2.  Technology Help Desk

3. Select TRAINING Include times available in Comments

4.  Questions at the end

5.  Key sis into Internet Explorer  Username and password = same as your log-in (from home add cherokee\)  Security Preferences Updates – LATER  You will see a listing of all classes – Issues? REGISTRAR  Do not use Back button on Internet Explorer  Email for help: aspen.support@cherokee.k12.ga.us

6. Top Tabs (pages, as in SharePoint) Content-specific Side Tabs

7.  Announcements – District level › Handouts for training › Progress report due dates, etc.  Listing of Classes – quick launch › Icons for different ASPEN features ( some features will be added later – email)

8.  Calendar  Can add links to Websites  Top tabs for each page

9.  Listing of all students assigned  Orgranized in pages with first on page  Alphabetical order

10.  Columns are sortable › Click on column name  Provides demographic  Quick Status Alert: Bell gives schedule – current/next period  General attendance information  Breadcrumbs like Sharepoint –  Contacts –  Schedule

11.  Error message – date issue  Can also access from Pages tab  Sort by Schedule, then Term to put in order  Check Class – then Daily  Valid calendar – change date  Defaults to Present  Mark Absent or Tardy  Follow your administrators’ directions for taking attendance the first day

13.  Set Preferences  General – AutoSave (numbers saved automatically)  Records per page?

14.  Home – what you want to see on your home page – accept defaults  Security – password cannot be changed

15.  Consider: › Tab direction – across or down? › Enable gradebook features – yes! › Point values in header? › Category in header? › Publish statistics for every assignment for everyone? › Student alerts – medical, legal, etc.? › Anchor averages – student average can be locked on left side next to students’ name › Default weighting: Categories/Total Points

16.  Categories – hybrids › (handout)  Decimal – your preference  Grade scale – choose High School (set by county/cannot be changed)

17.  Options – Add – setting defaults for this category  Code – HW (five letters or less)  Description – Homework  Weight – same as Syllabus › Should all add to 100  Grade scale  Entry Mode – numeric only  Max – 100 points  Extra credit allowed? Drop scores? Private?

18.  Can now add more categories  Can see all categories on left side bar  Next Class: (directional arrow on right) › Options: Import categories › Import from (first class) › Selected categories

19.  Add assignment

20.  Code from categories  Unique Code – Test1 (10 )  Name – more descriptive name  Is this an Extra Credit assignment?  Both dates – mandatory (+5)  Grade term – choose/search first time  Entry Mode, etc.

21.  Does not show? › Grade Columns – All › Check Filters  Status – Enrolled and Withdrawn  Click on individual assignment to delete  Fill down value  Revert Current Cell - Undo  Then can import Assignments to other classes, if you teach more than one class  Go to next class – Check Filter  Options – Import Assignments

22.  Special Code › Not Handed In – NHI › Excused – E  Options – Add › Code  Exempt or Zero?  Report as missing?  Color code – (darker colors work better)?

23.  Footnotes – comments attached to a grade › Options – Add › Will show in parent portal › Number codes  Choose grade to footnote  Adding Footnote (Ctrl + N) › Adds a tiny footnote – hover for details

24.  Gradebook TabChoose Class  Roster tabChoose Printer icon  Word document, Open

25.  Word Document  CSV (T21 teachers!!)

26.  Graphical representation of students

27.  aspen.support@cherokee.k12.ga.us