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CHANGING PASSWORDS
When the accounts were set up, your original password was the same as your username. If you have not done so already, the password should be changed to your district assigned password. To change the password:
 * Once logged in, click on the "lock" icon in the upper right corner.
 * A window should pop up asking for your old password (which is your user name) and your new password.
 * Click Submit.

Taking Attendance:
Notes:
 * 1) Log into Teacher Logic.
 * 2) Click on your homeroom link.
 * 3) If a student is Absent, click the Radio Button under the A column.
 * 4) Click Submit.
 * If no one is absent, you open the class list and click the Submit button.
 * Only mark students absent. Students arriving late, leaving early, going on field trips, etc. will be handled by the office.
 * If trying this before school starts, you must click on the date (it is a link) and choose a date within the school year to see your class list. Otherwise it will tell you it is not an instructional block.

Seating Charts:

 * 1) Log into Teacher Logic
 * 2) Click on the Attendance tab
 * 3) Choose your section
 * 4) In the upper left corner, click "Show by Seating Plan"
 * 5) Click the tab "Edit Seating Plan" (A new window should pop up)
 * 6) In the new window, choose the number of rows and seats per row that you will need to create your new plan and click "Create Seating Plan"
 * 7) The system will insert student names in drop down menus. Put students in seats as you wish.
 * 8) You can print from here to have a hard copy of your seating chart.
 * 9) Click Submit.

Locating Student Information:
The following information about a student can be found in the student record. To access a student record, click on the student's name:
 * Student Contacts (upper right corner)
 * Student Address
 * Schedule - called Timetable (link on right side)
 * Grade History - past grades in system
 * Overall Absences - absence record from all classes
 * User name and password
 * Home phone
 * Medical Alerts

To find Absence Record from your class only, click on the small number in the column next to the student name in either the attendance or gradebook page.

When looking at a list of student names, the small green asterisk next to their name indicates they have an IEP. When looking at a list of student names, the small red cross next to their name indicates they have a medical alert.

Choosing Your Course
Log into Teacher Logic You will see all three trimesters in addition to your homeroom. Click the + beside the trimester you wish to work with. Choose the course to which you'd like to add grades.

Then click on the Period Grades tab.



Viewing Students & Standards
There are two ways to view your students and standards:


 * Expanded Details View:** Shows all students with the standards listed for each. Compact view of comments. Good for adding effort on all students at once**.**
 * **Choose effort from the drop down menu**
 * Click the edit button under "RCC" to add report card comments to the whole course.
 * Click the three dots beside the box that says "Report Period Comments" to add comments for that subject.
 * Submit after each student so you don't lose your work.


 * Show by Student List:** Shows standards for one student at a time. Good for seeing standards and comments all in one window.
 * **Choose effort from the drop down menu.**
 * Add "Report Card Comments" for the end of the report card.
 * Add "Report Period Comments" for subject specific comments. (You can type your own and/or choose from the list of comments found if you click the "..." beside the code box.)
 * Be sure to submit when finished with each student.
 * Click on the next student in the list on the left to move on.

Navigating Between Courses

 * To move from one course to another, click the link for the name of the course found near your menu bar to open the class list pop-up.
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 * [[image:Screen_shot_2011-09-13_at_8.38.59_AM.png]]
 * Click the course you would like to use next.
 * Enter and submit grades for that course.

Entering Grades

 * For each course, you will select an Effort for each standard.
 * For Science and Social Studies, you will choose from the Grade column and ignore the effort. Science and Social Studies are graded on a 4 point scale.
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 * Be sure to submit regularly. You can go back and change grades even after submitting, so don't worry if you make a mistake and need to change it later. Simply change the grade or effort and submit again.
 * For security reasons, Teacher Logic will log you out after 30 minutes. You will not be warned, so make sure if you need to step away from your computer be sure to hit the submit button so you don't lose your work.

Comments

 * You can add two types of comments to the report card.
 * Report Card Comments: These are the comments you are used to making. They are printed at the end of the report card for the trimester. A comment can be entered like, "Parent conference to be held in November." and applied to the whole class by hitting the "Apply to Class" button. This will save you from typing it in for each student.
 * When applying to class, DO NOT type your comments in the Report Card Comments box. Instead, click the "Apply to Class" button.
 * Type your comments in the new Global Comment box.
 * Choose whether you want to Append (add to) or Replace current comments
 * Click Submit button to finish
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 * Report Period Comments: These comments are subject specific. If you'd like to make comments for a student under a particular subject, you can add them here. The subject specific comments will print directly below the name of the course on the report card. There is a list of standard comments that you can choose from or you can type your own. To see the list, click the ellipses (...) next to the box.
 * The box will be checked to show that you have entered comments for that student although you won't see them unless you click the box to view the expanded view.

Reviewing Student Grades

 * As you begin to work on later trimester grades, you may want to see how students scored in the previous trimester. To do so:
 * From the Period Grades tab, click on the Reports button in the top right corner. (It looks like a printer.)
 * [[image:ReportsButton.jpg]]
 * Choose "Grades Verification" as the Grades Report type. Choose options as follows:
 * [[image:GradesVerification.png width="569" height="358"]]
 * Choose the Report Period from the drop down.
 * Click "Generate Report"
 * You can click to print the report or save it as a PDF document.
 * [[image:PrintPDF.jpg width="416" height="589"]]

At the end of each trimester, your gradebook will automatically default to the next trimester. If you are entering or changing data after that date, please be aware that your gradebook has probably already changed over.

To make sure you are entering data in the correct trimester:
 * 1) Click the Period Grades tab.
 * 2) Click the + next to T1 to open your Trimester 1 courses.
 * 3) Choose your course.
 * 4) Make sure the drop down under Period Grades says R1, if not change it to R1. (Note: Once report cards are completed for the 1st trimester, R1 will be closed and R2 will be open. This will not happen until after report cards have been finished for the Trimester.)
 * 5) [[image:Screen_Shot_2011-12-16_at_9.41.12_AM.png]]
 * 6) Add and/or change grades and comments as needed.

Once report cards are finished, Jody will close the first trimester and open the next one for grades. At this point your gradebook will default to the new trimester and you don't need to worry about making any changes.

Grades Verification Report
(See directions above in the Reviewing Student Grades section)