Preparing and Printing Report Cards – 9 to 12 Oct-Nov 2016

Agenda: 9 to 12 Report Cards Calendar Setup Verify end of term dates and notify staff Program of Study Complete School-Wide Comment Teacher Related Tasks PLP indicator Grades First Nations Language report card Students that transfer just before report card time Printer Setup – Remove headers and footers Printing the report cards

Calendar Setup – Setup – School – Calendaring - Filled in correctly for In Session school days. Filled in correctly for non In Session school days.

Nice feature – Verify number of days

Verify end of term dates and notify staff (Set Up – School – Grading – Final Grade/Reporting Term Setup)

Final Grade/Reporting Term Setup Start date Critical – End Date: This date is the point in which report cards should be printed AFTER! Attendance may not be accurate if printed before. In schools that have only K to 8 levels, these boxes should be checked. Please note – In the following screen shot the fields are editable; in your school, they will not be editable. If changes are required please submit a Helpdesk request to your SIS specialist.

Program of Study Reports – System Reports – NB Reports – Membership and Enrolment – Student Program of Study Filter Report Preferences to find errors. Update information in student’s Program of Study page Toggle Program of Study column to find blanks.

Complete School Wide Comment (Set Up – School – Grading – Report Card School-wide Comments) Fill comments that apply to the levels in your school. Comments can be unique for each level if desired. Click submit.

Teacher related information PLP indicator – Resource Teacher in PowerSchool Classroom Teacher in PowerTeacher Grades- In PowerTeacher Pro Need to be inserted for comments to show

First Nations Language Report Card Page 33 in Appendix A of the Assessing, Evaluating and Reporting document on the One Portal

Students that transfer just before report card time School side of things – new school owns the student Withdrawal form in PS – is a good check list , record of enrollment Possible glitches – double historical entry Fix: hold off up to 3 weeks before transferring (See document on DataConnect about Transferring Around Report Card Period Fix: send data to new school Individual student report Blending data at new school

Printing Report Cards 1. Select student(s) first: By individual – Type last name in the search field (Grace Abel) By period (or Homeroom if set up this way) Master Schedule Sections (Set Up – School – Scheduling – Sections – desired class) By teacher schedule Look for desired class – click on enrollment to select students By Stored Selection

Printing Report Cards - continued Once students are selected: Return to Start Page Under Reports – System Reports – NB Reports – Report cards – 9 to 12 Select the appropriate Term Click Submit

Remember… Turn off headers and footer (next four slides – Chrome Settings included) Remove double sided options

TURNING OFF HEADERS AND FOOTERS WHEN PRINTING FROM INTERNET EXPLORER

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TURNING OFF HEADERS AND FOOTERS WHEN PRINTING FROM CHROME

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