Guide to
District-Supported Programs

Formative

• Formative transforms traditional lessons into data-informed, real-time assessments that enable educators to create powerful formative-learning opportunities with their students. In the moment - when it matters most!  

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Google Forms

Create online surveys, quizzes, a scaffolded lesson, and more to collect data and information with Google Forms.  

JSTOR

• JSTOR is a digital library that provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. 

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

ProQuest

• ProQuest is a collection of many databases that provide access to thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, and other publications.  

• All teachers and students have access through Clever.

CommonLit

• CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers. (SDUHSD is piloting the paid version of CommonLit 360 at the middle school level during the 2023-24 school year.)

• The CommonLit Digital Library has thousands of free, supplemental lessons and quizzes in English and Spanish – all featuring great authors.

• CommonLit offers several tools and supports for students of different reading levels and needs, including special education students with IEPs (Individualized Education Plans) and Multilingual Learners.

Freckle

• Freckle offers hundreds of informational texts and fictional stories for students to read, all at multiple reading levels. 

• Looking for a way for students to practice specific ELA comprehension skills? Have students do ELA Skills Practice.  

• Freckle has a Word Study practice mode as well to help students build their understanding of phonics and spelling patterns.

• All teachers and students have access through Clever -> Renaissance.

NoRedInk (Middle School Only)

• NoRedInk simplifies the process of building strong writers and critical thinkers. Its online writing curriculum facilitates effective instruction by helping teachers engage students through modeling, scaffolding, practice, and feedback. 

• Middle school English teachers and students have access via Google Sign In.

IXL Math (Middle School and piloting in select high school classes)

• Individualized math practice program 

• Personalize instruction via comprehensive curriculum and guidance, the IXL Real-Time Diagnostic, personalized guidance, and Actionable Analytics

Freckle Math (Available for Foundational and Functional classes only)

• Looking for ways to have your students build their math skills? You can have students practice in Adaptive Practice on Freckle on their own. Students can select a math domain and then Freckle will adapt to provide them with content at their own level.

• Would you rather have students practice a certain standard? You can assign them a Targeted Practice Assignment about a specific skill or standard.

• Want to narrow in on the most essential skills? Focus Skills are the building blocks of student learning and provide a roadmap for closing learning gaps as you move every student toward greater mastery. Freckle automatically provides just-right Focus Skills sessions for students who have Star Math scores.

Canva

• Canva is an online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Google Drawings

Build charts, layout diagrams, create flow charts, and then easily add them to other documents or embed them on a website.

Google Slides

Google Slides is an online presentation app that lets you create and format presentations and work with other people.

Screencastify

• Screencastify is a Chrome browser extension that allows you to record, edit, and assign screencasts.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Kami

• Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. Kami also allows you to fill out PDF forms, split and merge files, and rearrange pages within files.  Create, send, and grade assignments all from one place. Kami works seamlessly with Google Classroom.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Pear Deck

• A digital tool that allows teachers to bring Google Slides to life with engaging student content, interactive slides, and formative assessment tools.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

GoGuardian

• GoGuardian Teacher is designed to support effective teaching strategies for exploration, focus, and connection, making it easier for teachers to follow the best practices that improve learning outcomes for all students.

• GoGuardian and Pear Deck are now integrated so you can launch a Pear Deck right from GoGuardian!

• All teachers have access via Google Sign In.  If you are not able to sign in, please submit a tech ticket to have an account set up.

BrainPOP (Middle School Only)

• Engaging learning games, animated movies, and activities designed to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.

• All middle school teachers and students have access via Google Sign In.

Edpuzzle

• An easy-to-use platform allowing you to engage every student, one video at a time. We unlock the power of videos through simple editing tools and dazzling student data.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Chromebook

• Manage your Chromebook's languages - Your Chromebook’s features, like settings and menus, use the language you chose when you first set up your device.

• Choose keyboard language & special characters - You can use different keyboard languages, sometimes called input methods, on your Chromebook to change your typing language and use special characters, like accent marks or currency symbols

Google Chrome

• Add languages you understand and order them to read web content in your preferred language when it’s available.

• To make the Google Translate pop-up box for web content appear on Google Chrome, select "Offer to translate pages in this language". This option appears only if you’ve turned on "Translation suggestion".

Google Docs

Translate entire documents or write in a different language

Google Meet

Translate live captions

Google Translate

• Right click in Chrome to translate a page.

• Use translate.google.com to translate audio, images, and documents.

Chromebook

Chromebooks come with helpful accessibility features created using inclusive design principles and based on user feedback, to empower people with disabilities to learn, play and connect.

Google Docs

Google Docs have built in tools such as spelling & grammar check, a dictionary, voice typing, and translation tools. 

Live Captions (Subtitles)

Available in Slides, Meet, and Chromebook

Kami

• Features like a built-in dictionary, read aloud, mark-up tools for annotating, and visual supports that allow students to zoom in and out on a page help make resources more accessible to users.

• All staff and students have access via Google Sign In.

Digital Theatre+

• Digital Theatre+ provides powerful ways to connect ELA and Theatre students with dramatic texts, poetry and performance.

• Access to DT+ is through the Google "waffle". That is the set of 9 dots in the upper right hand corner of Drive or Gmail.

PBS Video Catalog through Proquest

• This collection of more than 1200 streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS.

• All teachers and students have access through Clever.

YouTube

Share your favorite YouTube videos with students without ads, tracking, and suggested videos using either of the following:

• Google Classroom - Share a video using the YouTube button on any post and students can watch the video ad free without leaving Google Classroom.

• Edpuzzle Extension - Quickly pull YouTube videos into Edpuzzle for ad-free viewing. Add questions or simply click Finish to share the video with students.