Create Categories
Create Categories
Categories are groupings of related assignments, used for sorting and grade calculation. Categories must exist before you can create assignments.
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All assignments created in the grade book must be categorized. Teachers must create at least one category before assignments can be created. You can make multiple categories but you must have at least one.
Using Board Policy po5421 above as a guide, a teacher might chose to create a Projects, Homework, Classwork, Quizzes and Tests as assignment Categories.
Teachers should use their own professional judgment (within the District’s defined parameters) in determining how much weight to give each graded assignment/category.
Align CANVAS Assignments with Infinite Campus Categories
Align CANVAS Assignments with Infinite Campus Categories
Assignments received from an outside program (CANVAS) may arrive in Infinite Campus without categories or grading alignments. Teachers must select categories and grading alignments for scores and grades to report correctly on Infinite Campus.
Assignments can be aligned after they have been received through the Uncategorized Assignments list or aligned by default based on settings in the Non-Campus Assignment Defaults tool.
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Assignment Overview
Assignment Overview
From Assignment Overview, teachers can view and manage all assignments and categories within an assigned course section. In this video you will learn how to view and manage assignments from Assignment Overview.
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Scoring Assignments in the Grade Book
Scoring Assignments in the Grade Book
The Grade Book allows teachers to enter scores, flags, and comments for an assignment. The view of the Grade Book is based on the Section, Term and Task you've selected in the Campus toolbar.
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Grade Calc Options
Grade Calc Options
Grade Calculation Options allow teachers to determine how assignments and categories calculate a student's grade based on a grading scale. The grade calculation options are the preferences you select to determine how the Grade Book calculates In Progress grades and proficiency estimates. Click here to learn more.
Establish Composite Grading
Grade Calculation Options can be used to set up composite grading for a course section using the Grade Book tool. Composite grading is a calculation that allows grades from multiple grading tasks or standards to contribute towards a single grade. For instance, composite grading can be used to set up grading for a semester task that is calculated from two quarter tasks. Click here to learn more.
Grade Calculation Options must be set for Students and Parents to see the In Progress Grade on the Student and Parent Portal.
Teachers are asked to verify this setting in the grade book for each course section.
Grade Book Set up - Secondary Teacher
Grade Book Set up - Secondary Teacher
Secondary Teachers (grades 6 - 8) use the Infinite Campus Grade book to create and score assignments. Infinite Campus is the only approved Grade Book Application and must be used to record assignments and in progress marks for all Middle and High School students. Secondary Teachers of grade 6 in an elementary are also required to use Infinite Campus grade book.
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