Galatic grading: Power School

sync information

Click for a list of things that you must do to make it sync.

1. Check the Grade Sync page for any sync errors.

2. If there are no sync errors (or if the sync errors have been resolved and it still isn't matching), I then go to the Assignments page to make check if assignments are weighted. If they are, I make sure they match in PTP. If they match or if the course is points-based, I move on.

3. If the course is weighted, I double check to make sure the categories exactly matched or are linked correctly. Sometimes people will have a Test category in Canvas but an Exams category in PTP. Something like.

4. After that, if grades STILL aren't matching, I pull one student's grade list up in PTP and Canvas and compare the scores next to each other. Sometimes this reveals that an assignment might not be set to sync (something that could be quickly seen from the Assignments page in Canvas) or was set to not count towards final grades in Canvas but hasn't been marked to reflect that in PTP.

5. If grades STILL aren't matching, most of the time—if all of the steps before that have been done—it's a matter of doing a recalculation in PTP.

6. If grade STILL—even after all of that—are not matching, you'll need an old priest, a young priest, and a 20 gallon drum of holy water.

Enable Automatic Sync

Categories and Weights/ Grade Scales

Grade Scales

Linking Assignment Groups to PS Categories

Remaster passback: When kids switch class periods

In Canvas: If a student switches class periods and their grades don't transfer from Canvas to PS anymore, do this.

In Powerteacher Pro: Click recalculate Final Grades.

Grade Scales for Transfer Students.

Emailing Students and Seating Charts

Print Seating Charts

Start at 2:56 to see how to print the charts.

Printing Rosters

Print Emergency Contacts Report

Accessing SPED Information for Teachers

Checking Grades in Advisory

Canvas Excused = Power School Exempt

citizenship in Powerschool

don't count toward the total and syncing

Canvas

Powerschool

Uncheck "Count in Traditional Final Grade"

Powerteacher pro start page

submitting final grades

Sign into PowerSchool and open the PowerTeacher Pro gradebook for the desired course.
Click “A+ Grading” on the leftmost menu on the screen.

a. Select “Traditional”

In the upper right corner of the Traditional Grades page, be sure to select the appropriate term.

a. T1 = First quarter, T2 = Second quarter, etc.

Review students academic and citizenship grades

a. Teachers can override the final grade by clicking on the grade and entering the appropriate grade, including “I” for incomplete or “P” for pass.

b. Before assigning a student an incomplete or pass, be sure to review this with your administrator to ensure that this action is consistent with policy.

c. If you haven’t assigned any citizenship grades yet, you can simply input the appropriate H, N, and U grades and then select the first student that qualifies for an S and click the down fill button to assign an S to everyone else without a current citizenship grade.

Click “Final Grade Status”

a. If you’re ready to turn in your grades, simply check the box labeled “T1 Final Grades are Complete” and click “Save.”