On PowerSchool Teacher, when you click on the "backpack" to view information on the students in your classes, the default screen is the student's schedule. Many times teachers then click on the drop down arrow in the upper right hand corner to chose the screen they wish to view; most times being student demographics, others final grade entry.
Just as you can personalize your password, you can also personalize the student screen view. From the opening page, chose "Personalize" on the left hand menu. Chose "student screen" and then chose the screen that you view the most to be the default view. This should save some steps and time as you move through your students.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Getting ready for the webbased gradebook!
Hi all!
We had a demonstration today of the webbased gradebook. It will be available for use in September and I will begin training at that time. Some news to note:
The webbased gradebook will be accessed through PowerSchool Teacher - you'll need to go to only one icon and both programs will exist on the web directly into the Diocesan server. The look of the webbased grade book is "cleaner" than the PowerGrade book and does have some easy to use features that capture the good portions of PowerGrade.
What's new:
- the ability to click on an assignment and then a student's grade in that assignment to highlight that student's information across the row.
-the ability to see a student's medical alert on PowerGrade, not just on PowerSchool.
-even easier way to leave notes for parents to view on individual assignments.
-you can create subgroups of students in a class. For instance, in your Language Arts class you may have three different groups of students; lions, seals, and turtles. These children can have different assignments assigned to just their group.
-assignments that are handed in but not graded can be input and only checkmarks to show the assignment was handed in are visible (daily homework as an example.)
-you can hide assignments from view and set a release date for the viewing in advance (nice feature!)
What's not there presently:
-the ability to view more than one quarter at a time. Although grades calculate for the year when you enter grades for the quarter, you will need to switch views to see the year.
What's still there:
-the same reports are available for printing.
-the same ability to override grades as necessary.
We are considering the option of allowing those who wish to still use the PowerGrade program to do so, however the decision must be a whole school decision, not teacher by teacher in the school. Also, you can not switch from one program to another during the school year so in September the decision will be final. Unfortunately, the decision must be made by the beginning of the school year before the students arrive. I will be in touch with your principals so decisions can be made at the returning faculty meetings prior to the first day of school for the students. I do not have access to share the webbased grade book to all until after the summer.
I will keep you posted, but start thinking now of which sounds like a good choice for you and your school.
We had a demonstration today of the webbased gradebook. It will be available for use in September and I will begin training at that time. Some news to note:
The webbased gradebook will be accessed through PowerSchool Teacher - you'll need to go to only one icon and both programs will exist on the web directly into the Diocesan server. The look of the webbased grade book is "cleaner" than the PowerGrade book and does have some easy to use features that capture the good portions of PowerGrade.
What's new:
- the ability to click on an assignment and then a student's grade in that assignment to highlight that student's information across the row.
-the ability to see a student's medical alert on PowerGrade, not just on PowerSchool.
-even easier way to leave notes for parents to view on individual assignments.
-you can create subgroups of students in a class. For instance, in your Language Arts class you may have three different groups of students; lions, seals, and turtles. These children can have different assignments assigned to just their group.
-assignments that are handed in but not graded can be input and only checkmarks to show the assignment was handed in are visible (daily homework as an example.)
-you can hide assignments from view and set a release date for the viewing in advance (nice feature!)
What's not there presently:
-the ability to view more than one quarter at a time. Although grades calculate for the year when you enter grades for the quarter, you will need to switch views to see the year.
What's still there:
-the same reports are available for printing.
-the same ability to override grades as necessary.
We are considering the option of allowing those who wish to still use the PowerGrade program to do so, however the decision must be a whole school decision, not teacher by teacher in the school. Also, you can not switch from one program to another during the school year so in September the decision will be final. Unfortunately, the decision must be made by the beginning of the school year before the students arrive. I will be in touch with your principals so decisions can be made at the returning faculty meetings prior to the first day of school for the students. I do not have access to share the webbased grade book to all until after the summer.
I will keep you posted, but start thinking now of which sounds like a good choice for you and your school.
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