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Gradebook Options:
//**Total Points - No Weighting**//
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Total Points
 * One Category
 * Calculation Method - Composite


 * //Total Points - No Weighting - Multiple Categories//**
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Total Points
 * One Category for each item you wish to track (quizzes, tests, etc.)
 * Calculation Method - Composite, Ignore Unit and Category Weighting


 * //Total Points - Weighting//**
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Total Points
 * One Category for each items weighted (quiz, test, class participation, etc.) The weighting must add up to 1. Example: Quizzes - .3, Tests - 5, Class Participation - .2)
 * Calculation Method - Composite


 * //Percent - No Weighting//**
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Percentage
 * One Category
 * Calculation Method - Composite


 * //Percent - Weighting//**
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Percentage
 * One Category for each items weighted (quiz, test, class participation, etc.) The weighting must add up to 100. Example: Quizzes - 30, Tests - 50, Class Participation - 20)
 * Calculation Method - Composite

//**Percent**// **//- No Weighting - Multiple Categories//**
 * One Unit - when you set it up, choose Percentage
 * One Category for each item you wish to track (quizzes, tests, etc.)
 * Calculation Method - Composite, Ignore Unit and Category Weighting

Gradebook Class Set Up (one time only):
Once you have decided upon your grading method, everyone begins by creating the first (and only) unit per class.


 * Creating the Unit:
 * A unit in Teacher Logic is a class section. It is not as we think of as instructional units.**
 * From the drop down on the left side (on that has marking periods listed) choose ALL. This will set up your gradebook for all marking periods that the class meets.
 * From the second drop down, choose appropriate calculation method as listed above
 * Under Unit Controls, click Add
 * At Unit Name type the name of your course. You can add the period to this name if you wish. Example - //**English 9, Period One**//.
 * It will ask for another unit--Choose Close.

If your grading method uses only one category:
 * Creating Categories:**
 * Click Category - ADD
 * Title the category GRADES. All your grades will go into that folder.
 * Be sure to select the Weight Type (Total Points or Percentage) and the Weight as 1.
 * Click Submit. Do not add a second category.

If you weight grades, you will need multiple categories:
 * Click Category - ADD
 * Title the category as quizzes, tests, etc.
 * Choose Weight Type as Total Points or Percentage.
 * Enter the weight as .X for total point or .% for percentage weights. Example, if you grade with total points and want quizzes to be 30% of grade, enter .3. If you grade with percents and want quizzes to be 30% of grade, enter 30%.

Once you have the gradebook set up, click on the Preference link (blue link and right side of screen). Click on the Setup tab at the top of the next window. Verify your defaults for unit, category and task are set correctly. Click Submit Click the Task Grid tab. Under Student Average Display, click the radio button beside Report Period Average, unless you teach a trimester course (click Grade to Date)
 * Setting a Preference:**

Creating a Template:
If you use the same set up of units and categories for all your classes, you can create a template of your set up, which you can then copy to all sections.
 * 1) Login.
 * 2) Click the Gradebook Tab.
 * 3) In the upper right corner, choose the Template icon (round button next to the lock/password button).
 * 4) Choose Create a New Template.
 * 5) Click NEXT.
 * 6) Highlight Create from Scratch (or choose one of your existing classes that you already have set up).
 * 7) Click Next.
 * 8) Name the Template (suggest your name).
 * 9) Do NOT share the template. Let everything else the default.
 * 10) Set up your units and categories as desired.

Copying Template to Other Sections:
(These directions were written without seeing the steps. The general idea is here, they will be cleaned up when steps can be seen.)
 * 1) Login.
 * 2) Click the gradebook tab and choose the course.
 * 3) You will get a message asking if you want to use a template. Click OK (or whatever the button reads).
 * 4) Your list of templates should show up. Highlight the one you want.
 * 5) Click Apply.

First - create the TASK:
Notes -
 * 1) Select the gradebook tab.
 * 2) Choose your class/section
 * 3) Click the "Add Task" button.
 * 4) Your Unit and Category names should be selected by default, if not, simply select them from the drop down menu.
 * 5) Add Task Name and Date
 * 6) Choose the grade type and number of points (Out Of)...**//You cannot mix points and percentages in your gradebook.//**
 * 7) Click Submit.
 * 8) If that is the last assignment you are adding to your grade book, Choose Close button.
 * Generally, extra credit is not to be used. If you absolutely must, and can justify its use, click off Allow Extra Grades.
 * NEVER change the Extra Credit Type popup to Bonus Grade.
 * If you think that most students in your class will get the same grade, you can use the Assign Global Grade - Numeric. Insert the grade, it will fill that in for each student. You can then go in and change the ones that did not get that grade.
 * You can now Assign A Global Grade from the gradebook window, as well as when you set up the task.

Second - Entering the Grades:

 * 1) To enter grades, click the Gradebook tab at the top of the page.
 * 2) Tasks are listed across the top of the gradebook grid. Under each task, click the blue "Grade" link. (You __do not__ want to click the Grades link next to each student's name.
 * 3) You should get a new window into which you can enter the grades quickly by using the tab key or down arrow.
 * 4) When finished, //**click Submit. This Submit means Save To Your Gradebook.**// You may have to expand window to see the Submit button, which is at the bottom of the window.
 * 5) To change an individual student's grade, you can click on the [Grades] link next to their name.

Attendance Codes:
ABS - student is absent. Grade will be averaged in as a 0 until it is made up. EXAB - student is absent. Grade will NOT be averaged in as a 0. INC - student has not turned in the assignment. Grade will be averaged in as 0 until it is made up. EXC - student is excused from the assignment. Grade will not be averaged in.

Additionally, you can create your own codes. 
 * 1) Login,
 * 2) Click Gradebook.
 * 3) Click the Gradebook you want.
 * 4) Upper right corner - click the wrench icon.
 * 5) In that window, you can then create your own codes.

Submitting Grades to Main System

 * Once you have completed the steps above, you have entered the grades in your gradebook. However, these grades need to be pushed to the main system in order for them to be seen by parents or calculated into eligibility. This should be done every Friday - or each time you enter grades.
 * After Submitting Grades to gradebook, click on Period Grades Tab.
 * Verify the grades showing. Any red grades indicate that the student's grade in your gradebook is different than the grade in the main system (probably due to the last grades you entered).
 * If you have any red grades, click the ADJ button at the top of the column.
 * Click Submit.

Copying Tasks From One Class To Another:
After you enter the information for one or more tasks in one section, you can copy those task headings to other sections. You can only copy to one section at a time. 
 * 1) Go to the Section you want to copy to.
 * 2) Click on Gradebook.
 * 3) In the upper right, click on the set up icon (little wrench).
 * 4) In the center of the page, click the button that reads IMPORT TASK WIZARD.
 * 5) A window will come up listing all the sections of your course that currently have tasks assigned to them. If others teach the same course, you might see them listed there as well.
 * 6) Select the section from which you want to copy tasks.
 * 7) Choose NEXT.
 * 8) Check off the tasks you wish to copy.
 * 9) Click IMPORT.
 * 10) Repeat for the other sections

Backing Up
You can - and should - back up the gradebook each time you enter grades. You can back up all classes at one time.
 * 1) Log on to Teacher Logic.
 * 2) Select the Gradebook tab. Do not go into a gradebook grid, do this from the main gradebook page.
 * 3) Select the 3rd icon in the upper right corner (when you hover over it, it will read Backup).
 * 4) Click the radio button beside Backup a Class (it will be the default).
 * 5) Click on Next.
 * 6) Highlight the classes to back up. You can select all of them at one time (drag across them or hold the command key while clicking).
 * 7) Click on Next.
 * 8) Give your Backup a Name (your last name and the date/example: Sheffer 9/16/08)
 * 9) Click on Next. You should get a message that reads that your backups have been created. The backup file is stored on a server.

If you need to restore a class or delete backups, you follow the same steps.