Synergy Grade Book
Overview
This page contains resources to ensure that you have an in-depth understanding of how the Synergy Gradebook works.
Due to copyright laws, you must be signed in to your district Google account to view the slides / videos.
The slides below are a basic overview. Click here to open them in a new window and for additional explanation, which is contained in the speaker notes.
Gradebook Learning Resources
The grade book has had substantial changes. Review the slides or video below for an overview of how the gradebook works.
Click here to view the Grade Book User Guide.
Video Overview
This video is an in-depth walkthrough of the gradebook.
Click here to view the Grade Book User Guide.
WTS-GB77-20200423-New Grade Book Demonstration.mp4
Google Submissions through StudentVue
Jennifer Utt, teacher at ASMS, has been using having her students complete assignments by pushing out Google Docs through her Synergy Gradebook.
Click here to watch a short screencastify that Jennifer has created that demonstrates how to set use Synergy to push out Google Docs to her students and to see what students see/do in StudentVUE.
Google Classroom Integration
If you want to use Google Classroom, rather than Synergy Gradebook to push out Google Docs to your students, please review the following information and watch the video and read all associated information.
Click here to learn how to:
Auto enroll your students in Google Classroom
Set up assignments to automatically sync between Gradebook and Classroom.
This is a deep dive. Make sure that you watch the entire video to ensure that you do not have any issues.
Additional Information
New Feature: Student Workload
Entering the Expectation Duration (minutes it takes to complete an assignment) provides staff across the building with information about how much work students are getting across all of their classes.
The Gradebook/Student Workload menu provides a look at how much work your students are being assigned throughout the day.
Assessment
Click here to view information on how to use the TeacherVUE Assessment tool.
GRADES
N/A Grades
If students are seeing grades of N/A in StudentVUE for either the Quarter or Final grade, either:
the students have no assignments or
something is wonky in the gradebook (generally the case).
Click here to learn what you can do to make sure that students DO NOT see a grade of N/A.
Have additional questions? Click here to view the Grade Book User Guide or call ext 3430.
Need more help? Fill out a Web Help Desk ticket — be sure to use the "Help me with/Synergy" problem type.
Living in the Past? Click here to view the old Grade Book materials.