Post Grades Master

This program will allow the user to edit grading periods, semesters and final grades by teacher and course. If the course is marked as a one semester course in the Master Schedule Editor, the appropriate grading period columns will be grayed out and therefore, not editable.

Menu Location

On the left navigation panel, select Grades > Entry > Post Grades Master.

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. It 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.

Grades - Grade level of students whose records need to be edited or whose names are to be included on a report. Leave the field blank if all grade levels are to be included. Otherwise, click in the field to the right of Grade(s) to select the desired grade level(s) to be included.

Semester To Display Scheduled Students

4x4 Display - Select this option if the school has four (4) semesters in a school year and the desired marking period or all.
2x8 Display - Select this option if the school has two (2) semesters in a school year and the desired marking period or both.

Semester Grade Calculation Requirement

ALL Marking Period Grades Within Semester - This option requires grades in all grading periods in order for semester and final averages to be calculated.
Last Marking Period Within Semester - Use if there aren't grading period grades in all marking periods. (There has to be a grade in the last grading period).

Calculate for Completed Courses Only - Check to calculate grades for only courses that are completed.

4 X 4 Term to calculate - Calculate semester/final averages for only the selected term, All, Fall, or Spring.

Click OK to continue.

To find definitions for standard setup values, follow this link: Standard Setup Options.

Main

Column Headers

SIDNO - Student identification number.

Student Name - The name of the student.

Grade - The grade level of the student.

P1 through P6 -the grading periods for the school (P5 and P6 should not appear if the School has nine weeks grading periods) {P7, P8 are present for 4 x 4.5 schools}

E1 and E2 -exam grades (E3, E4 are present for 4x4 schools)

S1 and S2 - semester averages (S3, S4 are present for 4x4 schools) - The calculated letter values will be in lower case, signifying that the grade has been auto calculated by the program. If the user manually enters a Semester or Final grade, the letter value will be in upper case.

F1 - final grade (F2 is present for 4x4 schools) - The calculated letter values will be in lower case, signifying that the grade has been auto calculated by the program. If the user manually enters a Semester or Final grade, the letter value will be in upper case.

CUP - Carnegie units pursued.

CUE - Carnegie units earned.

To find definitions of commonly used column headers, follow this link: Common Column Headers.

Teacher - Select a teacher to view.

Course - Select a course to view.

Top

A+ Grades - Select for grade related functions.

Setup - This will display the setup for this page.
Duplicate Grade - The user can duplicate a grade to all students on one or more grading periods.
Post Comments - This will allow teachers to post comment for this subject for a specific student or all students.

Show Grade Change Information - This will display grade change details.

Sch - School site of enrollment

SIDNO - Student identification number.

Change User - User who edited/deleted the grade recorded.

Change Date - The time stamp of the grade record was edited/deleted.

Change Reason - The reason of the user for the grade record edit/deletion.

Change Data - Relevant details pertaining to the grade record edit/deletion.

Print - This will allow the user to print the report.

Reports - Select for various gradebook reports for the selected section and grading period.

Grades - Term Grades Report - This will print a report of current recorded term grades.

Show Me - Select for various gradebook displays in a different color.

Empty Grades - By selecting this option, it will display, in bright blue, all of the blank fields.
LEP - Student name will be highlighted if the student has been identified as Limited English Proficient. Hover to see the tool tip.
SPED - Student name will be highlighted if the student has been identified as Special Education. Hover to see the tool tip.

Blue - Special Ed Record
Yellow - Eval or IEP has expired
Red - Active Eval or IEP
Gray - Speech only services
Purple - Gifted/Talented student

504 - Student name will be highlighted if the student has been identified as 504. Hover to see the tool tip.
Health Conditions - Student name will be highlighted if the student has been identified with health conditions. Hover to see the tool tip.
Virtual - This option is for those student who take a virtual class.

Admin - Select for administrative related functions.