TEMS Gradebook Initial Login

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TEMS Gradebook Initial Login
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Add User Specific Settings
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Upon logging in, look under User Settings and
click Add User Specific Settings.
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Set the Default Year after Login to 0910.
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Set the Default School After Login to your school
name. (It should be the only one listed.)
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Password Preaching Your password is to be
guarded with your life. Your password should be a
combination of letters and numbers. Do not ever
share your username and password with anyone. If
you need assistance with your gradebook, the
Technology Department can access your gradebook
without you giving this info out.
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Electronic Trail
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Same as Novell Password
Enter your current password, 123. Enter your new
password. We suggest that you use your Novell
password. (First initial, last initial, last four
digits of social.)
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Click Submit
Note If you forget your TEMS password, please
contact the Technology Office, and it will be
reset.
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You can return to the home page at any time by
clicking on the red house. Our user settings
will not be applied until we log in again. So,
please check the year and school on your screen.
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Terminology
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Special Scores

• Physically type in any special scores needed in
  the grade spreadsheet.
• INC
• X use when exempting an assignment
• Excused

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Add Student Grades
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The My Classes tab lists all periods taught by a
teacher.
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To open a class, click on the blue class name.
Now all other tabs are accessible.
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Gossip Time!
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Before we begin setting up the gradebook, we need
to change a few preferences. Click on the
Preferences tab across the top of your screen.
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Scroll down to the Warnings section of the page.
(about half-way down)
Check the box for Prompt user, if assigning
score greater than Possible Points.
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Under Auto Save, check both boxes and enter 5 in
the minutes box.
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In the Comment Configuration section, you have
twelve district comments available.
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You will be able to write in your own comments
and associate them with grades also. But for
now, we will copy the district comments into your
gradebook.
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Select all district comments by clicking on the
first comment, holding down the shift key on your
keyboard, and clicking the last comment.
Then click Add Selected Items.
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The comments should copy to the My District
Comments side on the right.
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Under Parent Portal, check the box that says
Default setting for the Is Assignment allowed
to publish to Parent Portal checkbox when
creating new assignments.
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Click Submit at the top of the page when these
changes are complete. You should see a
confirmation that these have been updated.
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Now, click on the My Classes tab to return to
your class list.
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Click on your first academic class. (not
homeroom)
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The default gradebook view shows all options. If
you would like to hide options, click on the
minus sign next to the label.
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Make sure that you leave the Assignment name and
Comments options open.
Also leave open the Final Grades column. (This
was on the far-right in Integrade.)
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When your gradebook appears the way you like,
click on Actions and Save Settings.
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Our next step will be to create categories. Click
on the Category and Assignment tab and the
Actions button. Choose Add/Edit categories.
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Choose the 1st 9 weeks grading period. Then,
click the drop-down for Select Courses and check
All.
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Choose a category name. For elementary and
middle schools, this will be Grades. For junior
high and high school, your categories will vary.
(quizzes, assignments, etc.) Consult your
department head.
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Set the category weight. For elementary and
middle schools this will be 100. The weight will
vary for junior and high.
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Set the possible points default to 100 points.
Click Submit.
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The new category should appear in the table below.
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Now we will copy this category to the other
grading periods. Click on the Actions button and
Copy Category.
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A pop-up window will appear. Check the box for
the category that you created. Check all grading
periods and hit Submit.
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You should see a yellow bar indicating that you
have updated successfully. You may now click
close.
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For elementary and middle school teachers, the
Category setup is complete. All other teachers
should click on the Category Assignment tab to
continue creating and copying categories.
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Creating Assignments
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Click on the Category Assignment tab to create
a new assignment. (called a task in Integrade)
Note that you will be creating the assignment
for the class which you chose. You can see this
near the top of the page.
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First, choose the current grading period. Then,
select a category.
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For the Long Name box, you may be very specific
about the task. For example, Quiz on Verbs
Chapter 5. This name appears in the Parent
Portal. The Short Name box is more limited in
characters. Choose a quick reference name like
Verbs Quiz. This name appears in your gradebook.
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Choose an Assign date and Due Date.
(If you were to choose a date outside the chosen
grading period, TEMS will give you an error
message.)
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The Possible Points and Assignment Weight will
auto-populate based on the category that you
choose.
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Now we will choose the classes that this
assignment will apply to in addition to the class
you are in. To choose more than one class, hold
down the control (Ctrl) key on your keyboard.
Hold down Ctrl for multiple classes.
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Finally, click Submit. Your screen will change to
the gradebook spreadsheet and your new assignment
should appear.
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What If Teachable Moment If you should assign
the assignment to the wrong classes, you will
need to delete the entire task from the Category
Assignments tab. Click on the red circle to do
so and recreate the assignment.
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To enter grades for an assignment, click in the
first cell of the column. You may enter the
students individual grades.
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To enter students grades quickly, click on the
first grade spot, enter the grade, and move down
the column by using the Tab key or down arrow on
your keyboard. (not Enter)
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When you are finished entering grades, click on
the Submit button.
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In the event that you need to assign the same
grade for every student in a course, click in the
top box and enter the grade. When you click in
the first students cell, the grade will
auto-populate the column. Submit changes.
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For an overview of the student, click on the
students name.
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FYI To enter one students grades only, click
on the pencil beside his or her name.
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FYI To view the contact information on a
student, click the people icon.
To exit the resulting screen, click Cancel.
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FYI When that parent comes in for a conference,
you can show her only her childs grades by
clicking on the black arrow. This will grey out
the other students grades. Click it again to
show all grades.
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FYI In Preferences, we set grades to
auto-publish to the Parent Portal. If you ever
need to unpublish a grade, click on the icon
below.
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FYI - If you would like to drop the lowest score
in a category, click the icon below.