Department of Technology

The San Francisco Unified School District will be continuing our simulated phishing exercises to help staff recognize and avoid cyber threats. This initiative is a learning opportunity intended to protect the district and its staff from data breaches and financial loss.

Synergy will be offline starting Wednesday September 24, 2025 at 7PM to Thursday, September 25th at 3AM for regularly scheduled monthly maintenance.

This memo provides a vital guide on how to identify and avoid phishing attacks, which are targeted attempts to compromise your information.

Use Synergy Groups to cluster students into groups and use groups for staff instead of submitting an expanded access request form.

Learn how to pull a Synergy student report for Picture Day.

How to Update the Teacher of Record on a Section. If teachers are not added to their appropriate section(s), they will not be able to see their students in their Gradebook.

To start the school year off right, we ask that families review the links in this announcement.

Welcome Back Teachers!
We are excited to support you as you come back to the classroom and engage with Synergy. We want to share some helpful links from our Synergy Teacher Tool kit to help you.

What are SFUSD’s essential digital tools for learning? How do you use them? The Department of Technology’s “Grab-n-Go” self-service PD modules have you covered!

Google has recently updated how sharing and permissions work in Google Forms. These changes give you more control over who can access your forms, especially those shared publicly.