PowerTeacher Pro

Gradebook Setup and General Use

This document will provide instructions for the following usage in PowerTeacher Pro:

Setting Up Traditional Grade Calculations

Adjusting Category List

Assignment Defaults for Categories

Creating Assignments

Entering Student Assignment Grades

Setting up Traditional Grade Calculations

From the menu on the left, select “Settings” and “Traditional Grade Calculations”.

At this point, your screen will look different depending on your grade level and length of course. These folders are set at the district level to reflect your course. It is your job to verify that what is there is correct and make needed adjustments. To check settings for each folder, click on the pencil under the actions column.

All teachers will have an F1 Folder. This folder should use the “Term Weighting” type and have correct percents for each term for your course.

Term Weighting should be set to “Exact Value Earned”

All teachers also have Q folders. These should use the “Category Weighting” type and have correct categories and weights to align with your course type and level. Below is an example of how middle school core contents should look. Repeat for each Q folder or select the gear in the top right to copy settings from one Q folder to the others.

Please check with your district content contact regarding what categories and weights you should be using at the high school level. Elementary categories and weights should be set and locked and should not need adjusting.

Repeat these steps for every course in your gradebook or click on the gear in the top right hand of your screen and select to copy settings from one course to the other courses as needed.

Once complete, click on the gear at the top right hand corner and select to “Recalculate Final Grades”.

Select all Classes.

Traditional Final Grades should be checked.

Click to Recalculate.

Adjusting Category List

A single category list has been pushed by the district of approved categories. Only these categories can be used in grade calculations and assignments. Do not create your own category. If done, grades using it will not be calculated in the final grade. These steps will allow you to shrink that list of district categories to only include those you wish to see that apply to your course. We do this by making some inactive.

Select A+ Grading and “Categories”.

A list of categories as shown below should appear. To edit these, click on the pencil for the category youwish to make inactive.

Select for the specified category to become inactive.

Repeat this step for each category that does not apply to your course so that only the categories you will be using will show in this list.

These settings will apply to all classes in your gradebook.

Assignment Defaults for Categories

For categories you are using, you can set defaults for every assignment you create in that category. Click “A+ Grading” and “Categories”.

Then click to edit a category you have active and will use in your gradebook using the pencil.

Click on the Assignment Defaults tab for that category.

Select the Score Type (percent or points) and default points for the assignment (100 if using percent).

Then click Save. Repeat this for every category you will be using in your course. These settings will apply to all classes in your gradebook.

Creating Assignments

At the top right hand corner of your scoresheet, click “Create” and then “Assignment”.

Select classes which will receive this assignment.

Give the assignment a name.

Select its category.

Select Score Type and Points Possible.

Select Due Date of the Assignment

Assignments are set to publish immediately by default. If you want to create an assignment but not have it visible right away to parents and students, select the Publish tab and select the date you would like to have it be visible to them.

Entering Student Assignment Grades

Once an assignment is created, click on A+ Grading and “Scoresheet” to see the screen to the right.

Click in the cell for the assignment for each student to type in their earned grade.

The Score Inspector will also appear when you click on the cell to give you other options.

You can type the grade by clicking on the numeric keypad.

You can also fill all empty grades in the column with the same score using the vertical fill icon.

You can mark the grade with notations such as Missing, Late, Exempt, etc.

Comments can also be added for each grade optionally in the Score Inspector.