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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
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.
Here’s Looking at
Edline!
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.
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
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