Synergy Teacher FAQ

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Weekly Engagement in Synergy

Elementary Teachers (video)

Elementary Teachers (how-to doc)

Secondary Teachers (video)

Secondary Teachers (how-to doc)

Weekly Engagement FAQ

Attendance Help Docs

How to take attendance

How to run a report of student birthdays, etc

Can I print out the class roster for all class periods at once?

How can I tell if I've already taken attendance?

How can I view parent contact info?

Seating Chart Help Docs

How to Create a Seating Chart (doc)

How to Add New Students to an Existing Seating Chart (doc)

Synergy Mail Help Docs

Synergy Mail and Gmail for Secondary Sites

GradeBook Setup

Intro to Grade Book (doc)

Beginning of Year Gradebook Configuration (assignment types, weighting, comments, Google Classroom)

How to set up your grade book (video, secondary only)

Gradebook Configuration - weighting assignment variations

Points Value Configurations

Max Score vs. Points (video)

Grade Book Calculation Examples

Term Weighting in Grade Book

How to create and use rubrics

How to Add and Edit Assignment Types (video)

How can I hide district-created Assignment Types?

Customizing Comments

Final Exam Assignment when using both Term and Assignment type weighting

Posting Semester grades and Final Exam Assignment

Filters and Options in GradeBook Main

Gradebook:

New GradeBook Features (slides)

New Gradebook Features (2020-21) VIDEO

Can I add my own gradebook comments for scoring assignments?

Synergy's Secondary GradeBook guide

How to create an assignment (video)

Can I create assignments not meant for grading?

How to grade an assignment (video)

Grade Posting Windows and Deadlines 2020-21

Can I fill down scores?

Can I see assignment scores for students that have transferred to a new section?

Can I see scores for students that have been dropped from my class?

How to print out a Grade Book sheet with blank columns

Can a student's absence be reflected in a teacher's Grade Book on the day an assignment is due?

Can I make it so the Total Grade calculation in grade book does not show in Parent/StudentVUE?

What are all those red letters in my Grade Book?

What are the red arrows in my Grade Book?

How can I view my students' assignments from other classes?

How can Parents and Students see Assignment Type weighting ?

How can I see whether I posted my marks during a grading period?

View Posted Comment History (see past report card history)

How can I view which assignments are within a specific grading period all at once?

Comment Codes reference sheet when posting grades

TeacherVUE Mobile App

Want to use the TeacherVUE mobile app? After downloading the app, you'll be asked for your district url. You'll need to enter this entire url:

https://ca-pvusd.edupoint.com/

Parent VUE

App tutorial in English

App Tutorial en español

Student VUE

StudentVUE in English

StudentVUE en español

Video Tutorials

How to take attendance

How to create a custom seating chart

How to set up your grade book (secondary only)

How to add and edit assignment types

How to create an assignment

How to grade an assignment

How to post grades

Max Score vs Points

How to sync Synergy and Google Classroom

Complete training video

How to create student groups in grade book

Synergy and Google Classroom Integration

How to sync Synergy and Google Classroom (video)

Synergy/Google Classroom Sync- The top 3 things you need to know!

If you sync with Google Classroom, be sure to set your preferences in the Google Classroom General Options menu.

Google Classroom and Synergy Gradebook Assignment synchronization overview

Can I add an assignment to my gradebook without having it auto-populate into Google Classroom?

Not all students appearing in Google Classroom after syncing in Synergy

Configuring Google Classroom to match default point values within Synergy Assignment types

I don't like how long it takes to load the Google Classroom sync! What can I do about it?

Connect an Existing Google Classroom to Synergy (one that was not auto-generated)

How do I highlight a row of data in my Synergy Gradebook?

More GradeBook Help Docs

How to use Grade Book

How to Add Resources for StudentVUE

How to Set Grade Types (Letter Grade or Credit/No-Credit)

How to Upload Scores

How to Add Custom Score Types to your Grade Book

Technology

Synergy Teacher FAQ