Teacher Access → Attendance → Daily Attendance

Choose the current class, mark attendance, and click SAVE

Navigate to the desired page (attendance, for example) → More → Add Tile to Dashboard

Once added to the dashboard, tiles can be rearranged and edited. Simply drag and drop the tiles and click the gear to edit.

Teacher Access → Attendance → Seating Chart 

Remember that you only need to create one room layout for your classroom. With that one layout, you can then assign as many seating charts as you have classes. 

Teacher Access → Gradebook → Gradesheet → More → Print Blank Gradesheet

Easily print your roster in a customizable table to use as a physical gradesheet or for any student tracking needs.

Teacher Access → Message Center → Message Center → Add Message

Message Center can also be added as a tile to your dashboard for quick-access.

Teacher Access → Student → “MISD Student Information - Teacher Access” → Run Report

**Bonus! If you prefer using Gmail to communicate with families, here is a video tutorial on exporting student info and importing guardian emails into Google Contacts: Parent Contact List in Google**

Teacher Access > Attendance > Daily Attendance > Drop-Down Menu (Seating Chart) > More > Print Daily Attendance by Seating Chart

Here's how to print out large student image seating charts for yourself or for your Subs.

*Make sure you turn off indicators if you want that hidden

*Change Student Portrait Size to Large

Teacher Access → Gradebook → Gradesheet

Customize the view and usability of your gradesheets by using the expand/collapse arrows, student info checkboxes, and column filtering.

Teacher Access → Gradebook → Gradesheet

Here are some tips for entering/editing scores using  “Score Mode” and filtering out unnecessary columns.

Also, how to access and use the “Mass Assign” tool to assign all students the same score, adjustment, no count and missing indicators, etc.

Teacher Access → Gradebook OR Student List→ Info Button

- See what your students and families see when they look at grades.

- See your students’ current grades and missing work for all their classes

Teacher Access → Gradebook → Gradesheet → Add Assignment

How to create an assignment and what all the assignment options mean.

Teacher Access → Gradebook → Gradesheet → Enter Scoring Mode

How to add scores and other scoring options to an assignment using scoring mode. 

*New Feature: Check out the Multiple Attempts option which allows you to add multiple scores to reflect a student’s multiple attempts on the same assignment.

Sign in through the existing Skyward App or Download the Skyward App from your App Store

If your account only shows Family Access in the app, follow these instructions:

1. Open the Skyward App

2. Click Edit

3. Click Delete --> Delete Account

4. Search "Mercer Island School District" or 98040

5. Sign in with Skyward credentials

6. Click Add Account

7. Click Continue in the App