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

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9:10am EST

Fee Management - The Basics (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:10am - 9:55am EST

Have you been looking for a way to keep track of those field trip expenses? Why not take a look at Fee Management! We will walk through the steps we use in our district to set up fees.

Presenters

Michelle Brancheau

Systems Administrator, Holly Area School District

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:10am - 9:55am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 01

10:10am EST

Fee Management - Troubleshooting (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:10am - 10:55am EST

PEARL

This session will focus on how to manage existing fees when modifications need to be made. We will review reversals, discounts, waivers, transfer of payments, schedule changes/Transactions and Write Offs.

Presenters

Kelli Plater

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:10am - 10:55am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 02

11:10am EST

Guidance Counselors - Keeping Students on Track to Succeed (Career Plans) (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:10am - 11:55am EST

PEARL

Come on in and discover how to track/read/analyze graduation requirements – how to use Educational Milestones for graduation – check out Career Plans and see what a great help this is in planning your student’s futures. Check out how to use Guidance Office Visits to keep track of the time spent with individuals and just what that time was spent doing!

Presenters

Becky Thomason

Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:10am - 11:55am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 03

1:15pm EST

Excel Tips & Tricks (Special Session)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EST

PEARL

Delve into the world of Excel, exploring its intermediate and advanced capabilities for organizing, manipulating, and visualizing public school data. Attendees will learn practical strategies, time-saving techniques, and innovative approaches to handle large datasets efficiently while gaining valuable insights.

Presenters

Duncan Gervin

Data and Assessment Coordinator, Clare-Gladwin RESD

Duncan Gervin is the Data and Assessment Coordinator at Clare-Gladwin RESD. Duncan has a passion for utilizing data to drive school improvement. He is also a Science Olympiad Regional Co-director and a 2020 STEM Star award winning former science teacher.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Special Session, General

Session Session 04

2:15pm EST

Skyward Bootcamp - Basic Attendance (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:15pm - 3:00pm EST

PEARL

This session will cover tips and tricks on the easiest way to enter attendance as well as the top ways to report and access the data after it has been entered.

Presenters

Makayla Thomas

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:15pm - 3:00pm EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 05

3:15pm EST

Wrangling Schools of Choice with Skyward and Google (SMS Student)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST

PEARL

Sick of learning how to use of tool but have no application for it? Well this session will rock your world as you learn how Portage Public Schools has leveraged Google Forms, Google Sheets, Skyward Processing Lists, Indicators, and Student Portfolio to create a completely electronic Schools of Choice process. From Application to Enrollment, experience first hand how these tools help our district run this process from the Schools of Choice application all the way through to the schools' student record management.

Presenters

Janet Johnstone

Coordinator of Instructional Services, Portage Public Schools

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 06

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

Arthur Summer

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

SMS Student, General

Session Session 07

8:45am EST

Time Off - Let's Allocate (Qmlativ Business)

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST

PEARL

Learn how the Time Off module works within our Qmlativ product.

Presenters

Laynie Bessette

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Business, General

Session Session 08

9:45am EST

Let's Compare SMS and Qmlativ Business (Qmlativ Business)

Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST

PEARL

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

Daniel Weyers

Thursday November 21, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Qmlativ Business, General

Session Session 09

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

Eric Zahn

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

SMS Student, General

Session Session 10

11:45am EST

Stop Doing Other People's Work for Them! (Special Session)

Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST

PEARL

Are you tired of running the same reports and completing the same tasks in Skyward for the same people in your organization all the time? This session will cover some practical tips to move you away from enabling your end users toward building their capacity.

Presenters

Sammi Stevens

Ryan Miller

Director of Technology, Portage Public Schools

Thursday November 21, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EST
PEARL 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Special Session, General

Session Session 11