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How do you want your assignments to appear in the gradebook? What order?

Would you like the newer assignments to appear first? Here is what you do. This will only need to be done for one class; once it is saved it will be applied to all courses.

Step 1: Click on the "Filters & Options". This is right next to the drop down menu for selecting classes.

Step 2: Middle area of the screen on the right side., "Assignment Order", select "Newest to Oldest"

Step 3: Click on DONE in the bottom right corner.

As you hoover over the word "Grade Book", this is the menu of options you will see. There is information below on all the functions you can access from this menu.

Grade Book Main

This is where you will be able to see the overall grades for each student. You can also enter/update grades from this screen. Be sure to SAVE when you are done, save will be in the upper right corner.

Assignments

From this screen, you will be able to see all the assignments for the grading period. You can make category changes or other changes from this screen. Be sure to click on SAVE when you are done.

New Assignment

There are two options on how to get to this screen to create an assignment.

Option #1 - from the dropdown menu, click on NEW ASSIGNMENT

Option #2 - click on the NEW button on the upper right side of the screen (It is blue)

Fill in the assignment information, when you SAVE, it will post to the Grade Book Main. Then you can enter scores.

Transfer student scores

For students who transfer classes during a term, this is how teachers can move their scores without having to re-enter everything. The key to success is all the entries in the grade book are identical. Same order, same everything.

To transfer student grades

Enter the class they were originally attending
Enter the class they have moved to.
Select the student who made the transfer
Click on the green COPY STUDENT SCORES. Everything should be done.

Grade Book Set Up - Assignment Weighting

This is the screen where you are selecting the grading categories you are using and assigning what percent each category will have. Be sure your percentages total 100%.

Just below the categories on the screen, you can select which classes will have the same categories and percentages. Click on the classes that need the same set up; no reason to duplicate the work, click on the class.

Be sure to click on the green UPDATE button toward the top of the page to save/update your changes.

Grade Book Set Up - Class settings

This screen will sync Synergy with Google Classroom. It will create your Google Classroom AND automatically register the students. They system will also update when new students are placed in your class.

Syncing all the students can take a little extra time. If the names are not appearing in Google Classroom, contact Tracy Lang. She knows a few ways to "force" the names to sync.

How to create & sync Synergy with Google Classroom

Click on EDIT, left corner of the screen, on the bar above the classes.
Go to the class/s you want. Under the Google Classroom column, slide the bar from DISABLED to ENABLED.
As you can see from the ADVANCED OPTIONS, the class roster will sync, as well as the assignments & scores. You do not need to enter a Google Classroom Code, the system will do it for you.

IF you already created your Google Classroom, put in the class code, then everything will sync for you.

Once you have all the classes you want ENABLED, click on the green SAVE button on the top right side.
You should now be able to go to Google Classroom and see all your classes listed.

Grade Book Set Up - Assignment types

These are the different grading categories available in Synergy. IF there is a different category that you need, click on the NEW button on the top right. You can create a new category, and pick a color for how it will show up in your gradebook. Remember to click on the +INSERT on the top right to save your category.

The SEQUENCE is simply the order the categories will show up in. You can alter the order to fit your needs.

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