Setting Up PowerTeacher Pro

Agenda Welcome and Introductions Setting Up District Grading Preferences Setting Up School Grading Preferences Setting Up Teacher Grading Preferences Time for Review 2

Meet the Trainer 3 Specify a few things about yourself

Sign in to the following server to complete course activities: Username: XXaghs1 Password: aghs1 Course Server Information 4

Setting Up District Grading Preferences 5

Grade Scales District > Grades Scales > New Create regular grade scales for traditional and standards-based grading. 6

Special Codes Scales Create a scale that includes special score codes, such as “NC,” and associate it with a regular grade scale. 7 District > Grades Scales > New

Now It’s Your Turn 8 Complete hands-on activities 1-3: Create an Alpha Grade Scale Create a Numeric Grade Scale Create a Special Codes Scale

Configure grading preferences and calculations for multiple schools to provide grading consistency throughout the district Save teachers from having to set up the preferences in the gradebook for each section they teach District-Level Grading Preferences 9

PowerTeacher Pro Settings: District District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings 10

Default Gradebook Type: New Sections PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Default Gradebook Type At the district level, set PowerTeacher Pro as the default gradebook for new course sections. 11

District Teacher Categories Set up assignment categories, such as Test and Project, for a selection of schools to provide grading consistency. 12 District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > District Categories for Teachers > Add

Now It’s Your Turn 13 Complete hands-on activity 4: Set Up District Categories for Teachers

Final Grade Calculation Methods Use the following methods to calculate students’ final grades: Total Points - Divide the number of points the student earned for the class by the number of points possible for the class Reporting Term - Calculate the final grade by averaging and weighting grades from shorter reporting terms Standards - Base final grades on standards scores Categories - Calculate final grades by averaging and weighting grades from assignment category totals 14

District > Courses > (select a course) > District - Standards tab When setting up a standards calculation method, select the Specific Weighting or Specific Sum attribute to calculate a student’s final course grade from weighted standards grades Include some or all of the standards aligned to a course Define the settings for how higher-level standards grades will be calculated from lower-level standards grades 15 Standards Weighting and Specific Sum

Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas > Add Create a calculation formula for a selection of schools, for each reporting term. 16

Now It’s Your Turn 17 Complete hands-on activity 5: Create a Traditional Grade Calculation Formula

Traditional Grade Preferences Set up traditional grade calculation preferences for each school. 18 District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Preferences

Now It’s Your Turn 19 Complete hands-on activity 6: Set Up Traditional Grade Preferences

Working with Standards-based Grading Which scores count in the final grade? How many scores count in the final grade? Are grades for higher level standards automatically calculated from scores on lower level standards? What calculation type should be used on the range of standards scores to represent students’ performance? 20

Standards Calculation Types Most Recent Scores - Student learning culminated over time Mean - Average of all scores Median - Throw out high and low scores Mode - The most “typical” score Weighted Mean - High-point assignments count more Highest - Best for performance assessments None - No default; a case-by-case method, or set the default at a different level (district, school, teacher) 21

Standards Grade Preferences Define how standards final grades are calculated for schools throughout the district. 22 District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Standards Grade Preferences

Now It’s Your Turn 23 Complete hands-on activities 7-8: Configure Standards Grade Preferences Review Standards Settings on Courses

Display Settings Set which schools use standards and control how information appears in the gradebook by default. 24 District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings

Now It’s Your Turn 25 Complete hands-on activity 9: Configure Display Settings

Manage Next Year Calculations District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings> Manage Next Year Calculations Create the grade calculations for the next school year prior to running the End of Year process. 26

Setting Up School Grading Preferences 27

School-Level Grading Preferences Configure grading preferences for one school to provide grading consistency throughout the school Save teachers from having to set up the preferences in the gradebook for each section they teach 28

PowerTeacher Pro Settings: School School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings 29

Default Gradebook Type: Existing Sections School > Sections > (select a course) > (select a section number) At the school level, set PowerTeacher Pro as the default gradebook for existing course sections Change the preference for individual sections Use DDA to update the preference for all sections at once 30

District Categories for Teachers School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > District Categories for Teachers View the district-created categories made available to the school, and manage which ones are available to teachers. 31

Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas View the district-created calculation formulas. 32

School Traditional Grade Preferences School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Preferences Edit traditional final grade formula preferences and saved calculated grades preferences for the school. 33

Now It’s Your Turn 34 Complete hands-on activity 10: Edit the Traditional Grade Preferences for a School

School Standards Grade Preferences Edit standards grade calculations preferences for the school. 35 School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Standards Grade Preferences

Now It’s Your Turn 36 Complete hands-on activity 11: Edit the Standards Grade Preferences for a School

Display Settings School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings Edit how information appears in the gradebook by default for teachers at the school. 37

Now It’s Your Turn 38 Complete hands-on activity 12: Configure School Display Settings

Enable Administrator Access System > Roles Administration > User Access > (select a user group) Allow the users in an administrator security group to access teachers’ gradebooks. 39

Administrator Access Teacher Schedules > (select a teacher) > PowerTeacher Pro Access a teacher’s gradebook in read-only mode. 40

Now It’s Your Turn 41 Complete hands-on activity 13: Access PowerTeacher Pro as an Administrator

Setting Up Teacher Grading Preferences 42

Teacher-Level Grading Preferences Teachers may configure traditional grade calculations for each section they teach, and may have access to edit weights and dropped score preferences Teachers may configure standards grades calculations for each section they teach 43

Traditional Grade Calculation Settings PowerTeacher Pro > Settings > Traditional Grade Calculations For each class, configure traditional grade calculations for each reporting term (permission to edit required from the district or school). 44

Standards Grade Calculation Settings PowerTeacher Pro > Settings > Standards Grade Calculations For each class, configure standards grades calculations (permission to edit required from the district or school). 45

Now It’s Your Turn 46 Complete hands-on activity 14: Define Traditional Grade Calculations for a Class

Data Migration PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro Current-year data will be migrated from PowerTeacher Gradebook to PowerTeacher Pro. 47

Time for Review 48

Report templates must be in which format? Question 4 49 AB CD Question 1 Which of the following grading preferences can you set up for schools at the district level? (Choose all that apply.) Assignment categories Grade calculation formulas Score indicators Grade scales

Report templates must be in which format? Question 4 50 AB CD Answer 1 Which of the following grading preferences can you set up for schools at the district level? (Choose all that apply.) Assignment categories Grade calculation formulas Score indicators Grade scales

51 Question 2 Where do you click on the district-level PowerTeacher Pro Settings page to prevent teachers from editing grade calculation settings?

52 Answer 2 Where do you click on the district-level PowerTeacher Pro Settings page to prevent teachers from editing grade calculation settings?

53 AB CD Question 3 If a traditional grade calculation is not set, which of the following is the default formula? Reporting term weighting Total points Standards weighting Category weighting

54 AB CD Answer 3 If a traditional grade calculation is not set, which of the following is the default formula? Reporting term weighting Total points Standards weighting Category weighting

55 Question 4 B The Classwork category is not used at one school D Teachers can edit the categories A There are no inactive categories C The Project category is available for all schools Which of the following statements are true about the district-created categories shown in this image? (Choose all that apply.)

56 Answer 4 B The Classwork category is not used at one school D Teachers can edit the categories A There are no inactive categories C The Project category is available for all schools Which of the following statements are true about the district-created categories shown in this image? (Choose all that apply.)

Key Points Setting Up District Grading Preferences – Set up grading preferences at the district level to provide grading consistency and to save teachers time Setting Up School Grading Preferences – Set up some grading preferences at the school level to provide grading consistency and to save teachers time Setting Up Teacher Grading Preferences – Set up some grading preferences and calculations at the teacher level in PowerTeacher Pro 57

Question and Answer 58

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