PowerTeacher 2.0 GradeBook

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1 1. Open the FireFox web browser. PowerTeacher 2.0 GradeBook 2. Go to the following URL address: 3. Enter your username and password when you see the screen below: Your username is your school number followed by your first and last name with a capital letter on the first letter of your first and last name. (For example: 104RaeAnnFox) Your password is your password. 4. Once logged in to PowerTeacher click on Gradebook 5. Click Launch Gradebook

2 6. You will then see the window below appear: 7. Click the radial button next to Save file and a file should be saved to your desktop that looks like this: 8. Double click the above launchgradebook icon that was saved to your desktop to launch the gradebook. 9. Next the window below will appear. 10. Followed by another window where you should select Trust

3 11. Once you click trust you should see the bar loading blue to download the application. 12. Next click to allow once the following window appears. 13. If the message below appears a second time select Trust again Note: You can have only one active session of PowerTeacher gradebook launched at a time. If you attempt to launch a second session of PowerTeacher gradebook, the Terminate Other Sessions window appears, displaying the message, "Other active sessions exist for this user account. Would you like to terminate the other sessions or quit this session?" Either click Terminate Other Sessions or Quit. On Mac systems, note the PowerTeacher gradebook icon that appears in the dock and the launchgradebook.jnlp file that appears on your desktop. Both will be discarded automatically when you quit PowerTeacher gradebook.

4 14. When the following box appears, select your school, enter your username and password and click Login. Start Page Layout 15. Below is the basic layout of the gradebook. The icons across the top can be removed so that only the title shows; classes from any term(past and present) can be viewed; dropped students and their scores can be viewed; the assignments can be filtered by time period and or category; student groups can be created; student information (phone, address, photo) can be viewed by clicking on Students. (Student names have been blocked.)

5 Assignment Categories (Changing/Adding) 16. To begin editing, creating & selecting assignment categories, click Tools, in the menu bar then select Categories. 17. There are already four existing assignment categories. The names and colors of these categories can be changed. More categories can be added as well by clicking on the plus sign located in the bottom, left- hand corner. A category can be created that will NOT affect the students final grade. This can be used for checking out books, recording rubric scores, etc. Names can be changes Four existing categories are already in place Additional categories can be added Points possible defaults to 10 A category can be included that will not be included in the final grade (ie book numbers, password, rubric scores, etc.)

6 Weighting Grades 18. PowerTeacher allows you to calculate final grades by weighted categories, total points, or even weighted terms. By default, the gradebook will calculate the final grade using Total Points. (Total points is what most of us are used to where we adjust the points of assignments to weight them ourselves.) 19. Click the Grade Setup to change the weighting of categories. 20. Make sure you are in the Calculations mode. Double click on the Quarter to make sure the correct term is selected. The gradebook defaults to Total Points; to set up category weights, click the Category weights button. Then click the plus sign labeled add category.

7 21. Then choose the categories you wish to include in your weighted setup by clicking the checkbox next to their names. Then click OK. 22. Type in the desired weight of each category. The gradebook will calculate the percent. You may choose to drop one of more of the lowest scores. Do not drop low scores until there are several graded assignments already assigned to that category. It is probably best not to drop low scores until the end of the term.

8 Adding Assignments 23. Click Assignments; then click the plus sign to add assignments. 24. You may add assignments by clicking on the plus symbol that s located just left of the assignment description on the scoresheet page or the plus symbol on the bottom of the assignments page.

9 25. When you do this, an assignment window appears at the bottom of the scoresheet. When you re done adding assignments, you may click the X to close this window. 26. Click the Publish tab to see how to control when or if the assignment appears on the parent/student portal. The score will still affect the students final grades unless the teacher unchecks the Include in Final Grade option.

10 27. Once you finish editing the assignment, click Save. Copying Assignments to Multiple Classes 28. You can also copy an assignment to other classes by right clicking on the assignment name and selecting to copy assignment 29. Next select the assignment to copy

11 30. Select where to copy the assignment to as in the classes. Entering Scores/Grades 31. While in the Scoresheet, simply type a grade in the student box and hit enter to go to the next student in the list. 32. You can right click (Control + click on a Mac) on a student s individual score and a pop up list of options will appear.

12 33. After entering assignment scores, you can instantly fill in all of the non- recorded scores (which don t count against the student) with a zero using the Fill Scores feature. Right click within the assignment range. Then select Fill Scores. 34. You can also right click on the actual assignment heading at the top of the scoresheet and select from more menu items.

13 35. The teacher sees a golden M next to missing assignments. Each missing assignment should also be assigned zero. Once a score is added, the golden M (missing mark) will be deleted automatically. 36. You can add marks to assignment scores on an individual basis by right clicking a score. Doing this will bring up the option to mark an assignment as Collected, Late, Exempt and/or Missing. Each mark will appear to parents, students, and the teacher. The image shows and assignment that was marked as being late.

14 37. Quick keystrokes can be used to enter quick comments. For example: typing ex will mark the assignment excuses; = will assign the maximum points possible; MI or / will mark an assignment as missing; LT or * will mark an assignment as late; COL or. will mark an assignment as collected. You may right click the score and uncheck the mark to remove it. The missing mark will be deleted automatically once a score is entered. 38. Right clicking an assignment also allows the teacher to bring up the Score Inspector. This tool allows the teacher to select multiple markings at once, and also allows them to add an individual comment regarding the assignment score. This custom comment will appear and be shown on the parent and student portal. Check the comment option and write in a comment as shown in the image below. The arrows in the top right- hand corner allow the teacher to either move up or down to a different student. The teacher can also click the left or right arrows to bring up a different assignment for the same student. A blue C will appear next to an assignment with a comment.

15 39. While working within the scoresheet, you have several filtering options. Using the drop- down menu near the top of the scoresheet, the teacher can show only assignments from this week, next week, this month, last month, etc. Make sure you return to the current term when you re done with the filter.

16 40. Under the Student Groups section, you may expand the active students and select one or more students. More than one student can be selected at a time by holding down the Control key down while you click. Showing only one student on the score sheet will allow you to display your gradebook to that student and/or that student s parents without revealing the scores of the other students in your class. You can also view your dropped students and create your own student groups. Click Active in order show all students again. 41. Double click on a student s final grade to get the final grade Score Inspector. This is where you will add a report card comment and/or override a final grade. If you manually override a term grade, ASSIGNMENT SCORES WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE GRADE until the Manual

17 Override is unchecked. Printing Reports & Assignment Data 42. Click on the Reports icon to print out reports. 43. Select the type of report you would like to create.

18 44. At the bottom of the page are additional options for the report. It will create a file that you can then print. Most likely, you ll want to create a PDF, but you can also create a CSV file that will open within Microsoft Excel. 45. Click Run Report and choose a place to save the file. 46. Back at the Scoresheet, you can display each scores mean, median, and mode at the bottom of the gradebook by clicking Summary. 47. Right click an assignment titled and select Copy Assignment order to place that assignment into other classes. Then select the classes where you want them copied. You will also be presented with keeping the existing due date or creating a new (custom) due date.

19 Seating chart (This is probably how you do it) The present version of PowerTeacher Web Gradebook does NOT have a seating chart feature. Hopefully, a future upgrade will include this feature. However for the present time, we found an add- on that gives you the ability to create seating charts for your classes. It does NOT include an attendance feature. It is purely a seating chart addition, useful for you and/or for your sub folder. The chart includes a picture if there is a picture available. If the student did not take a picture, then you will see a faint rectangle and after you print the chart you can write in the student s name. 1. Log into PowerTeacher 2. Click on the double chair icon under the seating column 3. You should see the directions down the left side of the screen. 4. It s pretty straight forward. You can click and drag to move one photo/name at a time onto your seating chart screen. Don t go too fast. Be particularly careful when you get a blank picture. When you drag it onto your seating chart screen, you will barely be able to see the outline of the rectangle. It is difficult if you have several students in a row without a picture, but if you take your time, you ll see the rectangle. When you click and drag on a blank picture, you will see the student s name so you ll know where to drop it. If you don t like what you have, you can click on the Start Over button There is a Smaller Photos feature as well If you click on the Alphabetical button, it will place all of the photos (including the missing ones) on your seating chart screen and then you can move them around. 5. When you are finished, click Save Chart 6. Directions to print on are the left For Mac CTRL click, you ll get a print menu, just click on Print For Win right click on a blank part of the screen, you ll get a menu, click on Print (this actually works on the Mac as well!) 7. That s it!