Creating Assignments

Video How-to

Creating Assignments video

How-to

NOTE--If the district requires categories for any of the subjects that you teach, it will be marked in a column in the Master Schedule Editor. The presence of this indicator will give a popup warning if you try to create an assignment without selecting a category.

1. On the left, click on "Grades"
2. Under the heading "Entry", click on "WebGradebook"
3. In the lower left corner of the WebGradebook, verify that the correct year is selected
4. To the right of the year and teacher name field, select the course to create an assignment for
5. To the right of the section, select the marking period to create an assignment for the course
6. Note: After the student list has populated, student(s) highlighted in blue will be students who have recently enrolled in the class. These students will remain blue for two (2) weeks after their enrollment date in the class.
7. In the upper left corner of the WebGradebook, click on the button “Assignments”
8. In the menu that appears after clicking on “Assignments”, click on “New”
9. After clicking on “New”, the “Assignment Editor” will appear. NOTE: Items in bold are the minimum requirement to create an assignment.
   • Type in a unique title for the assignment/lesson
   • If using Categories, select the appropriate category. If you only have one category, then the assignment editor will default to that category.

   • NOTE--If your district requires categories to be used in this subject, there is a indicator in the Master Schedule Editor reflecting this requirement. You will not be able to save the new assignment without selecting a category.

   • Grade Post Type will be defaulted based on district settings. If the grading scale changes after grades have been entered, the user will need to adjust the grading scale. Click to go to Adjust Grading Scales

1. • If the course selected uses the Comprehensive Curriculum:
     1. Select the Curriculum Unit that the assignment is associated with then click ok
     2. Select the Curriculum Topic then click ok
     3. Select the Curriculum GLE’s then click ok or click “Append to Objectives” if creating a lesson plan
   • If the assignment being created is a test on the unit selected from the Comprehensive Curriculum, check the box labeled “Designated Unit Test”
   • If the course selected uses the Common Core:
     1. Click in the Core Standards field and a list of Content Areas (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies) will appear on the left of the screen. At this time there are standards only for English Language Arts and Mathematics. Science and Social Studies will be added as they become available.
     2. At the bottom left of the screen will be a grade level. The default value will be the grade level of the course. The set of standards to be displayed will be based on this value. The grade level can be changed by clicking on the drop down arrow.
     3. Each Content Area is further divided into one or more Domains.
     4. Each Domain has one or more Clusters. After selecting a Cluster, the standards will be listed on the right side of the screen with a light brown background color.
     5. To select a standard, click the green plus sign at the top left corner of the standard. The background color will change to a blue background and the green plus sign will change to a red X.
     6. The selected standard(s) will appear at the bottom of the screen.
     7. To unselect a standard, click the red X. The background color will return to the original light brown and the red X will be replaced with the original green plus sign.
     8. To save the selected standards, click the Submit button at the bottom right of the window.
     9. The standards selection window goes away. The Assignment window will be on the screen with the selected standards listed in the Core Standards field.
   • Do No Show In Gradebook - If the assignment is a lesson plan and needs to be excluded from the gradebook, check the box “Do No Show In Gradebook” (Note: The assignment/lesson plan can be accessed through the syllabus. Check the hidden assignment, choose "Edit", then remove the check mark on "Do Not Show in Gradebook" and Save.)
   • If using Numerical Grade, SNU Numeric Grade, OSN Numeric Grade, or OSNU Numeric Grade enter the maximum point value for the assignment. If this is a bonus point assignment, enter 0 for the point value. If using Letter Grade, SNU Letter Grade, OSN Letter Grade, or OSNU Letter Grade a maximum point value cannot be entered
   • If using Numerical Grade, SNU Numeric Grade, OSN Numeric Grade, or OSNU Numeric Grade, enter the points possible for bonus points if desired. If using Letter Grade, SNU Letter Grade, OSN Letter Grade, or OSNU Letter Gradebonus points cannot be entered
   • For the “Date Taught From”, select the date the assignment was first taught
   • For the “Date Taught To”, select the last date the assignment was taught
   • For the “Due Date”, select the date the assignment is due to be turned into the teacher
   • If entering a lesson plan, enter the prior required knowledge for the assignment in the “Prerequisite(s)” field
   • The box below the “Prerequisite(s)” field is the “Objective(s)” field. If GLE’s were selected and appended to objectives, GLE’s will be seen in this area. To add to this area, click in the text box or click the “Objective(s)” button
   • To enter lesson plan information, click on the “Lesson Plan” button. Enter text in the text box that appears.
   • At the bottom of the box that appears after clicking “Lesson Plan” are tabs for entering other lesson plan information. To enter homework information, select the “Homework” tab
   • To enter modifications for a special education student, select the “Modification(s)” tab
   • Click the “Return” button when finished entering information
   • Click the “Instructional” button to enter the instructional methods for the lesson plan
   • Click the “Eval/Assess” button to enter the evaluation and assessment methods for the lesson plan.
2. If all information is correct and you would like to copy this lesson plan/assignment to other sections, click “Copy To Other Sections”
   • After clicking “Copy To Other Sections”, select the sections that the lesson plan/assignment needs to be copied to.
3. If this is the only section this lesson plan/assignment is for, click “Save”
4. After creating an assignment, click on 'Attach" (paper clip symbol) to attach a file. Then choose "Add", click on the file to include and then cick on "Choose". The file is now attached.

Adjust Grading Scales

Overview

Teacher may find that they are using an incorrect grading scale when creating assignments in their WebGradebook. Rather than have the teachers delete the assignments are then re-enter them using the correct grading scale, the Adjust Scale utility was created to help correct these situations. In situations where the utility will work, it will change all of the assignments with incorrect grading scales to the correct scale and then recalculate all of the grades using the new grading scales. The utility will work to change Numeric to Numeric and Numeric to Alpha. It CANNOT change Alpha to Numeric.

Accessing the Assignment Syllabus

Assignment Syllabus Access

Grades: Pre-Adjustment

Assignment Syllabus

Assignments Selected

Adjust Scale Window

Adjust Scale

Scales Adjusted/Grades Recalculated

Transfer Grade of Student

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