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Page 1: Elementary Gradebook - FCCSC Gradebook... · Elementary Gradebook Trainer Name Trainer/Consultant. ... Test • Math, Spelling, Reading • Knows ... • The final grade calculations

PowerSchool University2012

Elementary Gradebook

Trainer Name

Trainer/Consultant

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Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions

• PowerTeacher

• Gradebook Setup

• Assignments and Grades

• Students

• Final Grades

• Time to Review

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PowerTeacher

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Your Morning “Task” List

• Read the announcements

• Take attendance

• Submit lunch counts

• Check for birthdays

• Select your class helpers

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PowerTeacher

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No Setup Required

The gradebook is ready to go!

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Gradebook Setup

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StudentInfo

Grade Setup

The Tabs

ReportsAssignmentsScoresheetClass

Content

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Take a Moment

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You Decide...

• Categories

• Final Grades

• Preferences

• Notifications

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Categories

Create classifications for assignments

• Homework, Quiz, Test

• Math, Spelling, Reading

• Knows numbers, Knows letters, Reads at grade level

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Final Grade Setup

Use one or a combination of the following methods:

• Total Points

• Category Weights

• Term Weights

Participation

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Save Time and Copy

Participation

Q1

Participation

Q2

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 1-2:

Create a Category

Set Up and Copy Final Grades

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Preferences

Comment Bank

Grading

Section

Standards

Student

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Comment Bank

Create a personal comment bank.

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

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Format how grades display on your Scoresheet.

Grading

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

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Customize your section names.

Section

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

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Set up your standards-based calculations.

Standards

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

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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:

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Change the display and sort order for your students.

Student

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

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Remember Your List?

✓ Read the announcements

✓ Take attendance

✓ Submit lunch counts

• Check for birthdays

• Select your class helpers

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Notifications

Need a little reminder?

• Find birthdays

• View added and dropped students

• Check if an administrator signed in

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 3-4:

Format Preferences

Add a Comment

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Assignments and Grades

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A Closer Look

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Assignments

Assignments come with many options:

• Add

• Copy

• Publish later

• Weight

• Attach standards

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A Time-Saver

To next term

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 5:

Add an Assignment

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Recording Scores

Enter any of the following “scores”

• O

• 80%

• 3

• =

• MI or /

• LT or *

• COL or .

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Score Codes

Use when you don’t want to:

• Give a zero without explanation

• Leave a score blank

• Exempt without explanation

ABS = Ex

CHT = 0PRT = 60%

REDO = Ex

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The Score Inspector

✓ Collecting

✓ Recording

✓ Adding

✓ Overriding

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Another Scoring Option

CollectedLateExemptMissingGrades

Clear ScoreFill ScoresShow Score Inspector

1234

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Found a Mistake!

Jamie 10

Cherie 9

Riley 7

Jaycee 8

Brian 9

Sarah 10

Oscar 10

Jared 8

Kristi 9

Alisha 5

• Don’t panic

• Change the points possible

• Scores update automatically

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Scoring Shortcuts

• Fill Scores

• Quick Fill

• Copy Scores

• Paste ScoresJo

urn

al e

ntr

y12/0

8/2

011

pts

:10

Test

12/1

4/2

011

pts

:10

Boo

k R

epor

t2/0

8/2

012

pts

:10

Par

ts o

f a

Sto

ry1/1

5/2

012

pts

:10

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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

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Analyzing Scores

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Summary Statistics

Mean Median Mode

Mathematical average of the

scores

Middle of the values

Most common value

87% 82% 90%

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 6-7:

Enter Scores

Edit an Assignment

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Students

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Your Classroom

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The Student Info Tab

Access specific student information:

• PowerSchool alerts

• Phone numbers and email

• Parent names

• Grade scale

• Birthday

• Enrollment date

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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

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 8:

Define Extra Columns

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What About the List?

✓ Read the announcements

✓ Take attendance

✓ Submit lunch counts

✓ Check for birthdays

• Select your class helpers

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Notes

Keep personal information private.

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

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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

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Parent/Teacher Conferences

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Attendance Options

Single sign in to the PowerTeacher portal

Attendance

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Seating Chart

• Classroom Seating

• Drag & Drop

• Attendance

• Random Selector

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 9-10:

Enter Student Information

Use Student View

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Final Grades

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Student View Mode

Scoresheet tab > Student View

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Show or Hide

TermsAsmts Cmnts

Click a button to show or hide information.

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• Is working to potential

• Accepts responsibility

• Frequent absences

• Needs to be prepared

Standards Comments

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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

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Standards Report

View the report by student assignments or final grades.

Reports tab > Standards Report

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View Standards Grades in PowerTeacher

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Communicating Progress

Notify the PowerTeacher administrator of your grading progress.

S1 In Progress S1 Grades Complete

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Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 11-13:

Enter Standards Final Grades

Override a Final Score

Update Your Grading Progress

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Time for

Review

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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

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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?

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Where would you click to override a standard final score?

Question 2

}#1

#2

{

{ #3

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Answer 2

Where would you click to override a standard final score?

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Question 3

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

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False!

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

areas of the gradebook.

Answer 3

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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

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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

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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

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The answer is...

A Import the scores

D Enter scores by hand

C Use the Fill Scores tool

B Copy and paste the scores

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Key Points from Today’s 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

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Question and Answer

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