Clever & Schoology

Clever and Schoology will be used beginning Fall 2020 to ensure a smooth and consistent process for conducting teaching and learning activities, particularly during remote learning.

Clever: Your Gateway to District Applications

Many families also requested a way to simplify student logins. With many different tools, it can be challenging to find the correct link and password. To that end, we are excited to announce Clever, a one-stop solution to find and access your student’s applications, including the Schoology learning management system.

Parents and guardians will receive an email invitation from Clever. Please follow the instructions in that email to activate your account. As this is a new platform, it is experiencing heavy traffic and some families may experience issues when logging in. We are working with the vendor to correct these issues as quickly as possible. If you have any issues logging in, please try again in 24-48 hours.

Read more about using the Clever Family Portal in the Clever Help Center.

Clever Family Portal Login

Getting Logged into the Clever Family Portal

Families will log into the Clever Family Portal at https://family.nsd.org.

All Parents and Caregivers that have emails in our Student Information System Synergy and who have Educational and Contact Rights for a student will receive an invitation to join Clever. If you have not received this information, please contact the Family Technology Support Line at 425-408-7669.

Read more about Clever at the Clever Help Center.

Why don't I see all of my students in Clever?

This means that you have not been "connected" to one or more of your students in Clever.

Check your email to ensure that you have accepted all of the Clever invitations sent by Northshore to your email account. You will have received one per student.
Check your accounts in Synergy to make sure that your email account is attached to each student's record and that both Educational Rights and Contact Rights are associated with your student and your email account.
If all of the above look accurate and you have checked your email and still do not see all of your students, please contact the Family Technology Support Line at 425-408-7669.

I clicked on "Instant Login" and now I can't get back to the portal. What happened?

Schoology: Our Learning Management System

We heard from many parents/guardians, students and teachers who wanted a single, easy location for classes. Schoology is our new learning management system. This tool provides students, parents/guardians and teachers a way to engage with learning materials from home, in the classroom and beyond. Families will be able to access course materials, grades, calendars and more! Invitations to create Schoology accounts will be emailed the week of August 24.

Schoology will have widespread uses among subjects, supporting both distance and in-person learning, and will have enduring use beyond the 2020-21 school year.

To log into Schoology, first log in to Clever and then click on the Schoology Tile.

Create Your Parent/Guardian Schoology Account

Navigate to https://schoology.com.
Click Log in.
Click Forgot your password.
Enter the email address associated with your Northshore account (the email that receives district communication, emergency messages, etc).
Click Send My Login Info.
Check your email again for a Schoology email with a link to reset your password.
Follow the prompts to set a new password and get logged into your account.

Once your Schoology account has been created, we recommend that you take a few moments to do the following:

Setup your Profile
Configure your Notifications
Review your Account Settings
Verify your Privacy Settings

What can I do as a Parent in Schoology?

Parents have access to a variety of services in Schoology:

View Schoology as each of your students to monitor assignments and progress.
Find Zoom URLs for Daily Synchronous class meetings.
Message others in Schoology, such as Administrators and Teachers.
Participate in School Discussions.
Receive Updates from the Schools you are associated with.

While Parents have access to view Assignments and Course Content, Parents do not have the ability to complete assignments for their students.

Why can't I see a document or attachment? (Private Access Only)

This Schoology error appears when you are trying to access a document that you don't have permission to view. This could be an attachment that has been shared with your student (and not with you specifically) or the sharing permissions are not set so that people with a link to the resource can view it. Here are some things to try:

Try having your student log into Schoology and see if they can show you the document or resource.
Try contacting the teacher and explaining the error message you are seeing and ask them to adjust the permissions on the document or resource.

How can I stay updated on my student's progress?

Set up Schoology notifications. Notifications are the email or text message notifications you will get as a parent when certain things happen in Schoology related to your student's work in courses. You can also elect to receive a weekly Parent Digest email to get a summary of activities and assignments for your student for the week.

Read this article about Schoology notifications and email digests for parents.