Google and Clever
Accessibility Features on Chromebooks
Screen readers and magnifiers - Blind and low-vision users can use the built-in screen reader, full-page zoom, high-contrast color, and accessibility extensions in Chrome Browser. See: Select-to-speak and other tools
Turning on Select-to-speak - Step by step directions
Live captions - Display captions of the person speaking so that participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can follow what’s said in video meetings. If you record a video meeting, captions are not recorded and don't appear when you play the recording. See: Use captions in a video meeting
Keyboard shortcuts - Users can control the camera and microphone and open accessibility features using the keyboard. See: Keyboard shortcuts
Teachers and students use Clever to access curriculum subscriptions and digital tools
Create your own Teacher Page so that you can easily share links with students.
Clever + Google Classroom - Your classes from Skyward are now automatically set up with their own Google Classrooms.
The Google Classroom/Clever sync will:
Create Classroom Classes and enroll students and teachers based on Clever section data.
Automatically update rosters based on changes in Clever/Skyward.
Allow teachers to manually add and remove students and co-teachers to Clever-created Classes.
Allow teachers to rename Clever-created Classes.
Allow teachers to accept or reject Clever-created Classes.
Allow teachers to add co-teachers to Clever-created Classes.
The sync will NOT:
Create, modify, or delete Google user accounts.
Modify courses that teachers manually create in Classroom.
Send Classroom grades back to Skyward.
Overwrite changes that teachers make to their Classes, such as the course name.
Teachers no longer need to manually roster courses in Google Classroom. Classrooms will automatically be created based on the data in Skyward. Teachers will have the option to accept or decline Clever-created courses in Classroom. You can decide whether or not you want to use these classes. If you choose not to use them, you will need to create your own classes and invite students.
Students will be updated in these classrooms as changes to enrollment happen in Skyward. If a student is removed and you need access to grades, you can manually add the student back to your classroom and grades should be restored.
The names of classes in Skyward make it difficult to tell which classes are for which grading periods. You may change the names of classes and archive classes for later grading periods and making them active again when the new grading period begins.
This link will take you to more information about the syncing process including information about manually creating your own classes in Classroom and other frequently asked questions.