LMS - GRADE BOOK - Classroom Teachers. A. How do I get to my class teacher home page?

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1 LMS - GRADE BOOK - Classroom Teachers A. How do I get to my class Grade Book? B. Grade Book Setup C. Entering Assignments and Grades Into the Grade Book D. Entering Personal Comments E. Printing This graphic shows a teacher's list of classes with attached curriculum. This is your teacher 'homepage' which houses your grade book. Attached curriculum name Grade books/grade period A. How do I get to my class teacher home page? 1

2 Always use the Internet browser Mozilla Firefox when using SpSIS. You can download Mozilla Firefox quickly and free by going to 1. Log into 2. Click on the Learning Center tab. 3. Log in to the system. Sample: jsmith Appl4s! schoolname 4. Click on the name where your classes will be (this will be different for each school. I may be your grade level, the name of your school program, classes, etc. You might need to ask your school office administration what to click on in this page). 5. Click on Instructor. You can make this page your home page by dragging the School Pathways icon (circled below) to your desktop. When you want to log into the system, just click on this new desktop icon. Icon on Desktop 2

3 B. Grade Book Setup 1. Click on the semester grade book for the class you want to start with. We'll start with 8 th English here. 2. The Grade Book will populate in a separate Internet window. It will only have a student roster. Use the symbols across the top of the page to get started. SAVE GRADE BY PERCENT OR POINTS 3

4 PRINTING FIND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS OPTIONS ADD ASSIGNMENTS 3. Click on OPTIONS 3-1. Set marks you will use. You can use any letter, number or symbol that is available on your keyboard and enter a value. The Missing check box is used to denote the mark will signify the assignment grade is missing and will probably be changed later. If you do not enter a value, it will not affect the grade average when it is used. 4

5 3-2. Set Categories for grading (tests, quizzes, homework, participation, etc) by entering a key and then a title. Also add the % weight of the category. For example, tests might be worth 30% of your final grade. If you do not set any categories, the program assumes you want to average all grades equally. If you do not set any categories, the category row on the grade book will disappear. All categories added must total to 100%. Click in the TOTAL area to get your updated total. Click SET CATEGORIES when you have completed add all categories. Click here to total all weights 3-3. Decide how you want to handle the other grading options by entering checks in the boxes. 1Do you want the module row to show in the grade book? This is typically used by users of ReportWriter. 1Show the date the assignment was made? 1Show Date Range (view only those between two specific dates) 1Highlight row/column selected. When entering grades, do you want the row and column to highlight as you go? 1How do you want you assignments sorted? by Module Title 5

6 Due Date Category type CC Assignments. Use these button to carbon copy your grade book assignments to another grade book. The class must have the same curriculum assigned. 4. GRADE BY PERCENT OR POINTS Choose if you want to enter grades by points or percents. This button is a toggle. Click it once and it turns to points Click it again and it turns back to % If you use the % button, you can enter letter grades or percent grades. C. Enter assignments and grades into the grade book 1. Enter Assignments to be graded. Assignments can be simple such as "Personal Essay" or more descriptive such as "Write an essay about yourself at least 3 paragraphs in length." Just type it in the box. 2. You can enter a comment that refers to the assignment at this time also. Comments will show in the Student/Parent Portal and also on the ReportWriter Assignment and Work Record. 3. If you are using a School Pathways' (SP) lesson plan, click on the green arrow. Your lesson plans will pop-up. Click on a module line to expand the lesson view. Enter a check in any box you want to appear in the assignments. Each check will represent a new assignment. 6

7 4. If you want all student grades to be automatically entered, put the grade in the box. It will auto fill for you. 5. Click the 'Set Assignment Text' button. >>>>Main Grade Book Functions >>> 1. To see the full text of the assignment, hover your mouse over the assignment title. 7

8 2. Enter the DUE DATE for the assignment - if the box stays red, it's not a school day. You can use the < and > keys to move through dates on your school's calendar. 3. Modules are used for ReportWriter - Independent Study. If you are not using ReportWriter, you can hide the module section (in setup options). If you are using RW, enter the module number you want this assignment to show in on the Assignment and Work Record. 4. Enter the Category of the assignment (T - test? H - homework? P - participation?). If you are not using categories, this row will not show in the grade book. Refer to Section 2: # Enter the points possible. Or if you are grading by letter grades or percentages, add your grade. 10. Enter student's scores for each assignment. If you've entered a mark for auto fill while creating an assignment all student grades will fill when the assignment text is saved. You can mark an assignment late (turn the mark RED) by putting the curser in the score box and holding the ALT and L keys down simultaneously. You can award extra credit when grading by points by entering a score with a high point total than what the assignment is worth. 11. Click Save icon Class Avg. Grades 8

9 FIND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS You can find missing grades by clicking on the magnifying glass. This will turn the final grade for any student with a blank/missing grade red and will also highlight the missing grade box red. D. Entering Personal Comments You can enter personal comments that will go to the Student/Parent Portal and to ReportWriter. Click on the conversation bubble to the right of the student's name. Comments build throughout a learning period and then start over again in the new learning period (learning periods are synonymous with attendance periods). When a comment is made, the bubble is marked with lines. Learning periods can be changed here. 9

10 Conversation bubbles E. PRINTING You can print a grade summary for one or all students. Coming Soon! 1. The ability to hide/not use due dates. 2. The ability to use more than one curriculum for a class 3. New printing features including printing a blank grid roster. 10

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