New Assignment

Open the New Assignment screen.

NOTE: The Score Type, Max Score, and Points fields may not be available in Standards Mode, depending your district’s settings.

Enter the assignment settings and score details. The assignment details are as follows:

Assignment Name: The name of the assignment. This also displays on ParentVUE/StudentVUE (if enabled.)

Description: The description of the assignment. This also displays on ParentVUE/StudentVUE (if enabled.)

Date of Assignment: The date the assignment was given to students. The default is today’s date.

Assignment Category: The grading category for the assignments. Options include:

Normal: The assignment will count towards the students’ overall grade.

Extra Credit: The assignment is an opportunity for the student to improve their overall grade. Extra Credit does not negatively affect their grade.

NOTE: If an extra credit assignment is part of a weighted assignment category where no ’Normal’ assignments have been scored yet, the grade book will count the extra credit assignment. It is very important when using extra credit assignments to create them only in assignment categories that have at least one other assignment entered in that assignment category (i.e. Tests).

Not for Grading: The assignment will not count toward the students’ overall grade.

Show in Parent/Student Portal: Displays the assignment in ParentVUE and StudentVUE (if enabled.) This option is selected by default.

Due Date: The date the assignment is due. The default is today’s date.

Assignment Drop Box: Drop Box allows students to upload completed assignments through StudentVUE. The Drop Box feature must be enabled by your district.

Type: Select an assignment type. The assignment types listed may include district created assignment types as well as any assignment types you may have created. have added, it is because you have Add by Types to the District Types selected on Grade Book Setup. If you would only like to see your types listed here, go back to Grade Book Setup and select Only Show My Types.

Score Type: Select Raw Score, Percentage, or any other Grade Book score types previously created.

NOTE: When using the Raw Score assignment score type, Max Score and Points must be entered.

When using the Percentage assignment score type, Points must be entered. When entering scores, they are entered as percentages. For example, if the student earned 9 points out of 10 points possible, the teacher would enter 90 (9/10 = 90%) as the score.

Max Score: Enter the maximum number of points possible on an assignment.

Points: Enter the number of points the assignment is worth in Grade Book. For most assignments, this is the same value as the Max Score. You can also use this field to weight the assignment (see How to Use Assignment Weighting section).

Select any standards associated with this assignment from the Standards Correlations tab. (optional)
Select the appropriate standards for the assignment in the Standards Picker section. Selected standards are labeled Selected.

NOTE: Standards must have been added by the district for teachers to be able to search or select them here.

Click DONE. The selected standards display under Assignment Standards.
Select all the sections that will use this assignment from the Sections tab.
Select the grading periods for this assignment from the Grading Periods tab.

NOTE: Grading Periods may already be selected based on defaults assigned in Grade Book Setup.

New Assignment

Assignments are created on the New Assignment screen. The New Assignment screen is accessed from the New Assignment option on the Grade Book menu or by clicking on the Grade Book Main screen.

Assignments can be edited until student scores are associated with it. After scores are entered for the assignment, the system allows certain aspects of the assignment to be edited, only.

Tasks

New Assignment

Open the New Assignment screen.

NOTE: The Score Type, Max Score, and Points fields may not be available in Standards Mode, depending your district’s settings.

Enter the assignment settings and score details. The assignment details are as follows:

Assignment Name: The name of the assignment. This also displays on ParentVUE/StudentVUE (if enabled.)

Description: The description of the assignment. This also displays on ParentVUE/StudentVUE (if enabled.)

Date of Assignment: The date the assignment was given to students. The default is today’s date.

Assignment Category: The grading category for the assignments. Options include:

Normal: The assignment will count towards the students’ overall grade.

Extra Credit: The assignment is an opportunity for the student to improve their overall grade. Extra Credit does not negatively affect their grade.

Not for Grading: The assignment will not count toward the students’ overall grade.

Show in Parent/Student Portal: Displays the assignment in ParentVUE and StudentVUE (if enabled.) This option is selected by default.

Due Date: The date the assignment is due. The default is today’s date.

Assignment Drop Box: Drop Box allows students to upload completed assignments through StudentVUE. The Drop Box feature must be enabled by your district.

Score Type: Select Raw Score, Percentage, or any other Grade Book score types previously created.

NOTE: When using the Raw Score assignment score type, Max Score and Points must be entered.

When using the Percentage assignment score type, Points must be entered. When entering scores, they are entered as percentages. For example, if the student earned 9 points out of 10 points possible, the teacher would enter 90 (9/10 = 90%) as the score.

Max Score: Enter the maximum number of points possible on an assignment.

Points: Enter the number of points the assignment is worth in Grade Book. For most assignments, this is the same value as the Max Score. You can also use this field to weight the assignment (see How to Use Assignment Weighting section).

Select any standards associated with this assignment from the Standards Correlations tab. (optional)

Select the appropriate standards for the assignment in the Standards Picker section. Selected standards are labeled Selected.

NOTE: Standards must have been added by the district for teachers to be able to search or select them here.

Click DONE. The selected standards display under Assignment Standards.

Select all the sections that will use this assignment from the Sections tab.

Select the grading periods for this assignment from the Grading Periods tab.

NOTE: Grading Periods may already be selected based on defaults assigned in Grade Book Setup.

Click Save Assignment. to save and return to Grade Book Main.

OR

Click the arrow in the button. Two additional options display.

Save/Enter Scores opens the Enter Grade Book Scores screen.

Save/Add Another Assignment to enter another new assignment.

Edit Single Assignment

From Grade Book Main, click the assignment title. A drop-down menu displays.

Select Edit Assignment. The Grade Book Assignment screen displays.

Make appropriate changes.

Click Save Assignment to save and return to Grade Book Main.

OR

Click the arrow in the button. Two additional options display.

Save/Enter Scores opens the Enter Grade Book Scores screen.

Save/Add Another Assignment opens the Grade Book Assignment screen where a new assignment maybe added.

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