Principal Viewer Reference for Pinnacle Gradebook2cghs.dadeschools.net/faculty/docs/PVref_guide.pdf · View a Grade Report for a student. These are current grades since the last save

Principal Viewer Reference for Pinnacle Gradebook2

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Contents Launch Page .......................................................................................3

Log In Screen .................................................................................... 4

Understanding the Icons .................................................................. 5

Individual Student Information ........................................................6

Attendance for One Student ............................................................6

Attendance for One Student by Hour ..............................................6

Student Grades ................................................................................. 7

Student Schedules ............................................................................8

Student Demographic Data ..............................................................8

Student Gradebook Reports ............................................................8

Parent Conference Report .................................................................8

School-Wide Distribution of Grades ................................................9

School-Wide Missing and Outdated Grades ................................... 9

School-Wide Overwritten Grades ..................................................... 10

Creating Static Groups ...................................................................... 10

Creating Dynamic Groups ................................................................. 11

School-Wide Grades for a Group ..................................................... 11

Students with Failing Grades ............................................................ 12

Honor Roll Students .......................................................................... 12

Teacher Information ........................................................................... 12

Teacher Class Averages .................................................................... 13

Discipline Incidents ........................................................................... 14

Exit the Application ............................................................................ 16



PrincipalViewerTraining

ThePrincipalViewerprogramwasdesignedtoallowschooladministrative staffsuchasPrincipals,AP’s,counselors,dept.heads,activitydirectorsand coachestheabilitytomonitorup-to-theminutestudentprogresswithout classroominterruption.

Administratorshaveinstant,real-timeaccesstothePinnacledatabaseand canquery,manage,andreportonindividualgrading,attendanceand disciplinedatainrealtimeastheyneedit.

ClickthePrincipalViewerbuttonfromthelaunchpagehttps://gb.dadeschools.net



Completetheloginscreen.TheUserIDisyourEmployee Number andthepasswordisthesameastheoneyouwouldusetoaccessany MDCPSwebapplication(i.e.ISIS,e-mail,orSPI)

• Onceyouhaveloggedin,maximizethescreenusingtheboxintheupperrightcornerofthescreen.

• GototheOptionsmenuandselectToolbar,Large.



UnderstandingtheIcons

Attendancereportforaselected

Student,arrangedbyhour

GradesforaStudent

ScheduleforaStudent

CreateanewDisciplineIncident

Report

Graphofgradesforaselectedclassfor

ateacher

Graghofclassaveragesfora

teacher

Graphofgradesforallcoursesin

theschool

Graphofgradesforagiven

course

ListstudentswhohaveANYgradesbelowathreshold

ListstudentswhohaveALLgrades

above(orbelow)athreshold

Attendanceforagivenday

Listallstudentswith0,�,�,...

attendanceentries


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Individual Student Information

Student >Attendance for One Student

Getanattendancereportforanystudentfor�rdPeriodforthismonth. (UsetheDate Rangebuttontospecifythismonth).

Student > Attendance for One Student by Hour

Viewastudent’sattendanceforthismonth. (UsetheDate Rangebuttontospecifythismonth)

Notes:____________________________________________

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AttendanceforOneStudent



Student >Grades

ViewaGradeReportforastudent.Thesearecurrent gradessincethelastsavewaspreformedinthegradebook.

Notes:____________________________________________

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Student Schedule

Viewanystudent’sschedule. (Theneedforanupdatedlocatorisnolongerrequired.)

Student > Demographic Data

Findthatsamestudent’saddress.

Student > Gradebook Reports

ViewaStudentGradesReport(HTML)for astudentforhis(or her)�rdPeriodclass. Thisisthesamereportthatteachermay accessinReports>CustomReports,in Gradebook�andwillbeavailableto parentsandstudentsthroughtheParent InternetViewer.(https://gradebook.dadeschools.net/piv)

Student > Parent Conference Report

ViewtheParentConferenceReportforany student.Thisisthesamereportthat teacherscanaccessin Reports>CrystalReports,inGradebook�.

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School-Wide Information

School-Wide > Distribution of Grades

Viewthedistributionof FirstQuartergrades.

School-Wide > Grades for a Course

ViewthecurrentQuarter gradesforanyEnglishor LanguageArtsclass.

School-Wide > Missing and Outdated Grades

Thisfunctionwillletyouknowwhen thelasttimeateacherhasentered newgradesinforastudent/class. ChooseAll Teachersandsetthe Grades modified beforedateto �weeksago.(Thismaytake afewminutestoprocess).


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School-Wide > Overwritten Grades

Thisreportwilltellyouwhich teachersandforwhichstudentsa �-weeks,semester,or yearlygradehasbeenoverwritten.

GetthereportforthisQuarter ChoosetheoptiontoDisplay all student names.

Notes:____________________________________________

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Create Groups for Monitoring Grades and/or Attendance.

Note:ThissetupisafantasticwayforAP’s,counselors,coachesand ESEstafftotrackaspecifiedgroup’sperformance.

School-Wide > Edit/Create/Delete a Group of Students.Thisisa staticgroupandmightrequireupdating.

Createagroup,“FCATLevel�”andinclude �0ormorestudents.

Createthegroup,“Footballteam,”and includeallmembersoftheteam. Ifyoudonothaveafootballteamatyour school,pleasecreateacluboragroup foracounselortomonitor. Notes:____________________________________________

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Creating Dynamic Groups School-Wide > Edit/Create/Delete Dynamic Group of Students. Thisgroupautomaticallyadjustsbasedon criteriaset.

Createthedynamicgroup, “______GradeGirls.”

ThisonewillbetrickybecauseMDCPSdatacombinesethnicitywithgender.

School-Wide >Grades for a Group

ViewtheFirstQuartergradesforgroup thathasbeencreated.



School-Wide >Students with Failing Grades

Findoutifanyofthestudentsinagrouphavea‘D’oran‘F’in �st�-weeks.

School-Wide > Honor Roll Students

Viewthelistofall studentswithan‘A’averageinthe�st�-weeks.

Notes:____________________________________________

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Teacher Information

Teacher > Grade Distribution (SimilartoSchool-Wide Distribution,butisusedtofind thedistributionofgradesforan individualteacherforallor selectedcourses.)

Getareportforanyteacher’s classes.



Teacher > Class Averages

Getareportofanyteacher’sclasses.

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Discipline Incidents

Disciplineenteredbyateacheroradministratorgreatlyincreasestheamount ofinformationthatcanbeusedforbehavioraldecisionmaking.Itshouldbe understoodthatthissystemdoesnotreplacereferralsbutenhancesthem.

Discipline>EditLocation Discipline>EditActions Discipline>EditTypes

Vieweachlistandadd oneormorenewone toeach.



Discipline >Enter a New Discipline Incident

Enteranincidentofyourown choosing. DO NOTchoose “Submit”atthistime.

Discipline > Search for a Discipline Incident

Searchforanincident report.Notethedifferent waysasearchcanbe peformed.

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Discipline > Summary Report of Discipline Incidents

ViewtheReportofallincidentsinthedatabase.Besureandsee allpagesofthereport.

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EXITING THE PROGRAM

ExittheapplicationbygoingtotheFile Menuandselecting Exitor clickontheX intheupperrightcornerofthewindow.



SupportInformation

Gradebook Support

Step 1: TheGradebookManageratyourschoolisthefirstpersontoaddressteacher questions/issuesrelativetoGradebook

Step 2: Gradebook ManagersforyourschoolwillcontactSupportServices(SUS) at�0�-��-��0�toresolveproblems

Step 3: SUSSupportStaffwillescalateproblems/issuestoExcelsiorasnecessary

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Documents

Principal Viewer Reference for Pinnacle Gradebook2cghs.dadeschools.net/faculty/docs/PVref_guide.pdf · View a Grade Report for a student. These are current grades since the last save