Flex Card Grade Entry
This program will provide teachers a way to enter grades in the Flex Cards. Flex Cards can be created in the Flex Card Template Editor and mass printed in the Flex Card Mass Print.
Using an emoji in the Comments section will prevent the Flex Card from printing.
Video How-to
Flex Card - Skills Report Card (1 page) Grade Entry Video
Flex Card - Skills Report Card (2 page) Grade Entry Video
Permissions needed in User Management
- In User Management, you can set the security to NA, RO or RW for Flex Card Grade Entry in the Program column on the row of Grades.
- NA will stop user from entering the program with a pink screen stating "You do not have permission to access this application".
- RO will let you in the program but will have the grading periods blocked with pink panels.
- RW will let you in the program to enter grades and perform all functions.
- In User Management, you can also set the security action "Non-TE can access other Flex Cards" to "Yes", "No" or "Read Only".
- Viewing the courses list and students list or posting of grades can be denied by using the Deny feature in Grading Period Lock.
- To also block teachers from opening this program all together, use User Management Inactive Fast Loader.
Menu Location
On the left navigation panel, select Grades > Entry >Flex Card Grade Entry.
Setup Options
Year - Defaults to the current year. A prior year may be accessed by clicking in the field and making the appropriate selection from the drop down list.
District - Default value is based on the user’s security settings. The user will be limited to their district only.
School - Default value is based on the user’s security settings. If the user is assigned to a school, the school default value will be their school site code.
Teacher - The teacher name should be listed based on security unless the user is an administrator, then all teachers are available for selection. Select the desired teacher to view.
Show Transfer Grades - Check to allow transfer grades from other schools to display.
OK - Click to continue.
To find definitions for standard setup values, follow this link: Standard Setup Options.
Main
- Select the desired section to view from the Courses drop down.
- Select the desired student to enter grades for from the Students drop down.
- Select the desired tabs to enter grades.
- Finally, either check the appropriate box or click in the appropriate cell to enter a grade for the student.
- Once all grades are entered for all tabs, click the Save button at the bottom of the screen.
- Print - This will allow the user to print the report.
End of the Year
If Show Recommended Grade is checked on the set up box of Flex Card Mass Print, then "Grade Placement for Next Year" will display on the flex report card. The words "Grade Placement for Next Year" is hard coded and cannot be changed.
From the Comment tab, choose from a pick list of what grade the student will be in next year. If the Comment tab is not showing, check the Show Comments checkbox in Flex Card Template Editor.
