Using the Class Content Tab
Even though you can use the gradebook without making any changes to your class information, making a few small changes can make a big difference.
Using the Class Content tab, you can make two changes that will help you and your students and their parents.
Click the right arrow to continue.
First, to make it easier for you to tell the difference between your classes in the Classes pane, change the display name.
Second, to provide students and parents with information about your classes, add class descriptions.
Review the information on the Class Content page shown below. Then learn how to make the two changes.
The Class Content tab contains three modes: Class Info, School Content, and My Content.
Your first period Biology class is selected in the Classes pane, so the information you see in the Class Info tab pertains to first period Biology.
- The course name and course number correspond to the name and number of the class
- The section number corresponds to your first period Biology section
- The periods/days tells you during which period and on which rotation days the section meets
This Biology section meets during period 1 on A and B days.
- The room tells you where the class meets
- Since this is a year-long class, the start and end dates correspond to the first and last days of the year term
- The grade scale indicates that the “Default” grade scale is associated with this section
Follow the steps below to learn how to edit the name of your classes as they appear in the Classes pane.
How to Change Your Class Display Name
Using the Custom Display Name field in Class Info mode, change the name of your first period Biology section.
Enter General Biology to distinguish it from AP Biology.
Then click Save.
Click the right arrow to continue.
Then, to make the new name appear in the list of sections in the Classes pane, you must change a preference for the gradebook.
Open the PowerTeacher Gradebook menu and select Preferences.
On the Preferences window, click Section to view the section preferences.
Use these options to determine how your sections appear in the Classes pane.
For example, you could choose to view your sections by section number rather than by the period and day on which they meet.
In this case, you just want to change the name used to distinguish sections in the Classes pane. Click Custom Display Name, then click OK.
In the Classes pane, the name of your first period class is now changed to General Biology.
Now that you’ve learned how to change the display of sections in the Classes pane, scroll down to practice customizing class names in PowerTeacher Gradebook.
Try it! Custom Display Name
Objective:
Remove the custom display name of your first period section.
- Open the PowerTeacher Gradebook menu.
- Open the Preferences window.
- Navigate to the Section preferences.
- Choose Course Name as the name used to distinguish sections on the class list.
- Save the new section preference.
- From the Scoresheet tab, navigate to the Class Content tab.
- Delete the custom display name, General Biology.
- Save the changes.
- Job well done! You updated the display name for your first period section.