“Things should be made as simple as posible, but not any simpler.� - Albert Einstein
Standards & Skills
PlusPortals • Access your Gradebook from PlusPortal for teachers: https://www.plusportals.com/AmericanNicaraguan School
STEP 1 To login to PlusPortals, use your Gradebook’s username and password: - Your username is your ANS email account: example@ans.edu.ni - Your password is your personilized password for Rediker’s Gradebook Get to know PlusPortals, in it you will have access to your courses’ gradebooks, Calendar, Email & Messages, Notifications and much more.
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Tiger’s Tech | Final Grades Submission
Gradebook
STEP 2 • In PlusPortal, click on “Gradebook” under the course you want. • You will be taken to your course gradebooks. • Click on the SK/ ST button.
Entering Standards
STEP 3 • In this window enter standards. • Standards are columns with an orange tag named as “skills”. • Remember standards allowed are 0-3.
Make sure to use current standards
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Entering Narratives
STEP 4 • Unhide the “Narrative” column by: • Go to “View” tab. • Click on “Unhide”, unhide All Pane Columns. • Click on the white sheet of paper icon. • Write your narrative for each student.
Only allows 1000 characters
Submitting Grades
STEP 5 • Click on the “Submit” tab. • Select your current grading period and click. • A confirmation dialog box will pop-up. • Click “Yes” to confirm.
- Narratives aren’t visible to parents yet. - Submit grades for every class/course.
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Tiger’s Tech | Final Grades Submision
First Quarter Grades Submission Timeline Early Learning Center & Elementary School Friday, October 11, 2013 End of First Quarter
Monday, October 14, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
TeacherPlus ends Q1
Teachers submit Narratives & Standards/Grades Note: Grades will be locked by AdministratorPlus at 4PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Friday, October 17, 2013
Online Verification by Teachers
Records Office receives verifcations and reviews them.
Note:Verify number grades, conduct grades and narratives.
Saturday, October 18, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Report Cards are printed
Report Cards go home
Director of IT Michael Parrales mparrales@ans.edu.ni 2252-7310 Ext. 2028
Records OfďŹ ce Meileen MartĂnez mjmartinez@ans.edu.ni 2252-7310 Ext. 2058
American Nicaraguan School Connecting the Global Community
Frente al Club de Lomas de Montserrat P.O. Box 2670 | Phone: 2252-7310/12 | Fax: 2267-3088 Managua, Nicaragua www.ans.edu.ni