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Marshalltown Community School District

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Confidentiality: Never leave IC open

when away from your computer!

Logging In There are two ways to login:

1) Within District: Click the IC icon

2) Outside the district: Go to the MCSD home page. Erase the http://www and

replace it with ems.

Type your username and password.

Your username will be your district e-mail address without “@marshalltown.k12.ia.us”

For example: rmanis

The first time you login, your password is: campus23

You will be prompted to change your password. Choose a password, 8 or more characters with a symbol or number..

THE SANDBOX The Sandbox works the same as the authentic IC login,

except you’re working with “safe” data.

YOU CAN’T MESS IT UP!!!!

https://ems.marshalltown.k12.ia.us/sandbox/sandbox.jsp

Taking Attendance

If you have classes or sections for which you need to take attendance, they will show up in your Process Inbox.

Click on the link to the class.

• If everyone is present, just click on the save button. You must open the attendance window and click on the save button so that the attendance clerk will recognize that you have taken attendance.

• To mark a student absent, click on the radio button across from the student’s name in the A column.

• To mark a student tardy, click on the radio button across from the student’s name in the T column.

• Click SAVE when done.

• If a student’s absence has

already been noted by the attendance clerk, the student’s name will be grayed out and you will not be able to change the attendance for that student.

• Don’t forget to SAVE.

Your attendance marks will be lost if you leave this screen without saving.

LESSON PLANNER

Assignment groups are needed to make assignments. They are simply a location or box by which assignments are categorized. You need at least one group, but there is no limit to the number of groups a teacher can have.

You need to determine if you want to use a total points accumulated system or a weighted category system.

Total points accumulated system scores are calculated based on entering scores and accumulating points possible over the course of the grading period. The student’s score is calculated by dividing the points earned by the points possible.

Weights account for how much value scores receive in the overall tallying of grades. Weighted group calculation is based on defining percentage weights to the group that is composed of several assignments. The different groups are then combined and the summary grade is calculated based on the individual weightings.

Example I - Weighted Categories where assessments have varying values● Homework 30% ● Quizzes 15%● Tests 40% ● Class Participation 15% Example II - Weighted Categories where assessments are of equal value● Homework 25% ● Quizzes 25%● Tests 25% ● Class Participation 25%

The summary score is calculated by averaging each group’s scores, multiplying the group average by its group weight and adding the weighted scores together.

You must have the weighted percentage add up to 100%.

Expand Instruction

Choose Lesson Planner

Choose a term click the plus sign + to expand a semester as needed.

Be sure the curve is set or no grades will be calculatedClick Save.

Be sure the curve is set to Numeric.Click Save.

Choose New Group

Name the group.Weights are entered in decimal point format. 20% would be entered as 20. 1.5% would be 1.5.Sequence is the order it appears in the group list.The Group will appear in each of the terms you select. Click Save. Repeat for each group

All blocks with red writing MUST be filled in appropriately.

Once a group has been created, an assignment can be created.

Click the New Assignment icon.

All blocks with red writing MUST be filled in appropriately.

Enter a Name and an Abbreviation (limit 5 characters)Select the Group or Groups in which the assignment belongs.Enter the Total Points for the assignments. This field is defaulted to 100.Enter a Multiplier if you want this assignment to count for more than the points possible.

Click the Save icon when finished.

Gradebook

Expand InstructionChoose Gradebook

Select your Section.

You will see your assignments listed on the far right in gray.

They will be arranged by Group.

The second column is where you enter the student scores.

Click the Save icon when finished.

The Gradebooks’ colors mean the following:

Yellow = current grade

Green = shows posted task grades (blank except for end of the term)

Gray = where individual scores/grades are entered.

Red = inactive students