Beginning of the orientation for tx Gradebook.
- 1. txGradebook OrientationPresented By: Jennifer Lopez &
Nino TrevinoAugust 22, 2012
2. Gradebook Orientation Agenda How to Create a New User Account
How to Reset your Password How to Create Categories How to Create
Assignments Entering Grades IPR Comments Student Information Taking
Attendance 3. How to Create a New User Account 4. How to Create a
New User Account- Step 1 Regardless of whether or not you had an
accountlast year, EVERYONE will have to make a create anew account.
Log onto http://www.poteetisd.org/txgradebook To the top right side
of the page click on New User? 5. How to Create a New User Account-
Step 2 For Staff ID, fill in with your Social Security number,
nodashes. Then type in your Last Name and first initial. 6. How to
Create a New User Account- Step 3 Now fill in all the information
in the boxes. For your username please use your first initial
andlast name. (Example: jlopez, ctrevino, hbrumage). For your
password you have to make sure it has atleast one capital letter,
one number and it has tobe between 6-9 characters in all. Make sure
to write all the information down in caseyou forget it. Now you
have a new account that you can loginto Gradebook with. 7. How to
Reset Your Password 8. How to Reset Your Password If you forget
your password and try to login threetimes unsuccessfully, the
system will lock you out.The only way you will be able to unlock
youraccount is to let Linda Garcia know and she willunlock it for
you. If you think you have forgotten your password, it isbetter to
change your password before you lockyourself out. 9. How to Reset
Your Password If you have forgotten your password and haventlocked
yourself out, you will then need to go to themain Gradebook login
page. Click on Forget your password? 10. How to Reset Your
Password- Step 1 & 2 Fill in the information. Remember you
Staff ID is your SocialSecurity number. You will then have to
answer one of your security questions. 11. How to Reset Your
Password- Step 3 You will then be asked to create a new password.
You can also create a new pin number or leave it the same. You have
now reset your password. 12. How to Create Categories 13.
CategoriesThere will be 3 categories all teachers will
use.Formative-55% Daily Work Participation Homework Summative- 35%
Tests Quizzes Projects6 Weeks Assessments-10 % End of Course 14.
Categories Cont. Teachers can still choose the assignments and
which category theassignment falls under . *Dual Credit - your
concerns have been considered and it was determinedthat these
categories will also apply to you. The special weighting applies
totranscripts and final grades, not categories within Gradebook.
All that being said - there are going to be some classes such as
PE, wherethese categories will not apply. Please communicate all
issues or special circumstances with either Mr.Trevino, Ms. Lopez
or myself so we can work with central to get you what youneed. 15.
How to create Categories- Step 1 Under the tab Settings click on
Administer Categories. On the left side of the page there will be a
list of availablecategories to choose from for your classes. These
categories weredetermined during your department meetings. Click on
which category you would like to use and drag it to theleft under
Selected Categories. 16. How to create Categories- Step 2 Once you
have chosen the categories you want touse, put in your pin number
& save your categories. Remember that all the categories must
equal 100. 17. How to create Categories- Step 3 Once you save the
categories, you will then need tocopy them to your other courses.
To do this, click on Copy categories to other coursesections. 18.
How to create Categories- Step 4 You can now choose which courses
you would like to copythe categories to. Input your pin number and
then presscopy. You have now successfully copied your categories to
yourother courses. 19. How to CreateAssignments 20. How to Create
Assignments- Step 1 Make sure you have created categories for all
yourcourses or you will not be able to createassignments. Click on
the Settings tab and then click onAdminister Assignments. 21. How
to Create Assignments- Step 2 You will now be able to create
assignments for your courses. You will have the option of what to
name your assignments,the category in which it belongs, the dates
it is assigned anddue and how many points it is worth. It is
important to input thisinformation so when the students parents are
looking at themthey can determine what assignment their child is
missing andthe information about it. Once you have made all
yourassignments, input your pin number and save them. 22. How to
Create Assignments- Step 3 Now you can copy these assignments to
other courses. Click on copy course assignments to other another
coursesection/cycle towards the bottom of the page. You can now
choose what assignments you wish to copy toyour other courses and
which for which cycles. Input your pinnumber and press copy. 23.
Things to remember when entering grades. You need to input at least
two grades per weekand two test grades per six weeks. Never leave
blanks on assignments for those whichthe due dates have passed.
Remember to input azero. 24. IPR Comments When you are entering
students grades you are able to inputIPR comments on a particular
child. Go to the tab Grades, then click on IPR Comments.IPR
Comments Legend CodeDescription Code DescriptionAI.E.P. Substantial
HParent Conference ProgressRequired I.E.P. Minimal IWork
ShowsBImprovement ProgressJComes to classCRecommend prepared
Tutorial ClassKActive & AlertDLow Test Scores
ParticipantEExcessiveLComes to class Absencesunprepared F Excessive
TardiesMInattentive in classGHomework NSchedule change-no
Incompletegrade 25. Student Information 26. Student Information To
find information on a particular student in your classes, clickon
the Student ID Number to right of their name. Lopez, Jennifer 27.
Student Information You can now see information on a particular
student such astheir contact information, attendance record, class
scheduleand TAKS scores. 28. Taking Attendance 29. Taking
Attendance Under the Attendance tab click Post/View Attendance.This
is where you will post your daily attendance. Onceyou have made the
necessary changes input your pinnumber and post it. 30. QuestionsIf
you have any questions on Gradebook feel freeto get ahold of us at
anytime. Email us and we try toaddress your needs as soon as
possible.Jennifer LopezEmail:[email protected]tisd.orgNino
TrevinoEmail:[email protected]
