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This is required for all assignments and can be weighted to create a grade for a bucket
What is Categories?
This is where Grading Scales and Calculation Groups are housed
What is the Entity Group Configuration?
This screen can be used to get a view only look at the teachers gradesheet
These can be used to combine classes together for quicker scoring
What is Class Groups?
This calc type is common among younger grade levels and allows teachers to put in a grade without anything calculating
What is subjective?
Although they are not required these can used to explain the score on an assignment
What are Score Clarifiers?
This is the setting that controls what entities get their Monitor by Class and Monitor by Teachers screens updated each night
What is the 'Entities to Use for Monitor Totals Nightly Task' under District Configuration
What is the Recalculate Gradebooks utility?
Originally known as a gradebook
What is a gradesheet?
This is needed in order to attach standards within the Calculation Groups
What is 'Use Academic Standards?'
A teacher can use these to label quiz questions as extra credit to make them easier to find in the future.
What is a Tag?
These are the two different types of Grading Scales
What are Precent and Points?
This report is similar to a report card but gives an update on how a student is doing currently in the class
What is a Progress Report?
This can be used to view one student in the gradesheet, which is very handy when doing parent-teacher conferences
What is Filter to Student?
These can be used to add color to the gradesheet and makes the report card more visually appealing
What is Subjects?
Traditionally used with an exam bucket to ensure the assignment counts towards the exam bucket
What is the Use for Specific Grade Bucket Type?
This calc type is not available within the workflow, but is available when you edit the bucket
What is Academic Standard Weighting?
Can be run to see all of the Closed Grading Period Grade Changes
What is the Grade Changes Report?
Can be used to automatically mark an assignment missing
What is 'Automatically Mark Unscored Past Due Assignments as Missing?'
This is a quick and easy way to select all of the tiers under a tier one standard when in the Calculation Group
What is 'Select with all Children?'
These can be suppressed by teachers but not changed
What is Category colors?
This is a blanket setting for all grading periods and allows teachers to reopen finished grading periods
What are Closed Grading Period Grade Change Settings?
This is where a parent can go to adjust when the 'High Score Notification' is sent
What is My Messages > Settings > Additional Settings?
This is the question type that is not available when you select 'Auto Score'
What is the essay question?
What is edit the calc group > overview?