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Collaboration Platforms
Collaboration Platforms
G Suite
G Suite
G Suite is our main collaboration platform, providing email, calendar, and document/file management functionality.
All students have G Suite account. Student accounts are created automatically when they are activated in our student information system, Aeries.
Students can send and receive email only with District staff and other students. Students are not able to send and receive email with people outside the District.
Students
Students
Students launch the Drive app on their iPad and log in with their District email address and password. Students can also go to Google Drive online and log in with the same email address and password.
Visit Google's Learning Center for help getting started.
ParentSquare
ParentSquare
ParentSquare provides a single platform to coordinate communications with families, and a way to push District-wide and school-wide messaging to secondary students.
We use ParentSquare to send District, school, and class messages, as well as direct messages to individual families. The student version of ParentSquare is called StudentSquare, and is available to secondary students.
We create ParentSquare accounts automatically based on data from Aeries. All contact information comes from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the StudentSquare app on their iPad and then tap on Sign in with Google.
Parents
Parents
Parents go to ParentSquare and enter the username and password they developed.
Watch ParentSquare's Overview for Parents and view these Parent Resources to get started.
Zoom
Zoom
Zoom is our video conferencing system. Zoom allows students and teachers to connect for online instruction and conferences, and supports online meetings with families and community members.
Students
Students
Students launch the Zoom app on their iPad and then tap on Sign in with Google.
Getting started resources coming soon
Parents
Parents
Getting started resources coming soon
Information Systems
Information Systems
Aeries
Aeries
Aeries is our student information system, which stores student demographics, enrollment, attendance, grades, discipline, program participation, among other categories of data.
Students and parents use Aeries to track their own information, complete the annual registration process, and update contact information as it changes.
Student and parent accounts are created in Aeries when students are enrolled.
Students
Students
Students go to the Aeries Portal, enter their District email address, and then click the Sign in with Google button.
Parents
Parents
Parents go to the Aeries Portal and log in with their email address and Aeries password.
Jamf / Jamf Parent App
Jamf / Jamf Parent App
Jamf is our mobile device management platform, which lets us automatically manage features and apps on MacBooks, iPads, and Apple TVs.
Jamf Parent is a free app that allows a parent to manage their student's school-issued devices. Using Jamf Parent, you can restrict and allow apps and device functionality on your children's devices. You can only manage your children's devices with Jamf Parent during the time periods specified by the District.
Parents
Parents
Parents download the Jamf Parent application from the App Store, then open Self Service on their student's iPad and scan the QR code located at the top of the screen.
Learning Platforms
Learning Platforms
All Students
All Students
Canvas
Canvas
Canvas is the learning management system used by Santa Barbara Unified. Canvas is an online portal that allows students to access their courses, grades and assignments. Canvas creates a one stop shop to see assignment details, due dates, and learning resources for all of their classes.
ETS creates Canvas accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Newsela
Newsela
Newsela provides up-to-date, Lexile-leveled, news articles covering a wide range of topics ranging from art and math to science and sports.
ETS creates Newsela accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on Newsela.
View Newsela's Student Resources to get started.
Renaissance Learning / Accelerated Reader
Renaissance Learning / Accelerated Reader
The most widely used K-12 reading practice software program. Renaissance helps ensure student comprehension, achievement & growth. Students take engaging quizzes and activities help hone their reading skills with authentic practice—encouraging growth.
ETS creates Renaissance Learning accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on Renaissance Learning.
Getting started resources coming soon
Elementary Students
Elementary Students
DreamBox
DreamBox
DreamBox is an adaptive platform that offers math games to students that help develop numeracy skills.
ETS creates DreamBox accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on DreamBox.
Parents
Parents
Parent's Guide to Home Learning
Additional Resources for Families
Getting started with Dreambox (Spanish)
FOSSweb
FOSSweb
FOSS (Full Option Science System) is a research-based science curriculum for grades K-8. The FOSS Program bridges research and practice by providing tools and strategies to engage students and teachers in enduring experiences that lead to deeper understanding of the natural and designed worlds.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on FOSSweb.
Lexia
Lexia
Lexia addresses the development of oral language, reading, spelling, and writing skills for students who are learning English. Students learning English will develop fundamental reading skills with the rest of their classmates and receive student-driven and teacher-directed personalized instruction.
ETS creates Lexia accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on Core5 or PowerUp depending on their assigned program.
Parents
Parents
Learning Genie
Learning Genie
Preschool Only
Learning Genie is an online portfolio platform for child development observation documentation and assessment rating.
Parents
Parents
Parents go to Learning Genie and enter the username and password they developed.
View these Parent App Tutorials on YouTube to get started.
Raz-Kids
Raz-Kids
Students access their leveled text through an interactive learning portal designed to keep them motivated and engaged. Every eBook is available in online and mobile formats, and allows students to listen to, read at their own pace, and record themselves reading. Students then take a corresponding eQuiz complete with an extended answer response to test comprehension and determine future instruction needs. Once a child has read ten or more of the leveled eBooks and passed each of the corresponding eQuizzes, they advance on to the next reading level where they have access to lengthier and more difficult text.
SeeSaw
SeeSaw
Grades PK-3 only
SeeSaw is a platform that allows students to use creative tools to take pictures, draw, record videos, and more to capture learning in a portfolio.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on SeeSaw.
Remote Learning Resources for Families
Parents
Parents
Secondary Students
Secondary Students
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud
Digital Arts/Design/Media CTE Pathways only
Adobe Creative Cloud is a suite of 20 online programs for photography, design, video, web, UX, and more.
Students
Students
Students launch the Adobe Creative Cloud app and sign in using their district provided email address and select Company or School account and enter their Universal Password.
ALEKS
ALEKS
PILOT: Academy for Success program only
ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained.
Students
Students
Students go to ALEKS and sign in with their provided username and password.
CPM
CPM
Math 7, Math 8, Math I, Math II, and Math III levels only
CPM is the adopted math curriculum for secondary math.
EMC Passport
EMC Passport
Spanish courses only
Welcome to EMC Passport. Passport is a Learning Management System (LMS) that gives you access to all levels of your program. In Passport, the instructor creates courses for each period they instruct, then invites students to the course so that they can be assigned student engagement activities.
ETS creates EMC Passport accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on EMC Passport.
IXL
IXL
For 2020-21, available for all secondary students, regardless of course enrollment
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner.
ETS creates IXL accounts automatically based on data from Aeries.
Students
Students
Students launch the Clever app on their iPad and then tap on IXL.
Odysseyware
Odysseyware
Grades 9-12 only
Odysseyware allows students who are credit deficient to complete courses online.
Students
Students
Students go to Odysseyware and click the Log in with Google button.
Read 180/System 44
Read 180/System 44
Emergent Multilingual Students (English Learners) only
READ 180 is a blended learning intervention program building reading comprehension, academic vocabulary, and writing skills for struggling students in Grades 4 and up.
Students
Students
Students go to HMH Central and sign in with their student ID number and provided password.
Getting started resources coming soon
Stemscopes
Stemscopes
STEMscopes provides comprehensive digital resources, supplemental print materials, and hands-on exploration kits that drive engagement and academic growth in the science classroom.
Students
Students
Students go to Stemscopes and enter the username and password they developed.
Getting started resources coming soon
Summit Learning Platform
Summit Learning Platform
La Cuesta Continuation High only
The Summit Learning Program is a free program that gives schools the tools and resources to implement and tailor the Summit Learning approach to personalized teaching and learning for their community.
Students
Students
Students go to Summit and enter their enrollment code provided by their teacher.
Turnitin
Turnitin
Grades 9-12 only
Turnitin is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks a student's writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying. When a student submits a paper, Turnitin compares it to text in its massive database of student work, websites, books, articles, etc.
Students
Students
Students access Turnitin via their NEO courses if their teacher chooses to it.
Students with Disabilities
Students with Disabilities
Fast ForWord
Fast ForWord
Fast ForWord is "a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning" by Scientific Learning Corporation.
Students
Students
Students launch the Fast ForWord app on their iPad and then enter the username and password they developed.
Introduction for Elementary Student Learners
Parents
Parents
Learning Ally
Learning Ally
Learning Ally has the world’s largest audio textbook library with over 80,000 human-narrated books. Students can enjoy Learning Ally books by downloading the app or accessing the website. Educators can manage Learning Ally audiobooks and student accounts.
Students
Students
Students launch the Learning Ally app on their iPad and then enter the username and password they developed.
MindPlay
MindPlay
MindPlay is an online educational software designed to assist students of all ages with their reading needs.
Students
Students
Students go to Mindplay and enter 013478 for the Customer ID and sign in with your provided user name and password.
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