Teacher Notes

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This program will allow teachers to create messages specifically their students for the Student Progress Center.


  • In the WebGradebook, click on Teacher Notes.


Definitions of Column Headers

To find definitions of commonly used columns follow this link: Common Column Headers.
The following column headers are not found on the Common Column Headers document.
Title -- Title of the message
Type -- Refers to the type of message being sent.
User -- The login of the user who created the message.
Created -- Date the message was created.
Count -- The number of students the messages was sent to.
DEL -- Delete

To begin creating a message

  1. Click the "Add" button at the bottom of the screen to bring up the "Note Editor" Window.
  2. If the message is only for a few students, you can click in the field labeled "Students" and select from a list of options to restrict the number of students to send the message to. Then select the students from the last field in the window. Leave blank to send the message to all students.
  3. Click in the "Title" field to create a title for the message.
  4. Below "Title", there is an option to Make Public or to make the message Student Visible only. If "Make Public" is selected and your district displays the "Browse" button on the Student Progress Center, the message will be visible to everyone who visits the Student Progress Center without requiring a username and password. If "Student Visible" is selected, the message will only be visible to parents/students who have a username and password.
  5. In the white text area, begin typing the message.
  6. Click "Add" to send the message to the Student Progress Center.
  7. After creating a teacher note, click on it to attach a file. Then click on "Attach" to attach a file (1 meg only) to the teacher's note. Then choose "Add", click on the file to include and then cick on "Choose". The file is now attached.
  8. The message will appear in the table with number of students that received the message.
    • Click on the message title to review/edit the message.
    • Click on the student count to see which students the note was created for, and the date the mother, father, or student opened the note.
    • Click the red cell to delete the message

To Print this Report

  1. Click the Print button at the bottom of the screen.
  2. A popup will appear with a set of document print options--PDF, XLS, CSV, HTML.
  3. The default print option will be PDF.
  4. Click the print button on this popup and a print preview window will appear.
  5. To get the print icon on this window, hover the mouse in the bottom right area of the preview. A grey rectangle will appear with several icons.
  6. Click the print icon at the right end of this rectangle. Another print preview will appear.
  7. Click the print button at the top left to print the report. Close the print preview.

NOTE: Sorting and other data manipulations are explained in the following link: List Programs Instructions/Video


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