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Skyward

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Skyward Online Manual Table of Contents

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Accessing the Gradebook

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Grading Period Display

III. Setting up Categories

IV. Adding an Assignment

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Editing and Deleting Assignments

VI. Entering or Changing Grades

VII. Quick Score and Mass Assigning

VIII. Making a Score a No Count

Accessing the Gradebook

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Accessing the Gradebook

The purpose of this document is to familiarize teachers with the basic functions of the gradebook.

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Action Click on My Gradebook. (If needed, open the Teacher Access folder)

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The classes assigned to you will be listed. Click the Gradebook link to view the students in a class/section.

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Accessing the Gradebook

Your gradebook will open to the ‘Main Screen’. The tabs (menu items) at the top The grade reporting periods will be listed: PR1, PR2, etc will be for Progress Reports.

CY1, CY2, etc. will be for six weeks cycles.

EX1, EX2 is for semester exams S1, S2 is for semester average. ***Be sure that Term Grade column is set to 1st, 2nd, etc. if you want to see the entire six weeks grade.

To switch to another class, click on the drop down Classes tab and select another class from the list.

Grading Period Display

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Skyward: Grade Period Display

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to change the display options in gradebook Step

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Action A Term Grade is a six weeks period (1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) OR a progress report period (PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5, PR6).

You can hide or show as many grading periods as you wish, however, you cannot hide current grading periods.

The Term Grade Column lets you choose which grading period you want to view.

This is the only column that lets you choose the grade to be displayed.

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To hide the “Extra� grading periods for a class, with the class open: 1.Click Display Options menu, choose Grade Period Display.

2.Choose Hide All for the Display Grade Period and/or Display Assignments.

You will not be able to hide the current grading period.

Be sure to Save before leaving this screen or the changes will not be saved.

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Skyward: Grade Period Display

Setting Up Categories

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Skyward: Working with Assignments: Setting up Categories

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to set up assignment categories. Categories must be set up BEFORE adding an assignment. You will need to check with your campus/department to see if there are specific categories to use and the percentage allotted to each category. Percentage amounts need to be set BEFORE adding an assignment. Under the Categories menu, you may also change your scoring method (i.e. Use Total Points instead of Percent).

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From the ‘Main Screen’ go to the Menu Bar, click on Categories.

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Click Add/Edit Categories button.

Add/Edit Categories

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Check the Categories that you wish to include.

Type in the Percent for the category under the Modified Percent column.

Check to be sure that the Percent Allocated equals 100.

Click the Use These Categories for My Other Classes button, if desired.

Click the Save button.

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Adding an Assignment

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Skyward: Adding an Assignments:

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to add assignments with defined categories (To set up categories see the Setting up Categories click sheet).

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Action From the ‘Main Screen’ click the Assignments menu at the top and select Add Assignment.

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Use the pull down menu to select the proper category.

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Type the name of the assignment in the Description box.

Example: Chapter 1 Test, pgs. 10-12, etc.

Assignment Group (Optional) will allow you to group assignments together for reporting purposes.

Assign Date-This is the date the assignment was given to the students. It defaults to the current date.

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Proposed Due DateThe date you anticipate the assignment will be due.

Actual Due Date- The final date the assignment is due. Be sure that the Actual Due Date that you enter is within the designated 6 weeks term that you want the grade to be averaged into.

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Max Score- Must always be 100 (Unless adding Extra Credit).

Weight Multiplierallows you to make an assignment have a greater, lesser, or equal value to the other assignments for the class within the category.

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Click Save and Score to go directly to entering student grades, or Save and Add Another to add another assignment without entering grades for the assignment just entered or Save and Back to return to the gradebook.

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Click the appropriate box, “Post to Family Access” and “Post to Student Access,” for the grade for an assignment to be included in the six weeks average information to Family Access and Student Access.

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Editing & Deleting Assignments

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Skyward: Editing and Deleting Assignments

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to edit and delete assignments Step

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Action Editing Assignments: From the ‘Main Screen’ click on the header of the assignment you want to edit.

Editing Assignments: A screen with the assignment information will appear; click Edit.

Modify the assignment as needed and click Save.

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Deleting an Assignment: From the Main Screen click on the header of the assignment you want to delete.

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Deleting an Assignment: A screen with the assignment information will appear.

Click the appropriate Delete button.

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A message box appears to confirm that you want to permanently remove the assignment.

Click Ok.

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Entering or Changing Grades

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Skyward: Entering or Changing Grades

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to enter or change grades from the Main Gradebook screen. The Main Gradebook screen enables quick entry of grades, special codes, and comments for an assignment. You can indicate whether the assignment is No Count or Missing as well.

Note: An *asterisk indicates that a grade has not yet been entered. It will NOT be averaged in the Grade Period or count as a zero. Skyward EA does not allow you to enter “E” or “M” or other letter codes into the grade cells. Instead, excused assignments will be marked as “No Count,” and missing assignments will be marked as “Missing” with checkmarks. You also have the ability to add your own comments about grades.

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Action From the ‘Main Screen’ locate the assignment column in which you want to enter or change grades. Note: To identify the assignments, move the cursor slowly over the assignment header.

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Click in the corresponding box under the desired assignment column to enter or change the grade.

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Enter the student’s grade and press the enter key on your keyboard to move down to the next student, or click in the corresponding grade box of any student to continue entering grades.

• Mark “No Count” and Missing Assignments • Enter your own comments.

Once you have added a comment, it will be saved so you can use it at another time.

The comment can be seen by parents in Family Access.

• Rather than mark missing grades individually,

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you can leave them blank and click the Mark unscored as 0 and Missing button.

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When grades are entered into the gradebook, the cumulative grade will appear under the appropriate grading period (P1, CY1, P2, CY2, etc).

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Quick Scoring and Mass Assigning

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Skyward: Entering Grades through Quick Scoring and Mass Assigning Grades

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to enter grades through Quick Scoring and Mass Assigning Grades. Quick Scoring is especially helpful for teachers who have already entered multiple assignments into the gradebook.

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Action From the ‘Main Screen’, click on the Quick Scoring tab.

This screen allows you to enter or change scores for ALL of the assignments for ALL of the students.

Grades will turn green as they are being entered.

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The Show ‘Cell’ Details button allows you to enter more detail about the score such as special codes, no count, missing, or comments.

You can also double click on a cell and the Student Score Detail window will pop up.

Mass Assigning Scores: From the ‘Main Screen’ click on the header of the assignment you want to grade.

Click Mass Assign Scr. Enter the score and/or select options to be assigned to all students and click Apply.

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Making Score as No Count

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Skyward: Mark Score as No Count

The purpose of this document is to show Skyward users how to mark a score as No Count. This option allows you to take a student’s score (lowest or any) and not have it count towards the student’s grade in the class.

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Action Locate the score for the student that will not count towards the student’s grade and double click inside the box.

The ‘Score Entry’ screen will appear for you to select No Count. This will indicate to the system that this score will not count when calculating the student’s grade.

Enter a Special Code for the assignment, if applicable; these codes are set up and maintained by the district.

Click Save to save the information and return to the main class screen.

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The grade for the assignment will now appear bold.

If you hover over the grade you will see the special code indicator.

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