Assignments' Grading Periods
Q1? S1? What should you check for an assignment's "Grading Periods"?
For grading purposes in Synergy, you will want to assign grades to both their appropriate quarter AND semester. (For example, Q1 & S1, or Q2 & S1, or Q3 & S2, not forgetting Q4 & S2).
Just where do you do this? Check out the two methods shown below.
(Hint: If you go into the "Grade Book Setup" and change "Grading Period Default For New Assignments" to "My Last Selection", your changes will remain as you want them to be for future assignments.)
If you need to change grading periods for a single assignment, follow these directions:
1. Click on the Assignment's label, and edit the assignment.
2. Click the "Grading Periods" tab.
3. Check the boxes corresponding to the appropriate quarter AND semester.
2. Select "Show All Periods", increase the number of assignments to allow for all assignments you have in your gradebook, and click the "Grading Periods" tab.
3. Notice that this example shows a number of assignments NOT assigned to the Semester 1 (S1 Q2) grade. You want ALL assignments assigned to the S1 Q2 AND Q1 grading periods, to ensure the accuracy of reporting to parents (They only see Q1 during Q1) and accuracy to the final grade (Your final grade is calculated from S1/Q2).
4. Click the "All" button under S1 Q2 to assign all of your assignments to this grading period.
5. Be sure to save your changes by clicking the green "Save Grading Periods" when done.
