1. Infinite Campus Infinite Campus Secondary Instruction: Lesson Planner/Gradebook Donn Martin dgmartin@aps.k12.co.us

2. Today’s Agenda Welcome and Introduction Objectives Navigating Campus Attendance Teacher Preferences Change Password Lesson Planner Grade Book Reports Review

3. Objectives – To be able to … Navigate Campus Take attendance View and edit teacher preferences Use the lesson planner Use the gradebook Post grades to the report card –From the Gradebook –Grading by Task –Grading by Student Create reports

4. Infinite Campus Main Window

5. Attendance

6. Teacher Preferences

7. Change Password

8. What is Gradebook Teachers can create assignment groups & add individual assignments within groups. Track Student Progress Post Grades and Progress to Infinite Campus directly from the Gradebook Module Display class assignments and student grades on the Parent Portal and Student Portal Gradebook is an integrated, web-based lesson planning and grading tool for Teachers

9. Lesson Planner

10. Gradebook

11. Steps to Setting Up Gradebook

12. Gradebook Setup Steps Plan Set the Teacher Preferences Setup Lesson Planner Setup the Assignment Groups Setup the Assignments Copy the Assignments to Other Sections (Classes) Copy the Group Assignments to other Terms Enter the scores in Gradebook

13. GradeBook Hierarcy Teacher Class 1 (section) Class 2 ( section) Term 1 TaskTerm 2 TaskTerm 1 TaskTerm 2 Task Group 1Group 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Group 1Group 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2

14. Assignment GradeBook Setup Decisions Teacher Class 1 (section) Class 2 ( section) Term 1 TaskTerm 2 TaskTerm 1 TaskTerm 2 Task Group 1Group 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Group 1Group 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Teacher Class ( section) Term 1 TaskTerm 2 Task Group=100%

15. Gradebook Setup Set Preferences Select Term Select Grading Curve Enter Lesson Planner Groups & Assignments –Setup the Groups –Setup the Assignments –Setup the Activities Delete Groups or Assignments if Needed Copy the Assignments to Other Sections (Classes) Copy Groups to other Terms Yellow Yellow indicators on the grid are the summative grades from assignments the teacher has entered Green The grades in Green are posted scores that have been entered for report card tasks Gray The next area (the Gray area) displays the assignment group name at the top, the assignments name and the assignments scores within that group below.

16. Step 1: Set Teacher Preferences Instruction>Admin>Preferences Note: Preferences are section specific and need to be set and saved for each Section

17. Step 2: Gradebook Lesson Plan Setup Set the Lesson Plan Preferences (Instruction>Lesson Planner) –Click the Lesson Planner icon –Choose your Section –Click the Lesson Plan Term –Choose a Grading Calculation option –Select the APS – Policy IKA-R Curve –Save your Changes

18. Gradebook Setup: Step 1 Set the Lesson Plan Preference –Use Weighting on groups (Total Points) –Use each score’s percent value for calculations (rather than points) Points: 6/10 + 7/10 + 16/20 = 29/40 = Percents: 60% + 70% + 80% = 210/3 = 72.5% 70%

19. Grading: Calculation Tips Weighted vs. Total Points True Weighted Gradebook –All assignments have the same point value (100, 50 etc.) –Groups are weighted by percentage Homework = 20% Classwork = 20% Quiz = 20% Test = 40% Combined Groups = 100% Select: Use each score’s percent value for calculations (rather than Points) Total Points –Assignments have variable points depending on their importance –Groups are weighted by total points Homework = 20 pts Classwork = 30 pts Quiz = 50 pts Test = 100 pts One Group Folder: (Total points) Group Weight = 100 Select: Use weighting on groups Either preference will work

20. Grading: Calculation Tips Weighted True Weighted Gradebook –All assignments have the same point value (100, 50 etc.) –Groups are weighted by percentage Classwork = 35% Homework = 7.5% Projects/Labs = 35% Test/Quiz = 15% Warmup/Summary = 7.5% Combined Groups = 100% Select: Use each score’s percent value for calculations (rather than Points)

21. Grading: Calculation Tips Total Points Total Points –Assignments have variable points depending on their importance –Groups are weighted by total points Homework = 20 pts Classwork = 30 pts Quiz = 50 pts Test = 100 pts One Group Folder: Weight = 100 –Select: Use weighting on groups or Use each score’s OR –percent value for calculations –(rather than Points) –Either preference will work

22. Step 3: Gradebook Setup Set Up the Groups –Homework, Class work, Quiz, Participation – Groups are placeholders for assignments. You may create as many or as few as you need for a term. Click on New Group –Fill in the Group Detail Name Weight Sequence Term/Task Repeat above steps to create all groups for a section or class for a specific term Repeat Set up steps to set up Preferences and Groups for all sections or Copy Groups using the Group Copy Utility

23. Step 4: Gradebook Setup Set Up the Assignments Choose your Section Click New Assignment –Name, Abbreviation –Select Group –Total Points –Date Due –Multiplier Homework Ch1, Homework Ch2, Assignments are a place holder for activities that you want to be calculated towards a students grade Red Label titles are Mandatory Fields and must be completed before proceeding

24. Step 5: Enter Scores / Grades (Gray Columns) Double click the cell under the assignment title (Gray Columns) to enter a score for specific assignment. Right click to add a comment or an optional flag Green Right click a cell under the Green Columns to Post Grades Post Grades Add Optional Comments

25. Step 5: Enter Scores / Editing Grades Once grades have been posted and saved, they can be accessed from the Index under Instruction by clicking on Grading by Task or Grading by Student. There you may enter comments or use Canned Comments Post Grades

26. Step 5:Editing Grades

27. Step 6: Enter Scores / Continuous Grading System This step is for posting your end of term and semester grades if you keep a continuous gradebook Post Grades to other task Right Click in the Green % column Term Q2/S1

28. Step 7 : Lesson Copier Lesson Copier The Lesson Plan Copier copies assignment groups and assignments to another section taught by the same teacher. This can only be performed on an empty section (a section with no groups or assignments). If new assignments need to be copied, use the Copy Group function.

29. Step 8: Assignment Copier Assignment Copier This tool will copy the Assignments selected from a list and copy them to the groups selected from other sections

30. Semester Grade Calculation Continuous Grading 1 st 9 weeks2 nd 9 weeks Grading continues Semester = 2 nd 9 weeks grade

31. Semester Grade Calculation methods Continuous Grading Composite Grading 1 st 9 weeks2 nd 9 weeks Grading continues Semester = 2 nd 9 weeks grade Grading starts over 1 st 9 weeks2 nd 9 weeks Semester = Average of 1 st & 2 nd 9 weeks grades

32. Step 10: Printing Gradebook Reports Section Attendance Register –This report displays the attendance data for each student for each day in a student by day grid. Section Attendance Summary –This report displays the section attendance summary for each student. Classbook Blank Spreadsheet Report –This report creates an empty grid with the students you select on the y-axis and blank column headers on the x- axis. (Prints out a roster in spreadsheet form) Missing Assignment Report –This report displays list missing assignments per student. Choose the assignments you'd like to appear in the report. Those students that have scores with the missing flag set for the assignments you've selected below will appear. Students will also appear as missing an assignment if the due date has past and you selected the assignment below. Roster Labels Report –This report displays the roster labels for the enrolled students. Section Summary Report –This report displays all selected assignments and students in a grid with the students you select on the y-axis and assignment headers on the x-axis (Prints out your Gradebook) Student Assessment Summary Report –This report lists out students' best test results for each selected test. At lease one test category, test result and test score must be selected to generate the report. The option page will only list tests which was taken by at least one students in current section. Student Summary Report –This report returns per student report of assignments that are assigned to the student along with any scores that the student has received. (Progress reports for your class only) Teacher Schedule Report –This report displays the teacher's schedule in the current calendar year