Skyward Grading Quick Reference Guide



Skyward Grading Quick Reference Guide

|Classes |From Post Daily Attendance |Changing or Editing Grades |

|Login into the Skyward |Alphabetical List View, select Last Name, or First Name |Click on a single student's name on the main screen (or place cursor |

|Select Gradebook - upper left |From My Students |right on top of the asterisk to edit the score |

|Select the class you want to work with. |Choose any column heading that is underlined. |Click Edit Scores in the upper right corner. |

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|Class/Student Display Options |Adding Assignments |Dropping the Lowest Score |

|Students will be listed on left & right side of screen |From the class display screen click the Assignments button. Click Add, |Click Options and Tools from the Menu at the left |

|Click the Option tab & select Student Display |Select one of the categories |Choose Advanced Drop Lowest Score. This will give you more choices. |

|Choose how you wish to see the student's names |Complete the description, date assigned, proposed due date and assign a | |

|Click Save when done |maximum score |Cloning Assignments / Using Assignment Button |

|Select Assignment Display. Choose how you want your columns to look. |Click the appropriate box if you want to post the assignment information|Click the Assignment button |

|Click Save when finished. |to Family Access |Click on the assignment to highlight. Click Clone. Select other |

|Select Grade Period Display and whether you want to see all terms or |An assignment can be posted to each class with the same course number. |classes which should have the assignment |

|just the current one. Click Save when finished. |Check the appropriate boxes at the bottom to post to other classes. |Click Save |

| |Click Save | |

|Category Setup |Click Main Screen |Deleting an Assignment |

|Click the Categories button. Select Edit. | |On main screen, click the heading of column of grades you wish to |

|Select the Score Method, use total points (default) or percentages |Score Entry for Different grades |delete. |

|(total should be 100%) |Click on Assignment & click on the assignment you wish to add grades |Click Delete button at the right |

|Select the categories you wish to use. |Click on Score Entry button on the right |Confirm OK |

|At the bottom of the screen will be a list of classes with the same |Click in the first cell and type in the student's score. Continue to | |

|course number. The changes will affect all classes with the same course|add all scores. |Deleting an Assignment through Assignment Tab |

|number. If you have different classes, you will need to do the same |An * means that the grade WILL NOT COUNT and is excused. |Click on the Assignment tab and then click on assignment you want to |

|selections for those classes separately. |Add any comments that you wish. Save when finished. |delete. |

|When all changes have been made click OK | |Click Delete button to the right and confirm. |

| |Special Code Values | |

|Sorting - |Code |Entering a Comment through an Individual Score Cell |

|Any underlined word can be used as a sort criteria |No Count |Click on the student you want to add a comment to |

|From My Classes |Missing |Select the assignment the comment will be added to. |

|Choose Class | |Click Edit Scores in upper right corner |

|At Roster screen, select Last Name, First Name or grade |*AD |Write your new comment in the Scores area on the right side. |

|From Gradebook |Y |Click Save |

|Select Students - choose from many options for Display options |N | |

|Display - check to use Student ID# or to repeat names in the gradebook | | |

|Sorting Options - by Last name, by First name, by Seating Assignment |ABS | |

|cont. |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |CHEA | |

| |N | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |CR | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |DONE | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |EXC | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |LATE | |

| |N | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |MISS | |

| |N | |

| |Y | |

| | | |

| |NC | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |NHI | |

| |N | |

| |Y | |

| | | |

| |OMIT | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

| |REDO | |

| |Y | |

| |N | |

| | | |

|Entering Comments through an Assignment |Entering Grades from the Main Gradebook Screen |Access Information for a Single Student in your Class. |

|Click on the Assignment tab OR click on the * asterisk in the cell |Select the class you want to work with |Click the "little person" icon to the left of the student name on the|

|Click on assignment and choose Score Entry |Locate the assignment column in which you want to enter grades and click|main screen. |

|When finished with comments, click Save in upper right. |the heading assignment title. |You will find all the information you may want: |

| |Click Score Entry. Enter the student's grade and press the enter key. |Student profile |

|Entering a Comment using the Assignment Button |** An asterisk indicates that a grade has not yet been entered. |Student schedule |

|Click the Assignment button and select the assignment | |Student attendance |

|The comment area will allow you to enter individual comments for each |Reports Tab |Student discipline |

|student |Click the Reports tab on the Main Screen |Academic history (previous grades) |

|When all comments have been entered, click Save |Choose the type of report you want to print. You can print a blank |Standardized test scores |

| |sheet from the right side of the screen | |

|Mark Score as No Count |Label the Header if you want to show school and class period. |Seating Charts |

|Allows you to take a student's score and not have it count towards the | |Click the Attendance tab |

|student's grade in the class |Manually Posting Grades (SMART) |You have multiple choices: |

|Locate the score for the student that will not count towards the grade |From the Main Menu, select My Classes |Alphabetical list view |

|and click the No Count square |Choose Class Options |Show pictures (where available) |

|This grade will not calculate with the others |Report Card Posting |Assign Seats |

|Click Save when finished. |Enter CR or NC for each student |Alert legend which tells you what the color coding means by the |

| |Click Save when completed. |student's name |

|Options Tab |This function can also be used to override a grade. Doing this, |Printer friendly listing |

|Student Display allows you to customize the way your student list will |however, will jeopardize grading integrity. |Assigning Seats: Click the appropriate number of rows and columns |

|appear | |(just like your classroom) |

|Assignment Display will allow you to customize the way the individual |Posting Grades Tab |Click Select Student and then click Fill Seat where you would like to|

|assignments appear in the column header |At the end of each marking period, you will be posting your grades. |relocate this student. |

|Grade Period Display allows you to customize the number of grading |These will become part of the student's permanent record. |Clear Seats will allow you to work from a blank seating chart. Click|

|periods you want to view on the Main Screen. You can also see this |Click the Post Grades tab |and drag your mouse to place the students where you wish |

|display when you choose Assignments and Assignment Display |Only those grades you have entered into your gradebook will be used to |Click Undo if you make a mistake |

|Drop Lowest Score allows you to drop score for the grading period. You |calculate the marking period letter grade. The letter grade may NOT be |Click Save when finished. |

|can protect those scores you do not want to include. Continue to click |edited. Any changes in a student's letter grade must be reflected by | |

|Next until you are finished. This dropping can be reversed, if you |changes made to the marking period grades for that student |Taking Attendance |

|desire |Click Display Class on the right side of the screen |Attendance should be taken by the end of each hour |

|Advanced Drop Lowest Score allows you to drop more than one score. This|Enter any report card comments (C1,2,3) by number and the citizenship |On the Main Screen of the class, click on the date just to the right |

|can be reversed also. |code (CT). |of the name of the first student. |

| | |On the following screen, you will see the students listed in either |

| | |Alphabetical List View or the Seating Chart View. Mark Absent or |

| | |Tardy Students |

| | |Click Save in the upper right corner. |

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