GradeSpeed Information Update

Course Grouping

  • Grouping will put each of the sections (i.e. Honors, GT, Regulars) in one period so each section within that period gets the same assignments

Assignment Grouping

  • Periods that have been grouped will receive the same assignments
  • Can exclude assignments from certain class periods by toggling between yes and no when the assignment is created

Cycle Averages Less than 50

  • GradeSpeed will export grades lower than a 50 as a 50 (NO NEED TO OVERRIDE)
  • GradeSpeed will export grades higher than 100 as a 100 (NO NEED TO OVERRIDE)

Incompletes

  • Incomplete in the override column must be capitalized
  • Remove the Incomplete once student has made up the work
  • Fill out grade change form and give to registrar only for cycle averages
  • NO incompletes at progress report time

GradeSpeed Resources

  • Training Videos:
  • Training Manuals can be found in eduphoria.
  • Go to the Helpdesk
  • Click on the Knowledge Base Tab
  • Select GradeSpeed.net from the list on the left
  • Manuals will be attachments at the bottom of the right pane

Entering Non-Numeric Grades (E, S, N, U, I etc)

  • Case sensitive – always use capitals (Incompletes must be capital)
  • Comments – Need to be typed exactly as shown
  • Only 3 comments can be used from GradeSpeed to transfer to Chancery for progress reports
  • Comment codes not available for report cards

Categories

  • Changing Category Weights
  • Teacher →department chair → campus administrator → instructional officer → Dr. Anderson → Vicki James (she will need course name and number)
  • Do not use total points logic (if this is selected, averages may be incorrect)
  • Turn on/off drop grades if you want to see actual grade – turn it on at the end of the cycle to drop a grade (leave at zero until ready to drop the grades)

Grades

  • Grades by Student View
  • To get to Student View
  • Student List /click grades
  • What-if Function in GradeSpeed
  • Change a student’s grades
  • Click the grey button in the left hand window pane to see “what if” average.
  • To keep the new average click update; to discard the new average click cancel
  • Giving conduct grades
  • ESNU are case sensitive – should be capitalized
  • Enter in CTZ column under verify grades
  • Colored Boxes around a students grade give teachers information about a student’s attendance on the day the assignment was assigned.
  • Blue Box – Excused Absence
  • Red Box – Unexcused Absence
  • Green Box – Tardy
  • Can “import” grades from Eduphoria Aware (for directions click on):\\kleinet\kleinshare\Campus_Klein Forest\Staff\Instructional Technology\GradeSpeed\Importing from Eduphoria to GradeSpeed.doc

Assignments

  • Default grade
  • Goes to every class that is grouped by assignment
  • To see the change: click update in each class with that assignment
  • Notes for assignments will be visible in Parent Connect if “Print Note” is checked – if type note before grade, will lock teacher out of Grades window
  • Assignment List/Grades Link - Points added to assignments can be added or taken away (+5 or –5) pts
  • Discuss Multiplier –
  • Counts an assignment multiple times (decimals also work)

Export Roster

  • Can export roster to eInstruction

Student List

  • Printing Student List – to create your own telephone book of your parents
  • Creating Custom Fields in Student Lists (textbook, House numbers, etc.)

Teacher Properties

  • View/Display Student Fields
  • Click teacher name
  • Choose Display Student Fields from the drop down
  • Show/Hide inactive students
  • Check Hide inactive students
  • Click update
  • Change Seating Chart Format
  • In the Mode drop down choose seating chart
  • In the Seating Chart Layoutdrop down choose the layout you would like to appear on the seating chart
  • Retake behavior
  • Retake Average will average all 3
  • Minimum passing grade....will only show read if it is below 70
  • Changing the start up page

Progress Reports

  • Progress Report comments – will show up in Parent connect only if you choose print note

Reports

  • Printing Progress reports for alpha grades – go to options “print averages as alpha”
  • Printing Attendance – Check box for print detail to see the absences otherwise it is blank

Attendance

  • Blocked Classes (Cosmetology) must enter attendance in chancery for both parts of the block
  • All other classes take attendance in GradeSpeed

Seating Chart

  • Seating Charts for blocked schedules will only show the students under the first class
  • Some students aren’t showing up in the seating chart

Verify Grades

  • Teachers will need to verify their Gradebooks for progress reports and report cards
  • See Mindy Lindinger or Susan Pelezo for due dates and times
  • Gradebooks are locked so changes can’t be made
  • Verify doesn’t automatically update in Chancery
  • Grades are exported by district personnel – will be at a set time
  • Gradebook will be unlocked by SIS Dept. at least 24 – 48 hours after verification deadline

Student Withdrawals/Transfers Out of a Class

  • The student will be transferred to a new class…only grades will transfer (not assignments)
  • If student moved from one teacher to another (same course, different period or section), the “new” teacher will see the student name and a dash in the average column. The teacher can then click on the dash and it will bring up the grades by assignment screen. At the upper right under the student name, ‘Use Walk In Average’ is visible. Click on this and it will bring the average over from the previous teacher.

KFHS CITS

3/3/2009

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