Instructional Technology / Skyward Educator Access

Skyward Educator Access

Resources on this page are specifically created for EMS ISD teachers. Additional documentation is also available for campus office staff.

K-1 STANDARDS Based Report Card Instructions -
These instructions are for Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers that are using the Standards Report Card.

Skyward Standards K-1 Posting Grade Changes After the Grading Period Closes

ELEMENTARY - End of Term Instructions -
Follow these instructions before grades are pulled.

SECONDARY - End of Term Instructions -
Follow these instructions before grades are pulled.

Grade Edit Instructions- If you need to make any edits/changes after grades are pulled, follow these instructions.

Skyward Gradebook Setup & Manuals

Skyward Educator Access: Gradebook - This is general information on how to set up and use the Skyward gradebook.

Skyward EA: Gradebook Manual - This is a complete manual for the individual instructions below. PLEASE right click the gradebook manual link and SAVE the document - it is 4MB. (Updated Secondary Citizenship 3.21.12)

Skyward EA: Gradebook Resources

Skyward EA: Running Grade Sheet Reports for Previous Grading Periods

Simple Average Reports in Skyward Gradebook(handout)

Skyward EA: Gradebook FAQs

Printing Your Gradebook- follow these instructions to print all of the assignments/grades in your Skyward gradebook; You can determine the date range and even print all of your classes at once!
Skyward EA: Student Information- this handout explains how you can get student contact information and current grades from all classes for this school year

Posting Grade Changes After a Grading Period Closes - the Grading Period is closed 2-3 days after a grading period closes. Follow these directions to adjust a grade for closed grade periods.

How to Designate a Grade as Modified (SECONDARY) - use this information to help set up a grading scale for your students that receive modified instruction and grades (based on their IEP)

How to Designate a Grade as Modified (ELEMENTARY) - Elementary teachers should use these instructions to designated grades as Modified based on a student's IEP

Marking Incomplete Grades - Elementary and secondary teachers should use these instructions to mark a grade as Incomplete for a six weeks.
Transfer Assignments or Term Scores - Use this if you need to input grades for a student due to a schedule change or transfer.

Skyward EA: Discipline Referrals (for campuses using this feature only)

Submitting Discipline Referrals for Students on your roster

Submitting Discipline Referrals for Any Student (enrolled at your campus)

Citizenship/Comments Resources

Entering ELEMENTARY Citizenship Grades - this is a change from how we've done it in previous grading periods (updated 4.14.09)

Skyward Secondary Citizenship (updated 3.21.12) BLANK CITIZENSHIP NO LONGER DEFAULTS TO "S"

Entering Comments for Report Cards or Progress Reports

Skyward Password Resources

How to Change Your Password in Skyward Educator Access

How to Retrieve Your Password in Skyward Educator Access

Skyward Attendance Resources

Creating a Blank Attendance Report

How to Take Attendance in Skyward (video)