eSSENTIAL Publisher:Zena Brown

Learning Technologies Specialist

eSSENTIAL Resources for LTSs: Infinite Campus - Assignments

This course provides participants an overview of calculating and reporting grades in Infinite Campus.

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Objective

The learner will be able to:

• Utilize the Gradebook for entering and posting grades.

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Agenda

• Campus Overview• Assignment

– Teacher Preferences– Grade Calculations– Categories– Creating Assignments

• Recording Grades• Gradebook• Review/Wrap-up

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Campus Overview-1• Gray header tool bar contains dropdown

menus for:• Year• School• Section

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Campus Overview-2

• The Index tab is where you will access Instruction functions

• The Account Settings changes user password

• Access Log shows information about logging into the tool

• The user must Log Off

Campus Overview-3

• The main work space contains: District and School notices.

• The Process Inbox contains reminders to take attendance

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Assignments-1• The Assignments tool is used

for creating and managing assignments as well as setting up grade calculations

• Complete tasks in this order:– Define preferences on the

Teacher Preference editor.– Define grading options on

the Grade Calculation Options editor

– Set up Categories– Enter Assignments

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Assignment-2

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The toolbar on the View Assignment screen gives teachers the ability to complete all assignment management from within the Assignments tool.

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Teacher Preferences-1

Teacher Preferences allows teachers to set preferences for the section. If the section spans multiple terms, these preferences affect all terms.

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Teacher Preferences-2

Users can assign preferences for multiple sections.Step 1. Select the checkboxes for the

preferences you want to assign.Step 2. Click the Mass Assign to

multiple sections hyperlink.Step 3. Select the sections to which

you want to assign preferences or select Check All to select all sections.

Step 4. Click the Save Teacher Preference button.

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Grade Calculations-1

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The Grade Calculation Options editor allows users to set preferences that determine how Grade Book calculates in progress grades. Standards and Tasks can be attached to a grading scale for grade calculation or excluded/removed from calculations

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Grade Calculations-2

• Step 1. Click the Edit Grade Calc Options on button the Assignments toolbar to open the Grade Calculation Options editor

• Step 2. Select one of the following options: No Calculation or Calculate In Progress

• Step 3. Click the Save button to open the Assignments Editor.

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Categories-1

A Category is a collection of assignments that count toward a grading task or standard. The Categories screen first displays a summary of all the categories set up for the sections taught by the teacher based on the course selected in the Campus toolbar.

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Categories-2Step 1. Enter Name and

Weight, Sequence, Exclude the Category from Calculation, and Drop Lowest Score are optional.

Step 2. Select the section to assign this category.

Step 3. Select the Grading Task that will contain this category.

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Creating Assignments-1

Step 1. Enter Name and AbbreviationStep 2. Click on the Description, Objectives, and

References Fields to add additional information

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Creating Assignments-2

Step 1. Select which Section(s) get this assignmentStep 2. Check Active, Hide were appropriateStep 3. Enter Assigned and Due date

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Creating Assignments-3

Step 1. Select the Grading Task and Category in which to place the assignment.

Step 2. Select the Scoring Type.

Step 3. Enter the Total Pts and Multiplier if using Points or Assignment Marks.

Step 4. Click the Save & Score.

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Recording Grades

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Gradebook-1

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Assignments

Categories

Grades

Gradebook-2

Hover over the abbreviation to see additional details about an assignment

Gradebook-3

Right click on an assignment to update scores.

Gradebook-4

Comments may entered in the gradebook for a student by right-clicking on the cell for a student’s score.

Gradebook-5

• Turned In – A green flag displays in the upper left corner• Late - any work that is flagged as Late will appear with a red score. There

is no formula for late work, the Late flag is simply an indication the assignment was late. Any deductions or “docking” should be done on the score and entered as such.

• Exempt -an exempt assignment will be grayed out and will not count for that student.

• Missing - missing assignments count as zero points earned. A canned report finds missing assignments in the Portal and in the Instruction Reports.

• Incomplete- assignments do not harm (nor help) the student’s grades.• Cheated - an assignment flagged as cheated will count as a zero. “Cheated”

will appear on the portal.• Dropped - the dropped flag is automatically marked if “drop lowest score”

was set on the group in Lesson Planner. As scores are entered, Campus will analyze each student’s scores and flag the score with the lowest overall percentage, thus removing it from the grade calculation.

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Step 1. Select the cell and enter the valueStep 2. As scores are entered, the student’s running

total grade (in the yellow area) will automatically recalculate to show the current grade. Click SAVE.

Gradebook – Posting Grades• Right click in the green grade

totals area. • Select Post Grades if it is time

to submit grades for that marking period OR select Post Grades to Other Task if submitting a progress mark such as midterm.

• Click Save.

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Review/Wrap-Up

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Survey

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Faculitator: Michelle Madden

mmadden@atlantapublicschools.us

Learning Technologies Department130 Trinity Ave

Atlanta, GA 30310www.apslt.org

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