Transcript Slide 1
School Manager
Only one computer in
your classroom can be
logged into School
Manager. School
Manager will launch
on the first computer
where Waterford is
launched.
The Navigation Bar
Waterford School Manager has a navigation bar
at the bottom of every screen.
You will see these icons on the navigation bar:
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To exit Waterford School Manager.
To log in as a new user.
To return to the previous menu.
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To see an index of help topics.
Logging Into School Manager
• Username is your first initial and last name
(i.e., lmoya-mendez)
• Password are your initials (i.e., lm)
Icons in the Class Tree
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Teacher at a desk – Teacher
Three People – Class
Two People – Group
One Person - Student
Planning To Use Waterford
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Plan Implementation
Create classes
Add Students/Take Photos
Set Up Groups
Copy Students/Groups to Each Class
Assign Curriculum
Creating a Class
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Within School Manager,
click on the Set Up
Classes Drawer.
Select Your Name in the
Class Tree.
Click on the Set Up
Students Tab.
Click on the New Class
button.
Enter a Name for the
Class.
1. Naming Conventions for
Classes – last name and
current school year (i.e.,
moya-mendez10-11)
2. Make Sure Date in the First
Day of School box reflects
the Day You Actually Start
Waterford verses the
actual first day of school.
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Fill in each area
requested.
Click Save.
Adding Students
1. Click on the Set Up Classes
drawer.
2. Select the Class from the
Class Tree where you want
to add a student.
3. Click on the Set Up Students
tab.
4. Click on the New Student
button.
5. Completed the fields
needed. (You can let
Waterford generate a
Student ID rather than
entering the student’s actual
student number.)
6. Click on Save.
Taking Pictures of
Students
In order to take student
photos you must install your
camera software on your
computer. Once that is done
follow these steps:
1. Click on the Set Up
Classes drawer.
2. Select a student’s name
from the Class Tree.
3. Click the Record Names
Take Photos tab.
4. Click Preview to see
what the camera is
seeing.
5. Click Take Photo to take
a picture of a student.
• Setting Up Groups
– Why Use Groups – It allows you to assign a specific
curriculum to students within a groups (different
from the curriculum assigned to the class) and to
manage the order in which students are called to
the computer. To create one or more groups in a
class follow these steps.
– Creating Groups
Setting Up Groups
• Click the Set Up Classes
drawer.
• Select a class in the Class Tree
you want to add the group to.
• Click the Set Up Students tab.
• Click the New Group button.
• Type in a name for the group.
(A group number will
automatically be assigned.)
• Click Save.
Assigning Curriculum
Assign curriculum to a
group if all are on the
same level.
Assign curriculum to
each student if
students are on
different levels.
The number of
minutes of a session is
calculated with the
grade level – no
matter what level.
K-15 minutes
1st-2nd – 30 minutes
• Steps to Manually Assigning a Level
– Click the Set Up Classes drawer.
– Select a class, group or student from the Class
Tree.
– Click the Choose Curriculum tab.
– From the list of courses, select the program you
want to assign. (i.e., Early Reading Program)
– Move the slider to the correct level of difficulty.
(DO NOT USE PLACEMENT!)
– Click Save.
Printing Reports
• Class Summary Report
– Click the Manage Curriculum drawer.
– Click a course in the Curriculum Tree and then
select a class.
– Click the Reports tab.
– Click Class Summary Report in the reports
window.
– Choose a time period. (If you click on Custom, you
must specify the dates for the reports.)
– Click Print or View.
Printing Reports
• Individual Student Report
– Click the Manage Curriculum drawer.
– Select the course from the Curriculum Tree and
then select a student.
– Click the Reports tab.
– Click Individual Student Report in the reports
window.
– Choose a time period.
– Click Print or View.
Number of Waterford Licenses Per School
School
Ready
Math
Cain
14
6
Lamar Elementary
8
3
Pate
19
19
Rosenwald
2
1
Southside
40
11
St. John’s
8
4