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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Employee Data Mining, Beginning - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Kirk Reischel (Speaker)
Skyward's Employee Data Miner can deliver helpful insights about your personnel. Learn the basics here.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Ins Tracking: Monthly Processsing Setup-HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ann Nollinger (Speaker)
What is an estimate?  Why are adjustments created and how do I reconcile them?  What do I need to know when an employee changes coverage during the month?  These questions and more will be answered during this session on Monthly Insurance Tracking processes.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Navigating Skyward for Beginners - FM/HR
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Francene Gollon (Speaker)
This session is for new Skyward users that districts may have employed after they had their installation training, or for districts recently installed on Skyward.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Payroll: Current Payroll Best Practices
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Lexie Harmsen (Speaker)
Come learn helpful tips and tricks that can save you time when running Payroll.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: V7MmVNN4Xe2

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Qmlativ Finance Purchase Order Processing
Business Management
Qmlativ


Jed Williams (Speaker)
This session provides an overview for entering purchasing requisitions and processing them through the system. This session includes: brief discussion on the Requisition and PO Group setup, demonstration on entering and approving requisitions, batch to open purchase order processing, and receiving on purchase orders Prerequisite None

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Payroll Process Overview
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Cody Dyb (Speaker)
This session will provide a general overview of Skyward’s Qmlativ Payroll Module. We will walk through the Payroll Process from beginning to end and look at the necessary pieces which need to be in place in order to complete a payroll in Qmlativ.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Accounts Payable Processing - Qmlativ Finance
Business Management
Qmlativ


Kaylie Pierce (Speaker)
This session will walk you through the Accounts Payable processes on Qmlativ. It will review the accounts payable process in full (setup of invoice groups and approvals, creating invoices, accounts payable reporting, creating checks via the accounts payable run process, and additional invoice utilities).

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Advanced Payroll Options - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Aaron Tubbs (Speaker)
How do you correct the accounting when an employee was paid out of the incorrect account? What is the easiest way to update new deduction or benefit amounts? How is the taxable life over $50K calculated? How does the Payroll Encumbrance process work? Learn the answers to these questions as we explore some of the advance payroll processes during this session.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Employee Data Mining, Advanced - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Kirk Reischel (Speaker)
Learn more about how to better use the Employee Data Miner to pull data in creative ways in a variety of formats.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Insurance Tracking: Open Enrollment
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Teresa Brown (Speaker)
Are you currently using too many systems or outdated tracking methods for your insurance open enrollment process? Skyward has a better way. Find out how you can use Insurance Tracking to simplify employee coverage selections in your next open enrollment season.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: Zq8bXQSp3p2

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Position Overview
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
This session will cover an overview of position processing and maintenance. This includes adding a position, assignment and making changes within the position module.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Reporting for New Users (Data Mining) - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Liza Christopher (Speaker)
Finance Data Mining can be a powerful tool for creation of custom reports in your database. Learn how to utilize Budgetary Data Mining to make the most of the data contained in your software. No prior knowledge of Data Mining is necessary.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Employee Access: Widgets & Dashboards
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Eric Kurzawa (Speaker)
Learn the in's and out's of turning widgets on/off and building personal dashboards.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Insurance Tracking: Tips and Tricks - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ann Nollinger (Speaker)
Discover if there are options within the Insurance Tracking module that will allow you to speed-up or streamline your processing steps. Maybe you have some useful tips that you’d like to share as well!

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Peer Discussion: I'm New to Skyward-Fin & HR
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Committee and Teresa Brown (Speaker)
This networking session is for users to discuss processes and options with other users. Skyward will have representation, but the focus is to discuss ideas and options between users.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Qmlativ Financial Reporting
Business Management
Qmlativ


Daniel Weyers (Speaker)
This session will highlight Qmlativ’s canned Financial reports. It will also demonstrate the capability to add fields to list screens and other unique ways we can create reports within Qmlativ.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Qmlativ HR - Payroll / HR Tips and Tricks
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Dave Lay (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate some time-saving features to reduce the time it takes to work in Skyward’s Qmlativ software and will focus on the Payroll/Human Resources System. Navigation, creating Filters, View, Live Tiles and Live Charts, setting Favorites and Docking items, and advanced browse tricks are just a few of the things you will learn. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Substitute Tracking - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Kirk Reischel (Speaker)
Get an overview of how you can use Sub Tracking to track the daily transactions of your subs and import those transactions to payroll. We'll also discuss how the system is set up with Rate Tables, Sub Master Records and Reports for use in managing your Sub's activities.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Food Service: Reporting
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Scott Bembenek (Speaker)
Explore the most prominent Food Service reports such as the Daily Activity, Accuclaim, Accuclaim Audit, Payor Balance Summary, and Payor Balance Notices.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Future Scheduling Part 1
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Liz Kelley (Speaker)
This session will discuss options for Future Scheduling for setting up the Course Master and Scheduling students. Setting up the Course Master – Options for setting up courses, sections and meet records. Scheduling Student – By Student options, By Class and Mass Add Students to Courses.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
List Screens/Live Tiles - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Tyler Nalbach (Speaker)
Need ways to manage your dashboard data?  This session will review options for creating live tiles across the Qmlativ system.  Giving you the ability to have necessary data at your fingertips. 

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
New Features - Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Miranda Stangle (Speaker)
With the crazy start to this school year, you may have missed, or just didn't have time to explore some of the latest and greatest options. This session will be a demonstration of some of the newest options available within Student Records.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Special Ed - Tips/Tricks and Best Practices
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emma Strobel (Speaker)
This session will review the new options added to the Special Education module, and provide tips and tricks to make processing most effective.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Future Scheduling Part 2
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Liz Kelley (Speaker)
This session will review the functions of the Auto Scheduler and various ways to deal with Conflict Resolution. The setup of the Auto Scheduler will be reviewed. Ways to try and resolve student conflicts will be outlined.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Special Ed - Forms Set Up & Rules
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emma Strobel (Speaker)
This session will cover the Forms set up area and discussion of new options and tools available to use to create custom Special Education Forms.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Standards Gradebook Features
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Brandi McBrayer (Speaker)
Skyward has developed a Web-based Gradebook designed specifically for Elementary teachers. This session will cover the skills based approach and demonstrate the benefits of the Standards Based Gradebook.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Tips & Tricks - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Norma Bernhardt (Speaker)
This session will cover tips and tricks to help with moving around the system faster and to maximize your working area.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
xFood Service - Point of Sale
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Scott Bembenek (Speaker)
This session will explore all areas of the Point of Sale Process within the Food Service module. We will walk through the setup behind the scenes, the POS process itself, and some reports and processes to complete after the POS process is completed for the day. POS Configuration, payment entry, and end of day reports will be covered.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Food Service - Applications
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Scott Bembenek (Speaker)
This session will cover all methods of entering applications. We will cover the manual entry process within the program, the start to finish process of Online Applications entry (including from the parent perspective through Family Access), and the Direct Cert process. Address Verification results and manual Direct Cert application entries will be demonstrated.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Online Forms - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


John Young (Speaker)
Online forms help you gather data from your families in new and improved ways for both returning and new students.  In this session, learn about the latest tips and tricks for building online forms, including adding customization to an online form.  We will also cover the option of reporting from online forms in report manager. 

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Secondary Gradebook Features
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Arthur Summer (Speaker)
This session will cover tips & tricks specific to the Secondary Gradebook. We will cover both items within the Admin side, as well as the Teacher Access portion.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
Special Ed: Data Cleanup Reports/Filters/Browses
Special Education
SMS 2.0


Emma Strobel (Speaker)
Bolster your confidence with the special ed year end process.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 02, 2020)
xFuture Sched Auto Scheduler/Conflict Res
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Liz Kelley (Speaker)
Come and check out how the Auto Scheduler works and get ideas and suggestions on using the Auto Scheduler to make the schedule process work for you. In addition, this session we will discuss techniques, and reports to use for resolving conflicts that may occur in the Future Scheduling Process.

Session Recording

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Data Mining - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Norma Bernhardt (Speaker)
Data Mining allow users quick access to basic student information.  Find out how to better utilize fields throughout the system.  Also discover how you can report data on one line to meet your exporting needs. 

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Future Scheduling: Arena Scheduling
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Nichole Krubsack (Speaker)
For schools who want their students to create their class schedules themselves (in a regular school year setting or summer school). We'll go over the series of steps in making that process happen and what needs to be in place before the student logs in.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: tmJgwUJb622

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Guidance Module Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lori Rankin (Speaker)
Check out how to use Guidance Office Visits to keep track of the time spent with individuals and just what that time was spent doing. Run reports on the who/what/where and when!

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Special Ed - New Year Set Up
Special Education
SMS 2.0


Emma Strobel (Speaker)
This session will cover preparation for closing out the current year and tasks necessary to begin the new year.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
xNew Users Bootcamp Part 1 Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Kelli Plater (Speaker)
This session covers the essentials of using Skyward and is designed with new users in mind. Our goal is to provide you with a solid foundation in navigating and using the system that will allow you to make the most out of your Skyward software.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Basic Report Designer - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


John Young (Speaker)
This session will take you from start to finish with creating a basic student demographic report within the report designer.  We will show how to select fields as well as review some basic formatting options.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Current Year Scheduling: Walk-In Scheduler
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tiffany Zastrow (Speaker)
The Walk-In Scheduler is a great tool for helping to see how a student's course requests can translate into an actual schedule, reducing the need for you to manually figure out which sections fit together in the best way. We'll demonstrate how to schedule a new student, along with ideas for using it as a troubleshooter when resolving conflicts in their existing schedule.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: Y9sRAWdEU75

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Guidance Counselor Grad Reqs/Career Plans
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lori Rankin (Speaker)
Counselors! Come on in and discover how to track/read/analyze graduation requirements – how to use Educational Milestones for graduation – check out Career Plans and see what a great help this is in planning your student’s futures.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Special Ed - Goal Options Set Up/Links
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emma Strobel (Speaker)
This session will cover the steps necessary to setup and link Long Term Goal codes to Academic Standards

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
xNew Users Bootcamp Part 2 Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Kelli Plater (Speaker)
This session covers the essentials of using Skyward and is designed with new users in mind. Our goal is to provide you with a solid foundation in navigating and using the system that will allow you to make the most out of your Skyward software.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Demographics: Tips/Tricks & Underutilized Features
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Kelli Plater (Speaker)
In this session, we will take a look at often overlooked features not everyone is using to their benefit. Join this session to learn how you can develop new strategies with your current resources.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: JRg3F54RXUd

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Elementary Current Year Scheduling
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tiffany Zastrow (Speaker)
Student Teams, Student Groups, Mass Adding Students to a Course, Mass Copy Students from one course to another – all tools available to make your Elementary Scheduling easier.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Import Designer - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Rick Amelse (Speaker)
Qmlativ's Import Designer allows users to make adds and edits across the system. Reviewing the basics of import designing, creating data object sources, and running successful imports that keep your data safe will be highlights of this session.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Mobile App Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Jack Narel (Speaker)
Learn how to create a custom homepage that gives you at-a-glance access to information and how to gain quick access to the favorites you have bookmarked within your Skyward application. See how you can take Skyward with you wherever you go using the Skyward Mobile App.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
RTI Overview - Soup to Nuts
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lori Rankin (Speaker)
This session will go over the RTI module from start to finish.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Building the Budget - Qmlativ Finance
Business Management
Qmlativ


Cody Clark (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate the different ways you build a budget within Skyward. This will include manual entry, importing and modifying the existing budget.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Custom Forms Basics - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ben O'Shasky (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate how to create custom fields and custom screens in Employee Profile.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Ditch the Computer & Move to Mobile for EA
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Brad Davis (Speaker)
This session will show all of the things you are able to do with the mobile app for Employee Access.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Employee Professional Development - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Francene Gollon (Speaker)
The Professional Development feature allows employees to submit requests for future professional development classes. The requests then go through an approval process and when final approval is reached, the employee credits are updated. This session will cover configuration and processing.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
How Finance and HR Modules Fit Together
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Cullen Schneider (Speaker)
Discuss the Finance and HR modules in the Skyward software that have an interactive relationship. Learn how the various modules interact with their counterparts and determine a workflow to prevent duplication of entry.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Intro to HR Reporting and Datamining - Qmlativ HR
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Daniel Weyers (Speaker)
If the canned reports within Skyward do not provide you with the exact information you are looking for, you always have the capability of creating custom HR data mining reports. In this session, we will create a data mining report and show off the unique features of data mining, such as: creating total lines within reports, sort and filter options, cloning reports, and creating a PDF report vs. an excel report. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Best Practices for Completing Bank Rec - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Aaron Tubbs (Speaker)
Learn how to use the bank reconciliation option to better track your cash account activity.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Certification Import - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Erika Page (Speaker)
Walk through of the Certification Import Utility

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Contract Letters and Online Forms - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Brad Davis (Speaker)
This feature allows the user to produce letters or documents with employee-related information embedded in the documents without needing a mail merge! You can save templates for re-use and you can include fields created in Custom Forms.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Employee Profile Tips - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ben O'Shasky (Speaker)
This session demonstrates how to get the most information out of employee profile. It will run through employee profile versus employee browse, screen configurations, views, and filters. This will make finding information in employee profile easy.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
HR Reporting - Advanced - Qmlativ HR
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Daniel Weyers (Speaker)
This session will discuss different options for reporting on HR/employee data. Topics to be covered include: • Generating a quick report from a list screen and modifying in report designer • Cloning a Skyward report and modifying in report designer • Creating an HR report from scratch in report designer • Prompts • Filters • Sorts • Section aggregates

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Qmlativ Finance Tips and Tricks
Business Management
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate some time-saving features to reduce the time it takes to work in Qmlativ and will focus on the Finance modules. Navigation, creating Filters, View, Live Tiles and Live Charts, setting Favorites and Docking items, and advanced browse tricks are just a few of the things you will learn.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Business Importing Options
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Tom Skerik (Speaker)
Have you ever typed a long list of supplies into a Requisition? How about multiple entries into a Cash Receipt, Journal Entry or a Budget Entry? Come and learn how you could be doing an import instead!

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Dock Pay Records and Processing - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Cullen Schneider (Speaker)
This session is intended to cover how you may set up your Skyward system to automatically create dock pay records, how to use them, and how they can help keep your contracts correct throughout the year.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Federal Reporting including ACA, W2, 941 - Qmlativ
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Katelyn Marx (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate how to complete the setup and processing of ACA, W2, and 941.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Fixed Asset Year End and Reporting - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Francene Gollon (Speaker)
This session will provide you with an overview of common tasks that are completed at the fiscal year end along with a demonstration of the most popular reports.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
New Hire Procedures - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Lexie Harmsen (Speaker)
Learn how Skyward can automate your hiring process. Your entire hiring process can be streamlined from requesting a replacement or new hire through importing the demographics and pay information into Employee Profile and Employee Management.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 03, 2020)
Qmlativ Finance Overview
Business Management
Qmlativ


Aaron King (Speaker)
Come take a look at our new Qmlativ Business Suite product. This session provides an overview of the Finance and Human Resource modules along with the Payroll system. Prerequisite None

Session Recording

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Budgeting: Basics
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Liza Christopher (Speaker)
New to budgeting in Skyward? This session will cover the basics from how to get started and how to finalize a budget, all the way through to making budget revisions and transfers.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Employee Management: Plan and Setup - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
This session will demonstrate how to get started in adding positions into your Employee Management Plan. This will include adding calendars, importing assignments from other employee management plans and adding positions/assignments.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Payroll Payables - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ann Nollinger (Speaker)
Overview of the Payroll Payables process

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Qmlativ HR and Finance Security
Business Management
Qmlativ


Aaron King (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of the Security modules in Qmlativ, with a focus on HR and Finance security. This module is used to grant access to individual users. Topics will include creating a Role, creating a Security Group, attaching a Role to a Security Group, and attaching a Security Group to a user. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Qmlativ Time Off Options and Reporting
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
This session will overview the Time Off module, Qmlativ’s system to maintain and track time off balances. It will highlight recent changes to the Time Off module (identifying Time Off types as hours vs. days) and the new reporting options that are available.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Screen Customization, Skyport, Filters (Dashboard)
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Francene Gollon (Speaker)
Eliminate the additional clicking by customizing your screens to the areas you need the most.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
AP: Credit Card Import Process
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Brad Davis (Speaker)
Did you know you can import credit card transactions directly into the Skyward AP system? Join us in this session to learn how to set up and utilize Skywards credit card features.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: 5P523Nciv2y

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Employee Management: Salary Calculations
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
Delve deep into the different ways that the assignment salaries can be calculated, the difference between the per diem and calculated contract amounts, and other troubleshooting options for assignment salaries.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: MibM3U9Gpn6

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Finance Tips & Tricks
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Aaron Messier (Speaker)
Discover Finance options designed to make your job easier. Be sure to bring your tips and tricks to this session to share with others!

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Payroll Tips and Tricks - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Lexie Harmsen (Speaker)
Discover if there are options within the Payroll module that will allow you to speed-up or streamline your payroll processing steps. Maybe you have some useful tips that you’d like to share as well!

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Q HR & Finance - General NavigationTips & Tricks
Business Management
Qmlativ


Jed Williams (Speaker)
This is an introduction to Qmlativ standard features for all skill and experience levels Come learn how to set filters Create browse views Build live tiles Dock favorite screens Set themes Adjust screen size and more Prerequisite None

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Time Tracking Setup Scenarios - Qmlativ HR
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Dave Lay (Speaker)
This session will cover the process of setting up time tracking. This will include both hourly and annualized setup. We will discuss common scenarios when setting up time tracking.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Accounts Receivable - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Bailey Haumschild (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of the Accounts Receivable system, how the system works and how it could be used by your district. Items covered will include payor setup, item code maintenance, invoice creation, payment entry & reporting.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Employee Management: Import Plan - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
See how to import assignments from a spreadsheet. Position Controls and Position Control Groups will also be created from Assignment records when appropriate.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Payroll: Historical Reports & Options
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Lexie Harmsen (Speaker)
Now that Payroll is complete, what are my reporting options?

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Purchasing: e-Commerce Basics
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Tom Skerik (Speaker)
Streamline your purchasing process by implementing e-commerce ordering at your district. Find out how to set up and utilize the e-commerce process.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Q Finance Setting up Account Clearance and Filters
Business Management
Qmlativ


Jordan Steltenpohl (Speaker)
This session will highlight Qmlativ’s ability to limit account clearance for users. In addition, we will delve into overriding account clearance on specialty access groups along with configuring account group templates.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
W2 process - Qmlativ HR
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Danielle Coleman (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of the process for generating the annual W2 form submission to the Social Security Administration (SSA). This process allows you to extract data about your employees' wages and/or salaries.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Health Records: Displaying Info -Families/Teachers
Health Records
SMS 2.0


Lisa Williams (Speaker)
Looking for opportunities to share a student's information like their IHP (Individualized Health Plan) with their teacher? Or communicating to parents their child's blood sugar test results? This session will go over what information in the Health Records module can be shared with teachers and families, and how.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Transitioning from SMS to Qmlativ
Student Management
Qmlativ


Denise Desautel (Speaker)
Transitioning to Qmlativ is an exciting time for a district. As you experience our live dashboard tiles, configurable list screens, and a growing number or new features, clean data is important for the transition process. This session will focus on processes to make the transition from SMS to Qmlativ smoother for your district.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
xAttendance - Basics and Beyond
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Rick Amelse (Speaker)
This session will cover tips and tricks on the easiest way to enter attendance as well as the top ways to report and access the data after it has been entered.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
xFood Service Year Start/Year End
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Teresa LaPorte (Speaker)
Preparing for the close out of the current year and startup of the next year in food service

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
xSkybuild - Imports and File Builder Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Brian Bergy (Speaker)
This session will go over the capability of Importing information from 3rd party vendors into Skyward covering areas such as Transportation, Attendance, Food Service, Gradebook and Scheduling as well as the capability to export information out to specific files or to specific 3rd party vendors using their file layout.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Food Service Letters
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Teresa LaPorte (Speaker)
This session will be a presentation of setting up various types of Application Letters and how to print them.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Future Scheduling Tips & Tricks Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Trevor Thomas (Speaker)
Qmativ offers a variety of options for your future scheduling processes. This session will focus on tips and tricks when creating course availability lists, using arena scheduling, and creating your master schedule. Come check out the scheduling board features and additional items to help you get ready for next year scheduling.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Health Records: Medications
Health Records
SMS 2.0


Lisa Williams (Speaker)
Travel through the entire process of medication recordkeeping starting with entering a student's medication orders and setting up their medication schedule, documenting their administrations, and inventory management.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Skybuild: Advanced - Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Brian Bergy (Speaker)
This is a session on how to use the Web version of our Custom Import and Export process.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
xAttendance Letters
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Rick Amelse (Speaker)
This sessions will cover how to setup and generate letters notifying parents/guardians of poor student attendance.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Health Records Immunizations
Health Records
SMS 2.0


Lisa Williams (Speaker)
This session will cover how to enter and maintain Vaccination records, tips for setting up the Entry Screen, using the Compliance screen for analyzing state requirements, and running reports to identity students who are out of compliance.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Positive Attendance
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Rick Amelse (Speaker)
This session will cover the concepts of the Positive Attendance Option. Does your school use a concept of students having choices of what class to attend each hour? This tool will allow you to track where they are, based on where they sign in. Come check it out!!

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Secondary Gradebooks - Qmlativ Student
Teacher
Qmlativ


Eric Waller (Speaker)
Teacher gradebooks have are vital to the success of any classroom. In this session we will cover items to help teachers successfully manage their gradebooks. Get an overview of transfer grades process, explore our multiple attempts for assignments and see how a variety of scoring options can help teachers manage their grades.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
Tips & Tricks for Teachers
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Arthur Summer (Speaker)
Helpful hints from a teacher, for teachers - ways to tweak reports to get just want you want, and make the system work for you with Message Center, Quick Access widgets and more.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 04, 2020)
xFood Service Tips & Tricks/Best Practices
Food Service
SMS 2.0


Teresa LaPorte (Speaker)
In this session, we will point out tips & tricks that can be useful in day-to-day operations.

Session Recording

Thursday, Nov 05, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Grading: Custom Report Cards
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Maria Harris (Speaker)
Explore the essentials of building a Custom Report Card and advice on how to maintain your layouts over time. Learning how to set up a report template to print Custom Report Cards will also be addressed.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: eaPm999prS5

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Health Medications and Office Visits
Health Records
Qmlativ


Makayla Thomas (Speaker)
In this session we will review the setup needed in order to enter and report out medication and office visit information. There's sure to be more than a couple tips and tricks to make your life easier discussed in this session!

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
NSOE - New Student Online Enrollment
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Jack Narel (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of the New Student Online Enrollment (NSOE) portal, and how to utilize the portal to allow parents to enroll new students into the district.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Security Roles & Field Restrictions Qmlativ
Student Management
Qmlativ


Renee Buczkowski (Speaker)
Security access is one of the most import pieces in the Qmlativ system. We will provide information on general security, include creating customization security through our menu security, and demonstrating the field restriction feature within Qmlativ.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
xAdministrators Bootcamp Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Brandi McBrayer (Speaker)
New Administrators will have a chance to delve into Discipline, Office Reports, Message Center for Administrators, and Teacher Tracking through EA Plus. There will also be a lively game of "who just called me, left a rude message, and didn't leave their name?"

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Administrator - Teacher Tracking
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Brandi McBrayer (Speaker)
Teacher Tracking is a way for administrative staff to monitor/view statistics on Gradebook Usage for every teacher, including data by Class, Teacher, Message Center, Discipline, and Family/Student Access usage.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Bell Schedule Groups - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Rick Amelse (Speaker)
Bell schedule groups reduce the need of having Period 1A and Period 1B. In this session we will explore the options for using bell schedule groups along with their setup and interaction within the Qmlativ software.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Custom Report Cards - Standards
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Maria Harris (Speaker)
This session will cover the steps needed to create Standards Report Cards. Make your report cards fit your needs.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Family Access: Online Reg. for Returning Students
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Jack Narel (Speaker)
Learn how to digitize your annual registration for returning students. This session will highlight the most popular steps used by districts to collect custom form information, explore attachment options, and show how families verify the accuracy of existing records.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: kpRU8mwJP33

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Health Records Reporting
Health Records
SMS 2.0


Makayla Thomas (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of some of the most commonly used reports and Utilities used in Health Records.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Family Access - Set up Options
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Jack Narel (Speaker)
This session will cover an over of the Family Access Portal, along with review of the various options within the setup of the module.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Grading: Custom Transcripts
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Maria Harris (Speaker)
Learn how to build a Custom Transcript and enjoy advice on how to maintain your layouts over time. Setting up a report template to print custom Transcripts will also be addressed.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: ymNhjBT8u28

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Standards Gradebooks - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Adam Seibel (Speaker)
Qmlativ offers a variety of standards based grading options. See how letters and sounds master feature, subject grading options, and assignment master scoring can help your teachers grade items quickly and efficiently. This session will also cover options teachers have within their grade sheets.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Test Score: Test Setup/Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Kelli Plater (Speaker)
Come see how test scores can be utilized within Skyward, and how they can be attached to individual students. Topics to be covered will include how to properly create a test, as well as, how test and test scores can be attached to students and made viewable to staff and families.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: Fq9kxCwdP83

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
xTop 10 Reports for Administrators
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Miranda Stangle (Speaker)
This session will introduce common reports for administrators and office staff from different modules including demographics, attendance, scheduling and grading. Schedule reports to run automatically. Use the browse screens as reports and sharing filters.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Employee Management: Position Control - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
This session includes a discussion on Position Control in the Employee Management module including the calculations and uses of the Full Time Equivalent values. · What is Position Control? · F.T.E. vs. Calc F.T.E. · Use of Position Control Groups · Cleanup of Total # of Positions · Position Control Report

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Qmlativ Finance Activity Accounting
Business Management
Qmlativ


Cody Clark (Speaker)
Tracking the Student Activity can be a painstaking process. Let Skyward's Activity accounting system take over that task. This session provides an overview on the setup and processing actions in the module.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Qmlativ HR & Finance: Pre-Migration To Do List
Business Management
Qmlativ


Cody Dyb (Speaker)
This session will cover a checklist of items that should be reviewed prior to moving forward with your SMS to Qmlativ conversion.  There may also be some action items you will want to review with your staff to make the migration a better experience. Prerequisite - SMS HR and Finance knowledge to prepare for conversion to Qmlativ

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Retro Pay - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Cullen Schneider (Speaker)
In this session we will be addressing the various Retro Pay processes available in the Skyward system. We will cover the different ways Retro Pay can be processed for salaried/contracted, as well as for hourly employees. In addition to covering the Retro Pay processes themselves, special attention will be given to Employee setup and to troubleshooting.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
The Path to Better Budgeting Using Salary Neg
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Francene Gollon (Speaker)
They say 80% of a district’s budget goes toward salaries and benefits. Join this session to learn how to prepare your budget by using Salary Negotiations. Explore setting up budgets for non-salary accounts, and learn how to import, mass change and set budget limits.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Vendor 101 - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Tom Skerik (Speaker)
Learn how to fully utilize the Vendor Profile and Browse options in Skyward. This session will overview the tabs available in the Vendor Profile, along with the use of vendor approvals and AP ACH.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Accounts Payable: Advanced Options
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Bailey Haumschild (Speaker)
Learn about Check Requests, Expense Reimbursements and Approvals. AP Check Requests allow end users to submit items for direct payment without entering a purchase order, while still going through an approval process. Expense Reimbursements provide online entry and approval for expense reporting that feeds into accounts payable.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Bank Rec Troubleshooting - Qmlativ
Business Management
Qmlativ


Cody Clark (Speaker)
This session will cover common errors, service calls we receive, and how to resolve them.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Employee Management: Utilities -HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
This session will cover the following Utilities on the Web: Position- Assignments Mass Change, Salary Hourly Mass Change, Mass Change Pay Codes, as well as the Assignment Export/Import process.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Position Clean Up / Position Merge
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
Do you need some tips and tricks to get your Human Resources software cleaned up? Skyward has some great utilities to ensure that your position data is accurate without duplicate records. This session will look at, and address issues that you may be experiencing relating to your positions and assignments and then look at the tools that can be used to correct them.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Task Manager for HR Tasks - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Teresa Brown (Speaker)
Learn the basics for setup of Task Manager and how to use this to automate the individual tasks that must be done to complete needed processes like adding a new employee into the system.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Time Off: Understanding Accruals & How to Process
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Cullen Schneider (Speaker)
This session will cover the setup and process of Accruals in Skyward's Time Off.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: dS5QeYcxs74

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Employee Management: Year End - HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Marc Johnson (Speaker)
This session will discuss and demonstrate the common steps used to prepare your Employee Management data for upcoming year including creating new matrices, Plan Calendar Cycle and adding new calendars, Professional Growth Update, Step Increase, Manual Changes, Assignment Export/Payroll Import and Payroll Comparison Report.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Finance Approval Review
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Teresa Brown (Speaker)
What will be covered: Discover Approval Options in Finance including: AP Invoice Approvals, Purchasing, Check Requests, Expense Reimbursements, Journal Entries, and Budget Transfers.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Purchase Order Group Setup and Usage - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Bailey Haumschild (Speaker)
Why would you want to use purchasing groups? What's the best setup for your district? You'll find the answers you're looking for here.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Q HR -Best Practices for Position/Assignment & FTE
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Aaron King (Speaker)
This session will discuss and cover the best practices for adding and maintaining Human Resource data within Skyward. We will focus on the creation and maintenance of your positions, assignments, and ensuring that FTE is calculating correctly and the way you desire.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Staff Planning Overview
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
This session is a basic overview for budgeting salaries and benefits in Skyward for new users. The session demonstrates how to update data from year to year to create the new school year. Prerequisite - Basic knowledge of Skyward Qmlativ Human Resources module

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 05, 2020)
Time Off Advanced Options
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Aaron Tubbs (Speaker)
Learn how to set up Time Off Defaults, Time Off Limited Access, a Sick Bank program, and more!

Session Recording

Friday, Nov 06, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
AP: Budgetary Data Mining for Advanced Users
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Liza Christopher (Speaker)
Master the art and science of financial reporting in this session designed to demonstrate some of the advanced features found in Budgetary Data Mining.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: VprTtpZk533

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Data Cleanup - Finance and HR
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Aaron Tubbs (Speaker)
Learn about options and utilities for cleaning up your Finance and Human Resources data, such as mass inactivating vendors, account merge, and payroll rename codes.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Demographics: Data Mining for Beginners
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lori Rankin (Speaker)
Learn the essentials of Data Mining, as well as, tips and tricks to get the perfect report. Focus will be on template creation, field selection, ranging, and sorting.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: ctMpXwaU233

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Grading: GPA Troubleshooting - Tips & Tricks
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Leah Wierzba (Speaker)
Check out highlights of some of the preferred strategies used to identify and resolve GPA issues.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: c8GNe6RU32A

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Implementing Standard in Secondary Gradebook
Teacher
SMS 2.0


Ian Dart (Speaker)
This session features the grade book designed specifically for Elementary teachers. It will cover the skills based approach and demonstrate the benefits of the new Standards Based Gradebook and the implementing of it.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
MTSS - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Renee Buczkowski (Speaker)
MTSS (RTI) will provide your district with options to create, view and monitor watch lists. This session will cover the major features of MTSS and how your district can utilize them to best meet the needs of individual students.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ Finance Credit Card Processing
Business Management
Qmlativ


Jordan Steltenpohl (Speaker)
Learn how to manage Credit Card Activity within Skyward. Setup cards and manage payments with and without a Purchase Order, manage credit card transactions and approvals, create invoices and review an option to import credit card transactions. Prerequisite Basic Knowledge of Qmlativ Accounts Payable feature

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Sub Tracking Setup and Import
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Jed Williams (Speaker)
Do you use a third-party system to keep track of your substitutes, such as Frontline/AESOP? Did you know that you can import substitute information from that third-party system into Skyward for record keeping and easy payment processing – eliminated the need to manually enter it again? This session will address how to set this up and demonstrate how this can work to save you time for substitute record keeping.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Time Off: Daily/Monthly/Annual Reporting Options
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ann Nollinger (Speaker)
Come explore the different reporting options within Time Off.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: XRrVjsHK539

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
True Time: Overview
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Erika Page (Speaker)
Join this session to explore Skyward’s True Time module! Learn how employees use it to clock in and out, and discover tips for navigating timekeeping rules.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: mMYyR5WAa45

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
xCustom Forms Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Casey Smith (Speaker)
This session will cover creating custom forms in Student Management. Explore single forms vs Multiple forms per student, setting up data types, field type choices, Skyward fields, custom fields.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:40 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Account Clearance and Utilities - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Aaron Messier (Speaker)
Account Clearance allows customers to restrict access for end users to specific lists of account numbers. Account utilities provide options for managing your accounts, such as merging and mass adding accounts. This session will demonstrate these features.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Advanced Data Mining
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lori Rankin (Speaker)
Already have some prior knowledge of data mining in Skyward? Focus will be on advanced formatting options, filters, and processing lists.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Customization - Qmlativ Student
Student Management
Qmlativ


Dawson Thurber (Speaker)
Customization within Qmlativ is a way to tailor the database to your district's needs. Being able to add additional fields and options for parent to fill out in an online form or for office staff to edit from a profile screen. Come see the ins and outs of creating some basic custom fields.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Demographics: Advanced Custom Forms
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Casey Smith (Speaker)
Do you have prior knowledge of Custom Forms? We will cover more advanced formatting options, how to data mine the values in Custom Forms, how to use custom screens with Skycoder, and more.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: pyJcdnFp477

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Discipline Module Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Brandi McBrayer (Speaker)
In this session we will discuss entering Discipline records for students, Auto Email options, what families see in Family Access and Reports.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Fast Track Overview with Q&A
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Ann Nollinger (Speaker)
Fast Track integrates your hiring process with the Skyward Software. This session will show you how to use the Web to post openings at your district and allow applicants to apply online with a Q&A session at the end.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
GPA: Report for Honor Roll, Rank & GPA Calc
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Leah Wierzba (Speaker)
This session will go over how the GPA calculation setup is used in determining the results of Honor Rolls, Class Rank, Transcripts and Transcript Labels.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Benefit Management Overview
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Samuel Bavido (Speaker)
In this session we will cover setting up plans, coverage and sub plan, how Benefit Management interacts with Payroll, and the day-to-day processing that allows Benefit Management to adjust benefit or deduction amounts when needed.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Utilizing Position Utilities
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Mason Czaikowski (Speaker)
This session will provide information about utilities that are available within Qmlativ’s Position area. These powerful utilities are able to make mass additions, updates and deletions to positions and assignments.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
SBAA Overview and Processing - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Bailey Haumschild (Speaker)
This will provide an introduction to what you can track in School Based Activity Accounting (SBAA), what that processing would look like and how we would go about setting you up to start using the product.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
True Time: Troubleshooting Through HR
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Erika Page (Speaker)
Troubleshoot common True Time service calls through HR.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Athletic Eligibility, Snapshot Grades, & Selected
Student Management
Qmlativ


Trevor Thomas (Speaker)
This session will guide districts needing to set-up athletic eligibility requirements for their entity. The session will cover set-up, snapshot grades, and selected grade reports for different users of the Qmlativ software.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Data Clean Up
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Arthur Summer (Speaker)
Discover reports and tools available to help identify duplicate user records in your database and best practices for merging/removing the records. Is your Address Master out of control? This session will cover some reports, utilities, and strategies that will help clean up your Address Master and keep it in check moving forward.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Family Access-What do Parents/Students See
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Miranda Stangle (Speaker)
This session will focus on the set up and use of the options that Family and Student Access have to offer and how they affect the look to parents and students.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Payroll: W2 Processing
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Lexie Harmsen (Speaker)
W2 processing is a key part of every calendar year-end. Whether you're new to the process or just need a quick refresher, this session will walk you through the essentials to help ensure a smooth and accurate experience for yourself and your employees.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: DPm3v5Pj8Ht

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ HR and Finance Import Overview
Business Management
Qmlativ


Daniel Weyers (Speaker)
This session will provide a brief overview of the import designer and import manager features found in your system module. Topics to be covered include: • Creation of a custom import • Processing a custom import

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Qmlativ HR Time Tracking Troubleshooting
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Dave Lay (Speaker)
This session will overview the Time Tracking module, Qmlativ’s timekeeping system used by hourly employees to clock in and out. It will review setup options, and solve common time tracking related errors.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Security: Understanding Security Groups
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Eric Kurzawa (Speaker)
Curious about how Security Groups work and why they matter? Join us for an informative session where we’ll break it all down and answer your questions!

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: pyNGRJaH643

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Time Off, Sub Tracking, True Time: Work Together
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Erika Page (Speaker)
Discuss how Time Off, Sub Tracking and HR modules in the Skyward software have an interactive relationship. Learn how the various modules interact with their counterparts and determine a workflow to prevent duplication of entry.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
xAdvanced Features Button
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Nichole Krubsack (Speaker)
Have you ever wondered how the options under the Advanced Features tab can help make your life easier? If so, this session is the one for you.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Year End Prep/Wizard
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tiffany Zastrow (Speaker)
This session will discuss things to do to prepare for the year end process, checklists and fixes after the year end process and what to expect during the actual running of the Year End Wizard

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 06, 2020)
Year End Processing - Finance
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Tom Skerik (Speaker)
Review the steps necessary to complete your Financial Fiscal Year End roll

Session Recording

Monday, Nov 09, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Excel for Student
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Liz Boyles and Cheryl Brumett (Speaker)
There are several reports that have the ability to be exported to Excel. However, if you are not familiar with tips and tricks, this could still prove to be a tedious task. Our goal is to provide several examples of when it is beneficial to export a canned report to an excel spreadsheet and what to do with that information once you have it downloaded. Excel working hand in hand with Skyward can be most beneficial as long as you understand how they both work together. The intended audience would be anyone that wishes to learn excel tricks based on exported reports.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
FileBound & Skyward: A Winning Partnership
Vendor
SMS 2.0


Imaging Office Systems, Inc. - Mitch McCarthy, Tim Byrne (Speaker)
Your school district already has the right resources in place. FileBound and Skyward allow you to take better advantage of them. Let us help you focus on what really matters – students. How do we help school districts avoid mountains of paperwork and process bottlenecks in an industry known for both? From the moment of implementation, our users have access to a series of benefits: Effective Record Security Greater Employee Satisfaction Higher Productivity Increased Cost Savings

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
IL: SIS Automated Web Service
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Mary Christianson & Victoria Perkins (Speaker)
Want your SIS export to be Automated? This session will go through the steps of setting up your automated exports

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Michigan REP Reporting
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Rikki Springer (Speaker)
This session will review the steps and utilities required to pull data for REP reporting in Skyward.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
MN: MDE Ed-Fi Updates
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tara and Gayra, MDE (Speaker)
General Overview and Updates of Ed-Fi

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Wisconsin Open Enrollment Recordkeeping
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
Open Enrollment always presents a unique challenge for reporting.  This session will utilize DPI’s site “Uncommon Student Populations” and provide you with the tools to ask the questions that need to be answered to determine how the student is recorded in Skyward for both PI-1563 and WISEdata reporting.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
xSMS 2.0 IT – A Snapshot
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Steve Williams (Speaker)
This session is intended for System Admins looking to get familiar with the IT terminology and basic IT troubleshooting for SMS 2.0.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 9:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
FED: Vetting Ed Tech
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ross Lemke (AEM) (Speaker)
Do you use educational technology in your school?  Did you ever want help decoding the ‘legalese’ contained in those Terms of Service Agreement?  Did you ever wonder how those apps and service protect student privacy?  PTAC has the answers!  This virtual session will explore both the importance of and the means by which online educational technology can be assessed for privacy protections and general compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Federal - W2/1099 Processing
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Rikki Springer/Craig Schafer (Speaker)
A refresher course on how to process your W-2's & 1099’s, and tips for correcting exceptions that are reported.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
MI: CEPI & MDE Integrations in MiDataHub
Student Management
SMS 2.0


TBD (Speaker)
This session will cover the numerous integrations that are in place with the CEPI and MDE. Items covered will include UIC Services, CEPI’s “SnackPack”, EEM services, MSDS Reporting, MiLearn, M-STEP data transfer and MiCIP.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Real PD for Real People
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ryan Miller (Speaker)
Do you feel like the Training you provide is stuck in a rut? Refresh your Professional Development with relevant, innovative, and sustainable delivery methods. This interactive session will force you to reflect on the training model you currently employ, while offering ideas and tools to infuse new life into your PD sessions. SP

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
WI: Q WRS Annual Retirement Processing
Human Resources
Qmlativ


Pania Moua (Speaker)
This session will discuss preparation and reporting of the WRS Annual Retirement Report.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
xQ IT – A Snapshot
IT Services (Qmlativ)
SMS 2.0


Dave Mancel (Speaker)
We’ll discuss the IT-related aspects of Qmlativ. We’ll cover topics like Qmlativ server roles, SQL databases, system requirements, hosting options, and much more.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
HR Round Table
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Diane Austin (Speaker)
This session provides an opportunity to interact with peers, ask questions, and discuss issues with other users who use the Human Resources module.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
IL: SMS Employee Information System (EIS)
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Rikki Springer (Speaker)
We'll discuss extracting your EIS data and troubleshooting exceptions, addressing setup issues and downloading the file.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
MN: Carl Perkins
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emily Tarras / Rachel Jones (Speaker)
This session will review the setup and processing of Carl Perkins.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
MN: PERA
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Luis Argueta, PERA (Speaker)
Employer workshops offer you an opportunity to learn or review information on PERA's membership eligibility and reporting process.  Additionally, we focus on key features of our Employee Reporting System (ERIS), legislative updates, and pertinent employer topics.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
Q & SMS Cloud Troubleshooting and Support
IT Services (Qmlativ)
SMS 2.0


Jeff Michels (Speaker)
Whether your Skyward system is self-hosted in your district’s private cloud or you’re using ISCorp Secure Cloud Hosting services, troubleshooting performance issues on the web can seem a bit mysterious. Join us as we review the diagnostic, troubleshooting, logging, and performance tools that are available within SMS 2.0 and Qmlativ.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Monday - Nov 09, 2020)
WI:PI-1563 - Running & Reconciling Pupil Counts
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
You’ve just finished your 3rd Friday of September count for PI-1563 but the 2nd Friday of January count is right around the corner. This session will explain how to use Skyward’s reconciliation tool to compare the two count reports for the Winter reconciliation and auditing purposes.

Session Recording

Tuesday, Nov 10, 2020
12:30 PM - 1:25 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Disaster Recovery Planning
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Mark Ketterer (Speaker)
As they say, “Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.” If disaster strikes, how will you protect your data? And how will you recover? In this session, here comes our two cents.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: JWivRG2uT34

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
IL: SMS SIS Demographics & Pre K/Early Childhood
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Mary Christianson & Victoria Perkins (Speaker)
This session will be an overview of what Demographics information is required to be entered for proper submission of SIS data to the state. (SMS)

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
MI: EWIMS, MiRead & MiStrategyBank
Student Management
SMS 2.0


TBD (Speaker)
When it comes to actionable data, MiDataHub has spurred on several major applications that districts can use to address student educational needs. The Early Warning Intervention Monitoring System (EWIMS) process leverages the free data hub EWS dashboards and intervention catalog to address student dropout risk. MiRead and MiStrategyBank are tools that have been created to address the 3rd grade reading law using roster and assessment data from MiDataHub.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Reduce In-Person Cash Handling and Increase Online
Vendor
SMS 2.0


SchoolPay - Alex Pollema (Speaker)
As districts adapt to virtual learning environments and seek to reduce in-person contacts, increasing online payments adoption and the ease of managing online payments is more important than ever. Come learn how your district can streamline your processes for accepting and managing payments while providing families with a unified payments portal. This session will include best practices for increasing online payment adoption so that districts can collect payments from their communities in an efficient manner while reducing in-person cash handling on site and increasing payment collection rates.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Skycoder
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tim Howard (Speaker)
Do you have a need to adjust field labels, hide fields, change the color of screens, or even add pop up messages in your database? Skycoder might be the tool you've been looking for. Come learn about how Skycoder can be used to customize your database to meet your district's needs. *This session is geared towards advanced users, ideally with system-wide access.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
WI: Q Fed School Level Rep: Build based acct
Business Management
Qmlativ


Pania Moua (Speaker)
This session will discuss preparation, updates, and reporting of the ESSA School Level Reporting for the Annual and Budget Report.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
WI: Special Ed Records for WISEdata
Special Education
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
Recordkeeping for Special Education is a daunting task and trying to remember what specifically needs to go to WISEdata can be a challenge.  This session will focus on those fields and how to troubleshoot them.  We will address this for module users, non-module users, and those using a 3rd party program.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Demographics: Fun with Filters
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ryan Miller (Speaker)
Have you ever needed to get just a quick list of items for a specific project? This session will provide insight into various ways that filters can be used in so many places throughout Skyward.

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: bNMkCrak389

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
FED: FERPA 101
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ross Lemke (AEM) (Speaker)
This presentation will review the basics of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and delve into common scenarios faced by districts. It is intended for anyone who works with personally identifiable student data on a daily basis; from the classroom teacher level to the district superintendent. Outcomes: - Improved understanding of FERPA and the context for the law - Reduced misconceptions / misunderstandings about FERPA.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
MI: Integrations&Data Quality in MiDataHub
Student Management
SMS 2.0


TBD (Speaker)
This session will cover the steps needed to identify and resolve data quality issues in MiDataHub. It will include reports available as well as data validation scripts. We will also review the product catalog and indicate how to configure several common integrations.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
MI: REP Reporting
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Rikki Springer (Speaker)
This session will review the steps and utilities required to pull data for REP reporting in Skyward.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Optimizing Server Designs for Speed
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Jeff Michels (Speaker)
What is the latest in server hardware, virtualization, and disk storage that boost your SMS 2.0 performance? What are the benefits of shared memory for WebSpeed brokers and Database AppServers and how they can benefit your School District’s performance?

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Touch-Free / Non-Contact Payments and New Features
Vendor
SMS 2.0


e~Funds for Schools - Jeff Miller (Speaker)
Start providing non-contact payment solutions across multiple payment platforms (Online, Mobile, and In-Person) at no cost to your district. Learn how e~Funds for Schools moves your district closer to a cash free environment which provides better financial tracking and controls. You can also establish Donation and Fundraising (crowdfunding) campaigns that net higher than 96% profit revenues. EFS is easily implemented and flexible for all school related fees, events, and activities. When the time comes, the integration transition from Skyward’s SMS to Qmlativ is quick, simple and has no upgrade costs.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
UT: General UTREx Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Bobbi Gorden (Speaker)
This session will provide a general overview of the Data Clearinghouse/UTREx functions. The state provided only a few updates for 2021 school year, but this session will cover these, as well.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
IL: SMS Teachers Retirement (TRS) Gemini
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Rikki Springer (Speaker)
This will include a review of the creation of the TRS file as well as troubleshooting inconsistencies.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
MN: Discipline Suspensions/DIRS
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emily Tarras / Rachel Jones (Speaker)
This session will cover a general overview of DIRS, as well as processing and troubleshooting.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
NM: STARS (either 40th, 80th or 120th)
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Caitlin Lundquist / Scott Winn (Speaker)
This session will review setup and processing for STARS 80th Day Reporting.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
Skybuild Exports Overview
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tim Howard (Speaker)
Learn some of the basics to building a Skybuild export interface. This tool can be used to export many types of records for internal use or to share with third-party programs. This session will not cover all types of exports, but will highlight the most important steps and features.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Tuesday - Nov 10, 2020)
xSMS Database Maintenance
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Peg Fredrickson (Speaker)
Common items you can review on your SMS 2.0 system to make sure your database is running optimally. Do you need to reformat your database extents or consider a database tune-up to improve performance? Can you do anything yourself to improve the performance of the SMS 2.0 database? Has your district ever run database cleanup utilities to remove old unimportant data?

Session Recording

Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Demographics: Advanced Features
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Scott Anthony and Lisa Baermann (Speaker)
Come to learn more about the Advanced Features area of Student Management. This includes automated emails, student indicators, processing lists, and the Message Center. Learn about these for the first time or use it as a refresher to review your existing setups and ensure you're using Skyward to its full potential!

Link (Join up to 15 min. early): Session Link
Password: JQyDWxRp387

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Federal: Affordable Care Act
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Katelyn Marx (Speaker)
We will discuss how to add, update, and review 1095 record entry into Profile along with useful ways to populate this in mass.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
IL Annual Meeting
Vendor
SMS 2.0


IL Steering Committee (Speaker)
IL Annual Meeting

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
MI: MiDataHub Cockpit Overview w/ Launchpad
Student Management
SMS 2.0


TBD (Speaker)
This session will walk through a tour of the MiDataHub cockpit, discussing the features and functions available in detail. The session will also walk through steps needed to connect your district AD or Google to the MiDataHub SSO so that district users can login to integrated applications.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Q & SMS Single Sign On wMultiFactor Authentication
IT Services (Qmlativ)
SMS 2.0


Mike Bianco (Speaker)
Did you know that you can eliminate having separate passwords by implementing LDAP or Single Sign-On? You will learn how to configure the LDAP Login and Group Membership integrations. We’ll cover the tools available to mass update/import user accounts and discuss the Single Sign-on authentication options for third party Federated Services or SAML identity providers. Finally, we'll show you how to turn your SMS 2.0 environment into an Identity provider for other third parties using SkySTS.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
WI: Special Programs:Rec Keeping WISEdata
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
Recordkeeping for Special Education is a daunting task and trying to remember what specifically needs to go to WISEdata can be a challenge. This session will focus on those fields and how to troubleshoot them. We will address this for module users, non-module users, and those using a 3rd party program.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Contactless Solutions for Skyward that can Help
Vendor
SMS 2.0


School Technology Associates, Inc. - Pat McInerny and Dan Hoerl (Speaker)
Looking for contactless ways to identify students in Skyward SMS 2.0 or Qmlativ? Learn more about School Technology Associates' Skyward integrated solutions for ID Badging, Food Service, student tardies, attendance, employee time tracking, and more. Give your community peace of mind with safer day-to-day processes using touch-free approaches for checking in students using Skyward and School Technology Associates to successfully manage hybrid schedules and reopen your schools.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 9:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
FED: Data Security
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ross Lemke (AEM) (Speaker)
This session will provide training on current data security best practices  for education data systems, including user privacy and security awareness, privacy and security program  development.  It will address ways in which schools are vulnerable and common security failures seen in  districts. This session is appropriate for anyone who has access to student data.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Fund 60 - Student Activity Accounts
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Diane Mrkvicka (Speaker)
How we transitioned our traditional Fund 60 Activity Account Liabilities accounts into Fund 21 Revenue, Expenditure and Equity accounts

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
IL: SMS SIS Discipline and ELL
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Mary Christianson & Victoria Perkins (Speaker)
This session will be an overview of how to properly setup codes, enter data, and submit Discipline and ELL information to the state for SIS. (SMS)

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
IN: State Reporting Updates
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Megan VanDeventer (Speaker)
What are the latest changes with IN Student State Reporting? Find out right here.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
MI: MiDataHub: Data is flowing. What's next
Student Management
SMS 2.0


TBD (Speaker)
This session will provide an overview of the many ways that districts are using MiDataHub to manage data more efficiently and to better use data to improve the educational process. The items covered will allow users to identify things that they would like to explore in detail on day 2.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
Skyward - Make and Take
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ryan Miller/Tim Howard (Speaker)
Bring your own device and be ready to setup some great filters, reports, and utility templates in your own Skyward account. Join the 3 amigos on a Skyward Journey to setup a plethora of useful tools that you can put to work right away!

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
xQ & SMS Server Management Options
IT Services (Qmlativ)
SMS 2.0


Mark Ketterer (Speaker)
How about an overview of what Managed Services opportunity is for a District. We will dive into the features of Hosted vs. Managed Services. For SMS 2.0 see the differences between the OpenEdge Explorer and OpenEdge Management tools. Learn which solution is the best fit for your district.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
IL Student SIS Session - State Presentation
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Lindsay Derosa (Speaker)
See the latest developments for SIS reporting as presented by state representatives.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
MN: Student CRDC
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Megan VanDeventer (Speaker)
This session will cover a general overview, current CRDC documentation available, basic data setup, processing, and troubleshooting.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
NetRef-Real Time Data for STU Engag&Educator Effec
Vendor
SMS 2.0


Jeff Cronk (Speaker)
In this session we will demo how NetRef is integrated with Skyward SIS, real time student engagement, and teacher engagement. At the end we will bring it all together showing how NetRef improves district outcomes, saves time, and money.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
WI: Fed School Level Rep: Building base acct
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Pania Moua (Speaker)
This session will discuss preparation, updates, and reporting of the ESSA School Level Reporting for the Annual and Budget Report.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
WI: WISE ID, WISEdata, & Troubleshooting
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
See the entire process laid out as you link your students and staff to the WISEid portal and then send your student records to WISEdata. You’ll leave this session with a better understanding on how the records talk to each other and strategies for figuring out errors that occur during the Ed-Fi transmission and at WISEdata.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Wednesday - Nov 11, 2020)
xSMS Migrating to Secure Cloud Computing Host
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Peg Fredrickson (Speaker)
Are you considering moving your SMS 2.0 from on-premises to the ISCorp Secure Cloud hosting? This session is packed full of information that will help make the transition a smooth one. We will provide a SCC Migration Assistance checklist and System Admins will learn how to reconfigure Email, LDAP, ODBC, TrueTime Devices and 3rd party imports / exports in a Cloud Hosted environment.

Session Recording

Thursday, Nov 12, 2020
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
IL: Q Teachers Retirement (TRS) Gemini
Business Management
Qmlativ


Rikki Springer (Speaker)
This will include a review of the creation of the TRS file as well as troubleshooting inconsistencies.  This session is intended for current Qmlativ users. 

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
IN: State Reporting Troubleshooting/Q&A
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Megan VanDeventer (Speaker)
We'll review how you can troubleshoot the system to correct common exceptions that occur in Student State Reporting and provide time for your questions.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
MI: Calendar Setup
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Amber Sexton (Speaker)
This session will discuss setting up your Calendar and Attendance with a focus on State Reporting.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
MN: Meet the New STAR System
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Katherine "Kat" Anthony-Wigle, Licensure Compliance Specialist/STAR (Speaker)
Katherine "Kat" Anthony-Wigle, Licensure Compliance Specialist/STAR, will provide guidance on Licensure Compliance and the New STAR reporting. Bring your questions.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Q & SMS Network Security - Lowering Exposure
IT Services (Qmlativ)
SMS 2.0


Mike Bianco (Speaker)
Regardless of the size of your network, it faces numerous security threats every day. Networks should be designed with a solution that meets all security requirements. In this session, you will learn best practices for SSL/TLS, Firewall technology, DMZ concepts, Intrusion Prevention Services, and password policies. We will also discuss the importance of Security Assessments to ensure your network meets Security Best Practices.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Tips & Tricks with Tim and Ryan
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ryan Miller/Tim Howard (Speaker)
Part 1 will focus on tips for navigating the system for beginners and intermediate users, while Part 2 will dive into useful tricks for intermediate to advanced users. However, both sessions will have something for everyone.

Session Recording

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Tools4Ever-Automating User Account Provisioning
Vendor
SMS 2.0


Tools4ever - Peter LaChance, Joe Fox (Speaker)
Join Tools4Ever for discussion and demo in how Skyward customers can leverage HelloID IDaaS in efforts around managing users accounts for downstream systems for AD(or Azure AD), Google, Versatrans, Pearson and others in both an automated approach along with handling one-off changes. 

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1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Find More Substitutes
Vendor
SMS 2.0


Teachers On Call, A Kelly Education Company - Wayne Gilman (Speaker)
Finding enough substitutes can be challenging during these times of distance learning and COVID-19. A third party arrangement can be an effective and efficient method to grow your substitute pool while reducing your daily work load. During this session you will learn how the entire substitute process can be handled in a new way to increase substitutes while saving you time and money. Learn how Teachers On Call recruits, onboards, trains, pays, maintains licensure and more to the benefit of school districts.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Google Classroom API Grade Passback Integration
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Scott Win (Speaker)
Google Classroom joins forces with Skyward SMS 2.0 as one our newest OneRoster API partners. Those who use Google Classroom and Skyward now have the ability to pass assignments and assignment grades from Classroom back into Skyward Secondary Gradebooks. This integration is a time saver for teachers reducing the need to double enter data in multiple applications. During this session we will cover the Skyward product side and requirements necessary for passback, API configurations, Skyward teacher experience, troubleshooting, lessons learned from early adopters and Q&A.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
IL: SMS SIS Student Course Assignment
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Mary Christianson & Victoria Perkins (Speaker)
This session will be an overview of how the Student Course Assignment functions for proper submission of SIS data to the state. (SMS)

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
IN: SBOA Food Service and Daily Balancing Re
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Megan VanDeventer (Speaker)
This session will cover setting up and creating your SBOA as well as Daily Balancing Reports.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
MI: Special Programs Tab
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Amber Sexton (Speaker)
This session will cover maintaining data on the Special Programs tabs and the MI/NCLB tab. We will also cover the utilities available to mass update Special Programs records.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
MN: UFARS Hot Topics
Business Management
SMS 2.0


Deb Meier & Molly Koppes, MDE (Speaker)
General overview and updates regarding UFARS.

Session Recording

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Substitute Management Round Table
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Joel Margliano, Stephanie Kaack, and Scott Anthony (Speaker)
Open discussion of techniques that districts use to efficiently track all records associated with the occurrence of an employee needing a sub and getting that need filled.

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1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
xSMS Top IT Service Requests
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Steve Outlaw (Speaker)
IT Services will discuss the current top technical requests and answer questions, including common email issues and how to recover from a failed release install. Bring your questions!

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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Data Mining - the Basics
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tim Howard (Speaker)
In this session, participants will learn how to use the valuable Data Mining tool in Skyward to create reports and extract endless amounts of student data. NEVER get the message again “There is no data on this report.” as we share tips and tricks often over looked when creating and running reports. Learn how to use Data Mining effectively and efficiently so the reporting possibilities will be endless!

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
FED: Data Breach Response
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ross Lemke (AEM) (Speaker)
This interactive presentation puts you in the driver’s seat for a simulated data breach. Attendees will be faced with a data breach scenario and have to make the critical decisions in addressing an ongoing breach, avoiding pitfalls and guiding an organization through the difficult and often murky issues facing organizations during that time.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
Gemini Status Update with Demos
Vendor
SMS 2.0


State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System - Grant Brauer (Speaker)
We will discuss the current status of the Gemini project. We will include demonstrations of the new Employer Portal and allow plenty of time for discussions and Q&A.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
MN: Required Data Fields for STAR & MCCC
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Emily Tarras / Rachel Jones (Speaker)
This session will cover a general overview of STAR and MCCC. Skyward State and Federal Reporting rep will cover data entry, processing, and troubleshooting.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
What's New & What's Trending in IT Services
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Peg Fredrickson (Speaker)
Skyward’s IT Services team is ready to help your district focus on the future with new offerings and strategies. This session will give you an overview of how Skyward can help keep your hardware and security prepare for new trends on the horizon.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
WI: WISEdata: What's New & Changes
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
This session will cover the changes made to WI State Reporting and Ed-Fi for the 2020-2021 school year.

Session Recording

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
(Thursday - Nov 12, 2020)
WI: WRS Annual Retirement Processing
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Craig Schafer (Speaker)
This session will discuss preparation and reporting of the WRS Annual Retirement Report.

Session Recording

Friday, Nov 13, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
IL: SMS SIS Teacher Course Assignment
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Mary Christianson & Victoria Perkins (Speaker)
See how to manage SIS requirements for tracking Student Course Assignments. (SMS)

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
IN: State Rep w/ DOE Representatives, Part 1
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Michelle T and Debbie D (DOE) (Speaker)
Discuss your questions and concerns about Indiana Student State Reporting with representatives from the state.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
Make One Thing Easy Next Semester
Vendor
SMS 2.0


Vanco Education - Nick Sellwood (Speaker)
No matter how your students are learning, families need a convenient way to pay for everything from technology fees to meal fees and after school programs. Collecting payments is often done differently depending on the fee, which is confusing for parents and a nightmare for the finance team. As a Skyward Gold Partner, Vanco Education offers a one-stop?shop software for schools and districts to collect all school fees and payments in a single place, giving the finance team peace of mind and simplifying the lives of students and families. You don’t want to miss this session. Join our session to learn how to: Simplify payments for your district. Get up and running for next semester. Integrate with your existing Skyward Food and Fees software.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
MN: MCCC1
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Kaylee Schultz and Karen Millette (Speaker)
This session will review setup and processing of MCCC.

Session Recording

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
xSkyBuild for IT
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Lynn Reas (Speaker)
Leverage the power of SkyBuild in your IT toolbox. You may want to create custom data files that can be used with Active Directory to create Users, Groups or even disable accounts. See Skybuild options of file imports or exports or ftp’ing.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
Check Security & Tax Documents for 2020
Vendor
SMS 2.0


NEW Documents & Labels, Inc. - Steve Soukup (Speaker)
Check security issues and solutions. Plus tax document changes in 2020 and tax document printing options.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
Data Mining on Steroids
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Tim Howard (Speaker)
You know that Data Mining is a powerful tool to create your own custom reports, but there is so much more that you can do with it!  This session will explore some of the more advanced features such as Ranges and "And/Or" Filters, Labels, Processing Lists, and other cool tricks.  You will be expected to already have a basic understanding of Data Mining coming into this session.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
IL TRS presented by TRS representatives
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


TRS Representative (Speaker)
See the State’s latest assessment of where we stand with the change from Annual reporting to Pay Period/Monthly reporting, straight from a State Representative.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
IN: State Rep w/ DOE Representatives, Part 2
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Michelle T and Debbie D (DOE) (Speaker)
Discuss your questions and concerns about Indiana Student State Reporting with representatives from the state.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
MI: State Reporting OverviewMI: State Report
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Amber Sexton (Speaker)
This session will provide an introduction to Michigan State Reporting for those who are new to State Reporting and/or Skyward.

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
MN: Open Q&A with Kat/PELSB
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Katherine "Kat" Anthony-Wigle, Licensure Compliance Specialist/STAR (Speaker)
Open Q&A

Session Recording

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
xSMS Practice Makes Perfect - A Training Data
IT Services (SMS 2.0)
SMS 2.0


Steve Outlaw (Speaker)
How to maintain a training database for your district by teaching you to identify if you are viewing the real data or SMS 2.0 training data, keeping a training database updated in Monolith 2, and how to restore a backup file to a training db.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
IL: Q Employee Information System (EIS)
Business Management
Qmlativ


Lindsey Wetzel (Speaker)
We'll discuss extracting your EIS data and troubleshooting exceptions, addressing setup issues and downloading the file. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users. 

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
MN: MCCC2
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Karen Millette (Speaker)
Skyward SFR will be available for questions.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
NM: Stars Reporting
Human Resources
SMS 2.0


Katie Petts (Speaker)
This will include a review of the creation of the STARS file as well as troubleshooting inconsistencies.

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
Skyward Game Show
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Ryan Miller/Tim Howard (Speaker)
Skyward's version of Jeopardy! Test your Skyward mettle against your colleagues in the one and only Skyward Game Show!

Session Recording

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
(Friday - Nov 13, 2020)
WI: WISEid: What's New & Changes
Student Management
SMS 2.0


Katie Luisier (Speaker)
This session will cover the new Request IDs from API processes. Users no longer have to download an Excel file and submit it to the state, now it can all be done from Skyward.

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