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Assigning grades on a student roster

You can assign grades for the current grading report period [>>] to students on a roster by assigning a grade code to one student per subject at a time, or to several students per subject. The subjects for which you can assign grades depends on the type of student list; for example, on a homeroom list [>>], you can assign grades for all subjects.

To assign grades: You can do this if your role is Teacher, School Secretary, or School Administrator.[T, SS, SA]

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On the Classes page (secondary school setup) [>>] or Homerooms page (elementary school setup) [>>], click the grading icon in the Grading column for the class to which you want to assign grades. The Grades page appears [Figure 71].

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Or, to open the Grades page for multiple classes, select the classes, then click the grading icon. To move through classes, use Prev| Next at the top of the Grades page.

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The Grades page initially displays the current grading period [>>].

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The Legend [Figure 72] displays the grade codes available for use on this particular Grades page.

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You can adjust the columns displayed: in the Edit menu click Choose Columns....

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Assign a grade to each student for each grade item. Or assign a grade to several students at once for each grade item:

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Select the students.

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In the Edit menu click Fill Columns.... The Fill Columns page appears.

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Enter or change Information, which includes:

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Assigning the same grade to all students on the Grades page or only those selected

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Overwriting existing grades, where these are recorded, or only assigning a grade where no grade is recorded.

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Assign the grade.

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Click OK.

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Click Save.

Figure 71: Grades page

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No. of grade columns: This enables you to increase the page's legibility by limiting the number of columns displayed. (Where a grading period has more than one item on which each student is to be graded, each item has its own column.)

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Grading period: Enables you to assign grades for a different grading period.

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Class tooltip: Hold the cursor over this tooltip to view teacher, term, meeting pattern, and room information for this class.

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Grade assignment: Select a grade to assign. The Legend [Figure 72] describes the grades available.

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Comment: Click to add or view a comment.

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Standard comments [>>]: Click to add or view standard comments; that is, grading comments that have been pre-configured.

Figure 72: Grade legend example

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