| PowerGrade Setup and General Instructions |
Directions on how to set up PowerGrade for a new year. Handout also includes some basic instructions on using PowerGrade.  |
| Printing a Final Grade & All Scores in PowerGrade |
Directions on how to create a "spreadsheet" report that displays the current grade and all assignment scores. |
| Printing a Final Grade & All Scores in PowerTeacher Web-Based Gradebook |
Directions on how to print out a Final Grade and Comment Verification report and a Scoresheet Report. |
| Limiting the Number of Assignments Shown on the PowerGrade Spreadsheet |
Many of our classes, especially at the middle school level have been set up as year-long classes. PowerGrade will display all of the assignments for classes set up in this fashion. This two-and-a-half minute tutorial demonstrates how to limit the number of assignments shown.  |
| Printing Out an Attendance Sheet |
A minute-and-a-half video tutorial on how to print out attendance sheets for the current and upcoming weeks using PowerGrade. I'm aware of the typo on the title page. |
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List of alternative symbols that can be used in PowerGrade. FC = 100%; NC = 0%; PC = 50%; E = 100%; SP = 85%; S = 75%; NS = 65%. More details can be found in the handout. |
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Complete video on how to prepare for a new term. Copy assignment categories, custom grade scale, etc. Use the titles on the left side to jump from topic to topic. |
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Detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to prepare your grades, comments, and citizenship scores for PowerGrade. |
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Complete video on how to prepare your grades, comments, and citizenship scores for PowerGrade. |
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Video tutorial on backing up PowerGrade and keeping your workstation secure. |
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The official report card comments and their corresponding letters. |
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Short video on how to show and hide terms and weight assignment categories. |
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If you receive an "Open Document" prompt, it means your connection between PowerGrade and Novell has been lost. You won't lose any student data, but you'll have to set up PowerGrade again. |
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Use the PowerSchool Teachers Website to add assignments and assignment scores from home or anywhere with an Internet connection. |
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Several teachers have reported seeing students assigned a WF as a grade. WF (withdraw fail) should only be assigned by an administrator. These directions remove WF from your grade scale. |
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If you made no changes to your PowerGrade grade scale, you may be noticing that scores and final percentages in the 90% range are all earning the student the grade of an A+. This Tutorial shows teachers how to fix that. |
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Create a printable class list with a grid spreadsheet. You'll get class list with blank boxes next to each student. Very easy to create, and the reports you create will be available to all of your classes. |
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Seven-minute video tutorial on how to create a printable class list with a grid spreadsheet. You'll get class list with blank boxes next to each student. The reports you create will be available to ALL of your classes. |
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This tutorial demonstrates how to print out a spreadsheet containing all students, their assignment grades, and current final grades. In other words, it is a printout of your gradebook. |
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This video tutorial demonstrates how to print out a spreadsheet containing all students, their assignment grades, and current final grades. In other words, it is a printout of your gradebook. |
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A two-and-a-half minute video tutorial on how to assign citizenship grades. This video shows how a teacher can set an entire class' citizenship grade to "S" with just one click. |
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A one-and-a-half minute video that demonstrates how to manually override a student's final grade. The tutorial also shows how to switch it back to reflect the grade earned for one or all students in a class. |
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The full 196-page PowerGrade manual. Each Lead PowerSchool teacher at the secondary level received a copy. |
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A general over view of PowerGrade. |
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Secondary handout for buyback day. Step-by-step directions on how to take attendance, access your classes, and use PowerGrade. |