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February 2018

06 February 2018

Requests for Transcripts in Synergy

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On the Student Course History view use the Request Tracking tab to document where, when, and for what purpose transcripts are sent. In the detail section include the delivery type and the Transcript Option Name.

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06 February 2018

Mass Scheduling

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From the HELP menu in SYNERGY navigate to the 2017 Conference Handouts menu. A Mass Scheduling Handout is available with a walk through step by step for Mass Scheduling.

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06 February 2018

Attach Documents in PVUE/SVUE

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A new feature has been added to allow users to view and attach documents to students in ParentVUE and StudentVUE. In addition to attaching documents, you can add an acknowledgement window to confirm that a parent has viewed the document. To Configure navigate to System > ParentVUE > ParentVUE and StudentVUE Configuration. Select Documents in both the Parent Active Modules and Student Active Modules sections. NOTE: To disable the option for individual schools, u...

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06 February 2018

Minnesota Common Course Catalog (MCCC) 2016/2017 and 2017/2018

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If you haven't started, it's time to, and if you have started, it’s time to finish up. The 2016/2017 window closes on Friday March 23rd, 2018. The 2017/2018 window will then open on Saturday April 14th, 2018.Why start now when I have a couple months to go? Good question, and my response is this: 3rd quarter grading will happen in late March, then spring break happens, and the end of year rules for MARSS edits are active again. Will you have enough t...

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January 2018

17 January 2018

Synergy Patches

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A number of patches were installed over the Christmas Break. Below is a list of resolutions that were included: Teachers – (please share this with your teachers).Returned functionality to allow the Enter/Return key to navigate down the score column instead of across the row when using the ‘Enter Scores’ option. The summary Progress Report with Missing Assignments from the Grade Book reports is now displaying the headers correctly. Attendance –&n...

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12 January 2018

Course History in Synergy

Course History

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The end of the 1st semester is weeks away. Now is the time to review your process for Transcripts!

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November 2017

10 November 2017

Report Cards in ParentVUE

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When running Report Cards for schools using the subject based report cards – check the Attach PDF to Students to create PDFs viewable in ParentVUE. For Objective Based report cards make sure that teachers mark Report Cards "Complete" – this simple action moves the Report Card to ParentVUE.

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10 November 2017

Synergy - MARSS Items

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There is no longer a need to use the percent = zero on an enrollment record to exclude that enrollment record from being extracted. Instead use the Exclude from State Reporting check box that you will find next to the Leave Code on the MARSS tab of the Student view. In fact, if you do you will see an error in the MARSS extract log where the message will say Invalid Data type for field. The MARSS B – Report of Missing State Numbers will have commas with no student names in t...

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10 November 2017

State Aid Category 97

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MDE re-instituted state aid category 97 to handle students who were displaced by a natural disaster.Code 97 should be used for students who were forced to leave their homes and states when the hurricanes hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.The following excerpt was from Marilynn Loehr on 10/09/17:Students and families who have recently lost their housing due to damage caused by any of the Hurricanes from fall FY2017 and subsequent flooding meet the homeless definition. Students that relocate to M...

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10 November 2017

Synergy Maintenance - New Codes

Synergy

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A new transportation category code was created by MDE for MARSS reporting starting this school year.We added this new code to the appropriate look up table definition for all districts we host.The new code was 07 – Shelter Care Facility and is found in the table K12.Enrollment / User_DD_1 field.There was a new code added to the Instructional Setting area last year and another new one to the same area this year. Code 30 is to be used by sites (starting 2016) with approved “Volun...

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