2024 MSUG - Michigan Skyward User Group Fall Conference: Full Schedule

4:15pm EST

Help Desk (Qmlativ Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

AMBASSADOR BALLROOM

Help Desk

Presenters

Laynie Bessette

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Business, Help Desk

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

New Features and Roadmap (Qmlativ Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

HERITAGE

Join Skyward’s Product Management team as they showcase the newest features added to the Qmlativ Business product and provide a look ahead at the product roadmap and plans for future development.

Presenters

Aaron King

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
HERITAGE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Business, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Using Qmlativ to Work Smarter, not Harder (Qmlativ Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

IMPERIAL BALLROOM

Contract letters, Employment Verification Timesavers, Creating Process Docs for Your Users, FID Uploads from Account List, and Other Helpful Hints for the Qmlativ Finance User

Presenters

Jim English

Director of Finance, Cassopolis Public Schools

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
IMPERIAL BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Business, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Help Desk (Qmlativ Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

AMBASSADOR BALLROOM

Help Desk

Presenters

Rachel Kubacki

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Student, Help Desk

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Top 10 Reports for Student Admin (Qmlativ Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

WINCHESTER

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

Ellen Rea

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
WINCHESTER 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Help Desk (SMS Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

AMBASSADOR BALLROOM

Help Desk

Presenters

Aaron Messier

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Business, Help Desk

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Payroll Roundtable (SMS Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

VANDENBURG B

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

Erika Page

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
VANDENBURG B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Business, Payroll

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Time Off Reporting (SMS Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

GOVERNORS ROOM

This session will cover the basic reports that are available in the Skyward system. We will talk about the different uses for some of them and then demonstrate the setup to accomplish different tasks.

Presenters

Tom Skerik

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
GOVERNORS ROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Business, HR

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Year End Process for Finance (SMS Business)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

VANDENBURG A

During this session, we will cover the step by step succession of data validation processes and utilities that ensure data accuracy for the new fiscal year being opened. The purpose of these processes is to inform the user of any incomplete records in the system that still need to be processed and/or removed completely and ensures general ledger account ending balances of the closing year will be the same beginning balances for the new year.

Presenters

Craig Gauerke

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
VANDENBURG A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Business, Financial Management

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Alternate Calendars (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

THORNAPPLE

For districts managing partial-day students, creating Alternate Calendars in Skyward can be essential to accurately track attendance, schedule changes, and state reporting requirements. This session will provide guidance on when and how to create alternate day calendars.

Presenters

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 →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
THORNAPPLE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Current Year Scheduling Walk in Scheduler (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

EMERALD B

The Walk In Scheduler is a great tool for helping to see how a student's course requests can translate into an actual schedule, reducing the need for you to manually figure out which sections fit together in the best way. We'll demonstrate how to schedule a new student along with ideas for using it as a troubleshooter when resolving conflicts in their existing schedule.

Presenters

Miranda Christiansen

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
EMERALD B 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Data Clean up - Student Records - Miscellaneous Clean Up - Bring Your Own Device (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

HALDANE

This session will provide guidance on when and how to create alternate day calendars.

Presenters

Eric Zahn

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
HALDANE 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Discipline Module Overview (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

GRANDVIEW

In this session we will discuss entering Discipline records for students, Auto email options, what families can see in Family Access and giving teachers access to enter Discipline

Presenters

Becky Thomason

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
GRANDVIEW 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Help Desk (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

AMBASSADOR BALLROOM

Help Desk

Presenters

Eric Zahn

Wesley Flees

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, Help Desk

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

New Features (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

GERALD FORD

This session will cover new features included in the most recent releases that have been added

Presenters

Kelli Plater

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
GERALD FORD 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Skyward Showdown (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

EMERALD A

Are you ready to test your Skyward Skills against elite Skyward users from across the state? The Skyward Showdown game show lets you flex your competitive muscles (even if they're a little flabby) and show off your Skyward knowledge.

Presenters

Ryan Miller

Director of Technology, Portage Public Schools

Tim Howard

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
EMERALD A 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Company Session 07

4:15pm EST

Year End Rollover & Processing for Seniors (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST

PEARL

This session will cover things to do before/during and after the year end process. We will discuss Pre-Year end checklists, yearend validation and cleaning up errors prior to running the year end, and post year end validation and cleaning up errors there also. This session will also cover some common items and processes related to processing Seniors at the end of the school year, including the posting grades utility, mass marking the students as Graduated, etc.

Presenters