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txGradebook – A Teacher’s View. txGradebook. Is a web-based application designed for use by teachers in the classroom, at home or anywhere with Internet access. Is fully integrated with the RSCCC/iTCCS Student Information Systems. NO uploads or downloads are necessary.
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txGradebook • Is a web-based application designed for use by teachers in the classroom, at home or anywhere with Internet access. • Is fully integrated with the RSCCC/iTCCS Student Information Systems. NO uploads or downloads are necessary. • Supports five different user types: teachers, district and/or campus administrators with update capabilities or inquiry only rights. • Straight forward and easy to use. • Superior support provided by the ESCs. • Extremely cost effective!
txGradebook • Login • Update Profile • Administer Categories and Assignments • Seating Chart Setup • Post/View Attendance • Enter Assignment Grades • Post/View Cycle and Semester Grades • Print IPRs • Generate various reports • Administrator Options
Login 1 From this page, a user may establish an account (1), reset a password (2) or login to the application (3). 2 3
Announcements The announcements displayed on this page are maintained in the SIS at both the district and campus level.
Settings To access any of the Settings pages, click on the Settings tab to display this menu or use the links in the sub-menu.
Update Profile This page allows the teacher to change their password or PIN, update Hint Questions or enter their phone number, e-mail address and a note for parents to view in txConnect. Note, the option to combine courses for attendance posting. By checking this box, course- sections that meet the same period of the day will be grouped together on the Post/View Attendance page.
Profile - Student Order Allows teachers to customizes student order. Teacher’s can select whether new students should appear at the top or bottom of the list. Alpha order is the default.
Administer Categories Percentage – weights must total 100%. Point – the total will initially be zero and will increment automatically as assignments are added to the category. Multiplier – allows the teacher to designate how many times a group of assignments will be counted towards the average. Color Coding of Categories
Administer Assignments This page allows the teacher to build the assignments that will be administered for the selected course-section. A teacher may also enter an assignment note which can be viewed in txConnect. By checking the Extra Credit box, the assignment can only help the student’s grade.
Seating Chart Setup The Seating Chart Setup page allows you to create and maintain seating charts for all of your classes. The seating chart lists the student name, gender, and ID and photos if available. The seats are color-coded by gender. Student seats can be rearranged at any time.
Post/View Attendance On this page, the teacher may post attendance for a given period or view attendance that has already been posted.
Post/View Attendance Once posted in the grade book, attendance must be changed in the SIS by the Attendance Clerk.
Student Information Throughout the application, the teacher may have the opportunity to click on the student ID to display additional student information.
Contact Information If an e-mail address exists for the contact, you can click the contact's name to send an e-mail message to the contact
Grades To access any of the Grades pages, click on the Grades tab to display this menu or use the links in the sub-menu.
Assignment Grades This page allows the teacher to enter student assignment grades. The page may be populated using multiple selection criteria, including students withdrawn from the course.
Assignment Grades A red ‘T’ represents a Transfer Walk-In Average. Once a weight is assigned to the grade, the icon will remain blue for the remainder of the cycle. This grade will be factored into the student’s working cycle average. Assignments due before the student enters the course are automatically excluded from the cycle average.
Assignment Grades An orange note labels an assignment as a redo or late. Comments may be added at the assignment level and may be selected to print on the IPR. A red note represents an assignment that has been excluded from the student’s working cycle average.
Assignment Grades The txGradebook also supports Incomplete and Missing assignment grades. A Missing (M) assignment will count as a zero while and Incomplete (I) will make any averages incomplete until a grade is entered.
Assignment Grades The teacher also has the option to exclude an assignment for all students or auto-fill the assignment with a specific grade. To save changes made on the assignment grades page, the teacher must enter their PIN and click Save Grades.
Cycle Grades The link below is used to make grades ready to post into the SIS. This area displays information that will be posted into the SIS.
Cycle Grades The teacher may click on the posted cycle average for each student to display additional information posted in a previous cycle.
Cycle Grades The codes and descriptions displayed below are maintained in the SIS.
IPR Comments This page allows the teacher to assign comments to display on the student IPR.
IPR Comments The teacher may also enter a note that will display on a specific student IPR.
Print IPR By entering an average in the field below and clicking Select, the list to choose from will be condensed. This page gives the teacher several options for printing IPRs.
Print IPR By scrolling to the bottom of the screen, the teacher will find an area where a note may be entered that will display on all student IPRs.
Print IPR Note that two different comments displayed at the bottom of the IPR.
Print IPR by Average This page allows the teacher to select students for which to print IPRs from all classes taught.
Reports To access any of the Reports pages, click on the Reports tab to display this menu or use the links in the sub-menu.
Blank/Missing Report This report will show the teacher which students have blank/missing/incomplete assignment grades for the selected course.
Cycle Grade Range Report This report will show the teacher a list of students with a working cycle average that falls within a specific grade range.
Cycle Grade Range Report Note, this report was generated without printing any student names.
Assignment Grades Report Note, this report makes use of an Assignment Legend for matching up assignment grades with the appropriate assignment title.
UIL Report This report is only available to administrative users and teachers who have been granted UIL access in the SIS.
Class Roster Report The Class Roster Report page allows Teachers to view and print the class rosters.
Missing Exam Grades Report The Missing Exam Grades Report produces a report of students who are missing semester exam grades.
