1. KEYS TO YOUR CHILD’S SUCCESS
SKYWARD MOODLE
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
GOOGLE CALENDAR
KEYS TO YOUR CHILD’S SUCCESS
Parent Night
October 05, 2017
Kelli Kesler, Maria Daly, and Rebecca Wilson NLMS

2. THANK YOU! Thanks for coming tonight! We value your time
Continue to eat while we chat then later we will get out chromebooks to try things out!
Restrooms down the hall on the left side

3. Skyward (P&C-parent and child) Moodle (C)
WHO CAN ACCESS THEM?
Skyward (P&C-parent and child)
Parents/Guardians have a log in
Students have their own log in
User Name: student #
Password: birthday! (mmddyyyy!)
or they have recently changed it
check for lost password
Moodle (C)
Students may have a log in
User Name: student #
Password: birthday! (mmddyyyy!)
Most students have changed password
check for lost password

4. GOOGLE CLASSROOM (C) GOOGLE CALENDAR(P&C) WHO CAN ACCESS THEM?
Parents/Guardians can be invited to join by sending their to the teacher. Classroom then sends an inviting parents/guardian and the invite needs to be accepted.
Students have joined Classroom or have been invited to join
GOOGLE CALENDAR(P&C)
Parents can sync to kids calendar
Students log in when in
User Name: student #
Password: birthday! (mmddyyyy!)
Most students have changed password
see for password issues

5. Skyward Moodle WHAT ARE THEY? Online gradebook Attendance
Missing assignments
Updated at least every two weeks
Comments about grades LT, RW, IC
Message system
Moodle
Online classroom
Lessons and resources for each unit
Homework pages
Videos, quizzes
Messages about learning
Syllabus (rules)

6. Google Classroom Google Calendar WHAT ARE THEY?
Provides scores for assignments
Missing assignments
Assignments are date and time stamped
Announcements
Google Calendar
Auto loaded with homework from Google Classroom
Student can type in learning targets
Students can type in homework
Students can schedule meetings etc.

7. WHERE ARE THEY? Parents Go to the North Lake Web Page
Chromebooks have a file where all sites can be located
Moodle
Skyward

8. Skyward Moodle WHEN DO I USE THEM? Set email updates
Check frequently (Thursday nights?)
After big quiz/test days
Moodle
Absent from school
Missing Assignments
Didn’t listen in class
Need to know more

9. Google Classroom Google Calendar WHEN DO I USE THEM?
Formative and/or Summative Writing
Some teachers use Classroom as a resource for units of study
Google Calendar
Daily to check for homework
Daily to see what you did today-no longer accept “nothing” as an answer.

10. WHY DO I USE THEM You all are here, so you know why!
Keep the communication between school and home going.
Complete homework, writing assignments, resources for units.
Fill in the blanks of your child’s response to what they did in school today.
To catch up easily when school is missed.
Help your child stay on top of things BEFORE the report cards come home.

11. HOW DO I USE THEM? Trial run shortly
They have an app for that (Skyward, Google)
Internet access
Log in…play with them—you can’t break it! Explore!
Pull out the Chromebooks and we’ll walk you through logging into Skyward, then Moodle.

12. WHERE ARE THEY? Go to the North Lake Web Page
Kids-show parents your special file at the top left of your Google screen.
Moodle
Skyward

13. SKYWARD LOGIN

14. SKYWARD EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
Scroll to the bottom
My Account
Fill in what you want

15. SKYWARD- Check Grades
Click on the assignment name to see detailed score
Click Gradebook
Go to Display options and check settings. “Show Assignments” is the most detailed. Go
More Grades

16. MOODLE LOGIN
Log In
Click

17. Still Logging into MOODLE
Student ID (no zero)
Birthday! or whatever you changed it to

18. Adding Classes in MOODLE
Pick more classes
Already Enrolled
Pick Classes from NL

19. Enrol classes in MOODLE
Put Teacher’s key here

20. FINDING ITEMS IN MOODLE
Moodle arranged by Units or Topics. All resources are available under the Unit’s tab. Toogle means the tab will expand to show all of the resources available for that Unit.
Date, Week, or Topic of class
Assignments and activities

21. GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR STUDENTS
Students use the LSSD Bookmark to access CLassroom.
Students can bookmark Classroom or add it to their Favorites.

22. GOOGLE CALENDAR LOGIN
Already logged in when in Google. Look for the rubik's cube

23. GOOGLE CALENDAR LOGIN
Parents who want to link their calendar to their kids calendar!

24. OTHER WEBSITES THIS YEAR
Find other helpful sites on the North Lake Web Page
AR Book finder
Renaissance Home Connect - AR progress
Khan Academy (on Clever)
Prodigy
Newsela
Games on Moodle
Big Ideas Math (on Clever)----Parent Night Oct. 17

25. THANK YOU FOR COMING! We appreciate your time tonight.
or call teachers with any questions!
See you Tuesday, October 17th for Big Ideas Math night!