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1. InteGrade Pro
2. AGENDA New Gradebook
Gradebook Setup
Creating Tasks or Assignments
Marking Tasks or Assignments
Notes
Student Progress Report
Inactive Students
End of the Term
3. New Gradebook Double click on the InteGrade Pro icon.
4. New Gradebook
You will start the InteGrade Pro software application from your LOCAL workstation.
You will NOT use the InteGrade Pro Server feature during the 2007-08 school year.
Select the “No, I don’t want to use InteGrade Pro Server. I will save my gradebooks locally.” choice on the first screen.
Continue.
5. Default: “Create a new gradebook” -- beginning of each new school year; thereafter “Open a gradebook…”
Use only one gradebook file -- contains all classes for the year.
Exception: Working in two different schools during the current year. New Gradebook
6. New Gradebook
7. New Gradebook
8. New Gradebook
9. File on the network – will get from network administrator
Folder structure:
IGPDATA folder
(school #) folder
(teacher #) folder
Cl(teacher #).grd New Gradebook
10. New Gradebook
11. New Gradebook
12. New Gradebook Select ‘Open’ or double click on the file name.
13. New Gradebook Select ‘Open’ or double click on the file name.
14. New Gradebook Verify that the file name reflects teacher number.
15. New Gradebook Verify the teacher number, name, and school year are correct.
16. New Gradebook Teacher name -- used on InteGrade Pro reports.
You may want to change it to include Mr. or Ms.
17. New Gradebook Password protect your gradebook – select Set Password button.
18. New Gradebook Use unique pw that you will REMEMBER – 8 characters with special character or two.
19. New Gradebook Nothing entered -- Reminder
20. And you will need to VERIFY PW… New Gradebook
21. … OR redo ? New Gradebook
22. SUCCESS! ? New Gradebook
23. Save. New Gradebook
24. Naming Suggestion -- first and last initial and the school year; ie, KS07-08 New Gradebook
25. Default: Weighted Type -- Numeric New Gradebook
26. Right-click Student Name Class Roster
27. Sort Methods: By column – alpha last name Class Roster
28. Sort Methods: Students, demographics, task scores, spreadsheet grade, etc. Class Roster sprespre
29. Standard windows toolbar “look.”
31. Quick Find
Group Membership
Selected QuickNotes
32. Quickly change between classes using the class drop-down.
33. Spread-sheet drop-down.
34. Gradebook Setup - Display Click on Setup; then ‘Display’.
Tabs -- date, extra field titles, and Spelling Rules.
35. Spreadsheet Tab – IMPT! Change colors and column widths
Show / Sort Inactive Students
36. Setup menu: Grading Rules Gradebook Setup -
37. Grading Rules: Attendance Codes Gradebook Setup
38. Grading Rules: Grade Tables Gradebook Setup
39. Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Grade Tables These come from your SIS Program (SASI, for example).
To adjust your Grade Table, highlight the Grade Table name (left hand column); then change the values in the right table. For numeric only you could leave it blank.
Use your Control and left mouse click to drag Grade Table to top of column.
40. Grading Rules: Special Scores Gradebook Setup
41. Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Special Scores Click on the next tab – ‘Special Scores’
Many teachers use the Special Score “NHI” for Not Handed In and give it a score value of Zero or “Sick” with a score value of Excused. (Entire word “Excused” is required.)
42. Grading Rules: Type Sets Gradebook Setup
43. Click on the next tabType Sets.
Type Sets are the weighting systems you use for your classes.
Even “total points” teachers will have one set – all the types will have a point value of 100 (cannot be blank). Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Type Sets
44. Sets are Columns.
Types are Rows; the types of assignments you give to your students, the TASKs.
For Total Points SS, each Type must have at least a value of 0 or you cannot choose it.
45. For Weighted SS, the values in a column (SET) for the Types (Assignments, TASKS) are like the slices of a pie, the percentages: Homework is 20%, Book Reports 30%, etc.
46. Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Type Sets Delete all Sets that you are not going to use -- (Elementary, for example).
Delete all Types that you are not going to use -- (Unused, for example).
Your totals do not have to add up to 100.
47. Total points Type Sets screen that looks like this indicates the school dictates that Semester Exams are 20% of the final Semester Grades.
Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Type Sets
48. Weighted Type Sets in the same school may have a Type Sets screen that looks like this. Gradebook Setup - Grading Rules: Type Sets
49. Gradebook Setup - Spreadsheets There should be an EndTerm Spreadsheet for each term.
You’ll use these special spreadsheets to send your grades back to SASI at the end of the term.
50. Gradebook Setup - Spreadsheets If your administrator used a Template Gradebook, you will already have several other spreadsheets made. If not, you will need to create some spreadsheets for your classes.
51. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets Create Weighted Type spreadsheets for 1st Quarter Grades, 2nd Qtr, 3rd Qtr, or 1st Six Weeks, 2nd Six Wks, etc.
52. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets Each grading term will have two spreadsheets: One for task scores and one for EndTerm spreadsheet grade.
53. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets If you use total points, you will also need to CHOOSE the Calculation Method Total Points.
54. To create the rest of your spreadsheets, select ‘New’ on the bottom left corner of the screen. Select Numeric Spreadsheet and select ‘Next’.
Name your spreadsheet appropriately. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets
55. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets Choose Total Points Spreadsheet (or weighted if you use weights).
56. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets Repeat the process – creating as many spreadsheets as there are grading terms in your school, for example:
Quarter 1 Daily Grades
Quarter 2 Daily Grades
Semester 1 Grades (Q1 + Q2 + Semester Exam)
Quarter 3 Daily Grades
Quarter 4 Daily Grades
Semester 2 Grades (Q3 + Q4 + Semester Exam)
57. Gradebook Setup – Spreadsheets Each class needs these spreadsheets.
Recommendation is 1 spreadsheet per marking period per class.
NOTE Exception: teacher who works in two different schools needs a gradebook for each school.
58. Creating Assignments
59. Creating Assignments
60. Creating Assignments: New Task
61. Creating Assignments InteGrade Pro has a quick wizard to help you create your assign-ments.
62. Creating Assignments The only required informa-tion is the task name, type, and points Out of (Raw).
63. Creating Assignments Once you create one assignment, the rest of your assignments will default to the same settings - so remember to change when needed.
64. Creating Assignments The small calendar icons pop up a calendar to help you find the date assigned and date due easily.
65. Creating Assignments If you want to use date ranges in your reports, you will need to complete both assigned and due dates.
66. Creating Assignments The Out of (Raw) is the number of points the assignment is out of. For example, if an Exam has 100 questions and each is worth 1 point, the Out of (Raw) would be 100.
67. Creating Assignments The Scale Factor is sometimes used; ie, if there are only 50 questions and each are worth 2 points, the Out of (Raw) would be 50 with a scale factor of 2; 25 questions, 4.
68. Creating Assignments If you would like to assign bonus marks, you can have the Maximum allowed score over the Out of (Scaled) for any assignment. Students are always allowed to have more than 100%.
69. Creating Assignments If you enter a Maximum Allowed score of 110, giving a score of 115 will cause a warning message to appear. You may override the Maximum Score value at anytime.
70. Editing Assignments At any time, you can double-click on the task in the task area of the main viewer to edit task information.
71. Editing Assignments You can also use the Edit Task icon on the menu bar.
72. Editing Assignments To adjust the point value or the task type (weight category) of an assignment, go to the ‘Points’ tab of the Edit Task dialogue.
73. Marking Your Assignments You can enter your marks into the edit task dialogue under the ‘Scores’ tab or directly into your spreadsheet.
74. Marking Your Assignments Student grades are updated automatically.
There is no limit to the number of assignments (i.e. Tasks) you can enter for each class.
75. Notes There are 6 kinds of notes inside InteGrade Pro
Class Notes
Task Notes
Score Notes
Spreadsheet Notes
Student Notes
Quicknotes
76. Class Notes You can enter syllabus information in this note. Sending this information home to parents in a student progress report is often helpful.
77. Task Notes Many teachers explain the marking criteria or background information for their assignment in the Task Note.
78. Task Notes All of the notes in a gradebook can be saved and brought in for next year, so district and/or state curriculum information can be retrieved.
79. Score Notes Score notes are particular to each student for each assignment.
80. Score Notes Many teachers use this note field instead of writing on the top page of assignments; this way the note can be printed and sent home with progress reports.
81. Spreadsheet Notes Spreadsheet notes are often used to show the weighting or particular curriculum for the term.
82. Student Notes Student notes are particular for each spreadsheet.
83. Student Notes In this example the teacher uses the notes field to keep track of student activity in the classroom..
84. Student Notes These notes often are put in Progress Reports for parents to view.
85. Student Progress Reports Go to the Reports menu.
Select ‘Student Progress’.
86. Student Progress Reports Spreadsheet reports can be customized to include a variety of information.
87. Student Progress Reports Reports can be previewed by clicking ‘Next’. If you want to add or delete information from your report, you can come back to this screen before printing (or emailing).
88. Student Progress Reports Filters apply to ALL reports, not just the current one. Reset as needed.
89. Student Progress Reports Uncheck items to remove them from the report (i.e. graph). Choose Setup (on the top left of the preview) and remove the graph on the setup screen.
90. Student Progress Reports To move to another page you move the cube on the horizontal scroll bar.
91. Student Progress Reports When the report looks appropriate select Print at the top right of the Preview screen.
92. Inactive Students Dropped from the teacher’s class roster.
Done from within SASI.
Show up with a strikethrough across name in the class spreadsheets.
93. Inactive Students Beginning of the year schedule changes for students result in many inactive students in gradebooks.
94. Inactive Students A note is automatically created with the spreadsheet grade and percentage at the time the student was inactivated.
95. Inactive Students Teachers can hide the inactive students:
Go to the Setup menu
Choose Display
96. Inactive Students Choose the ‘Spreadsheet’ tab.
Uncheck the “Show Inactive Students” checkbox.
All inactive students will be hidden from view in the gradebook.
97. Inactive Students
98. Inactive Students
99. Inactive Students Inactive students do NOT show a calculated mark in your SS.
If you need marks exported back into SASI, you may need to temporarily activate those students.
The next time your administrator does a Data Exchange, they will revert back to inactive.
100. End of Term At the end of the term, grades are sent back to SASI using the IGPro Data Exchange atom.
101. End of Term Go to the EndTerm Spreadsheet (look at the dates and make sure you’re on the right sheet).
102. End of the Term Choose the spreadsheet that contains the grade to bring over, for example, the “1st Qtr (Numeric Total Points) Spreadsheet.”
103. End of Term Choose the Spreadsheet Grade (the calculated grade based on all the assignments in the spreadsheet).
104. End of Term Choose the format to use; letter grade or percentage are the most common for report cards.
105. End of Term Check the Hot Link box so that grades are updated as score changes are made for individual tasks.
106. End of Term Error messages if scores are found to be invalid.
107. End of Term If the grades are invalid, they appear in bold. Most likely, invalid grades are “Incompletes” …
108. End of Term … or should be letter grades instead of numeric.
109. End of Term To fill in comments, right-click in the student comment cell and choose from the drop down of comments …
110. End of Term …or use the comment pop down menu at the top of the spreadsheet.
111. End of Term Repeat the process for each of your classes (similar to completing a bubble sheet for each class).
112. End of Term Go to the File menu and Select Export from Gradebook.
113. End of Term Select the term you are exporting; i.e., First Quarter.
114. End of Term For incomplete spreadsheets or missing mandatory information, IG Pro provides you detailed information to correct your data.
115. End of Term Go to the File menu and Select Export from Gradebook.
116. End of Term IG Pro knows which teacher folder to place the mark file in - just click OK!
117. End of Term If errors are present during the export process, you should view the error log to know which corrections to make.
118. End of Term If errors are present during the export process, you should view the error log to know which corrections to make.
119. End of Term
120. End of Term Once teachers have successfully exported for the term, your administrator will import the grades into the school administration system.
Most schools print out verification reports from SASI to be absolutely sure that the students are receiving accurate grades.
121. Questions?
