🧑‍🏫 Homeroom Training Agenda

Goals for the Session

• Successfully login and access Homeroom Dashboards
• Experience navigation of new Dashboards
• Understand tools available in new Dashboards

Consider your Audience

• What is their comfort level with Homeroom?
• What are the audience’s  Roles and Permissions? 

Timing

• 60-minute session. 
• 90-minute session. If you would like to modify it to add Creating Student Groups.
• Don’t forget to allow time for Q&A, Activities, or a break if needed.

Resources

• Homeroom Dashboards Help Articles & Videos
• Hr Trainer Resources
• Hr Data Collection Worksheet

Tips and Tricks

• Ask someone to help you monitor chat/questions and take notes
• Consider recording the training.
• Getting Started in Homeroom (Self-Directed Learning)

Consider Additional Training:

• Student Group Manipulation
• Digging deeper into the data
• Assessment Launchers
• Excel sorting and filtering
• Expanded Gear - Data settings and Display Options
• Finding and spotlighting students

Encourage users to log in prior to the training session.

Login, Activate, Reset Password, Logout Help Article 

Check the Dashboard Title and Student Group. 

NOTE: A user can select any group, but individual student data displayed will be based on the user’s permissions.  Use the Pick New Default Group if needed.

Reminder: Where data comes from

• SIS, OSPI, etc. Nightly loading - always a day behind

Logging In and Setup Custom Dashboards

• Logging In -  Username/Password or Authenticate with District, Reset Password
• Correct Dashboard - All Dashboards >> Set Default, Favorite,
  • Personas
  • SDS vs. Customized District Dashboard
• Correct Student Group - Pick Default Group > Filters
  • Shared/My Groups, District/School
• Manage My Account 
  • Screen Settings, Zoom, High Contrast
  • Setting the dashboard as the first screen 

How to Access Help

• Visit our Help Center - Search the Knowledge Base
• Request Help to support@schooldata.net
• View my requests (Ticket Links/Status, My Requests, Requests CC’d on)

General Navigation DEMONSTRATION MODE

• General Layout and Navigation
  • Dashboard, Containers, Tabs, Gears, Tools
• Attendance/Discipline - Hover, Remove column
  • Schoolwide 90% Threshold
  • Individual Students - sort columns, download data
  • Avg. Daily / Incident Counts by Week
• Risk Indicator - Grades, Attendance, Discipline, Assessments
  • Thresholds vary by school grade level: Grades, Attendance, Discipline, Assessments
  • Summary Risk
  • Detail Risk (gear)  - filter, hover/click details, spotlight
• Assessments - Gear for downloads, Related views
  • Performance Level Charts - clickable regions, color-coded
  • Assessment Sets Individuals - Search, sort, filter, student spotlight
  • What assessment data is available in your district?
• Demographics

• Student Profile
  • Direct access in containers
  • Left Nav → Find Students → Student Search
  • Profile Lookup Container
• Student Spotlight 
  • Schedule - current vs. posted grades; hover for info
  • Profile - family, siblings, advisor, credits
  • Attendance - color-coded / week expand / summary
  • Gradebook - color-coded / can change
  • Assessments - arrow for subgroup, hover for score breaks
  • Health Considerations
  • Graduation Pathways
  • Additional Services
  • Discipline
  • Grad Tracker - arrow for more information

QUESTIONS 

1. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
2. What was an ah-ha?
3. What can you spotlight back to others?
4. How can you use the data?

Can You? (Scavenger Hunt/Activity)

Scavenger Hunt / Activities Samples

Launch Assessment - If Time allows or in another session

• How to look for an assessment.

Student Groups V1 - If Time allows or in another session

• Left Navigation / Container on the dashboard
• Static - Specific list, doesn’t change (track yr to yr)
• Smart - In flux, pulled each night  (Services, assessment test scores)