PowerSchool University2012

Elementary Gradebook

Trainer Name

Trainer/Consultant

Agenda

Welcome and Introductions

PowerTeacher

Gradebook Setup

Assignments and Grades

Students

Final Grades

Time to Review

PowerTeacher

Your Morning Task List

Read the announcements

Take attendance

Submit lunch counts

Check for birthdays

Select your class helpers

PowerTeacher

No Setup Required

The gradebook is ready to go!

Gradebook Setup

StudentInfo

Grade Setup

The Tabs

ReportsAssignmentsScoresheetClass

Content

Take a Moment

You Decide...

Categories

Final Grades

Preferences

Notifications

Categories

Create classifications for assignments

Homework, Quiz, Test

Math, Spelling, Reading

Knows numbers, Knows letters, Reads at grade level

Final Grade Setup

Use one or a combination of the following methods:

Total Points

Category Weights

Term Weights

Participation

Save Time and Copy

Participation

Q1

Participation

Q2

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 1-2:

Create a Category

Set Up and Copy Final Grades

Preferences

Comment Bank

Grading

Section

Standards

Student

Comment Bank

Create a personal comment bank.

Tools (PC) or PowerTeacher Gradebook (Mac) > Preferences > Comment Bank

Format how grades display on your Scoresheet.

Grading

Tools (PC) or PowerTeacher Gradebook (Mac) > Preferences > Grading

Customize your section names.

Section

Tools (PC) or PowerTeacher Gradebook (Mac) > Preferences > Section

Set up your standards-based calculations.

Standards

Tools (PC) or PowerTeacher Gradebook (Mac) > Preferences > Standards

Standards-based Calculations

Mean74

Median80

Mode80

Highest95

Most Recent95

Average score

Middlescore

Mostcommon

score

Highest score

(might not be the last

score)

Most recent scores (choose

how many scores count)

Student earned these grades: 35, 80, 80, 80, and 95

The final grade calculations would be as follows:

Change the display and sort order for your students.

Student

Tools (PC) or PowerTeacher Gradebook (Mac) > Preferences > Student

Remember Your List?

Read the announcements Take attendance Submit lunch counts Check for birthdays

Select your class helpers

Notifications

Need a little reminder?

Find birthdays

View added and dropped students

Check if an administrator signed in

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 3-4:

Format Preferences

Add a Comment

Assignments and Grades

A Closer Look

Assignments

Assignments come with many options:

Add

Copy

Publish later

Weight

Attach standards

A Time-Saver

To next term

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 5:

Add an Assignment

Recording Scores

Enter any of the following scores

O

80%

3

=

MI or /

LT or *

COL or .

Score Codes

Use when you dont want to:

Give a zero without explanation

Leave a score blank

Exempt without explanation

ABS = Ex

CHT = 0PRT = 60%

REDO = Ex

The Score Inspector

Collecting

Recording

Adding

Overriding

Another Scoring Option

CollectedLateExemptMissingGrades

Clear ScoreFill ScoresShow Score Inspector

1234

Found a Mistake!

Jamie 10

Cherie 9

Riley 7

Jaycee 8

Brian 9

Sarah 10

Oscar 10

Jared 8

Kristi 9

Alisha 5

Dont panic

Change the points possible

Scores update automatically

Scoring Shortcuts

Fill Scores

Quick Fill

Copy Scores

Paste ScoresJo

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8/2

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pts

:10

Test

12/1

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Par

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Filling Scores

Select the assignment header

From the Tools menu, choose Fill Scores

Choose to fill empty cells or all cells

Enter the score value

Click OK

Analyzing Scores

Summary Statistics

Mean Median Mode

Mathematical average of the

scores

Middle of the values

Most common value

87% 82% 90%

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 6-7:

Enter Scores

Edit an Assignment

Students

Your Classroom

The Student Info Tab

Access specific student information:

PowerSchool alerts

Phone numbers and email

Parent names

Grade scale

Birthday

Enrollment date

Do More with Extra Class Columns

Custom 1

becomes

Book Numbers

Custom 2

becomes

Classroom Helper

Custom 3

becomes

Field Trip $

Custom 4

becomes

Parent/Teacher

meeting time

Custom 5

becomes

Class Partner

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 8:

Define Extra Columns

What About the List?

Read the announcements Take attendance Submit lunch counts Check for birthdays Select your class helpers

Notes

Keep personal information private.

Student Info tab > (Select a student) > Teacher Personal Note

More Tools

Sorting: Reorganize the student list by any of the columns

Preferred Names: Enter the name each student would prefer to be called and print it on reports

Student Groups: Create groups to use with grading, reports, and organization

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Attendance Options

Single sign in to the PowerTeacher portal

Attendance

Seating Chart

Classroom Seating

Drag & Drop

Attendance

Random Selector

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 9-10:

Enter Student Information

Use Student View

Final Grades

Student View Mode

Scoresheet tab > Student View

Show or Hide

TermsAsmts Cmnts

Click a button to show or hide information.

Is working to potential

Accepts responsibility

Frequent absences

Needs to be prepared

Standards Comments

Final Grades Mode

Entered grades are black (4.00)

Calculated grades are brown (3.00)

Filtered scoresheet shows a specific term

Scoresheet tab > Final Grades

Standards Report

View the report by student assignments or final grades.

Reports tab > Standards Report

View Standards Grades in PowerTeacher

Communicating Progress

Notify the PowerTeacher administrator of your grading progress.

S1 In Progress S1 Grades Complete

Now Its Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 11-13:

Enter Standards Final Grades

Override a Final Score

Update Your Grading Progress

Time for

Review

A B

C DChange the points possible

Manually change the scores

Override the scores you entered

Use the Fill Scores tool

You just discovered an error on the total points possible for a test. What is the

easiest way to change the student grades?

Question 1

A B

C D

Answer 1

Change the points possible

Manually change the scores

Override the scores you entered

Use the Fill Scores tool

You just discovered an error on the total points possible for a test. What is the

easiest way to change the student grades?

Where would you click to override a standard final score?

Question 2

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Answer 2

Where would you click to override a standard final score?

Question 3

True/False: Your gradebook is pre-formatted for easy use. If needed, you can personalize two areas of the gradebook.

False!

Your gradebook is pre-formatted for easy use. If needed, you can personalize many

areas of the gradebook.

Answer 3

A

B

C

D

1

2

3

4

Scoresheet

Student Info

Student Groups

Grade Setup

Filter the students you see

Format final grade calculations

Record scores

View and record student information

Matching Questions

A

B

C

D

1

2

3

4

Scoresheet

Student Info

Student Groups

Grade Setup

Filter the students you see

Format final grade calculations

Record scores

View and record student information

Matching Answers

Which item is correct?

C

B

D

A Import the scores

Use the Fill Scores tool

Copy and paste the scores

Enter scores by hand

Select a function

The answer is...

A Import the scores

D Enter scores by hand

C Use the Fill Scores tool

B Copy and paste the scores

Key Points from Todays Class

Gradebook format Six gradebook tabs to accomplish every classroom task

Final Grade Calculations Three methods used in combination to calculate final grades

Scoring One gradebook that combines traditional and standard-based grading

Preferences Eight areas to personalize your gradebook

Standards Two modes to score standard final grades

Question and Answer

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