ORIENTATION & NAVIGATION Tips and Tricks to find your way around PTP Before we start learning about gradebook functionality, let’s take some time to get comfortable with finding our way around the PTP gradebook interface.

ORIENTATION & NAVIGATION The Assignments List is the default screen that you’ll see when you log into PTP. From here you can: Use the Class drop down to access individual classes or course-alike groups as well as accessing past terms. Use the create button from any page to create a new category or assignment You can always access the settings icon to find additional functionality on any page You’ll use the charms bar to access different functions and views within your gradebook…some areas of immediate use will be: grading charm – used to to access and enter assignments, scores and comments Students charm – has analytics to track individual student progress as well as quickly access the student online portal Using the Progress and Reports charms, you can access and analyze trends in scores In the settings charm, you can adjust calculations for both standards and traditional grades as well as add course descriptions and set gradebook display preferences.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS Add details about the class, such as a description or the syllabus, that will be visible in the PowerSchool Student and Parent Portals, and in PowerSchool Mobile. The class description can be a great way to share information that you’d like all your students and parents to have. Before creating Categories and Assignments, let’s take a moment to add some information to the class description.

CLASS DESCRIPTION Parent Portal The Course Description shows up in Section Description To access your class descriptions select the settings charm and then select class descriptions Enter information for each section in your gradebook (don’t forget to save!) This information appears on the student portal whenever students log in to check their grades

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