Posting Comments

Video

Post Comments video

This will allow you to enter comments for students to be viewed on the Detailed Progress Report, Report Card and Student Progress Center. Posting these comments will also generate a phone call to the parent home and cell numbers. To block these calls, go to Communication Configuration, and add GR904 to block the phone calls from going out.

Note: Each student must have at least one assignment grade posted before a comment can be posted.

On the left, click on Grades, under the heading Entry, click on WebGradebook.

At the bottom of the WebGradebook, verify the School Year and Teacher. Choose the Course then choose the marking period.

1. Select the Grades menu at the top of the screen.
2. Select Post Comments.
3. The screen display will change. There will be a column on the left listing the students in the class. The student IDs and their grade level will also be on this side of the screen.
4. There are columns labeled C01, C02, ... C12 for entering the various comments for a single student, a group of students, or for the whole class.
5. The right side of the screen will list available codes with a description for each code.
6. Enter comments based on the following conditions:
   • All students--click the check box found to the left of the comment number. An asterisk will appear beside all student names. Select the code from the list on the right side of the screen. All asterisks will change to the selected code.
   • Small group of students--click in a comment column beside the student's name and an asterisk will appear. Continue clicking on student names that are to receive the same comment. Select the code from the list on the right side of the screen. All asterisks will change to the selected code.
   • Single student--click in a comment column beside the student's name and an asterisk will appear. Select the code from the list on the right side of the screen. The asterisk will change to the selected code.

To Print the Report

1. To print the grading period comments, click the print button at the bottom of the screen.
2. A popup will appear with several options: PDF, XLS, CSV, and HTML.
3. For the PDF version, click the print button at the bottom of the screen.
4. A print preview will appear on the screen.
5. Move the cursor to the bottom right of the print preview and a gray rectangle will appear.
6. Select the printer icon (far right end of the gray rectangle) and a printer dialog box will appear.
7. Click the Print button at the top left of the printer dialog box to print the grading period comments.

Resources

WebGradeBook Comment Codes Listing: Listing of Comment Codes in WebGradeBook.

Comment Codes

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