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End of Grading Period 1st Semester 2015
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Step 1 Find out from your school office the deadline for you to have grades entered for the
grading period being reported.
HINT: If you try to perform any of the steps below after the official end of the
grading period being reported, as listed on the official district school year calendar, even
if you are doing so prior to the deadline learned in step 1 (e.g., during the weekend after
the grading period that just ended on Friday, you may have to check the appropriate
box(es) on the Grade Period Display screen, via the Display Options menu on the My
Gradebook | Main Screen, to see grades from the grading period being reported.
Step 2 Prior to the deadline learned in step 1, enter all the grades you have for every
assignment with a due date that falls within the official district dates of the grading
period being reported (as listed on the official district school year calendar) in the grade
book for each of your classes (actual due date is used first, then proposed due date is used
if there is no actual).
After doing this in each class, double check the average that appears in the appropriate
term grade column for the grading period being reported. This average is what will
appear on the progress report or report card.
HINT: If you need to manually adjust a student’s average that appears in the
appropriate term grade column for the grading period being reported, there should be a
link on the Birdville Skyward Gradebook How To Documentation Web page that
explains how to do this.
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Step 3 Prior to the deadline learned in step 1, for those classes which have a conduct
(citizenship) grade (typically E, S, N, or U) in the grading period being reported, enter
one for all students. To do so click on the column heading of the conduct (citizenship)
grade in the grading period being reported (CZ1 in following screen shot, 1 because it’s
the 1st six weeks) and then enter grades on the Citizenship Grade Entry screen that
appears (see screen shot on next page).
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Step 3 continued
Per district policy or procedure conduct grades are typically only given in
each class on report cards, so this column may not appear when posting
grades for progress reports.
o Elementary school teachers should still be able to give a
conduct grade on progress reports via the appropriate three-
week calculated average in their Conduct class. Elementary
teachers that don’t have a Conduct class can possibly use
Enter a conduct (citizenship)
grade for each student. If you
leave it blank here they will
not get one on the progress
report or report card.
You can use this to fill in all blanks with
the same grade.
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the comment codes explained below to communicate
behavioral issues/progress on progress reports.
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Step 4 Prior to the deadline learned in step 1, for the grading period being reported you will
enter comment codes in each class for those students you have identified as needing such
additional information. To do so click on the Posting button on the grade book Main
Screen and then click on “Post Comments” on the pulldown menu that appears, select the
correct grading period on the Comments screen (illustrated on next page), and then enter
all desired comment codes, up to six per student, on the Comment Entry screen (example
follows on another page below).
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Step 4 continued
Click the Post Comments link for the grading
period being reported (look at dates on this screen
to confirm it is the correct one). If the link is
something other than Post Comments for the dates
you need you will need to check with your school
office because they probably have the posting
window closed.
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Step 4 continued
Enter up to six comment codes per student here. This includes special ones like Teacher
Accommodation.
Click on this link to see all
available comment codes.
Use these to mass assign
same comment code to all
students without one.
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Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 as necessary for every class you
have.
That’s it! There is no longer any need to post grades
because as you enter them in your grade book they are
automatically posting, assuming your school office has the
dates set properly for the posting window.
If you are asked to do anything beyond this it is most likely
campus procedure. Depending on what it is there may be
links on the Birdville Skyward Gradebook How To
Documentation Web page that explains how to do it.