Note: NebSIS is a Student Information System provided by Educational Service Unit #3. This feature is available for Otus-subscribed districts who utilize NebSIS as their SIS. If you wish to set up this integration, please have your administrator contact our team.
Follow the steps below to successfully transfer points-based assessment data from Otus to NebSIS.
1. Create the Assessment in Otus
Assessment Name - Begin by entering the Assessment Name in Otus. This title must be less than 50 characters.
Note: "Assessment" is Otus' term for NebSIS Assignment
Assessment Type - You must choose either Assignment or Test as the assessment type.
2. Select a Grading Scale
A Points Grading Scale must be selected in order for pass back to occur. Teachers can still align each question to standards and view progress in the Otus Standards Gradebook.
Once your students have taken the assessment and you have graded the assessment, your data will flow to NebSIS overnight.
All data, including new and changed records, flow to NebSIS on a nightly basis.
Changes to scores will appear in the Otus gradebook immediately after grading; changes to scores will appear in the NebSIS gradebook after the nightly sync.
The video below provides an overview of the content presented in this article.
Additional Grade Passback Considerations
Otus does not pass back weighting of grades; any weighting will need to be configured in NebSIS after the raw score is passed back.
In order to fully remove a record from NebSIS, the data will need to be deleted in NebSIS and Otus. Data can be removed/deleted from Otus using the Unassign feature.
In order for grades to pass back to your SIS, the user who has assigned the assessment must be included in the Gradebook Passback Teacher Group in Otus. We recommended that any teacher, co-teacher, or administrator, who may be assigning assessments are added to the Gradebook Passback Teacher Group in Otus.
Assessments assigned directly to a class from an Otus Administrator (who is not in your SIS) will not passback to the gradebook. This assessment should be assigned to the class by the teacher.