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If you have new teachers this year, get them started in Synergy with the training videos available on Support > Help > Training Videos > New User.The Objective Based video is for teachers who will be using objective based report cards.The Subjective Based video is for teachers who will be using gradebook to post grades to the system report cards by section.The New User Training and New User Admin Training videos are for new staff members using the SIS side of Synergy, not...

Synergy needs to be told what objectives on your report card to look at for your MCCC marks. This needs to be done for every grade template once. The template will keep the course setting from year to year. If you make any changes to your report cards during the summer, this process will have to be done again. If you add any District Courses relating to MCCC required areas, they will also have to be added to the currently used templates for each grade. Instructions on how to do this can be found...

Make sure you are following along with our Opening School Checklist to verify everything is setup for the new year. Many items in this list can be missed during this busy time, and are often questions we receive once school starts. Help the start of your year by getting these tasks done early!There is also a Grading Setup Checklist to help with the settings that need to be updated or checked each year. This checklist covers setup and questions than can impact your teachers throughout the year wh...

After completing the Year End Checklist and the Opening School Checklist, your next step is the Grading Setup Checklist. If you're cruising your way through your school setups this summer, you'll find this checklist in the Help area too. 

Once you've finished everything for the 2023-24 school year, check out the Opening School Checklist in Help to get a jump start on your setup for 2024-25. It's not necessary to complete these steps in order so get started now - even if you're not ready to change the Current Year. 

Below are the general batch processing steps after you upload the DIRS Batch.1.  DIRS validates the schema – checks the overall file structure and format.2.  DIRS reviews field data values and formats – to confirm all are as specified.3.  Read & process file     a.  DIRS identifies each incident by the External Reference Number (ID number assigned to each incident by your SIS).     b.  If there is no existing record with that...