The Grades tab will display the various options and date windows for secondary grade reporting (GRD table) and elementary grade reporting (SBG table).
- Support Standards-Based Grade Reporting – Supports standard based grades grade reporting on the Grades page and in the gradebook.
- Allow Teacher to Print SBG Report Cards – Allows the teacher to print the Elementary Standards Based Report Cards.
- Allow Teachers to Print HIS Transcripts – Allows the teacher to print the student Transcript.
- Allow Teacher to Change Credit in GRD – Allows the teacher to update the Credits - GRD.CR field.
- Allow Teacher to Change Absences in GRD – Allows the teacher to update the Absence - GRD.AB field.
- Hide Current Info from Students and Parents when Teachers are Updating Grades – This option will hide the current grade reporting mark, citizenship, work habits, absences, credits, and comment fields while the teacher grade posting window is open.
- Disable Loading Grades From Gradebook - This option will hide the Load Grades from Gradebook button for teachers while the grade posting window is open. The option applies to both secondary GRD and elementary SBG grade reporting.
- Allow Teacher to Mass Fill GRD Marks - Allows the teacher to mass add marks when using GRD.
- Display Only Marks for Teacher, Parents and Students (Applies to SBG Grades and Gradebooks) - With this option checked, all existing and new Standards Based Grades gradebooks in this school will apply the following:
- Assignments will only display their mark values.
- The Gradebook Option Hide the Overall Percentage/Trend Analysis will be enabled and read-only.
- The Gradebook Option Display the Final Mark will be deselected and read-only.
- Start and End Dates – This is the date range that teachers are allowed to update grades via the Portal. This is NOT the start of the grade reporting period (quarter or semester). This option needs to be maintained and updated each grade reporting cycle.
- Require Comment – With this option checked, a teacher is required to enter a Comment, in addition to a mark. The missing mark listing report will honor this new option and include students where a mark was entered, but no comment.
- Require Work Habits – With this option checked, a teacher is required to enter a Work Habits mark, in addition to a mark. The missing mark listing report will honor this new option and include students where a mark was entered, but is missing a Work Habits mark.
- Require Citizenship – With this option checked, a teacher is required to enter a Citizenship mark, in addition to a mark. The missing mark listing report will honor this new option and include students where a mark was entered, but is missing a Citizenship mark.
- Can Mark Page as Complete? – Allows teachers to click a button to mark the page as complete. This is useful for progress reports where not every student may receive a mark. The Missing Mark Listing can be run to ignore pages marked as complete, even if a mark is missing. A GRD record is considered “complete” if there is an “X” in the GRD.TG field.