades by student or teacher, along with eligibility.
Presenters
TW
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
GRANDVIEW 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

8:45am EST

Help Desk (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
Help Desk
Presenters
BT
AS
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Help Desk

8:45am EST

New Administrators - Stay Informed (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
HALDANE
In this session you will learn how to stay informed within Skyward with the help of automated emails, student indicators, scheduled tasks and more.
Presenters
JH
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
HALDANE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

8:45am EST

Skycoder (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
EMERALD A
Skycoder is a powerful tool that can help customize Skyward pages to meet the needs of your district. This session will explore the use of Skycoder with built-in functions, as well as some cool custom coding tricks.
Presenters
EZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
EMERALD A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

8:45am EST

Terrific Tips with Terra (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
HERITAGE
Skyward Tips with a few State Reporting ideas in mind.
Presenters
avatar for Terra Kelpinski

Terra Kelpinski

Data & Skyward Manager, Saginaw ISD
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
HERITAGE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, State Reporting

9:45am EST

Attendance Letters (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
GRANDVIEW
This session will cover how to setup and generate letters notifying parents/guardians of poor student attendance.
Presenters
EZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
GRANDVIEW 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

Food Service - Year Start/ Year End (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
THORNAPPLE
Preparing for the close out of the current year and startup of the next year in food service
Presenters
HZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
THORNAPPLE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

Future Scheduling Boot Camp - Interactive Master Builder/Scheduling Board (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
GERALD FORD
This session will cover multiple methods of adding course requests as well as some of the verification tools available to ensure that the appropriate number of requests have been added for each student.
Presenters
LK
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
GERALD FORD 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

Help Desk (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
Help Desk
Presenters
MC
AS
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Help Desk

9:45am EST

Skyward Boot Camp - Sanity Savers (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
EMERALD A
Even if you’re not new to Skyward, you may learn some new sanity savers. In this session, you’ll setup your landing page, customize the student profile menu, setup favorites, and investigate notes, SkyDocs, Snapshots, User Preferences and more.

Click Here to access the slide deck presentation.
Presenters
avatar for DeVonna Haskell

DeVonna Haskell

Information Systems Specialist, Clare-Gladwin RESD
I provide training, support and talk people off the ledge for all things SAAS, State Reporting, Data Warehousing and more.  I support Skyward, Illuminate, Data Hub and all systems that integrate with Skyward SMS and Qmlativ.On any given day I interact with Teachers, Office Professionals... Read More →
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
EMERALD A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

Skyward Bootcamp Reporting 101 Session 2 of 2 (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
HALDANE
This session will show various reports commonly used within the Student Management system. Included will be student information reporting, Staff information and Entry withdrawal reports. If you have any reports that you find helpful - plan to share!
Presenters
MT
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
HALDANE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

Top Ten Reports for Office Personnel (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
EMERALD B
This session will introduce common reports for administrators and office staff from different modules including demographics, attendance, scheduling and grading. Schedule reports to run automatically. Use the browse screens as reports and sharing filters.
Presenters
KP
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
EMERALD B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

9:45am EST

TSDL (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
HERITAGE
This session will cover steps to prepare for the Teacher Student Data (TSDL) Collection as well as how to troubleshoot errors in the extract.
Presenters
BB
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
HERITAGE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, State Reporting

10:45am EST

Food Service - Applications Online and Manual (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
THORNAPPLE
This session will cover the process of setting up online applications, approving online applications and manually entering applications, as well as the Direct Certification process.  
Presenters
HZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
THORNAPPLE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Food Service

10:45am EST

Future Scheduling Boot Camp - Auto Scheduler (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
GERALD FORD
This session will focus on how to use the Master Schedule Builder and Interactive Scheduling Board to help craft the best schedule possible for your school. Best practices along with Tips & Tricks will be discussed.
Presenters
LK
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
GERALD FORD 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

10:45am EST

Help Desk (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
Help Desk
Presenters
KP
MT
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Help Desk

10:45am EST

Let's Compare SMS and Qmlativ (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
WINCHESTER
Let's take a look at what your everyday processes that you do in SMS will look like when you do them in Qmlativ!
Presenters
avatar for Rachel Kubacki
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
WINCHESTER 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, SMS to Qmlativ

10:45am EST

NSOE (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
PEARL
This session will provide an overview of the New Student Online Enrollment (NSOE) portal, and how to utilize the portal to allow parents to enroll new students into the district.
Presenters
EZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

10:45am EST

SE MSDS w/ Pupil Accounting
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
HERITAGE
MSDS Reporting for Special Education can be tricky. This session will lead you through the various components of this area, including code setup, FTE calculation, error resolution, and validation reports.  Whether you use Skyward Special Education or import your data, this session will provide valuable information for users of any level of experience.
Presenters
BB
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
HERITAGE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, State Reporting

10:45am EST

Secondary Gradebook Features (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
EMERALD B
This session will be a general overview of the Skyward Gradebook Secondary program showing you the basic setup, as well as procedures to setting up assignments and posting grades.
Presenters
AS
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
EMERALD B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

10:45am EST

Student Roundtable - New & Seasoned Users (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
EMERALD A
The Roundtable session is a networking session for users to discuss processes and options with other users. Skyward will have representation, but the focus is to discuss, with other customers, ideas and options.
Presenters
JH
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
EMERALD A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

10:45am EST

Tips & Tricks with Tim and Ryan (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
GRANDVIEW
The boys are back in town... Come along on the magical mystery ride that is the Tim & Ryan show. This year's session will contain MANY new ideas, and we've also coordinated with other presenters of Tips & Trick type sessions being offered at the conference so that we're not ALL presenting the same things. Be prepared to learn a few new tricks to take back to your District and have a little fun while you're at it!

Tips & Tricks: MSUG 2024 - Slide Deck Link 
Presenters
TH
avatar for Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Director of Technology, Portage Public Schools
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
GRANDVIEW 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

11:45am EST

CRDC Set Up (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
HERITAGE
This session will overview setting up the District and School LEA templates, selecting courses and Extracting the data.  We will also cover how to review this data and Export it for submission along with CRDC online resources.
Presenters
BB
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
HERITAGE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, State Reporting

11:45am EST

Data Mining on Steroids (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
THORNAPPLE
You know that Data Mining is a powerful tool to create your own custom reports, but there is so much more that you can do with it!  This session will explore some of the more advanced features such as Ranges and "And/Or" Filters, Labels, Processing Lists, and other cool tricks.  You will be expected to already have a basic understanding of Data Mining coming into this session.
Presenters
HZ
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
THORNAPPLE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

11:45am EST

Future Scheduling Bootcamp - Auto-Scheduler and Conflict Resolution (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
GERALD FORD
This final session will focus on best practices for using the Auto-Scheduler, how to use the Scheduling Run Analysis reports to determine the success of a scheduling run, and how to use the information in those reports to guide you toward a more conflict-free master schedule. As time permits, conflict resolution for individual students and the Walk-In Scheduler will be covered.
Presenters
LK
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
GERALD FORD 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

11:45am EST

Help Desk (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
Help Desk
Presenters
MC
KP
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, Help Desk

11:45am EST

Online Registration (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
EMERALD A
This session will cover the concept, set up and processing of the On-Line Registration process. We will step through all options available.
Presenters
BT
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
EMERALD A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

11:45am EST

Processing Lists (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
GRANDVIEW
Have you ever wanted to run a report or utility and have it include only a certain group of students? If so, come and learn how easy it is to create processing lists.
Presenters
TW
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
GRANDVIEW 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General

11:45am EST

There's a Report for That (Teachers) (SMS Student)
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
EMERALD B
Teachers often have trouble finding the "right" report. This session will hone in on a couple of specific reports, and how to how to utilize different configurations to get the information you need, when you need it!.
Presenters
AS
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
EMERALD B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  SMS Student, General
 
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