Gradebook

Starting WebPams Gradebook: WebPams Version

Ask your JPams district coordinator for the web address of the WebPams gradebook in your district. It is usually in this format: Media:http://webserveraddress/WebPams Your address: ____________________________________ Using your favorite browser, go to the address given. At the start page, enter your User ID and Password, then click Sign In.

Important for Web Gradebook: Save often and Logout when done! If stopping Web Gradebook for a moment to do some other task, be sure to save first! Main Screen for WebPams – 3 sections – Menu Items, Messages from Edgear, Stats for district enrollment and ethnicity breakdown

WebPams Gradebook

Click on Grades, then WebGradebook to open the gradebook. (Presently in testing mode until completion)

Setup Box appears – make changes, if necessary, and click OK.

At the bottom of the screen, choose Year; Teacher, if necessary; Course; Marking Period.

Toolbar Icons

Tooltips are available for each icon. Just hold your mouse pointer (without clicking) over each icon and an explanation will appear.

1. Assignments: Click to display the dropdown menu to access the New item which creates a New Assignment for the class section. Once an assignment is created, you can use the Edit item to make changes or the Remove item to remove or delete an assignment. 2. Grades: This menu allows you to use grades features. 3. Reports: Creates reports, logs, charts, etc. The remainder of the items all give the same type of graphs dealing with the Selected Assignments, All Assignments, and Final Grade. 4. Show Me: Allows you to see Empty Grades, LEP students, and more to come. 5. Admin: Allows administrators to preform tasks. 6. Attendance: Allows teachers to complete daily attendance. 7. Discipline: Allows teachers to complete their sections of the Behavioral Form. 8. Seating Chart: Creates a seating chart for the students in each class. 9. Save: A very important item used to save grades entered on each assignment. This is a must to save the grades – whether new grades or changes to existing grades.

Setting up Non Weighted Categories

Use categories to organize your gradebook, but is not mandatory. The categories creates items used as defaults and can be changed when entering a new assignment. This feature allows you to choose specific colors for the different types of assignments given in a class. (i.e. Test, Quiz, Term Paper, etc.) These categories will appear in the Assignment Type drop-down box when you create a new assignment.

1. To create categories, click on Assignments on the Menu Bar and choose Categories from the drop-down menu. 2. Click on Blank line to create a new category completing the Name of the category (i.e. Tests, Exams, Homework, etc). Select the Grade Type. Enter the default Maximum Value (this can be changed when creating an assignment) of points. Select a Color for the assignment type. When done, click Save (green box) to save the assignment category. Continue using the blank line to add additional assignments.

Setting up Weighted Categories

This feature allows you to set categories that are based on weight values of the total grade. When a user creates assignments with weighted categories, no non-weighted categories can be used in combination with these weighted categories within a class section.

1. Use the same steps as the Non-Weighted Categories above. 2. In the Weight field, enter the weight value that this category will use. 3. When done setting up weighted categories, click Save (green box).

Important Note about Categories and Weights: All categories created in WebGradebook show for all classes. A user can have categories that are non-weighted for some classes and also have weighted categories for others.

The user needs to remember that if a weighted category is used on an assignment in a particular class, then all assignments in that class must be of a weighted category type. The gradebook will not calculate weighted and non-weighted assignments in the same class.

Entering Assignment Grades

1. Click Assignments then New. 2. Enter a title for the assignment in the Assignment Title field. 3. Click the drop down arrow in the Category field to pick the category of the assignment. a. NOTE: All assignments within a given class section must be the same type - either all are non-weighted or all weighted. 4. Click the drop down arrow in the Grade Post Type to identify the assignment as a Numerical Grade, SNU Numeric, or SNU Letter grade. If categories were created, this item is entered for the category. 5. If the subject is a core course (Math, Lang Arts, Social Studies, Science), a user can associate GLE’s that are already preconfigured for the class. Click in the Curriculum Unit field. A list of Units specifically for the course will be displayed. Click to pick a Unit. The screen will then move to a listing of Activities for this unit of the course. A user can select one or more activities. Click the Next button to move to a listing of matching GLE’s. Click the appropriate GLE’s for the assignment. When done, click Append to Objectives, then Close Window. A nice feature of adding GLE’s is that there is a GLE report that can give results of the GLE’s covered in WebGradebook for the year. 6. If a weighted Assignment Type category was chosen, the Weight Value will be displayed. 7. Based on the Assignment Type category chosen, a default Maximum Value (Points possible) will be displayed. If the user wishes to change the Maximum Value, click in the field, backspace out the existing value, and enter the desired amount. If there are Bonus Points possible, enter them in the Bonus Points field. Enter the Date Assigned and Date Due fields. 8. If you wish to copy the assignment to other classes, click the Copy to Other Sections button, or if not, click Save to enter the assignment to this section only. 9. A new column for the assignment will now be displayed in the grade book. Click in the first cell, then begin to type the grade for the assignment. To move to the next cell, simply tap the ENTER button or the DOWN arrow and the active cell will drop down to the next student. After entering the grades, click on the Save icon (looks like a disk) at the top of the tool bar.

Entering Exam Grades in WebGradebook

Posting of exam results is done the same as posting assignments, with one variation. We pick the exam grading period to post the grade result.

Important: A. This only needs to be followed if your school/district posts exam results as a separate grade item. Example: To determine a final, a district requires an average from grading period 1, grading period 2, and an exam. These are all averaged together for a final. Contact your JPams Coordinator if you are unsure as to how exam results are posted in your district / school. B. EOC exam results are imported electronically for the teacher

1. In WebGradebook, locate the Marking Pd field on the lower right. Click and select one of the following based on your schedule type: If unsure which to choose, check with your JPams District Coordinator. 2. Repeat the steps as described in the previous section (Entering Assignment Grades). The only difference is that you will post one assignment for the exam score. a. On the top row of menu commands, click Assignments then New. b. Enter a title for the exam in the Assignment Title field. c. For the Assignment Type, leave it set to (None). Do not choose a category. This is the only score that will be posted for this “Marking Pd” of 1st Sem Exam, therefore no category or weight is needed. d. Click the drop down arrow in the Grade Post Type to identify the assignment as a Numerical Grade. e. Enter a Maximum Value (Points possible). If there are Bonus Points possible, enter them in the Bonus Points field. Enter the Date Assigned and Date Due fields. 3. After entering the information, click Save. 4. A new column for the exam results will be displayed in the grade book. Double click in the first cell, then begin to type the grade for the exam. To move to the next cell, simply tap the ENTER button or the DOWN arrow and the active cell will drop down to the next student. After entering the grades, click on the Save icon at the top of the tool bar. 5. TIP: Want to review the grades for the year in one place? In the menu bar, click Reports, then Term Grades Report. You will then see all students in the course with the grade averages for all grading periods and exams on one sheet.