Marcum-Illinois Parent Portal

Informational Meeting

Student Information System and Data and Analysis System used by office staff, teachers, parents, and students

Stores basic student information, attendance information, grades, assessment results, and more

Allows teachers to create standards based assessments online and allows students to complete assessments online

Illuminate

Piece of Illuminate in which parents and students can log into secure, individualized sites that show information pertinent to their student

https://miusd.illuminatehc.com

Illuminate’s Home Connection

Login Screen

Each student at Marcum has access to Illuminate Home Connection

Students use their student id numbers and their birthdates to log in to their specific accounts

Students are able to check their attendance, check their grades, review past assessment data, take new assessments, and send messages to their teacher through the student version of the portal.

Illuminate Home ConnectionStudent Version

Student Dashboard

One log-in for each parent◦ Each parent log-in has access to all of your

children (3rd -8th grade) Parents are able to view assessment data,

check grades, check attendance, message their students’ teachers, and set up notifications for various items

Illuminate Home ConnectionParent Version

Parent Dashboard

Shows you an overview of the most recent assessments entered into Illuminate by the teacher

Select an assessment to get more information about how your student did on the whole assessment, individual standards on the assessment, and individual questions on the assessment

Assessments

Assessments

Assessments

Year summary provides information about your students’ attendance for this school year◦ Days and percentages present, tardy, absent

(excused or unexcused)

Attendance

Attendance

Teachers update their gradebooks at least once a week, usually more often

System updates within 24 hours Contains information about each subject overall

and information about individual assignments Each 3rd-8th Grade Student will have a gradebook

for each subject◦ ELA◦ Math◦ Science◦ History/Social Science◦ PE (6th -8th)

Gradebook

Gradebook

Gradebook

Parents are able to send messages to their child’s teachers through the parent portal

Teachers access Illuminate at least every school morning and will receive your notification of a message once they log in

Messaging

Messaging

You can set Illuminate’s notifications to notify you by email if your child:◦ Scored a zero on an assignment◦ Scored below a certain percentage on an

assignment◦ Received negative attendance◦ Overall grade changes◦ Grade falls below a %

Notifications

Notifications

You can choose to add the account setting “Weekly Digest” which will allow Illuminate to send you a snapshot of your student’s week including information about ◦ Attendance ◦ Assessments◦ Grades

Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest

System generally updates within 24 hours Teachers will be updating grades at least

weekly If you have questions about specific

assessments or assignments, contact your child’s teacher (by email or through Illuminate’s Messaging option)

If you have any questions or concerns about accessing or using the portal, contact Mrs. Irby or Stacey (by email or phone)

A few reminders…