Setting up your Gradebook for 2^nd Semester Posting:

Calculating Semester Grades:

Create a new Group

A.                Open a Gradebook

B.                 Go to “View” on the right-hand side of your screen and click the down arrow and choose “Configuration”

C.                 Click “Add Group”

D.                Name the new group:  SEM2

E.                 Change the Overall Weight to 0

F.                 Default Value:  100

G.                 Display Type:  Alpha

H.                Click OK

Go to “View” on the right-hand side of your screen and click the down arrow to “Assignments”.

A.                Change the Group column of “3^rd Nine Week Grades” to SEM2

B.                 Change the Group column of “4^th Nine Week Grades” to SEM2

C.                 Change the date of “4^th Nine Week Grades” to 5/18/07

D.                Make sure the “Weight” columns for both these calculations are set to 40. (The Value should stay at 100)

Add an assignment for your Semester Test

A.                Select Task

B.                 Add Assignment

C.                 Title:  Semester Exam

D.                Heading:  Semester Exam

E.                 Date:  5/21/07

F.                 Group:  SEM2

G.                 Value:  100 (When you enter your grade into gradebook for the test, enter the %.)

H.                Click OK

I.                  Go to “View” on the right-hand side of your screen (if not already there)

J.                 Change it to “Assignment”

K.                 Change the “Weight” of “Semester Exam” to 20

Create a calculation column for SEM2

A.                Select Task

B.                 Add Calculation

C.                 Title:  SEM2

D.                Heading:  SEM2

E.                

Weight:  100

F.                 Calculate on Members of:  SEM2

G.                 From:  1/3/07 – 5/22/07

H.                Click OK

How to post semester grade to SchoolMaster:

**Make sure you do “Calculating Semester Grades” before you go on**

A.                Open a class in your gradebook

B.                 Select Task

C.                 Select Posting Settings

D.                Remove any previous posting settings by highlighting them and then selecting the delete button, one at a time

E.                 Next add the new posting settings by selecting “Add”

F.                 Add “4^th 9-week grades”

G.                 Click OK

H.                Select “Mark Position” as Quarter 4

I.                  Click OK

J.                 Add “Semester Exam”

K.                 Click OK

L.                  Select “Mark Position” as Exam 2

M.               Click OK

N.               

Add “SEM2”

O.                Click OK

P.                  Select “Mark Position” as Semester 2

Q.               Click OK

R.                 Click OK again

When you have finished this for each class and have all grades entered, you are ready to post to SchoolMaster.

Posting to SchoolMaster:

A.                Click on “Utility”

B.                 Click on “Post Marks to SchoolMaster”

C.                 Choose “Select All”

D.                Click OK

E.                 Choose “Select All”

F.                 Click OK