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 1. Signing in to PTP Gradebook

• Sign in to the Teacher Portal (CESD Website ⇒  Staff Connect ⇒ PowerTeacher)

• On the Start Page, click any PowerTeacher Pro in blue font found UNDER your course names

• Read the welcome message, if there is one, and click Close.

  • 1. To view the message again, click the Help icon (in the top right corner) and select Getting Started. Also click the Help icon to access the PowerTeacher Pro Help system for tips and tricks, information about new features, and training videos.

• As you explore, be sure to practice switching classes and terms. Use the menu at the top of the gradebook window to switch classes.  Click on the arrow to change the term.

• You can toggle back to PowerSchool at any time by clicking on the PowerTeacher Pro Logo in the top left corner of your screen.

2. PowerTeacher Pro Dashboard Navigation - Overview

3. Changing the Class Name in PowerTeacher Pro 

If you are teaching multiple classes of the same subject, this may be beneficial.

• Click SETTINGS on the left side menu

• Click CLASS DESCRIPTION.

• In the box beside “Custom Class Name”, type in the name you want (ELA am)

• Click SAVE.

If you want to change the drop down order of your classes, follow these steps:

• Click SETTING on left side menu again

• Click DISPLAY SETTINGS.

• Click DISPLAY AND SORTING⇒ SORT BY COURSE/NAME.

• Click SAVE.

4. Setting up Traditional Grade Calculations - do for each course ⚠️    

IMPORTANT!! Please check to see your courses are set up correctly in traditional grades at the start of each year to ensure grades will feed over correctly.   

• Viewing Division Set Categories

  • 1. Click Grading on the left side menu.

    2. Click Categories. You will see a list of Division Set Categories (they have a little house beside them).

    3. If you want to add a new category, go to the next step. However, be careful not to duplicate the names. (ie. if division’s is Quiz and yours is Quizzes, this will confuse the program).

• Creating a New Category

  • 1. Click the + symbol at top right (by the word PERCENT) to add another category.

    2. Choose Category.

    3. Select the class(es) you want the category to apply to

    4. In Name Box, type in name you want for category (ensure the name is not same as or similar to Division Set Categories)

    5. Color: Assign a color it using the drop down

    6. Ensure Active button is green

    7. Description Box: type in a description of the category if you like

    8. You can view all of your existing categories and which classes are attached to them by clicking on the View All Tab at the top in case you have forgotten what you already have

• Applying Categories and Weighting  This must be done separately for each subject that you teach.

  • 1. Click Settings on left-hand menu bar

    2. Click Traditional Grade Calculation 

    3. Select the desired course

    4. Click on the pencil under Actions.

    5. Under Type, click on blue drop down arrow- choose Category Weighting( it defaults to total points)

    6. Click on Attribute- select the desired category by clicking on blue arrow

    7. Under Weight adjust the weight of selected category to desired weight as point or %. All categories chosen must equal 100% or 1.0

    8. Continue these steps until you have all your categories set up

    9. Select your next course and repeat steps i-v.

• Deleting a Category Note:
  the “little box with a dash in it” is a delete button.  DO NOT use this to remove categories, as it will delete the assignments attached to that category. You want to make them Inactive instead. You do this by:

  • 1. Click on Grading

    2. Click on Category

    3. Click on the pencil (edit) beside the category you want to make it inactive

    4. Click inactive ( this will ensure you assignments and marks are preserved in PowerSchool