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GradeBookWizard

Getting Started Guidefor

Educators

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Agenda

Introduction Home Page Grade Book Page Homework Checklists Assignments Report Cards Attendance Tracking Preferences Setup Pages Student Information Parent/Student Website Q & A

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Introduction

Getting Started with GradeBookWizard Much more than a grade book program Designed to facilitate communication with students and

their parentsClass websites allow students/parents to see grades,

assignments, homework, news, and much moreAutomatic email alerts for missing or incomplete assignments

and attendance incidentsEmailed progress reports

Access from any PC or Mac with an Internet connectionBroadband connection is recommendedCan also access using iPaq or other handheld device

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Introduction

Help Available on all pages by clicking

on the information icon:

Access the online manual by clicking on the help icon:

If you need more help, contact customer support at:[email protected]

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Home Page

Logging In

Teachers, students, and parents use the same login page: http://login.gradebookwizard.com or your custom school login page, if available

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Log-In Information

Login Name: WPHS_teacherid

teacherid = first initial + last name (ex: lboyce)

Password: password

Change password/ email address under “Account”

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Setup Wizard

When you login for the very first time, a new account setup wizard is launched to take you through the steps involved in configuring your account.

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Type of Account

Select “one subject per class - several classes”

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Grade Calculation System

Select “Manual”

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Grade Period Setup

Unless your class is only a semester long, leave all grade periods checked.

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Grade Scale Setup

Leave the grade scale default settings how they are.

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Setup Pages

Class Setup

Click on Create New Class to create a new class

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Setup Pages

Class Setup – Middle/High School

Classes that share assignments can be grouped

Enter class name/period and

select a grade scale to use for

displaying grade averages

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Setup Pages

Students Student records have been preloaded by your system

administratorIf you do not have classes in your account, student records

may appear in classes belonging to the administrator accountUse the Copy From Class feature to access preloaded student

records from the administrator account

If you are certain that student records have been loaded, but no administrator classes have been created, you only need to enter the Student ID for each student in your class(es).

Or, you can enter a partial first and last name (one or more letters) for each student

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Setup Pages

Students

Enter student information into the grid-- OR --

Use the Copy From Class button to copy student records from other teachers’ classes

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Setup Pages

Copy From Class

Select an administrator class

to copy from

Available students will show up here

once you have selected a class to

copy from

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Setup Pages

Copy From Class (cont’d)

Select students to copy to your class

Click on Copy Students button to

perform copy

Once copied, your class students show up here

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Setup Pages

Copy From Class (cont’d) You can copy students from several different classes to the

same classJust change the selection in the ‘Class to Copy From’ list

After you have populated your class, click on the Done button to save your changes and dismiss the page

Clicking on the Done button automatically saves any changes you have made before dismissing the page

To save your changes without leaving the current page, click on the Save button

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Home Page

Programsections

System messages

Teacher Schedule

Tabs for topicswithin section

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Home Page

Common Page Elements Page title bar

Current class and grade period

Buttons and tabs

Show page info

Logout

Go to home page

Display online manual

Minutes until auto-logoutNavigation path

Command buttonsTabs and sub-tabs

Displayed in top left area of page

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Grade Book Page

Grade Book Overview

You can use the grade book to create and grade assignments

Assignment grades can be scores, letter grades, or percentages

You can create extra credit or no-credit assignments Assignments can be organized into categories that can

optionally be weighted The grade book displays each students’ current grade

average for the selected class and grading period

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Grade Book Page

Grade averagefor each student,

for the selected grade period and class

Names repeat

Assignmentsrepeat

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Grade Book Page

Creating New Assignments

New assignments require a title, due date,category, grade scale, and point value

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Grade Book Page

Grading Single AssignmentsClick to Grade

Enter scoresand comments

Commenteditor

Click to copy firstrow to all other rows

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Grade Book Page

Grading Multiple Assignments Grade All mode allows all

assignments to be graded at the same time. You can move either vertically or

horizontally through the grade book using the arrow keys, tab key, or

enter key

Enter scores or status

codes

Select auto-emailnotifications

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Homework Checklists

Checklists can be used for

homework or other smaller tasks that do not qualify as full-fledged

assignments

Checklist average is tracked separately from assignment

grade average and can be included in class

grade average if desired

Grades are simple: complete, no credit,

partial or status

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Homework Checklists

Grading Can be graded individually or all at once, just like

assignments Grades must use codes as shown on page:

Settings Specifies how much a Partial completion grade is worth Controls how checklist grade average is handled

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Assignments

Assignments Page Assignments can also be created and graded individually

from the Assignments page instead of the grade book Allows usage of standards when creating and grading

assignments See PDF file on standards-based grading for more

information

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Assignments

Assignment Weighting If manual weighting was chosen when setting up

class/subject, you can choose how much an assignment is worth

Normal/Relative weighting = assignment’s worth is computed in relation to that of other assignments

Absolute% weighting = assignment is worth a specific percentage of the student’s grade average

If total points system was chosen during class/subject setup then an assignment’s worth is determined by its maximum score

Select assignmentweighting/worth

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Report Cards Page

Period/Semester/Final Marks

Shows student marks and grade trendColor-coding shows current grading period

Locks indicate grade periods for which marks have been

submitted

Grades that are due are shown with red

background

Click on Calculator icon to review or override grades

Click on Lock icon to lock grades so they

can be submitted

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Report Cards Page

Grade Calculator

Computed grades can be overridden

Grade distribution curve and statistics

Behavior Marks can be entered

Comment codes can be entered – OR –

click on note pad to see selection list

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Attendance Tracking

Class Attendance – Monthly View

Click on column heading to go to Daily View

Optional emailnotifications

to parents

Attendance codescan be configured

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Attendance Tracking

Class Attendance – Daily View

Parent response fromclass website

Notes can be seenby parents and appearon Attendance report

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Account Preferences

Setting Up Your Account Preferences Your account has been pre-configured with default

preference settings Click on the Account button to go to the account

preferences area

Also allows you to change your password and update personal information such as your name, office phone number, and more

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Account Preferences

Account Information

Click on the Edit Account Information button to change any personal information displayed on this page

Click on the Preferences link to go to the preferences setup page

Click on the Change Password link to change your password

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Account Preferences

Preferences

Grading Systemapplies to

assignments. Youcan use weighted

categories with bothtotal points and

manual assignmentweighting

Do not change!

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Account Preferences

Change Password

Enter your current (old) password in the red fieldEnter your new password twice in the fields below

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Setup Pages

Setup

Select tab to set up classes, students, grading options, standards, discipline, or comment lists

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Setup Pages

Class Groups Allows sharing assignments between classes Related classes can share assignments by creating group

assignments Classes can belong to several groups at the same time Groups also allow classes to share custom web pages and

announcements Groups are currently NOT available with the Elementary

School setup (once class -> many subjects)

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Setup Pages

Setting Up Class GroupsClick on Class Groups link

Create new groups by clicking on the Add/Edit Group Names button

Add group members by setting the checkboxes

Click to creategroup names

Check to addmembers to

selected group

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Setup Pages

Creating New Groups

You can have any number of groups Each group can have any number of members Each class can be a member of several groups

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Setup Pages

Grade Periods (Marking Periods) Click on Grading tab

Click Add/Edit Grade Periods

to create or edit grade

periods

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Setup Pages

Editing Grade Periods

Enter date ranges or ‘exam’ grade periodsExam grade periods are used for final/semester exams or other

items that count for a fixed percentage of student grade averages

Only require End Date so they are sorted correctly

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Student Information

Students Page (GradeBook Section)

Provides access to student records and student progress information

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Student Information

Click on student’s name to access student recordShows detailed student and parent information

Click on folder icon in list to view progress reportOpens in new pop-up window

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Student Information

Click on pen & notepad icon in list to access discipline log

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Student Information

Click on notepad icon to access student notes

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Student Information

Setting Up Student Logins Logins may already have been created for your students by

the school administrator Click on Generate Logins button to create logins

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Student Information

Set Website Access Rules Allows you to control what students and parents see on the

class website

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Student Information

Seating ChartsYou can have several

seating charts per class(for different rooms

or days, for instance)

Seating charts use gridlayouts, but you can leaveempty squares to create

islands or otherarrangements

Select a student to seat,and then select the desk.Click on the Seat button

to move the student

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Login Page

Logging In Your school may have a custom login page that you should

use instead of the general login page The URL is:

http://your_school_name.gradebookwizard.com

If your school does not have a custom login page you can login from:

http://login.gradebookwizard.com

Students and parents use the same page to login as teachers (same URL)

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Login Page

School announcements can be created

by administrator

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Student/Parent Website

Main Page Custom logo

Navigation buttons

Custom pages

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Student Grades

You decide whatto display hereusing the Set

Website Access page

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Assignment Instructions

You can upload handout files for students to download You can also include URLs to external websites for

students to access

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Attendance

Parents can add comments to attendancerecord

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Discipline

Parents can add comments to discipline log entries

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Thank you!

Contact Information Sales

[email protected]: (888) 449-4927Fax: (562) 985-0052

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grade period setup

grade scale setup

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grade periods

grade averages

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