IFES New Grade Entry for Report Cards
From the main gradebook screen, select Elementary Assessments. Enter marking period grades for elementary students on the Assessment By Student screen or the Assessment By Subject screen. Both screens give you the same capabilities; they just present the students in different ways. You must enter grades during the grading window.
Pick your Grade Level, Marking Period and Subject. Then click on the button under Action.
All grading cells start out green, once you enter or change a grade the cell turns blue and remains blue until you save the screen. Once you save the screen, the cell turns either green again or it turns yellow. A yellow cell indicates that the grade saved doesn't match the gradebook grade.
If you enter a grade that is outside of the Grading Key, the grading cell boarder and your entry turn red and a warning icon appears in the cell. Hover your mouse in the cell to see what the valid values are. If you try to save the screen before entering a valid value a message of, The student assessment screen contains errors. Please correct the errors before saving, appears and the screen does not save.
While on the Assessment By Subject screen, hover the mouse in the grading cell, a small down arrow icon appears, click the icon to add the same grade to all students.
Your school may allow you to enter free form comments, or may provide predefined comments. If your school uses predefined comments, click Show Comments to see a list of the codes and associated text. To enter a predefined comment, click the comment in the Comments box or enter the code in the Code field and click Add. If your school allows free form comments, spelling errors are underlined in red.
While on the Assessment By Subject screen, hover the mouse in the comments box, a small down arrow icon appears, click the icon to add the same comment to all students.
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REMEMBER TO SAVE!!!
