Gradebook Syncs and Tech Office Tips

@LisaBerghoff/@MrKimDHS

This week's blog will address some key information regarding our favorite topic of 2022, the Schoology-Infinite Campus sync, as well as some tips from our building technology departments regarding Papercut and Google Drive!

Syncing Best Practice

With the end of the semester approaching rather quickly, it's certainly worth checking for any major sync issues BEFORE things get a little hectic during finals week. Our suggestion is to compare the composite grades in both gradebooks. THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME (.01 difference for rounding). If your composite scores are different, here are a few key steps you can take to identify and solve the discrepancy. 

1. Audit your Sync Status Log! Click on the Clipboard icon in your Schoology gradebook to see whether or not your assignments are actually syncing correctly. 
   
   
   
   
   
2. Schoology-IC Category Calculations. Make sure your category weights and calculations are the same in Schoology as they appear in IC. Note though, that you do not have to calculate the composite score in Schoology. Students do not see composite scores in Schoology. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. IC Uncategorized Assignments. Make sure that you go through each of your IC gradebook tabs to make sure that you have no uncategorized assignments. If you do, you will see an Uncategorized Assignment notice with a red number in IC.
   
   
   
   
   If you have any further questions regarding the Schoology-IC sync, please contact us!

Technology Building Tips on Google Drive and Papercut

The next few tips come from our tech departments as commonly asked questions. Take a look:

Here are reminders for signing back into Google Drive and Papercut.  If you have further questions, please send an email to helpdesk@dist113.org.

Sign back into Google Drive when your G: drive is no longer available

• Launch Google Drive from your Start Menu (Windows) or Launchpad (MacOS)
• Then click on the Drive icon in the Task bar (Windows) or the top menu bar (MacOS)
• You may be prompted to sign in via Okta

Sign back into Papercut when your district printers are not appearing

• Right-click on the Papercut icon (Windows users will find it in the Taskbar, Mac users will find it in the top menu bar)
• Select View my printers
• When the Papercut Print Deploy Client window opens, click Sign in with Google
• This will open the Papercut app
• Launch View my printers again, and you will see your Papercut list of printers

Hope this was helpful!