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Session 6: 9:00am - 9:50am
Name Maintenance and Record Cleanup - Ohio Room

Discover reports and tools available to help identify duplicate user records in your database and best practices for merging/removing the records.

Come see how you can use Data Mining to build your own basic custom reports. The intention of this session is to introduce users to how to create a new Data Mining report, add desired fields, update label names, add filters, and set sorts for reports. Additionally, how to share Data Mining reports will be discussed.

Do you want to take your data to the next level? You already have a vast amount of  information related to enrollment, attendance, discipline, grades, and more. See how District Pulse can elevate your ability to use cloud-based analytics and create visual  dashboards secured to your team.

Join us for tips and best practices in regard to the Scheduling module in the Current Year. It will include information regarding identifying students with incomplete schedules, mid-year staffing changes, setting Process Restrictions on the Scheduling Board, and more.

Master the art and science of financial reporting in this session designed to demonstrate some of the advanced features found in Budgetary Datamining.

Master the art and science of financial reporting in this session designed to demonstrate some of the advanced features found in Budgetary Datamining.

Join us as we explore our product roadmap, outlining Skyward’s strategic vision and plans for future growth. In this session, we’ll showcase recent achievements, highlight ongoing developments, and offer a glimpse into what’s on the horizon for you and your team!

Time keeps flying by. Too soon, it’s time to consider next year. This session with cover what utilities and processes need to be complete when preparing for the new benefit year.

Have ideas and suggestions to help improve Data Mining in Qmlativ? Join us in this session to see what we have planned and share your voice to shape Data Mining features that will work best for you!

Qmlativ Security Tips & Tricks - Ohio Room

In this session, we will review some Qmlativ Security best practices, reports and utilities to help with verification and maintenance. If you have questions, we’d love to hear them! If you have tips & tricks to share, we’d love to hear those too! Come and share your Qmlativ security experiences and go home with some new, helpful ideas!

Are you trying to find different ways to access your data? This session will discuss the flexible reporting options such as dashboard tiles, filtering and reporting on list screens, processing lists, data mining, and repo

Student enrollment

This session will provide an introduction of the Special Education module in Qmlativ. This add-on module allows the entering of evaluations, IEPs, and their related forms directly in the system. Once entered, we’ll explore the functionality in the different portals.

Learn how to print invoices and statements, print aging reports and address labels for payors within the A/R Module

We will cover a checklist of items that should be reviewed prior to moving forward with your SMS 2.0 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.

Want an easy, resuable way to filter on a list of Employees?  This session will introduce all the ways to make Processing Lists including the Employee List, Data Mining, or Importing Processing Lists and make them work for you.

Explore how Qmlativ calculates the values on deductions and benefits when utilizing the Benefit Management Module.

Personalizing the Experience for My District - Ohio Room

Come explore an introduction to the options that allow database administrators to customize the experience for their users. This will include topics like creating District Views, District Filters, and creating a new default set of Reference Tiles in the Student Profile. Attendees will also learn how to restrict certain fields, such as Social Security Numbers, from certain Security Groups.

Want an easy, reusable way to filter on a list of Students & Staff? This session will introduce all the ways to make Processing Lists including the Student List, Data Mining, or Importing Processing Lists and make them work for you.

Student enrollment

This session will explore the Student Services portal — a portal designed specifically for Staff to see their own Special Ed caseloads.

Take financial security seriously by learning how to use the Positive Pay feature to generate check information files for uploading directly to your bank.

How does Payroll Convert: Want to find out what to expect and how your payroll data will look after conversion? Here’s your chance to see what to anticipate when you get your Qmlativ database.

See an overview of how the Data Mining feature works and learn about recent enhancements such as the ability to print detail on one line and simple calculations. Topics to be covered include: Building Account and Vendor Reports, Sorts & Totals, Filters & Prompts, Calculated Fields and Sharing Data Mining reports

Learn how Deduction Benefit Groups, Selection Sets, and Verifications can help you maintain and report on your payroll data.

Hear how School Technology’s new SchoolTRAK software specifically designed for Skyward Qmlativ users has become districts one-stop-shop for attendance data!

Attendance Setup Review & Best Practices - Ohio Room

Review the setup of the various elements that make up the attendance module and share common best practices. Example topics may include calendar maintenance, bell schedules, attendance type review, and notifications.

Looking for an intro to the Report Manager feature? This session will introduce how to start a new report in Report Manager from scratch, giving tips on choosing the correct base module and base object, adding fields, filters, and prompts to a basic report. Once a report is designed to desired specifications, the next steps will be discussed.

Join us for an introduction to the process of creating a custom import and how to manually import records. This will include tips and tricks such as identifying the Base Module and Base Object for the import, designing the import as an Add-only process, Search for existing records to update, and working with small sample sizes in a training environment. *Skyward recommends submitting a service call to have any custom import reviewed by our Tier 3 support.*

Review the options on how to update a student’s schedule after the school year has begun. It will also introduce the Transfer Grade process that may be completed from within the Student Profile and pushed into the new teacher’s gradebook.

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.

Would you like to see how the Payroll process works in Qmlativ and the major differences? This is your chance to find out firsthand what everyone is starting to talk about!

Are you looking to set up projects and grants in your system? Come learn how these features can work for you!

Looking for a comprehensive setup of timesheets to payroll from approval on down? Come see how to pay employees using time tracking.

This session is for Student Qmlativ & SMS 2.0 users! Come and learn about widgets and the new chart building features in the Qmlativ Dashboard. Explore in detail the new Widgets, the Dashboard Manager & Library and hear some tips and tricks for making your job easier! Share your advice for additional Widgets and influence the future of the Qmlativ Dashboard.

Student Attendance Record Entry & Updates - Ohio Room

Learn the various ways to create student attendance records and how staff may update the record after one exists. This will include a tour of the Student Profile’s Attendance tab, the Attendance menu module’s Features and Utilities, etc.

Learn how reports can be built with multiple detail section fields pulling up to a single line for exporting in Data Mining and Report Designer.

Explore some of the most commonly asked questions about discipline. Questions may include things like “Why can’t I see all of the incidents or why don’t they all show up on reports?”, “How can I change incident information from a historical year?”, “How can I automatically create attendance records while adding discipline actions?”, etc.

Check out common scheduling reports that are used in the current year, such as printing student schedules, class rosters, and more. Additionally, the ability to insert columns in list screens may also be discussed.

In this session, we will review some Qmlativ Security best practices, reports and utilities to help with verification and maintenance. If you have questions, we’d love to hear them! If you have tips & tricks to share, we’d love to hear those too! Come and share your Qmlativ security experiences and go home with some new, helpful ideas!

Comparison & Conversion Tips and what you can do to make the transition better!

Dip your toes into the Advanced Report Designer and learn basic report writing skills. Topics to be covered include: List Screens vs Data mining vs Advanced Reporting, Where to start reports from, Understanding the Report designer, Inserting fields, Formatting fields, Basic Calculated fields, Creating filters/prompts and subtotals/aggregates.

Learn How to create your base plan to show what the current amounts are. Explore how to import in the staff data and use the filters to only pull staff you will budget for. Make sure all assignments you wish to have pull in by checking exceptions and clean them up so you can calculate your amounts.