E-SCHOOL PLUS GRADEBOOK · E-SCHOOL PLUS GRADEBOOK Socorro Independent School District Department of Information Services 12440 ROJAS El Paso, TX 79928

E-SCHOOL PLUS GRADEBOOK

Socorro Independent School District Department of Information Services

12440 ROJAS El Paso, TX 79928

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Gradebook Setup Chart: pg. 1

Gradebook Setups- Category- pg. 4

Copying Setups – pg. 6 – 8

Assessments – pg. 10 – 12

Entering Grades (Scores) pg. 13 -15 Explanation of ring menu pg. 15

Student Notes: pg. 16

Student Detail Report: pg. 17

Missing Scores Report: pg. 18

Assignment Averages Report: pg. 18

Score Threshold Report: pg.19

Changing Teacher Preferences: pg. 20

Adding Attachments: pg. 20 Deleting Attachments: pg. 21

Excusing a Student From Assessment: pg 22

Assigning Grading Scales to Students: pg. 22

Aliasing Students: pg 23

Printing Gradebook Scores: pg. 23

Exporting Gradebook Scores to Excel: pg. 26

Student Averages Report: pg. 27

Overriding Category and Mark Averages: pg 28

Deleting an Override Average: pg. 29

Checking Student Averages: pg 29- 31

Calculating Category Averages: pg 32

Calculating the Mark to Load from Gradebook: pg. 32 - 35

Loading Grades from Gradebook to Report Cards: pg. 35

Teacher Email Page: pg. 35

Enabling Cookies: pg. 37-38

Definitions of Alpha Marks: pg. 38

Pass/Fail-Defined: pg. 39

Your notes: pg. 40

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Gradebook Setup Chart

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GRADEBOOK SETUPS

Upon entering Teacher Access Center your dashboard will appear. The Left side of the screen will show your selections. To begin Hit “Define Assessments” Upon hitting “Define Assessments “a list of your scheduled courses will appear and will reflect the period, day, marking period the course meets, the room and the title of the course. .

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ALL UNDERLINED-BLUE HIGHLIGHED FIELDS ARE LINKS- ONCE CLICKED YOU WILL PROCEED TO ANOTHER SCREEN WITH MORE INFO. Course INFO. List: Will show you a list of the students in class.

Click on a student’s name and the Registration Screen will appear with links to the student’s attendance and schedule information. Please note your Menu on top of the screen for more options regarding the class. “My Classes” will return to the list of classes.

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Click on the “Def” link to being setting up your categories or the Define Assessments on the left.

CATEGORIES MUST BE SETUP FIRST BEFORE CREATING ASSIGNMENTS. Use this tab to select the categories to be used. Your administrator defines the categories used in Gradebook. ASSESSMENTS: use this tab to add the assignments to be scored. Assessments are the specific assignments that your are grading. IPR: Currently not in use.

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REPORT CARD AVERAGES: SYSTEM WILL DO AVERAGES

Attachments: Use this tab to upload attachments that you want to store for the class.

INCLUDE: Check if you will have assignments in this category. Your Administrator/District has predefined this. CATEGORY: The code and description of the category defined for your district, for example BENCH for Benchmark. WEIGHT: The default weight of the category. DROP LOWEST: Determines whether a certain number of low scores by students are dropped. For example, if set to 2, the lowest two scores in this category for a student are dropped. The lowest score is determined as the lowest percentage score; not the lowest number. For example, if a student got 4 out of 5 on a quiz and 20 out of a 100 on a test and you drop only one score, the 20 out of 100 assessment would be dropped. Scores are not dropped until you have entered one more score than the number entered at the Drop Lowest field. EXCLUDE MISSING: Determines whether missing scores should count as zero or be excluded from the average. A score is considered missing when the current date is on or after the due date. REMEMBER TO SAVE ONCE DONE WITH EACH CATEGORY SETUP.

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Copy Categories and Assessments You can copy categories, assessments, and attachments from one class to another. The following procedures explain how to copy gradebook information for courses.

Copy gradebook information from a course

Copy gradebook information from last year's gradebook

Copy gradebook information from one class to other classes

To copy gradebook information from a different course to your selected course: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define gradebook information for.

2. Click Def link for the course you want to define. The Define Assessments page displays.

3. Click Copy button.

4. In Copy Direction field, select From Courses.

5. In the Copy Type field, select the options you want to copy.

• Categories and Assessments to copy all the categories and assessments.

• Categories Only to copy the categories, without copying assessments. Use this option if the same assessments are not used for selected courses.

• Course Attachments Only to copy the attachments.

6. In the Include Marking Periods fields, check the marking periods for which you want to copy information.

7. To overwrite existing category information for the course, check Overwrite Categories.

8. To copy attachments defined for the course, check Copy Course Attachments.

9. To copy attachments defined for the assessments you select to copy, check Copy Assessment Attachments.

10. In the From Courses section of the page, select the radio button for the course from which you want to copy categories and assessments.

COPY

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11. In the Marking Period columns that are available for the course, select the radio button for the marking period to which you want to copy information. If the courses meet for the same marking periods, you will most likely select the same marking period as the marking period being copied. But, if you have a section of a course that meets marking periods 1 and 2 and you want to copy to a section that meets marking periods 3 and 4, you might copy from marking period 1 to marking period 3.

12. In the Categories and Assessments section of the page, select the categories and assessments you want to copy by entering a check for the ones you want to copy.

• To copy all categories, click All in the header row at the top of the list of Categories and Assessments.

• To copy a category and all of its assessments, click All in the header that displays below the row of the category you want to copy.

13. Click Copy.

14. If you copied assessments from one marking period to another, you must edit the date due for the assessments.

To copy gradebook information from last year's gradebook: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define gradebook information for.



4. In Copy Direction field, select From Course.




• Course Attachments Only to copy the attachments.

6. In the Previous School Year field, select the year from which you want to copy the gradebook.


8. To overwrite existing category information for the course, check Overwrite Categories.



11. In the From Courses section of the page, select the radio button for the course from which you want to copy categories and assessments.

12. In the Marking Period columns that are available for the course, select the radio button for the marking period to which you want to copy information. If the courses meet for the same marking periods, you will most likely select the same marking period as the marking period being copied. But, if you have a section of a course that meets marking periods 1 and 2 and you want to copy to a section that meets marking periods 3 and 4, you might copy from marking period 1 to marking period 3.




14. Click Copy.

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15. If you copied assessments, you must edit the date due for the assessments. The copy sets the date due for all assessments to the date of the first day of the school year.

To copy gradebook information from your selected class to other classes: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define gradebook information for.



4. In Copy Direction field, select To Courses.




• Attachments Only to copy the attachments.


7. To overwrite existing category information for the courses, check Overwrite Categories.



10. In the To Courses section of the page, check the Include box for each course to which you want to copy categories and assessments.

11. In the Marking Period columns that are available for each course, select the radio button for the marking period to which you want to copy information. If the courses meet for the same marking periods, you will most likely select the same marking period as the marking period being copied. But, if you have a section of a course that meets marking periods 1 and 2 and you want to copy to a section that meets marking periods 3 and 4, you might copy from marking period 1 to marking period 3.




13. Click Copy.

14. If you copied assessments from one marking period to another, you must edit the date due for the assessments

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HIT THE COPY BUTTON WHEN DONE.

Check off under the INCLUDE Column assignments and or categories you wish to copy.

Check marking period. Look in drop down boxes for other options.

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ASSESSMENTS The “MY CLASSES” button will always take you to your list of classes.

Hit the “DEF” for the class you wish to add assessments for and then hit the “Assessments “ tab.

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DATE ASSIGNED: The date the assignment was made (optional) DATE DUE: The date the assignment or assessment is due or taken (in the case of tests). Dates must be within the selected marking period. The Date Due is used to determine if scores should be included in averages. If the Date Due is after the current date, the scores and points for the assessment are not included in averages. If the Date Due is before the current date and no score is entered for the student, the assessment is considered missing. On the Category tab, you can specify whether averages for categories should exclude a missing assessment or should use a score of 0 (zero) for a missing assessment CATEGORY: The category that this assignment is part of. Select from a drop-down list.

EXTRA CREDIT: Indicates if the assessment is only used to allow students to earn extra credit. Three options are available:

Add to Total Points. The extra points will be added to the numerator before averaging. Thus if a student had 180 points out of 200 possible points, plus 5 extra credit points, the average would be 185/200 or a 92.5 percent.

Add to Average. The extra points will be added after the average is calculated. Thus if a student had 180 points out of 200 possible points, plus 5 extra credit points, the average without the extra credit would be 180/200 or 90 percent. With the 5 extra credit points, the average would be 95 percent.

Not Extra Credit. The regular calculations apply.

Extra Credit Notes: • You cannot define a category to store only extra credit assessments if you use category weights to calculate

averages. You must have at least one regular assessment included in a category that includes extra credit assessments.

Remember to Hit Save after each assignment entered. You can Edit or Delete any assignment entered.

To view all info for all assignments at the same time hit “Edit all Assessments.

Hit “Scores” to enter grades.

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• If an assignment allows a student to earn extra credit in addition to the possible score, select Not Extra Credit. For example, if a 10 point quiz has a 2 point extra credit question, then the assessment is not an extra credit assessment. When you enter student scores, you can enter more points than the possible points for the assessment to indicate that extra credit points were earned.

• Extra credit scores are only counted if not blank.

• The possible points are not included in the denominator before averaging for a category or a mark.

• Extra credit is never dropped as part of a Drop lowest score.

DESCRIPTION: The description of the assignment. This description appears above the scores section of the Scores page when you are in the Score column for this assessment and displays as a tooltip when you hover the mouse cursor over the heading for the assessment. The description will also display in the Home Access Center if you publish the item. Click More... if you want to add an extended description of the assessment.

POINTS: The total possible points for this assessment. This does not limit the points that can be entered as a score, so bonus points should not be included here. Because points are used in the formula for calculating averages, this should not be set to zero.

If the assignment is extra credit, the points here will not be included in possible total points.

Category averages are calculated based on points and weights. For example, if a student gets 7 points out of 10 on assignment 1 and 20 points out of 20 on assignment 2 and neither assignment is weighted, the students average would be calculated as 7 + 20 / 10 + 20 = 27/30 which is 90%.

Note: To calculate averages based on percentages for assignments, you must enter possible points and scores as percentages. For example, to indicate that a student got 75% for an assessment, you would define the assessment with possible points of 100 and a score of 75.

WEIGHT: The relative weight of this assessment when calculating the average. When averages are determined, the weight is multiplied against both the score and the total number of points.

The average for a category is calculated as the [sum of (each score X weight)] / [sum of (each total points X weight)] FILES: Click folder icon to display Upload Files for Assessment page. PUBLISH ITEM: Check assessment to be listed in the Home Access Center. MANDATORY PUBLISH SCORES: Check assessment to be listed in the Home Access Center. MANDATORY

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ENTERING GRADES (SCORES)

Gradebook Scores Page Use the Scores page to enter marks for the assessments for students. The Sample Scores Page graphic illustrates the tabs and averages shown on the page.

Graphic: Sample Scores page

Gradebook Scores Tabs

Use the tabs that display on the Gradebook Scores page to navigate to the assessments and averages you want to view. Click a tab to display the assessment associated with the tab. Tabs display for all categories used for the class, IPR marks for IPR runs for the marking period, and report card marks for which the students average is calculated based on category averages. Additionally, an All tab may display. This tab displays all assessments for the selected marking period.

The category tabs and All tab display on the left-hand side and the tabs for IPR and report card mark tabs display on the right-hand side. To select the default tab to open, set your teacher preferences using the Teacher Preferences option.

General Student Information

The left side of the page lists students in the class, provides access to notes, provides an option to assign students to a grading scale, and displays the student's average for the information included on the selected tab.

• The list of students is sorted in alphabetical order by student name.

• Students who have dropped the course or entered it late are indicated by italics.

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• The Notes icon display as to indicate that no notes have been entered or to indicate that notes have been entered.

• The Grading Scales field can be used to select a scale to use when converting the Gradebook average to a mark to post to IPR or report cards. Your building administrator can define a default grading scale to use for all students.

• The Student Average field shows the average for the tab. If your building administrator has allowed teachers to override averages, you can click on the average and change the student's average on category and mark tabs. If you override the average for a category, the value you entered will be used to calculate marks that include the category. Averages that display with a green background have been overridden. If you are using Safari, the symbol # displays next to the average.

If you have selected to calculate the average using total points, you cannot override the average for categories. WE DO NOT USE THIS. DO NOT CHECK OFF THE TOTAL POINTS BOX. If you want to remove the override so the system calculates the average for a student, select the value you entered and press . When you click on another field, the average will be calculated.

Student Score Information

The right side of the page has columns for each assessment for this class, in order by date. The points and weights of the assessment are included in the heading. The class average for an assessment appears at the bottom of the page. The format of a score column is used to indicate the following:

• Yellow Background: the score is incorrect. Either a number over 999.99 was entered or an alpha mark was entered that is not valid. If you are using Safari, the symbol * displays next to the score.

ALL PASS/FAIL COURSES (THOSE THAT WILL PRINT A P OR F ON THE REPORT CARD) MUST HAVE THE GRADING SCALE UPDATED TO PF – PASS/FAIL COURSE FROM THE DROP DOWN FILL IN IN OR THE COURSE WILL REFLECT A NUMERIC GRADE.

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• Pink Background: the score is dropped from the average for the tab. You can specify the number of lowest scores to drop for each category on the Define Assessments page. If you are using Safari, the symbol ^ displays next to the score.

• Blue Background: the score entered is greater than the possible score for the assessment, but not greater than 999.99. This value may be valid if students can earn extra credit for the assessment. If you are using Safari, the symbol + displays next to the score.

• Red Text: a comment has been entered for this assessment for the student. Click on the score column and then click Comments to display the comment.

You can scroll to the right or down the list of students as needed. If you want to view a single student, click any score on that student's row, then click the Show Only Selected Row checkbox.

Gradebook Scores Buttons

The following buttons appear on the Gradebook Scored Items page: RING MENU My Classes Goes to the My Home page. Assessments Goes to the Define Gradebook Assessments page. You can view or define assessments and update

selected information for categories or averages. Printable Displays a printable version of the scores, including student name, ID, scores, and average. You can

choose whether to print just a student list, or a list in grid format. Student

Detail Displays a more detailed report of the students' scores.

Missing Scores

Displays a report of students who have one or more scores missing.

Assignment Averages

Displays a graph of assignment averages as a report.

Student Aliases

Displays the Student Alias Entry page so you can enter alias names and order numbers for students to be used on reports.

Default Grade Enters a default score for all students who do not have a score for the selected assessment. Comment Displays a pop-up where you can select a comment code, if available, and enter a free-text comment

for the selected assessment for a student. Averages Displays Student Averages page so you can view the average for all students for the averages that

are calculated based on mark weights when you load marks from Gradebook. For example, you could view the semester average if the semester mark is calculated as the average of the marking period mark for marking period 1 and marking period 2.

If you select this option in a marking period for which the course does not receive a mark that is calculated by the Load from Gradebook based on the average of other marks, no average will display. This option is designed to provide you with the ability to see the average that will be posted for these marks when you click Load from Gradebook on the Enter Report Cards page.

Score Threshold

Displays the Score Threshold report which is a list of students who have exceeded or fallen below a threshold for an assignment, category, or mark. You can run this report to compare the student's score or percentage to a threshold for a selected assignment or to compare the student's percentage average to a threshold for the tab you have displayed.

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EXAMPLE: FROM OUR DISTRICT

Student Notes Entry Page Field Descriptions You can add student notes that can be published to Home Access Center or to store for your own information.

To display the notes for a student, click on the (indicates that there are no existing notes for the student) or (indicates that there are existing notes for the student) icon for the student on the Gradebook Scores page.

• To add a note, click in the blank note row and enter information. Click Save link to save the note.

• To edit a note, click Edit link. Change comment text or change the value of the Publish field. Click Save link to save the note.

• To spell check a note, click Spell Check. Use the UltimateSpell options to make changes as needed. When you have completed the spell check, click OK to keep the changes.

Note: Users running TAC on Internet Explorer or Firefox can use the spell check. The spell check is not supported for the Safari web browser. Safari users can use the spell check functionality built-in Safari which is accessed from the Edit > Spelling menu.

• To delete a note, click Delete link. The application displays a pop-up dialog box. Click Yes to delete the note.

Field Description

Contact Name For each contact for the student, name of the contact.

Contact Type The type of contact that this person is for the student.

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Language The language that this contact has selected as the preferred language for correspondence.

Date Date you entered the note. You may only enter one note per date.

Comment Comment text for the student.

Publish Check if this note should be displayed in the Home Access Center.

Gradebook Student Detail Report The Student Detail report lists the assignments by due date. For each assignment, the report lists total points, student score, class average, and description. Additionally, the report prints totals by categories and includes a signature line.

For class averages, all scores are included, even if the Drop Lowest is set. If a score is blank, the Exclude Missing Scores option on the Categories page determines whether it counts as zero or is excluded from the average.

To run the Student Detail report: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to enter scores for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to enter scores for. The Gradebook Scored Items page displays.

3. If you want to print the report for a specific category or mark, click the tab for the category or mark. Only assessments included in the selected category or mark will be included on the Student Detail report.

4. If you want to run the report for one student, click on the row for the student and click on the Show Only Selected Row box to limit the gradebook to display only the student you want to print.

Otherwise, continue to Step 5.

5. Click Student Detail.

6. On the Student Detail Report Options pop-up box, specify the information that you want to include on the report.

• Header Text: text you want to print in the Header Text field. Leave this field blank if you do not want to add header information.

• Included Categories: select whether you want to print all categories for the selected tab or you want to select the categories to print.

• Sections to Include: select the sections to include in the report. You can print the assessments section only, the student averages section only, or both the assessments and student averages sections.

• Display Standard Assignments Message: check to include the text "These are your assignments from [start date of marking period] to [current date, IPR date, or end date of marking period], and the scores you earned for each. If your records differ, please see me privately as soon as possible."

• Show Class Averages: check to print the class average for every assessment.

• Display Alpha Marks: check to show the alpha marks for averages. Alpha marks display only if the building is set up to issue alpha marks for report cards.

• Show Student Notes: check to print the student notes that you entered with a check in the Publish checkbox.

• Show Signature Line: check to print a parent signature line at the bottom of the report.

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7. Click Run. The report will open. You can then view, print, or save to your computer. Additionally, the PDF file is saved automatically to your report directory and can be accessed from the My Home page.

Gradebook Missing Scores Report The Gradebook Missing Scores report lists any students with missing scores for a course. It includes the due date, short description, points, and weight of the missing assessment.

To run the Gradebook Missing Scores Report: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to view the report for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to print missing scores for. The Gradebook Scores page displays.

3. Click Missing Scores.

4. On the Missing Scores Reports Options page, select how you want to run the report.

• No Page Break: check to remove page breaks.

• Group By: select how information should be grouped on the report. The options are: Student (to list all the assessments missed by a student grouped together) or Assessment (to list all the students missing an assessment grouped together).

• Show Withdrawn Students: displays the selection from the Gradebook Scores page. If you want to change this setting, click Cancel and change the selection on the Gradebook Scores page.

• Selected Assessment Only: check to print the missing scores for only the assessment you had selected on the Gradebook Scores page. To print all assessments, do not check this checkbox.

• Click Run. The report will open. You can then view, print, or save to your computer. Additionally, the PDF file is saved automatically to your report directory and can be accessed from the My Home page.

Assignment Averages The Assignment Averages report displays a graphical representation of the average score or percentage for assignments. You can use this report to compare the class averages to a student's averages to see how a student is progressing in relation to the rest of the class.

You can graph assignment averages as a bar chart or a line graph. You can also select to display a 3D version of each graph.

The graph displays 15 assignments per page. Below the graph, there is a list of the assignments included, the student's scores (if running for an individual student), and the class average for the assignment.

To run the Assignment Averages report: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to view assignment averages for.

2. Click Score link for the course. The Gradebook Scored Items page displays.

3. If you want to print the report for a specific category or mark, click the tab for the category or mark. Only assessments included in the selected category or mark will be included on the Assignment Averages report.

4. If you want to run the report for one student, click on the row for the student.


5. Click Assignment Averages.

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6. On the Assignment Average Report Options pop-up box, specify the information that you want to include on the report.

• Selected Student Only: check to include the student's average as well as the class average. If you uncheck this checkbox, only the class average will be included on the graph.

• Values Basis: select whether you want to graph the average points or average percentage.

• Chart Type: select the type of graph you want to use to analyze assignment averages. You can select to display the graph as a bar chart, line graph, 3D bar chart, or 3D line graph.

• Class Average Color: select the color in which you want to display the class averages.

• Student Score Color: select the color in which you want to display the student's averages. You can only access this field if you checked the Selected Students Only checkbox.

• Start Date: enter the date of the due date for the first assessment you want to graph. The first day of the marking period defaults.

• End Date: enter the date of the due date for the last assessment you want to graph. If you selected a category tab, the All tab, or a report card mark tap, the last date of the marking period defaults. If you selected an IPR tab, the IPR date defaults.


Score Threshold The Score Threshold report allows you to find a list of students who are performing poorly or performing above average based on a specified threshold. The report lists the student ID, name, and score or percentage for students who meet the threshold criteria you select.

You can choose how to evaluate the threshold. You can select to return students who have a value that is less than, less than or equal to, greater than, or greater than or equal to a specified threshold value.

You can generate a list of students based on:

• a score for an assessment you selected on the Gradebook Scores page,

• a percentage for an assessment you selected on the Gradebook Scores page, or

• a percentage for the tab you have displayed on the Gradebook Scores page.

To run the Score Threshold report: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to view score threshold for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to compare scores for. The Gradebook Scored Items page displays.

3. If you want to print the report for a specific category or mark, click the tab for the category or mark.

4. If you want to run the report for a selected assessment, click on the assessment score for any student.


5. Click Score Threshold.

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6. On the Score Threshold Report Options pop-up box, specify the information that you want to include on the report.

• Run For: select whether you want to compare the threshold to the selected assignment or to the tab average.

• Score Threshold: select the operator you want to use to compare the threshold. Then specify the threshold value and indicate whether the threshold should be compared to the score or percentage. If you have selected to run for the tab average, you can only select percentage.

• Start Date: if you selected to run for the tab average, enter the due date of the first assignment you want to include. The first date of the marking period defaults.

• End Date: if you selected to run for the tab average, enter the due date of the last assignment you want to include. If you selected a category tab, the All tab, or a report card mark tap, the last date of the marking period defaults. If you selected an IPR tab, the IPR date defaults.

• Show Withdrawn: displays the option you selected on the Gradebook Scores page. If you need to change this setting, click Cancel and change the Show Withdrawn Students option selected on the Gradebook Scores page.


Changing Teacher Preferences You can change preferences for Gradebook to specify whether the All tab displays, which tab displays by default when you display Gradebook Scores, and whether you want to be able to override averages for tabs in Gradebook.

To change teacher preferences: 1. Select Teacher Preferences from the menu.

2. Click the Edit link for the building for which you want to change preferences.

3. Change the settings.

4. To save changes, click Save link.

Adding Attachments for Course-Section You can add attachments to display as a file that guardians or students can download from Home Access Center. If the Classwork tab displays in Home Access Center, they can click on the link for the course name to display general course information. The attachments you add display at the bottom of the course information pop-up window. They can click on the link for an attachment and download and print the file. We recommend that you use file types that you know will be supported on most home computers.

Additionally, you can add attachments for individual assessments. Refer to Entering Gradebook Assessments for more information on attaching files for an assessment.

Depending on how your district has set up Home Access Center, attachments may not be displayed. Contact your building administrator if you do not know whether attachments are displayed.

To add an attachment: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define gradebook information for.


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3. Click on the Attachments tab to display the Upload Files for Course fields.

4. Enter the path and file name of the file to upload from your computer or click Browse to search for the file on your computer.

5. Click Upload link to load the file from your computer to the server.

Deleting an Attachment If you do not want an attachment to display in Home Access Center, you can delete the attachment.

To delete the attachment: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define gradebook information for.


3. Click on the Attachments tab to display the Upload Files for Course fields.

4. Click Delete link next to the attachment you want to delete.

Switching Marking Period from Scores Page When you open the Gradebook Scores page from My Home, the scores display for the marking period(s) included in the RC Run selected on the My Home page.

To change the marking period displayed: 1. From the Scores page, click Assessments.

2. On the Define Assessments page, select a different marking period from the Marking Period field.

3. Click Scores.

Entering Gradebook Comments for Scores You can enter comments for a score so that you can track information about an assessment for a student. From the Scores page, you select the student and score for which you want to enter a comment. Then, click Comment to display the Student Score Comments pop-up window.

On the Student Score Comments window, you can enter a comment code, if available, and a free text note about the assessment for this student. If your district defines comment codes for you to select from, the Comment field displays. For example, your district might define a code so you can indicate that an assignment was turned in late. Otherwise, you can only enter a free text note.

Once you save a comment or note, the student's score displays in red text. To display the comment again, click on the score and click Comment.

The comment does not print on the Student Detail Report or the printable version of the Gradebook.

To enter a gradebook comment for a score: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to enter scores for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to enter scores for. The Gradebook Scored Items page displays.

3. Click on the score for the student that you want to enter a comment for.

4. Click Comment.

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5. On the Student Score Comments pop-up window, enter the comment information.

• If the Comment field displays, you can select a comment code that was defined by your district.

• In the Notes field, enter the free text comment (up to 255 characters) you want to store.

• The Publish field determines whether the comment is published for students and guardians to view in Home Access Center.

6. To spell check the text you entered, click Spell Check. Use the UltimateSpell options to make changes as needed. When you have completed the spell check, click OK to keep the changes and display the Student Score Comment pop-up window.

Note: Users running TAC on Internet Explorer or Firefox can use the spell check. The spell check is not supported for the Safari web browser. Safari users can use the spell check functionality built-in to Safari which is accessed from the Edit > Spelling menu.

7. Click Save.

Excusing a Student from an Assessment When a student does not get a score for an assessment and the due date for the assignment has passed, the assessment is considered to be a missing assessment. When you define the categories you use and specify how you want IPR and/or Report Card averages to be calculated, you can select whether a missing assessment should count as if the student got a 0 (zero) or if the assessment should be excluded from the average.

If there are situations where you want to be able to indicate that the student does not need to have a score, you can enter an alpha score for the assessment. Your district defines the available alpha scores. When you hover the mouse cursor over a score, the valid alpha scores display.

Your district can define alpha scores to: • Exclude an assessment from the student's average. For example, your district may define a code of NA to

indicate that a score is not applicable for the student and, thus, should be excluded from the average.

• Indicate that the student earned a specific percentage of the possible points. Your district may also define an A mark to indicate that a student got 100% of the possible points.

Contact your administrator if you do not know how alpha scores are defined for your building

Assigning Grading Scales to Students You can assign a grading scale to a student to indicate how the Gradebook numeric average should be converted to a valid mark for your building. Grading scales define a minimum percentage that should be converted to a mark. For example, a grading scale may indicate that an A has a minimum percent of 94.

Grading scales are defined by your building administrator. Grading scales can be implemented in several ways based on how your building has set up Gradebook.

• If the Grading Scale drop-down field does not display any scales, your building does not allow you to assign Grading scales to students.

• Your administrator may assign a grading scale to all students.

• You may assign a scale to all students in a class. In some buildings, you may be required to assign a grading scale to all students.

• You may assign grading scales to select students in order to curve the numeric percentage average.

Contact your building administrator for detailed information about the scales for your building.

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To assign a grading scale to a student: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to assign scales for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to assign scales for. The Gradebook Scores page displays.

3. Click in the Grading Scale field for the student and select the appropriate grading scale.

4. Repeat Step 3 for all students who should be assigned a grading scale.

To assign a grading scale to the class: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define Gradebook information for.


3. Click the Categories tab.

4. Click in the Default Scale field and select the appropriate grading scale.

Aliasing Students for Printed Gradebook You can define alias information for a class so you can print Gradebook information without compromising student privacy. For example, you can assign a code to each student and re-order the students.

To enter aliases for a class: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define Gradebook information for.

2. Click Score link for the course for which you want to define aliases. The Gradebook Scores page displays.

3. Click Student Aliases button.

4. To enter an alias for a student who has withdrawn from the course, select either the Alphabetically or Grouped option in the Show Withdrawn Students field.

5. Enter the alias and order information for the class.

6. Click Save button.

7. Click Scores button to return to the Score Assessments page.

Printing Gradebook Scores You can display a printable view of the Gradebook for a class and select what information you would like to include on the printed Gradebook.

To print Gradebook information: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to print Gradebook information for.

2. Click Score link for the course for which you want to print scores. The Score Assessments page displays.

3. Click Printable.

4. Select the information you want to print on the Gradebook.

5. Click Print.

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6. A print dialog box displays and you can select the printer to which you want to send the report.

HIT PRINTABLE

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Field Description Show Student Name

Select the radio button for how you want students to be identified on printable gradebook. Options include:

Real Names to display the full name for students as entered in the eSchool Plus System. Students display in alphabetical order by name.

Aliases to display the alias you assigned students and to order students based on the order entered on the Student Alias Entry page.

None to not display a name or alias. Students display in numeric order by student ID.

Show Student ID Check if you want to show the student ID numbers. Show Withdrawn Students

Select if you want to display Gradebook information for students who withdrew from the course. You can select None (to not display information for withdrawn students), Alphabetically (to sort withdrawn students in alphabetical order with active students), or Grouped (to sort withdrawn students at the bottom of the list of students).

Roster Only Check if you want to display only student name or alias. If Show Student ID is checked, the student ID also displays.

Grid Check if you want to display a grid of columns next to student information. This option is only available if you select to display Roster Only.

Columns to display

Select the number of columns to display. 5 columns is the default. You can select to include 1 - 20 columns.

Display Attendance Dates Check if you want to display attendance dates in the grid columns.

Start Date Date you want to print in the first grid column. Remaining grid columns will display the attendance dates that follow.

Assessment Key Check if you want to show a key below the student scores that displays the assessment date and short description for the assessments listed.

Show Class Averages Check if you want to display the class average for assessments.

Show Grades Not implemented at this time. Show Total Points Check if you want to display the total points the student has scored and the

total points possible. This option is only available if you have selected to calculate averages using total possible points.

Exporting Gradebook Scores to Excel You can display a printable view of the Gradebook for a class and select what information you would like to include on the exported Gradebook.

To export gradebook information: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to define Gradebook information

for.

2. Click Score link for the course for which you want to export data. The Score Assessments page displays.

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3. Click Printable button.

4. Select the information you want to print on the Gradebook.

5. Click Export to Excel.

6. To save the file to your computer, click Save on the file download dialog.

Note: If the file download dialog did not display, then you need to reset windows settings. Refer to the procedures that follow for steps to change your settings.

7. Select the directory where you want to store the file and specify the file name on the Save As dialog box.

8. To open the file, click Open on the Download Complete dialog.

How do I save the file if no dialog displayed with options to open or save the file?

1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. From the menu, select Tools > Folder Options.

3. Click the File Types tab on the Folder Options window.

4. Scroll to find the XLS extension. Click on the row for the XLS extension.

5. Click on the Advanced button.

6. Check the Confirm open after download checkbox.

7. Click OK.

How do I open the file in another browser window? 1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. From the menu, select Tools > Folder Options.

3. Click the File Types tab on the Folder Options window.

4. Scroll to find the XLS extension. Click on the row for the XLS extension.

5. Click on the Advanced button.

6. Check the Browse in Same Window checkbox.

Click OK.

Student Averages Use this page to view and print the Gradebook averages for a class or to export average information for the class to Excel. The options at the top of the page determine what information is displayed. An average displays only if you clicked Averages while displaying a tab for a mark that is used to calculate another mark using a Gradebook Mark Average calculation.

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Printing Student Averages You can display the averages for a class and select what information you would like to include for students. The Student Averages page only displays an average if you clicked Averages when you had displayed a tab for a mark type that is used to calculate another mark type as part of a report card average.

To print Gradebook information: 1. On My Home page, select the report card run you want to print Gradebook information

for.

2. Click Score link for the course for which you want to print averages. The Score Assessments page displays.

3. Click the tab for the average you want to print. For example, to print the average for a category, click on the tab for the category.

4. Click Averages.

5. Select the information you want to print.

6. Click Print.

7. A print dialog box displays and you can select the printer to which you want to send the report.

Overriding Category and Mark Averages in Gradebook If your building administrator has selected to allow teachers to override the averages in Gradebook, you can change the system-calculated averages on the tabs for categories and marks. When you change the average, you are overriding system calculations. Averages that have been overridden display with a green background on the Gradebook Scores page.

Effect of Overriding the Mark Average

If you change the average displayed on a tab for an IPR or report card mark, the mark that is loaded from Gradebook will be based on the average that you entered. For example, you may change the average for a student who has a 64.49 average for the marking period mark to an average of 65.00 so that the student passes the course.

We recommend that you do not override the average for a mark until you are ready to load marks from Gradebook. If additional scores are entered for the student after you change an average, the average will not include these scores or points.

Effect of Overriding the Category Average

If you change the average displayed on a category tab, the average you enter will be used when calculating the marks that include the category. For example, if the student's quiz category average is 48.99 and you change the student's quiz average to 50, then the calculation of marks that include the quiz category will use 50, instead of 48.99.

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When you change the average for a category tab, you are overriding the system-calculated average. We recommend that you only override averages at the end of the marking period. Additionally, if you load grades for a mark that is calculated based on assessments for the semester or year to date, we recommend that you override the average for the mark, not the average for the categories included in the mark.

Note: If you are calculating averages using total points, you cannot override the average for a category.

To override the average on a tab: 1. From the My Home page, select the report card run you want to view averages for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to view averages for. The Gradebook Scores page displays.

3. If the average you want to view is not included on the default tab that is displayed, click on the tab you want to display.

4. Click on the average you want to change.

5. Enter the average.

6. Click in another field to save the change.

Deleting an Average Override When you change the average on a tab in Gradebook, you are overriding system calculations. Averages that have been overridden display with a green background on the Gradebook Scores page. If you want the system to calculate the average for a tab for which you had previously entered an override, you have to delete the average you entered.

To remove the override average on a tab: 1. From the My Home page, select the report card run you want to view averages for.

2. Click Score link for the course you want to view averages for. The Gradebook Scores page displays.

3. If the average you want to view is not included on the default tab that is displayed, click on the tab you want to display.

4. Click on the override average you want to remove.

5. Press .

Click in another field to save the change. The average will be calculated.

Checking Student Averages Before you post marks from Gradebook to Report Cards or IPR, you should check student averages and verify that category and assessment information have been set up correctly. You may want to check averages for all students, but you should check at least one student's Gradebook information before loading Gradebook information.

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Use the Student Detail report to print the assessment information for a mark. This report is a useful tool to identify setup issues and to verify that you are calculating averages correctly.

To print the Student Detail report to verify Gradebook information:

1. Click on the mark tab for the mark you want to verify. The assessments for the categories that are averaged for the mark are displayed.

2. Click in a score field for the student you want to use to verify averages.

3. Click on the Show Only Selected Row box to check the box. Assessments for only the selected student are displayed.

4. Click Student Detail.

5. On the Student Detail Report pop-up, select the information to include and click Run.

6. The Student Detail report displays.

7. Use the following checklist(s) to verify information.

To check how categories are averaged for the mark:

To review how categories are averaged for a mark, look at the Category section that displays below the list of assessments for the student.

• Did you override the average for the mark?

If the report includes a line displaying the adjusted overall average, then you have changed the average for the mark. This average overrides system calculations. If you do not want to override the system calculation for a category, display the category tab and then click on the average for the student. Select the value and press . When you click in another field, the average will be calculated.

• Are the correct categories listed in the block of Category information?

• If a category is listed that should not be included in the average for the mark, use the Report Card Averages or IPR Averages tab of the Define Assessment page to remove the category from the categories included in a mark.

• If a category is not listed that should be included in the average for the mark, use the Report Card Averages or IPR Averages tab of the Define Assessment page to select to include the category. If the category is already selected, verify that the weight is not equal to 0 (zero).

• Are the correct weights listed for all categories?

If a category has the incorrect weight entered, use the Report Card Averages or IPR Averages tab of the Define Assessment page to edit the category and correct the weight.

• Are the correct number of assignments dropped?

The value in the # of Dropped Assignments column indicates the number of lowest scores that you selected to drop for the category when calculating the average for the mark. Use the Report Card Averages or IPR Averages tab of the Define Assessment page to edit the category and change the number of low scores to drop.

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• Did you override the average for a category?

If you changed the average for a student on a category tab, the average you entered is used instead of the system calculated average. If you do not want to override the system calculation for a category, display the category tab and then click on the average for the student. Select the value and press . When you click in another field, the average will be calculated.

To verify the average calculated for a student:

If you hand-calculate the student's average and you do not get the same result as Gradebook, use the Student Detail report to check the calculation. The Category section of the report lists the total points that the student earned and the maximum possible points. If the total for a category does not match your calculations, check the following:

• Have you included a score and points for an assignment for which the due date has not passed? When reviewing the assessments listed, keep in mind that the average to be posted will only include assessments that have a due date on or before the date on which you post grades.

• Did you include a score that was dropped because it was one of the lowest scores and you selected to drop a specified number of low scores? If a score is excluded (or dropped) from the average, it will print on the Student Detail report with a line through it. The score and points for the assignment will not be included in the average.

• Are you weighting an assessment correctly?

• Are you calculating alpha marks correctly? Alpha marks may indicate:

• The assessment is excluded from the average. If the mark indicates the assessment is excluded from the average, the mark is printed with a line through it.

• The student earned a specified percentage of the possible points. If the mark indicates that a percentage score is earned, the Weighted Score column will indicate the numeric score that is used when averaging the scores for the category.

• Are you adding extra credit points correctly? Extra credit may be added in one of two ways:

• The points may be added to the total possible points before the average for a category is calculated. The row for an extra credit assessment will indicate Extra credit: student points if the points are added to the student's points for the category.

• The points may be added to the calculated average. The row for an extra credit assessment will indicate Extra credit: overall average if the points are added to the average.

• Are you processing missing assignments correctly? For a mark, you can specify how missing assignments are handled for each category. You can select to treat missing assignments as if the student earned a zero so you would include the possible points in the category average or to exclude missing assignments so you would not include the possible points in the category average.

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Calculating Category Averages A student's average within a category is calculated by dividing total scores for the assessments by total points available. Weights are multiplied against both the individual scores and the points. Example: For 3 homework assignments, the student has the following scores:

HW1 score of 10 out of 10 points available, weight = 1. HW2 score of 0 out of 10 points available, weight = 2. HW3 score of 40 out of 60 points, weight = 1. HW4 score of 8 out of 10 points, weight = 1.

Total score: ((10 x 1) + (0 x 2) + (40 x 1) + (8 x 1)) = 58 Total points: ((10 x 1) + (10 x 2) + (60 x 1) + (10 x 1)) = 100

Average = 58/100 or 58%.

If no scores have been entered for a particular assessment, for any student, then the assessment is not included in the average. If you have chosen to exclude the lowest score from the average, it is skipped entirely. In the example above, if the zero score was skipped, the student's score would be 58/80 or 72.5%.

Note: If you checked the Calculate Average Using Total Points box on the Categories tab, your averages for marks will not be calculated based on weights for assessments or categories. Refer to the Total Category Points section of the Calculating the Mark to Load from Gradebook topic for more information on how the averages are calculated based on total points.

Calculating Categories by Assessment Percentages: Averages are calculated using the possible points and scores for assignments; the average of a category is not calculated based on the percentages for assignments. If you want assignments to be calculated by the percentage for each assignments, you must define assessments with possible points of 100 and enter the percentage for an assignment as the score. For example, if 7 out of 10 was the score for assignment 1, enter total possible points of 100 and a score of 70. Thus, if a student got scores 7 out of 10 and 20 out of 20, you would enter 70 out of 100 and 100 out of 100. The student's average would be calculated as 70 + 100 / 100 + 100= 170/200 which is 85%.

Calculating the Mark to Load from Gradebook There are several ways that Gradebook can calculate the marks to load to IPR or Report Cards records. Your system administrator controls what options are available to you. Category Averages

The mark is calculated by dividing the sum of the average of all categories by the sum of the weight for the categories

Total Category Points

The mark is calculated based on dividing total score for all assessments in categories included in calculation by total points possible

Mark Averages The mark is calculated by dividing the sum of the numeric value of the marks earned by the sum of the weight for the marks.

Category Averages

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A student's mark is calculated by dividing the sum of the average of all categories by the sum of the weight for the categories.

Example

A class has 2 categories that are included in the MP mark: HW (homework) and QZ (quizzes). The HW category has a weight of 1 and QZ has a weight of 2. The student has the following scores:

HW1 score of 10 out of 10 points available, weight = 1 HW2 score of 0 out of 10 points available, weight = 2 HW3 score of 40 out of 60 points, weight = 1 HW4 score of 8 out of 10 points, weight = 1 QZ1 score of 7 out of 10 points, weight =1 QZ2 score of 18 out of 20 points, weight =1

MP Sum of category averages = (HW Average x 1) + (QZ Average x 2) MP Sum of weights = 1 + 2

HW Total score: ((10 x 1) + (0 x 2) + (40 x 1) + (8 x 1)) = 58 HW Total points: ((10 x 1) + (10 x 2) + (60 x 1) + (10 x 1)) = 100 HW Average = 58/100 or 58%. QZ Total score: ((7 x 1) + (18 x 1) = 25 QZ Total points: ((10 x 1) + (20 x 1) = 30 QZ Average = 25/30 or 83%

MP = ((58 x 1) + (83 x 2)) / 3 MP = 224 / 3 MP = 75

You can use this method to calculate a mark for IPR Averages and for Report Card Averages that display a list of categories to include. On the Categories tab of the Define Assessments page, you can enter the default weight for each category. This weight will be used when calculating all marks that include this category unless you select to override the category weights for a mark.

If you overrode the average for a category by changing the average on the category tab, the average you entered will be used to calculate marks.

Marking Periods Included in Average: Marks calculated by category averages may include scores from multiple marking periods. For example, a semester mark could include the scores for all assessments for the semester which may include marking period 1 and marking period 2. The building administrator determines which marking periods are included for a mark. The assessments that are included for a marking period are selected based on the start and end dates for the marking period.

Rounding or Truncating: After the average is calculated, the average will be rounded or truncated to the closest whole number. If IPR Averages or Report Card Averages tabs of the Assessments page do not display the Calculation field, then averages are always rounded.

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Mark Averages

The mark is calculated by dividing the sum of the numeric value of the marks earned by the sum of the weight for the marks.

Example

The Sem (Semester) mark uses an average setup defined by the building administrator. The calculation for the Sem mark for marking period 2 is defined as: Use Mark Type Mark Type Mark Type

Mark Type MP - Marking Period MP - Marking Period EXM - Exam

Marking Period M1 M2 M2

Weight 1 1 2

The student receives the following marks: M1 MP M2 MP M2 EXM

87 82 74

SEM Sum of weighted marks = ((87 x 1) + (82 x 1) + (74 x 2) = 317 SEM Sum of weights = 1 + 1 + 2 = 4 SEM = 317 / 4 SEM = 79

You can use this method to calculate a mark on the Report Card Averages tab that displays a list of mark types. The building administrator defined a setup to indicate how the mark should be calculated. If teachers are allowed to override the weighting for the average, you can display the average setup for the mark and change the weights for the marks included in the calculation.

Averages that use the Raw Gradebook Average

A raw Gradebook average is the numeric average (up to 4 decimal points) that was calculated for a mark type before the average was converted to a valid mark for your building. On the Enter Report Cards page, you can hover the mouse cursor over a mark for a student to see the raw Gradebook value that was calculated for the student. For example, a student with a mark of B+ may have a raw Gradebook average of 89.235.

Other averages may be defined to use the raw Gradebook average value instead of the mark that was posted. For example, let's assume a B+ has a value of 88 in your building. If the Semester average was defined to use the raw Gradebook average, the average calculation would use 89.325 as the value. If the Semester average was defined to use the value of the mark, then the average calculation would use 88 as the value.

Note: If you or the office have entered a mark for one of the mark slots and set the Override flag to checked, the numeric value of the mark entered in TAC is always used in the average calculation. Additionally, if a mark is not posted from Gradebook, the numeric value of the mark that is entered is always used in the average calculation.

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If you do not know whether the average is calculated based on the raw Gradebook average, contact your system administrator.

Are you processing missing assignments correctly? For a mark, you can specify how missing assignments are handled for each category. You can select to treat missing assignments as if the student earned a zero so you would include the possible points in the category average or to exclude missing assignments so you would not include the possible points in the category average.

Loading Grades from Gradebook to Report Cards You can load marks from Gradebook to interim progress and report cards records. The marks that get loaded for a student are based on the calculated average for each of the marks that your building has configured for you to post.

To post grades to Report Cards: 1. In Gradebook, enter all scores that should be included when calculating the report card

mark(s).

2. Run the Missing Scores report for the class to verify that there are no scores missing for students that should be entered.

Tip: If your building has defined alpha scores that can designate an assessment is not required for the student, you can enter the appropriate alpha score for a missing score so the missing score does not affect the student's average. If you selected to exclude missing scores from the category average, missing scores will never affect student averages.

3. If you ask students to confirm the scores entered in your gradebook, run the Student Detail Report for the class. This report includes a signature line for students/guardians to sign indicating that the information is correct.

4. Display the Enter Report Cards page for the class and report card run.

5. Click Load from Gradebook.

6. Review the marks that posted to report cards for the student. If a student's average is below the minimum mark or over the maximum mark in your building's marks, the closest possible mark is issued. For example, if your building issues marks 50 - 100 and a student has an average of 101.67%, the Load from Gradebook option would post 100 for the student.

Note: If the Ovr (Override) box is checked for a mark for a student, this mark overrides system calculations. The mark will not be loaded from Gradebook.

Teacher E-Mail Page Use the Teacher E-Mail page to send an email to all students and/or guardians of students that you teach. You can email an individual, a set of individuals, an entire class, or all classes. You can also attach files to the email.

Your district may have set up Teacher Access Center to send the email from a generic account. If the email is sent from a generic email address, your district may have selected to have a statement automatically added to your email text to indicate that parents and students should not reply to the email.

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Note: The option to send email in HTML format is supported for Internet Explorer and Firefox. If you use the Safari web browser, you will not have the option to select a format. Additionally, the text editor will not display any toolbar options in Safari.

To send e-mail: 1. Select Email Students/Guardians from the menu.

2. Select whether you want to send the email to students, guardians, or both students and guardians in the Send To field. This field determines whom you can select to email for a class. For example, if you select to send the email to students, the list of individuals for a class will include only students.

3. Select the individual(s) you want to email.

• To email all individuals for all classes, click All button in the header row.

• To email all individuals for specific classes, click the checkbox for the course to enter a check.

• To email selected individuals, click for the course to display a list of the individuals for the course. Click the checkbox for the individuals whom you want to email.

Note: You cannot select a student or guardian who does not have an email address stored in the eSchoolPLUS System.

3. Enter the subject for the email in the Subject field.

4. If you want to send the email with a priority of Low or High, select a different priority from the priority field. Some email systems display an indicator to let recipients know that an email has a high or low priority.

5. In the Format field, select Text to send email in plain text or HTML to send email in HTML format.

Note: HTML format is not supported by all email clients. Formatting in an HTML email may not be displayed for all recipients of the email.

6. Enter the text for the email in the field below the Subject field. For information on the toolbar options available to edit and format your message, refer to Email Editor Toolbar Options.

If you selected the HTML format, you can click the HTML tab in the bottom left corner of the editor to display and edit HTML code.

7. To add an attachment, click Attach a File link. Then, click Browse button to find the file on your computer. Once you've selected the file, click Attach link to attach the file to the email.

8. Click Send button to send the email to the selected individuals.

Note: You may not be able to use this page if you do not have an email address stored in your staff record. Depending on how your district has set up Teacher Access Center, the Teacher Email feature may require that an email address be stored in your staff record.

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Enabling Cookies Your browser allows you to set security preferences. The Teacher Access Center cannot override these settings, so you must give it permission to save default information by enabling cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information, no more than 1KB, that are stored on your computer by your web browser. There are two different types of cookies.

• A session cookie is saved on your computer only for the length of time that you access the set of webpages that use that cookie.

• A permanent cookie is saved on your computer and remains beyond a single browser session.

The database to which you connect when you log in to the Teacher Access Center is saved by a cookie. This cookie must be saved to use Teacher Access Center.

Since cookies are stored on the computer, they will not be available on another person's computer.

Note: Cookies for multiple users can be saved on the same computer.

To enable cookies in Internet Explorer 6: 1. From the Microsoft Internet Explorer menu, select Tools.

2. Select Internet Options....

3. Select the Security tab.

4. Select the content zone in which the Teacher Workstation System is a part. In most cases, this will be the Local intranet zone. See the Microsoft Internet Explorer help for more information on content zones.

5. Click the Custom Level button. A new window will appear, with a list of settings that you can change.

6. Scroll about halfway until you see the Cookies heading.

7. Under the Allow cookies that are stored on your computer heading, select Enable or Prompt.

8. Under the Allow per-session cookies (not stored) heading, select Enable or Prompt.

9. Click OK.

10. Click OK or Apply.

To enable cookies in Mozilla Firefox: 1. From the Firefox menu, select Tools.

2. Select Options....

3. Click on the Privacy icon in left panel.

4. Expand Cookies.

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5. The cookie options available in versions of Firefox may differ. Select to either Allow sites to set cookies or Enable cookies and Accept cookies normally.

6. Click OK to save.

To enable cookies in Safari: 1. From the Safari menu, select Safari.

2. Select Preferences....

3. Click on the Security icon.

4. Under Accept Cookies, select the Always or Only from sites you navigate to option.

5. Click OK to save.

DISTRICT DEFINED ALPHA MARKS – INCLUDED IN AVG OR NOT

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DISTRICT DEFINED GRADING FOR PASS / FAIL COURSES

Documents

E-SCHOOL PLUS GRADEBOOK · E-SCHOOL PLUS GRADEBOOK Socorro Independent School District Department of Information Services 12440 ROJAS El Paso, TX 79928