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Texas Skyward User Group Conference
Boot Camp for Administrators:
Gradebook Tracker/Analysis
Tommy Mertz
Sheldon ISD
Session Title
This session will give a basic demonstration of Administrator Access focusing on the Gradebook
Tracker and Grade Posting Administration.
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The Gradebook Tracker allows administrators to view teachers’ gradebooks and also track how
the gradebooks are being used. The grade information displayed in Gradebook Tracker is updated
during a nightly process.
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The Grade Posting Administration area allows administrators to monitor the grades posted for
students. It is also the location that administrators will need to use to approve grade change
requests made by teachers.
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More information can be found in SKYDOC.
http://www.skyward.com/DeptDocs/Corporate/Documentation/Public%20Website/HelpContent/Gui
des/Administrator_Access_Guide.pdf
First click on the Administrator Access
tab.
Select Gradebook Tracker.
This screen is a listing of the
gradebooks by course. Click on Filter
Options to change this view.
You can change the grouping to by
Teacher. With this option it will only
show the current term.
Now the screen is listing by teacher
instead of course. You can search for a
teacher at the bottom.
Once you find the teacher expand next
to the name and it will display the Class
List. Click on the Gradebook link to
view the gradebook for a class.
The gradebook link allows you to view
the teacher’s gradebook and you can
view assignments, scores and generate
reports from the gradebook.
The Gradebook Usage Report provides a
summary of usage by teachers. It can also
include information on the number of
assignments and other course statistics.
You can also access Gradebook Tracker
from the Student Management screen.
Grade Posting Administration enables you to
approve grade changes made by teachers
after a posting window has closed. It is also
found in the Administrator Access tab.
Notice that there are 3 requests for
grade changes.
Grade Posting Administration can also
be accessed from the alerts button.
Click on the link to see the 3 requests
that are in the system.
The requests that are Ready for Review
are the ones that need to be approved.
The ones In Progress have not been
completed by the teacher yet.
Expand the Gradebook and you will see the
Reason for the grade changes and the Grade
Differences. Here you can post grades for
individual students or post all.
Once the grades are posted they will appear
in the Approved Grade Differences section
with a date and time stamp. Also mark this
gradebook as completed so the status will
change to complete.
The In Progress changes do not give the
option to post grades until it is Ready
for Review.
Posted Grades by Student allows
administrators to view the gradebook
and posted grade for the student’s
classes.
Teacher Posting Status allows administrators
to view the posting status for the teacher’s
gradebook. The teacher must select the
option of Posting Complete in order for the
class to display as completed.
The Grade Differences Report will display the
discrepancies between the Gradebook grade
and the posted grade. You can use this report to
verify the teacher’s posted grades are not
different than those in their Gradebooks prior to
running report cards.
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