Infinite Campus Gradebook & Lesson Planner

1. Infinite Campus Gradebook& Lesson Planner Created by: Tanya Fluke (Spencer County Public Schools)

2. Setting up your Gradebook:Navigate to Instruction > Lesson Planner Fake Middle School

3. Setting up your Gradebook: [2]Set up your Preferences YOU MUST SELECT YOUR GRADING SCALE! This is going to be Default Grading Scale unless your school is approved to use a different Grading Scale. (Check with your administrator if there are questions. ) Weighting Example: Tests/Quizzes = 30% Homework = 20% Projects = 20% Classwork = 20% Participation = 10% Total = 100% NUMERIC • Scores Percent Value : • Everything is worth 100% • Points are not tracked • You are tracking things based on A,B,C,D rather than 80%,90%,100% etc. • (So you wouldn’t be looking at students possibly earning 400/400 points for the term.) • If you have this checked and you make an assignment worth 60 points and a student received 56 out of 60, it will look like the student got 56% instead of 56/60

4. Setting up your Gradebook: [3]Set up your Preferences • Middle Schools & High Schools: • Set everything up under TERM grading tasks (Not Mid-Term, Final any other grading task)

5. Set up your task groups Weight: Only enter a number here if you have checked Weighting in Lesson Plan Preferences. Drop lowest score: Must apply at beginning – this is not retroactive and can be removed any time. Term/Task Combination: Choose all applicable terms in which you will need this folder – REMEMBER – Do not put any groups under Mid Term or Final. Examples: Classwork, Quizzes/Tests, Projects, etc.

6. Adding Student GroupsInstruction > Student Groups Fake Middle School

7. Student GroupsPath: Instruction > Student Groups If you wish to create assignment for some but not All students, you can place students in a “Student Group” and then apply that student group to an assignment. Students can belong to one or more Student Groups. Other ways to exempt some students from assignments is by going into the Gradebook and individually exempting students from assignments.

8. Creating Assignments Fake Middle School

9. Creating AssignmentsPath: Instruction > Lesson Planner > New Assignment * All required fields are in RED. • Multiplier: Does it count as 1 assignment or more? • Grading Scale: Do NOT select anything here. • Due Date: When is the assignment due? • Assigned Date: When was it assigned? • Name: will show in Lesson Planner and will also show in Gradebook when you hover your mouse over the assignment. • Abbreviation: Assignment abbreviations (up to 4 characters) will display in the gradebook view rather than assignment names. • Group: This is the folder (Task Group) in which you are storing your assignment • Student Group: If you have created a student group, you can assign this assignment to a group or leave it blank and assign it to the entire class.

10. Creating Activities Fake Middle School Fake Middle School

11. Creating ActivitiesPath: Instruction > Lesson Planner > New Activity Activities are non-graded events that you wish to track which will NOT appear in the Gradebook. It will appear in a subcategory in your Lesson Planner under Class Activities.

12. Lesson Plan Copier Fake Middle School Fake Middle School

13. Lesson Plan CopierPath: Instruction > Lesson Planner > Lesson Plan Copier Fake Middle School Lesson Plan Copier is used to copy an entire lesson plan from one section to another section. The receiving section MUST be EMPTY. Step 1: Select section you are copying from and click on Lesson Plan Copier.

14. Lesson Plan CopierPath: Instruction > Lesson Planner > Lesson Plan Copier Fake Middle School Step 2: Select the section(s) you wish to copy to and click Copy Lesson Plan.If the section is grayed out (unselectable), it is because there are already task groups or assignments in the class section you are trying to copy into.

15. Lesson Plan CopierPath: Instruction > Lesson Planner > Lesson Plan Copier Step 3: Task Groups and the assignments within them have been copied into their corresponding Term/Task (Grading Period) . If there are any task groups (folders) you don’t wish to copy, place a check next to them and select Update Groups. Otherwise, you are finished.

16. Copy Assignments

17. Copy AssignmentsInstruction > Lesson Planner (Select Task Group > Copy Assignments) [Step 1] The Copy assignments tool is used to copy one or more assignment (s) from one section to another task group (folder) within the same section or to another section. (Example: Copy the Square Root assignment from the homework folder in Math 1 Section 5 [32720611-5 Math 1] to the homework folder in Math 1 Section 6 [32720611-6 Math 1])

18. Copy Assignments[Step 2] Scroll to the bottom and select Copy Assignments to Select Groups when you are ready to complete the copy. Fake Middle School On the left: select the assignments you wish to copy. On the right: select the section and folder where you would like to copy your assignments.

19. Copy Assignment Select the Assignment you wish to copy. Click on Copy Assignment. Make all necessary changes to the copy and click Save. The copy assignment tool is DIFFERENT than the copyassignments tool. This tool allows you to make a copy of an assignment and place that copy in the same folder in the same section.

20. Setting Gradebook Options Path: Instruction > Admin > Preferences Fake Middle School

21. Setting Gradebook Options After you select the options you wish to apply and click Save, click on Mass Assign to multiple classes (and click Save) to assign the same options to all of your sections. This is where you can hide your dropped students in your Gradebook or choose to display canned comments for use in Grading by Task or Grading by Student.

22. Using the GradebookInstruction > Gradebook Fake Middle School

23. Gradebook: Viewing Student Groups Path: Instruction > Gradebook Fake Middle School If you want to view your Gradebook by the Student Groups you set up, select it here. If you didn’t set up Student Groups, you won’t see this option.

24. Gradebook: Viewing Information Fake Middle School Fake Middle School If you don’t see anything in the left most area (yellow area) when you are enteringgrades, it is because you haven’t selected a Grading Scale in your Lesson Plan Preferences. The right side of your screen shows your assignments in their respective folders. You can hover your mouse over the assignments to see more details including the full nameof the assignment.

25. Gradebook: Entering Grades You can either individual enter grades or you can mass enter by right clicking on the assignment and selecting Fill Empty Scores or Overwrite All Scores.

26. Gradebook: Adding Assignments 2. 1. Enter in your Assignment Details and click OK. Right click on the task group or on the assignment and select New Assignment.

27. Gradebook: Editing Assignments 1. 2. Edit any necessary details and click OK Right click on the assignment you wish to edit.

28. Gradebook: Adding Comments/Flags • There are several comments/flags you can add to an assignment for a student. • If you want to add a comment that will show on the Student Summary Report, select Edi t Comment here and add your comment • Right Click on the place where You would enter the assignment score for the student. • Select the Flag you wish to apply or select Edit Comment to add your own.

29. Teacher Newsletters

30. Adding a Newsletter for your Section

31. REPORTSInstruction > Reports Fake Middle School

32. Gradebook Reports: “Blank Spreadsheet” Choose all necessary options and click on Generate Report. Here is a Sample:

33. Gradebook Reports: Gradebook Export

34. Gradebook Reports: Portal Usage Roster Fake Middle School

35. Gradebook Reports: Section Summary Report

36. Gradebook Reports: Section Summary Report Page 1: Page 2:

37. Gradebook Reports: Instruction > Reports > Student Summary Report Report Printing Options: Student Summary Only : (Multiple Students Per Page or One Student Per Page) Shows summary information only (doesn’t list individual assignments and their details. Show Assignment Detail: Allows you to all or some details of Gradebook Assignments as well as the Summary. Note: If you have an option on your top toolbar titled Schedule(as shown below), you must select the schedule that applies to this section or no students will display in your report results.) Fake Middle School

38. Gradebook Reports: Student Summary Report – Student Summary Only

39. Gradebook Reports: Student Summary Report – Show Assignment Detail Note: If you have an option on your top toolbar titled Schedule(as shown below), you must select the schedule that applies to this section or no students.) will display in your report results Choose Show Assignment Detail. Check all assignment details you wish to view. Select any Extra Items you wish to view. Select or deselect any students, as necessary. Select the assignments you wish to view. Click Generate Report. Fake Middle School

40. Student Summary Report Sample: This report shows the summary information that we showed on the last few slides as well as the following detailed information:

41. Presentation End Thank You for taking the time to view this presentation! Please note that there are a few other reports and options that are not shown in this presentation that you may want to check out but this presentation explains all the necessary and popular options. If you have additional questions please first contact your Building Teacher Coach. Building Coaches will contact me if there are any further questions.