PowerTeacher Gradebook Part One Trainer Name Trainer/Consultant

PowerSchool University 2012

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions • Getting Started with PowerTeacher • Setting Up Grading • Working with Assignments • Recording Scores • Working with Students • Time for Review

Getting Started with PowerTeacher

Getting Started • Address of your PowerSchool server • Your username and password

The Gradebook

The Tabs

Scoresheet Assignments

Student Info

Grade Setup

Class Content

Reports

Finding the Modes

Tab

Modes

Scoresheet

Assignments, Final Grades, Student View

Grade Setup

Calculations and Grade Scales

Class Content

Class Info, School Content, and My Content

No Setup Required The gradebook is ready to go!

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities 1 and 2: Creating an Assignment Recording Scores

Setting Up Grading

Grade Setup Tab

Two modes: • Calculations • Grade Scales Grade Setup

Final Grade Setup Click the Grade Setup tab > Calculations Double-click the term Select how final grades are calculated Enter weights if needed Click Save > Copy

Click the Grade Setup tab, then click Calculations

Grade Setup

Select a term

Y1

8/22/2011

6/15/2012

S1

8/22/2011

12/31/2011

Q1

8/22/2011

10/21/2011

Select how final grades are calculated

Total Points

1250 student pts / 1600 pts possible

Term Weights

S1-40%, S2-60%

Category Weights

Test-30%, Homework-20%, Project-50%

Enter weights

Grade Setup > Calculations

Save the changes and copy to the next term

Revert

Save

copy

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 3: Setting Up Final Grade Calculations

Copy the Grade Scale Default Grade Scale

Copy of the Grade Scale

A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF

A B C D F

Associate the Grade Scale

• Then, associate the new grade scale to a student • Use the Grade Scale icon to - Identify students with a custom grade scale - Remind teachers why final grades calculate differently

G

View Students by Grade Scale



Select the grade scale



Click the Sections Tab



Expand the section

Grade Setup > Grade Scales > (Select a grade scale) > Sections

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 4: Copying and Editing the Grade Scale

Preferences: Grading Use the Gradebook menu (Mac) or the Tools menu (PC)

Preferences: Standards

• Enable standards entry on Scoresheet • Enable standards for assignments • Auto-calculate scores using assignment scores • Configure final grade calculation • Calculate high-level standards from lower-level standards

Working with Assignments

Categories

• What are categories? • What are some examples of categories? • Why would you use categories?

Adding Categories

Tools menu > Categories

Thinking About Score Types

• Points • Percentage • Letter Grades

Preferences: Score Codes Use when you don’t want to: • Record a zero without explanation • Leave a score blank • Exempt without explanation

ABS = Ex REDO = Ex PRT = 60%

CHT = 0

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 5: Adding Categories and a Score Code

Creating and Copying Assignments

Assignments



Copy from last year



Copy from other classes



Create new

Publish for Parents and Students Why would you wait to publish scores?

Assignments > + > Publish

Assignment Weighting Use weights to make grading easier and more consistent.

Points Possible

x

Weight

=

Weighted Value

20

x

5

=

100

25

x

4

=

100

10

x

10

=

100

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 6: Weighting Assignments

Recording Scores

Multiple Ways to Record Scores Enter any of the following “scores” • A • 95% • 19/20 • = • MI or / • LT or * • COL or .

Scoresheet

• Quick Fill

• Copy Scores

• Paste Scores

• Clear Scores

• Fill Scores

Group Presenta... 9/08/2012 pts:100

Microsoft 8/15/2012 pts:25

Test 8/14/2012 pts:50

Journal 8/08/2012 pts:10

Scoring Shortcuts

The Score Inspector

Why use the Score Inspector? •

Enter comments



View score as points, percent, and letter grade



Edit score and score status (collected, late, exempt, missing) in one place

What Does the C Mean?

C Anderson, Richard (Chapter 3 Test) Tries hard but continues to have difficulty.

Preferences: Comment Bank Add comments from your personalized comment bank to assignment grades and final grades

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

Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activities 7 and 8: Creating a Personalized Comment Bank Recording Scores and Using the Score Inspector

A “BIG” Advantage

Two options to work with assignments offline • Export the Scores Template • Import scores

The Scores Template Use Excel to work with the template or create your own

2010

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 9: Recording Scores Offline

Working with Students

Tools for Working with Students

Use the following tools to control how students are organized in your gradebook: • Student preferences • Student Info tab • Student Groups • Attendance icon

Preferences: Student Control the display and sort order of student names

The Student Info Tab Access specific student information

Student Info

Extra Class Columns

Create extra columns specific to your classroom needs • Book numbers • Locker numbers • Computer numbers • Lab partners • Emergency contacts • Parent/Teacher meeting times

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 10: Personalize Extra Class Columns

Using Student Groups for...

• Assignments • Grading • Reports • Organization

Active (28) Dropped (0) Accelerated Students AP (3) Honors Level (1) Contact Email (19) Phone Calls (9)

Then Filter

Student Groups pane • Highlight Selected • Filter Selected

Attendance Options Click the Attendance icon to: • Take attendance for a single day • Take attendance for multiple days • Take attendance with the seating chart • Access the PowerTeacher Start Page

Seating Chart



Classroom Seating



Drag and Drop Functionality



Attendance



Random Selector

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity 11: Making Student Groups

Time for Review

Question 1 Where do you create a “word” score using Score Codes?

A

Scoresheet

B

Preferences

C

Score Inspector

D

Tools

Answer 1 Where do you create a “word” score using Score Codes?

A

Scoresheet

B

Preferences

C

Score Inspector

D

Tools

Question 2 Which of these do you use to add custom fields for students?

A

Teacher Personal Note

B

Student View

C

Student Groups

D

Extra Class Columns

Answer 2 Which of these do you use to add custom fields for students?

A

Teacher Personal Note

B

Student View

C

Student Groups

D

Extra Class Columns

Question 3 Where do you click to add a new assignment?

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Answer 3 Where do you click to add a new assignment?

Question 4 Which of the following can you customize for an individual student?

A

Grade Scale

B

Final Grade Setup

C

Assignment Score Type

D

Class Description

Answer 4 Which of the following can you customize for an individual student?

A

Grade Scale

B

Final Grade Setup

C

Assignment Score Type

D

Class Description

Which step is first?

A

Select the Calculations mode

B

Set term or category weights

C

Select a final grade calculation method

D

Select the Grade Setup tab

E

Select a reporting term

The answer is...

D

Select the Grade Setup tab

A

Select the Calculations mode

E

Select a reporting term

C

Select a final grade calculation method

B

Set term or category weights

Key Points from Today’s Class • Setting Up the Gradebook – No setup is required to get started • Setting Up Grading – Copy grade setup to other terms to save time • Working with Assignments – Create score codes to explain why a student received a zero or was exempt from an assignment • Recording Scores – Use Smart Text when creating your comment back to personalize your comments • Working with Students – Use preferences, extra class columns, the seating chart, and student groups to make your job easier

Question and Answer

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