Vista Higher Learning (VHL): Curriculum Leader Guide – IDEA Public Schools Help Center

Language, literacy and culture for all learners. IDEA Teachers and Students can access Spanish textbooks and learning resources from their Clever portal using Vista Higher Learning.

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Students & Teachers

Available for students grades 7-12, enrolled in a Spanish section.
Vista Higher Learning is available to all 7-12th grade teachers of record for Spanish courses in PowerSchool.

Curriculum Leaders

At this time, access to VHL is limited to teachers, students and Spanish curriculum managers due to licensing restrictions.

NOTE: This is different from how teachers log in.

Leaders can access Vista Higher Learner from Clever by logging into their Clever account and clicking on the icon from their portal.

2. Click District admin login

3. Enter your username and password.

Username: Enter your IDEA email
Password: This is unique and set by you
- NOTE: If it is your first time logging in use the password reset function to set your unique password.

4. In your Clever Portal, click the Vista Higher Learner icon.

NOTE: If this does not take you into your VHL district admin account, please reach out to confirm that you should have access:

Submit ticket directly to VHL requesting your account setup.
- https://support.vhlcentral.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Reach out to the Spanish Curriculum Team via email.
- ruth.turan@ideapublicschools.org and bertha.perez@ideapublicschools.org

Initial Teacher Access (first-time log-in):

If teacher sees the app in Clever, but then receives an error from VHL saying they do not have access:

Please, verify that teacher schedule in PowerSchool includes Spanish courses in PowerSchool before submitting a ticket requesting access to VHL in Clever.
Please ask campus business clerk to verify that your campuses purchased enough licenses for all Spanish teachers for the 22-23 school year. Access is also dependent on the availability of campus licenses. Each campus is responsible for the purchase, accounting, and delegation of VHL licenses.
If a teacher is enrolled in Spanish courses AND campus licenses are available, but teacher continues to see an error when attempting to access VHL for the first time the teacher should:

- Submit ticket directly to VHL requesting your account setup.
  - https://support.vhlcentral.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
- Reach out to the Spanish Curriculum Team via email.
  - ruth.turan@ideapublicschools.org and bertha.perez@ideapublicschools.org

Non-Initial Access (teacher logged in previously):

If teacher sees the app in Clever AND but receives an error message when logging into VHL:

Click "Report Error" to flag the issue with VHL's software team.
Submit a support ticket to VHL directly at https://support.vhlcentral.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Implementation and Use:

If teacher or student needs help using a specific VHL feature:

Please visit the VHL Support Center at https://support.vhlcentral.com/hc/en-us for step-by-step guides.
Use the link below to access a comprehensive list of how-to videos from VHL: https://www.vhlcentral.com/screencasts/instructor?source=m3

For more information on how to implement Vista Higher Learning (VHL) for Spanish curriculum resources, please reach out to your content leader or the Spanish Curriculum Team via email, ruth.turan@ideapublicschools.org and bertha.perez@ideapublicschools.org
For support using Vista Higher Learning visit the Vista Higher Learning Help Center
Click here to show your class how to log in, Vista Higher Learning: Student Guide
Click here for how to log in if you are a teacher, Vista Higher Learning: Teacher Guide
For support with Clever access issues, please submit a support request.