How
PowerSchool CalculatesScores in PowerTeacher Gradebook
Documentation on the formula used by PowerSchool to
calculate scores used in the PowerTeacher Gradebook.
Click
here
for link
Finalizing Term Grades
A new
document is out on the GWAEA Documents link the provides
instructions for teachers on finalizing their end of
term grades. Click
here
for link. Will also explain the process your
administration goes through to store those final
grades.
Gary
Olsen, Cartoon College
Weighted
Gradebook
If you
weight your gradebook categories, make sure that you
setup the weighting for each term that will have a grade
recorded. In other words, if grades are sent out on
Quarter 1, 2 and Semester 1, make sure you go to each
term under Grade Setup and set the Category Weights for
each term.
Without
proper setup, term grades will be calculated
incorrectly.
Bonus
or Extra Credit Points
To add
bonus or extra credit points the assignment score type
should be set as points with points possible set as
zero.
PowerTeacher-Gradebook won't allow setting score type of
percentage (or letter grade) with points possible of
zero; an alert window appears indicating that
"assignment information is not valid".
Keeping
Track of Textbooks
Many teacher like to record the
textbook numbers for the
books used in class somewhere in their
gradebook. PowerTeacher provides a quick way to accomplish
that.
Simply add a new category for
Textbooks and then add an assignment called Textbook or another
name you like. Uncheck the box to Include in Final Grade for
that assignment. Also uncheck the publish scores checkbox.
Now simply enter the textbook
number (must be a number of 20000 or less)
Setup Grades
for Students Transferring into Your Class
Click
here to open the document that describes how teachers can
setup their gradebook for a new student that just transferred
into their class section from another teacher in the same
school.
