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Pinnacle Grade Book Inservice

Pinnacle Grade Book Inservice. What is Grade Book?. Provides the structure for teachers to maintain and organize the collection of grades for the duration of a class in one file.

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Pinnacle Grade Book Inservice

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  1. Pinnacle Grade BookInservice

  2. What is Grade Book? • Provides the structure for teachers to maintain and organize the collection of grades for the duration of a class in one file. • Assist the classroom teacher with the growing demand for record keeping requirements of students, classrooms, and schedules. • Available to the teacher at school and at home.

  3. Screen Structure Title Bar Menu Bar Status Line Student Index Information Line Title Bar: Provides Class Title, Subject, Interval, and Quarter/Period. Menu Bar: Provides quick access to all the functions in your Gradebook. Status Line: Provides information about the column where the cursor is located. Information Line: Provides the name of the class file being viewed or edited.

  4. Class File Terminology • Subject: Corresponds to the academic courses being taught for the year. There can be one or many subjects. • Interval: The “Semester” or the longest grading division in a subject. There can be one or many intervals. • Period: The “Nine Week” period/time. Class files can have as many periods for each interval as needed. • Category: A grouping of assignments. (homework, class work, test, participation, etc.) There must be at least one category defined, however, there can be as many grading categories as needed. • Assignment/Grade: Separate tasks that are linked to categories. (homework, class work, test, participation, etc.)

  5. Class File Terminology, (cont’d) • Method of Grading: The method used to combine previous grades with current grades. • Letter Grade Breakpoints: The description used to assign letter grades to numeric grades. (100 – 92 = A, 91 – 85 = B, etc.) • Curve Value: The number of points added to student grades. • Reporting Preference: The numeric or alphabetic choice in grade reporting. • Course: Used in multi-subject mode. Allows more than one subject in a class file. • Dropping Grades: Used to drop a number of scores from the calculation of grades.

  6. Starting Grade Book • Double Click the Gradebook Icon located on your Desktop. • Login by entering your teacher id. It is the same id used to identify you and your teaching schedule on the admin system. • The first time you login the password is blank. You are prompted to enter a password up to eight charaters.

  7. Creating Class Files • Click file, click new. • The system uses your teacher id to provide a list of your courses. • Additionally, the system provides the students scheduled for each class. • To create your classes: Click/Highlight the course and Click Next.

  8. Creating Class Files (cont’d) • As each class is created the students will be loaded into your Grade Book. • Enter a unique description and period for your class. • Choose the proper template for the course.

  9. Creating Class Files (cont’d) 1 Click Yes to confirm the proper template has been selected. 2 If new students exist, click yes to retrieve their grades or click no. 3 Click OK. The class file(s) are created!

  10. What is a Template? • A template is a class file that contains class file information only. It does not contain student information or scores. It is used as a starting point for creating a new class file.

  11. Why use a Template File? • A template provides a standarized method of grading. • Using a template assures that the grades collected are calculated correctly. • It is much easier to add items to an existing template file than to create a new file.

  12. Choosing the Correct Template • Template 1: ESNU • Template 2: Multiple Categories (weighted categories) • Template 3: One Category (0 weight)

  13. Changing the Class File Title • Click File from the Menu Bar. • Click Set Class Title. • A prompt appears allowing the title/description of the class to be changed. • Click OK.

  14. Grade Entry Options(Defined Assignments Options) • Grade Entry – All Students – One Assignment1 Assignment Column of First Student.2 Key in Grade – Press Enter.3 Repeat Steps 1 & 2 until Finished. • Grade Entry – One Student / Multiple Assignments1 Click on Red Stick Man Icon.2 Place Cursor on Selected Student.3 Key in Grade.4 Repeat Step 3 Until Finished. • Copy Grades for Multiple Students1 Place the Cursor Below Grade to be Copied.2 Press the * Key for Each Student.

  15. Updating Class File Roster • Click on menu option Pinnacle. • Choose option Update Roster. • If a Roster Update is ready for this class Click OK.

  16. Saving Class Files • Click on menu option File. • Choose option Save.

  17. Submitting Grades • Click on Pinnacle from the Menu Bar. • Click Submit Current Quarter or Click Submit Multiple Classes. • If submitting multiple classes choose the correct class file.

  18. Printing Conference Reports • Using the Menu Bar, Click Reports. • Click Crystal. • Click Parent Conference Report.

  19. Printing Conference Reports, (cont’d) • Using the Built in Printing Options, select the student(s) or class file(s) to print. • Click Ok.

  20. Example of a Conference Report:

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