Audience: Administrators on SI&I or Seesaw LMS packages
Schools and districts can upload their own Custom Standards to their dashboards, providing more flexibility over their Standards and their Dashboards.
- Upload and manage your district’s or school’s unique Standards directly within the Dashboard
- Seamlessly integrate custom Standards into lesson planning, assessment tracking and reporting
- Empower educators with full control over curriculum alignment and ashboard displays
- In District Admin Tools, tap on District Wide Settings.
- Navigate to Standards and Grading. Tap the Upload Custom Set (CSV) button.
- Follow the prompt to download a template in either Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
- Export the file as a CSV.
- Add your Custom Standards to the template.
🚩Please confirm that all Standards have:- Grade: Required. Choose from one of the available options in the drop-down. If standards are shared across grade levels, include them for every grade level you need to support.
- Subject: Required. Subject area. Ex: ELA, Early Childhood, Math, Science, Technology
- Code: Required. A unique code or identifier for the standard. This should not be shared across standards. This allows teachers to search via code and will support in data roll ups at the class, school, and district level. Ex: LITERACY.RF.3.3.
- Description: Required. A more detailed description of the standard. This allows teachers to search by keyword/description when tagging standards and reviewing student work. Ex: I can show what I have learned about letters and sounds by figuring out words.
- Click Continue.
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Name your Standard Set.
⚠️ Please note: the name field cannot be blank or the same as other Standard Sets.
💡Best practice: include your district or school name to keep Standards organized.
- Upload the CSV file.
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Preview the Standard Set to ensure there are no errors. If there are errors, fix them, and re-upload the CSV file.
- Once your CSV file is uploaded, confirm that the Standard Set is correct by clicking the checkbox.
⚠️ Standards cannot be edited. -
Once the Standard Set has been confirmed and uploaded, you will receive an email.
- ⚠️ After Standards have been uploaded, go to Standards and Grading settings and add the Standard(s) to your school/district.
How to Remove Custom Standards
To remove a Custom Standard, tap the Remove button in Standards and Grading settings.
Note: If a custom Standard Set is removed, existing tags and grades will persist in My Library and Gradebook, but the removed custom Standards will not be included or graded in assignments moving forward.
I have custom Standards but am not on the SI&I or Seesaw LMS package.
If you are a Seesaw for Schools user and currently have custom Standards applied to your Dashboard, you will maintain access to Custom Standard sets that were already uploaded prior to this release. An upgrade to Seesaw LMS or SI&I is required to be able to upload new custom Standard Sets OR modify existing ones.
How do I learn more about purchasing a package so I can take advantage of this feature?
If you are interested in upgrading to use Custom Standards, please reach out to your Account Manager.
Is there a limit to the number of Custom Standards I can upload?
There is no limit.
How are templates configured to reflect regional settings?
Templates are populated based on the Regional Settings for a school/district. If a district needs multiple regional templates, change the Regional Setting and a new template will populate in the Custom Standards flow. Districts/Schools can have multiple regional templates uploaded.
How do I edit Standards after they've been uploaded?
🚩 Once Standards are uploaded, they cannot be added to, or edited. If you need to make changes, remove the necessary Standard Sets and upload a new one. Please note: the new Standards must have a new/different name.
While following the flow above, a window will appear for you to download the template for your region. Templates by region are also available below.
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Australia
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Brazil
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Canada (English)
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Canada (French)
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Jordan
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - Mexico
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - New Zealand
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - UK
- Seesaw Custom Standard Sets Template - US and Canada
Below are the types of error codes and messages you'll receive if your CSV file has an error.
| Error Type | Error Message and resolution |
| CSV has no data | The CSV contains no data. Please upload a CSV file with custom standards using the template provided. |
| Missing column header, ie no Subject column found | Invalid CSV header(s). Supported headers: {subject}, {grade_level} ({us} - or other regions), {code}, {description}. Please use the template provided. |
| Unsupported Localization Region | Unsupported localization region {localization_region}. Supported regions are: {supported_localization_regions}. Please use the template provided. |
| Incorrect Columns | Invalid CSV columns. Expected columns: {required_columns}, but found: {csv_columns}. Please use the template provided and ensure all required columns are present." |
| CSV too Large | CSV file is too large. Your file has {row_count} rows, but the maximum allowed is {max_rows} rows. |
| Duplicate code and grade level found | Rows {row_indexes} all have the same {code_header} '{code}' and {grade_level_header} '{grade_level}'. Each standard must have a unique combination of {code_header} and {grade_level_header}. Please assign unique codes or different grade levels to these standards. |
| Invalid Grade Level | Row {row_index} has invalid Grade Level '{grade_level}'. Please use a valid grade level from the template. |
| Row empty code | Row {row_index} has an empty Code. Please provide a unique identifier for this standard. |
| Row empty Subject | Row {row_index} has an empty Subject. Please specify the subject area for this standard. |
| Row empty Description | Row {row_index} has an empty Description. Please provide a clear description of what students should know or be able to do for this standard. |
| Row Extra Data Found | Row {row_index} contains unexpected extra data: '{extra_data}'. Please remove any additional columns or data beyond the four required columns ({subject_header}, {grade_level_header}, {code_header}, {description_header}). |