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Why

GradeQuick?

Web

BasedReports

Edline

Interface

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1Overview and Basics

Entering Assignments (Tests)

Weighting Categories

Table of Contents

Customizing Your Gradebook

5Reports and Memos

6Advanced Features

Inservice

Objectives

Incorporate

Hands-on

Practice

Demonstrate

GradeQuick

Features

Respond to

Questions &

Concerns

Identify

“Special

Attention”

Areas

Grading Scale

Cannot Be Changed

Reflects

•Holidays•Weekends•Term Dates•Days in School

From Student

Information System

(SIS)

•Updated Regularly

Term 1 =40%Term 2 = 40%SemEx1 = 20%

Rosters

Uploaded

Terms &

Semester

Exams

Weighted

Calendar

Setup

Grading Scale

Established

Before You Begin

Step One: Log in to Edline at http://www.edline.net

Command Center Allows you to:

Access your GradeQuick Gradebooks.Get GradeQuick Plugin – a software “bridge” to your gradebooks. This is a “one time” per COMPUTER requirement.

Access GradeQuick Web Help

Access Change Password to change your Edline password.

Access Manage Account to update your screen name, email address, and security question.

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Edline!

Let’s get started!

Access your GradeQuick

Gradebooks by clicking on Semester 1 GradeQuick

Web.

Opening Your

Gradebooks

Gradebooks are automatically

created for you by the Student

Information System (SIS). Each of your

classes has a gradebook which

can be opened from the Window option

on the Menu toolbar. Simply click on the class you wish to

access.

Closing Your GradeBooks

To exit your gradebook

choose File, Exit. Changes will

automatically be made to each

gradebook you have changed.

Gradebook Spreadsheet

The Gradebook spreadsheet consists of groups of

connected cells where test

(assignment) names, grades,

memos and other information is

entered.

Test Descriptions

1. Name: Maximum of 8 Characters

2. Long Name: More description possible

3. Term: Reflects current term

4. Category: You decide which categories to setup

5. Date: Current is the default; may be changed

6. Weight: Value of test

7. Possible: Total Possible Points

Adding Tests

5 Ways to Add (or delete) Tests

Click Edit, Add/Del Students or Tests > Add Tests

Click the Add New test icon

Press the F6 Key

Click to the right of the last test column. Answer “Yes” when prompted.

Right click anywhere in the spreadsheet. Choose “Add Tests”

Practice

Refer to Pages 26-28 of the Brevard Teachers

Guide

• Create two test (assignment) columns.

• Enter the tests in the order given.

• Use the headings shown at the right. The Long Names are:

– Fire and Ice Lab

– Moon Phases

• Enter the Grades shown for the first 10 students.

Types of Scores or Grading Symbols

•A, B, C, Etc. . .•Check Marks•Custom Grading Scale•Standard

• Use numbers or symbols to assign grades

• Symbols must have a numeric equivalent

• Default symbols can be changed

• Permanent symbols – cannot be changed

Grading Symbols

Why Modify?

• To keep track of assignments that will not receive a grade

• You prefer using letter grades instead of number grades

Modify Grading Symbols

To access the grading symbols, choose Grading,

Set Grading Symbols

This window displays the symbols that are available.

• Highlight the symbol you want changed

• Type the symbol

• Type the value• Click Change

Now

Modify Grading Symbols

In addition to the symbols you can assign, these symbols are fixed and available for use:

•NC always represents 0% and cannot be changed.

•X always represents exempt and cannot be changed.

•The ** symbol can represent either exempt or 0% which you can determine. The default value is 0%.

Fixed Grading Symbols

Change ** to Exempt

The ** symbol can be changed

to represent exempt instead

of 0%.Click the

Exempt button.

Click OK.

Choose Grading, Grading

Preferences

Practice

Refer to Pages 13-14 of the Brevard Teachers

Guide

3. Set the value of the second test to 0 and fill with yes and no.

2. Add 2 more test columns. Set the value of the first test at 100 and fill with check marks as grades. (Ctrl C will make a check mark.)

1. Add the following symbols and their values under Grading, Set Grading Symbols.

Yes = 0No = 0

Weighting Categories - Optional

You can assign additional weight to some grades through the use of weighted categories.

Choose Grading,

Weighting

Categories from your gradebook appear under the Weight Categories window.

Check Weight Categories.

Assign each category a value in the Change window and click the Change button.

Click OK.

Term weighting represents the

weight of each term in the calculation of the semester/year

grade. Term weighting is preset. Make NO changes in

the Weight Terms window.

Standard Grading Scales have been established by the district and cannot

be changed.

Grading Scales

Working with Grades

Grading Scale #1 is the normally used grading scale and

cannot be changed.

•A = 89.5 to 100•B= 79.50 to 89.4•C= 69.50 to 79.4•D= 59.50 to 69.4•F= 0 – 59.4

While grading scales cannot be

changed the assignment of a grading scale to students can be

changed.

Grade Scale #2 consists of the symbols O, S, N, & U

and is used in primary grades.

Grade Scale #3 is assigned to non-graded

classes such as homeroom.

NG = 0 or higher

Grade Scale #4 consists of P & F for Pass or Fail.

Applying Many Grades or Grade

Changes at Once

Working with Grades

One method of applying or changing many grades at once is through the Global

Changes Menu.

Choose Edit,

Global Changes

• Choose type of change

• Enter information• Choose where to

apply changes• Click OK

A second way to make global changes is to

right click anywhere in the

spreadsheet.

Applying Many Grades or Grade

Changes at Once

Working with Grades

When the menu appears, choose the

action you wish to take such as Zap or Fill Current Column.

An important note of caution:

Take note of which cell is highlighted

before choosing an action to

take. Actions taken will affect

the column highlighted!!

You can choose to have the

grading program automatically drop lowest scores for

students.

Dropping Low Scores

Working with Grades

Choose Grading, Drop Low Scores

• Select Term, Category

• Type in number of scores to drop

• Click Change• Repeat for each

term• Click OK

Notes can be added to scores

to provide additional

information and explanations in

the form of “footnotes.”

Score Footnotes

To add a footnote to a score, right click on the

score. A pop-up menu will appear. Left-click on the

footnote to be added.

Score Footnotes

Footnotes can be edited

and additional

footnotes can be created.

Go to Grading, then choose Set

Score Footnotes.

In the footnotes window, type in the code and meaning you

desire and click OK.

Gradebook to Gradebook

Copy

Many items such as Test descriptions

can be copied from one gradebook to

another by choosing Gradebook to

Gradebook copy from the Edit menu.

A window will appear allowing

you to choose the gradebooks to

copy from and to as well as items

to be copied.

There are two ways to

assign extra credit.

Extra

Credit

1. Assign more points than the assignment is worth.

2. Create an Extra Credit test column. Make the possible points = 0.

GradeQuick Reports

GradeQuick provides a

vast number of classroom and student reports for teachers to

utilize.

You can customize your reports by

choosing the style and content you want to include. Saving the report configuration

will allow the report to appear in the same

layout each time you access the report for any of your classes.

To access reports, from the Reports menu,

simply choose the type of report you desire. Additional

options are available from the

fly-out menu.

GradeQuick Reports

An example of an especially useful student report is

the Student Standard 1

Report. To access this report, from

the Reports menu, choose Student

and then Standard 1 from the fly-out

menu.

Once a report selection has been

made, the Print Preview Editor

appears giving you a view of the report and

information within.

(Note: A printer must be assigned to your

computer in order for the Print Preview

Editor to be present.)

GradeQuick Reports

From the Print Preview Editor reports can be customized in a number of ways

from font and color schemes

to specific information provided for

specific students.

Arrows at the top of the

report allow you to navigate between report

pages.

The Select students option provides the opportunity to view and/or print reports for all students in the class or only select students.

Customization Options

GradeQuick Reports

You can even print the

report only for students

missing work.

The Student info option

allows you to choose specific

information about each student to include.

Other menu choices include Student overall

statistics

and Attendance if

you are recording

attendance in GradeQuick

The Select tests and

subtotals option provides a means of

choosing which test and term

scores to include in the

report.

Customization Options

GradeQuick Reports

The Test info option provides choices as to

specific information to include about

tests as well as informative keys to be provided.

The Score info option

provides choices for

specific score information as well as score information keys to be

printed.

Other important customization options include

Class information

found under the Options menu

and Save Configuration

found under the Print menu.

Customization Options

GradeQuick Reports

Class information

allows you to choose what information

specific to the class to include

in the report.

Save configuration allows you to save the customizations made to be shown

for all reports. Customizations made can be

changed and re-saved at any time.

Other helpful reports include the Test report, the Gradebook spreadsheet, and the Blank

gradebook.

GradeQuick Reports

The Test report, allows you to view score information

specifically about a particular test.

GradeQuick Reports

The Gradebook spreadsheet provides an

overall view of your gradebook. This report can

be customized to show only the

information you desire.

The Blank gradebook

provides a list of students in your class and can be customized with specific student

information.

GradeQuick Reports

Edline reports are those posted to the internet for

parent viewing and are

accessed under the Reports

menu.

Edline Reports

Edline reports can be

customized in the same

manner as GradeQuick reports to

provide as much information as

desired.

Edline Reports

Edline reports must be sent or posted to Edline by the teacher

before they can be viewed by the

parent.

Sending options include posting

single or multiple reports to

selected or all students.

The name you provide

for your report will be

viewed in Edline.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Never change the Class ID when

sending reports to Edline. Changing the class ID will prevent Edline’s

ability to associate the report to the

appropriate class online.

Memos provide information to or

about the student which can be printed

within reports for parent viewing or kept for personal

information.

Memos

There are 5 Memo Types

•Private memo about a student

•Note to a student

•Current test (assignment)

•Private class memo

•Report memo

Memos

To access memos, from the Edit menu

choose Memos. From the fly-out menu, you can choose to edit

memos, access the library of memos,

spell check memos, or zap (delete)

memos to students.

An equal sign will appear to the

left of the student when a

memo is created to or about the

student.

Choosing Edit Memos will

provide you the option of

choosing the type of memo you wish to

create.

Memos

Student memos allows

comments to be written to or

about a student.

Current Test memos provide

information about a specific

assignment.

Private Class Memos allow you to record information

about the class.

Private class memos do not

print on reports.

Report Memos print on all

student reports.

Memos &

Quicknotes

QuickNotes are built-in memos or comments used

frequently. Libraries of notes can be set up to use for individual student or report

memos. To access the Library, choose Edit, Memos, Edit

QuickNotes Library.

From the QuickNotes Library

you can Create, Delete, or Edit QuickNotes.

The File Menu within Student or Report memos

provides the option of inserting

QuickNotes from the Library.

Practice

Refer to Pages 62-

63 and Pages 93-94 of the Brevard Teachers

Guide

5. Preview 2 individual student reports with individual notes and the class note appearing.

3. Write an original note that will appear on EVERY students’ individual report when you print it out. Include your school phone number in this note.

4. Write a memo about a Test (Assignment).

1. Create a QuickNote Library with at least 8 QuickNotes.

2. Use the Quicknote Library to write comments to 5 students about their work.

You can design your gradebook to

show specific information about students and tests according to your

own needs.

Design Your Gradebook

Display

Options for display in your GradeBook can be chosen from the View menu.

Choosing Student Info

provides options for displaying information

about students such as phone numbers, ID

numbers, etc.

Choosing Test Info provides options for displaying information

about tests such as Category, Weight, etc.

Choosing Subtotals

provides options for how final

grade information is

displayed.

Choosing Statistics provides

options for displaying statistical

information about tests such as Mean, High

Score, and Rank.

Choosing Terms provides a fly-out

menu allowing you to choose a single term or all

terms to view.

The Select Student option allows you to select specific

students or select by specific

criteria.

There is also an option in this

window to hide dropped students. Dropped students are never deleted from gradebooks, but they can be

hidden from view.

Thin column mode allows you

to view more information in

your gradebook by reducing the

size of the columns.

There is also an option to sort

students or tests in the list

according to specific criteria

you choose.

Design Your Gradebook

Display

The Terms view can also be

chosen using the pop-up menu on the gradebook

display.

The Student Summary View

provides all available

information about each

student.

Student Summary

View

Personal information as

well as test scores can be viewed within

a single window.

GradeQuick provides a

comprehensive lesson planner for your convenience.

Lesson Planner

To access the Lesson Planner,

simply click on the Lesson Planner icon in the large

task bar at the top of the gradebook.

Clicking on the Lesson Planner

icon will activate the Lesson Planner

window.

The Lesson Planner allows you a means of keeping track of your daily lessons including

plans, skills, materials, and evaluations.

Lesson Planner

You can preview your daily or

weekly plans and print them

accordingly for a single class or

multiple classes.

Lesson Planner

Add a lesson to your Lesson

Planner by clicking on the Add icon.

Fill in the appropriate general

information including the title,

date and overview/objective.

To delete a lesson plan, simply click on

the lesson to be deleted and then

click on the Delete icon at the top of

the window.

To define your lesson click on the Instructional Plans

tab.

Lesson Planner

You can add, edit, or delete plan

details by clicking the icons.

Clicking the add icon provides a

window which will allow you to define activities, materials, and resources for

the lesson.

You can add resources to the drop-down menu

making them readily available to all

lessons by clicking on the Add/Edit

Resources button.

Specific skills can be associated with lessons.

Skills are made available in the lesson planner

through the Edit Skills option.

To access available skills,

click on the Skills tab.

Lesson Planner

You can add and delete

skills by clicking the

icons.

Clicking the add icon provides a

window which will allow you to

choose the skills to be attached to

the lesson.

(The example shown are

intermediate math skills.)

Once skills are added,

they are listed in the

skills window. You can

delete skills by clicking

on the delete icon.

Lesson Planner

Evaluation Methods can also be detailed and

recorded for each lesson.

To access evaluation

methods, click on the Methods of Evaluation tab.

You can add, edit, and

delete evaluation

methods by clicking the

icons.

Clicking the add icon

provides a window which will allow you to define the evaluation

method for the lesson.

You can also choose to

have a test column

automatically added to the gradebook

for the evaluation method.

Lesson Planner

You can preview your daily or

weekly plans and print them

accordingly for a single class or

multiple classes.

To preview a specific lesson plan, click on

the Plan Preview icon.

A printable preview of the

lesson will appear in place of the lesson plan.

To preview lesson plans for an entire

week, click on the Week

Preview icon.A printable

preview of the weekly lessons will appear in place of the lesson plan.

Clicking on the arrows at the top of the calendar will allow you to choose the week you

wish to preview.

Clicking on the Reports icon

provides many options for

printing your lesson plans

eliminating the need for hand-writing lessons.

GradeQuick also provides a means of assigning and

tracking skills and standards for each

test.

Skills and Standards

To access Skills and Standards,

simply click on the Edit Skills icon in

the large task bar at the top of the gradebook.

Clicking on the Edit Skills icon will activate the

Skills/Standards window.

Skills and Standards can be

added and deleted by

clicking on the icons.

Skills and Standards

Clicking on the Skill icon will allow you to

manually add specific skills.

Clicking on the tabs across the top will provide

an opportunity to add skill

information, assess students,

apply skills to lesson plans and tests, and view

test scores associated with

skills.

Preset elementary skills can

be imported.

Skill sets imported will

be listed under the General heading.

Elementary Skills

To import skills, choose

the Import icon within the Skills window.

Click on the grade level skills choice

for the appropriate gradebook and click

Open.

Note: Communication skills should be imported

into the English gradebook,

Mathematics skills into the Mathematics gradebook, Reading

skills into the Reading gradebook, and Independence

skills into the Homeroom gradebook.

Elementary Skills

Once skills are imported, you can assess

students’ progress in the skills. Click on the skill to be

assessed then click on the

Student Assessments

tab.

Click on the pop-up menu in the column adjacent to

each student’s name and choose the

assessment.

Elementary Skills

Skills can be assigned to

individual tests providing a means to

record coverage.

To assign skills to tests, right

click on the test in the

gradebook spreadsheet. Choose Attach Skills to Test.

In the next window,

choose the appropriate

skills and click OK.

Once skills are assigned to a test, a number indicating the

number of skills assigned will

appear next to the test name.

Elementary Skills

To view skills

assigned to a test, right click in the

test description.

The Test Skills window

provides a list of skills

assigned.

Elementary Skills

Reports can be generated

providing information of

skills associated with tests.

Clicking on the Skills Reports

button will provide pop-up

menus supporting a

variety of report choices.

Elementary Skills

This is an example of the Skills with Test Scores Report.

Skills and Standards

Clicking on the Standard icon

will allow you to manually add

specific standards

including the Sunshine State

Standards.

Specific information about the standard can

be entered including name

and description. Information can be copied and pasted from

another source.

Practice

Refer to Page 41 of

the Brevard Teachers

Guide

4. Continue to import skills as time allows.

1. Import skills into the appropriate gradebook for Math.

2. Click on an imported skill and maneuver through the tabs to preview available assessments.

3. Import the appropriate skills into a second gradebook of your choice.

GradeQuick provides a

secondary source for recording attendance,

however, using GradeQuick is

NOT your official attendance.

Official attendance must be entered into the Student

Information System (SIS) a.k.a.

CrossPoint, JWalk or TERMS.

Attendance

Choosing the Attendance Chart option will provide

a window with pop-up menus in which attendance can be recorded

easily.

Seating Charts

GradeQuick will also generate

seating charts for you based on your criteria.

Choose Seating Chart from the

Edit menu.

Seats can be arranged and re-

arranged manually or by GradeQuick.

Student pictures can be imported

and unofficial attendance can

also be take from the seating chart.

Seating Charts

Feel free to contact any of us for

assistance using GradeQuick.

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