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getting started
accessing PowerGrade for the first time
accessing PowerGrade from school, from home
How to access PowerTeacher
Taking daily attendance using PowerGrade.
Taking daily attendance using PowerTeacher
How do I group classes in PowerGrade? DO THIS FIRST
Creating a category.
Creating an assignment.
What is the difference between PowerGrade and the PowerSchool website?
 
accessing PowerGrade
from school site
from home
I can't find my grades/datafile.
I have forgotten my username/password.
When I try to connect to PowerGrade from home I receive the following message: ICA file not found.
 
entering assignments and grades
How do I add an assignment in PowerGrade?
How do I add a category in PowerGrade?
How do I create an Extra Credit assignment?
How do I create custom assignment grades like EX (excused) or NHI (not handed in)?
I can't see my new assignment that I created for S2-help!
I can't see all of my assignments.
How can I hide some of my older assignments?
Copying information from one class to another.
 
attendance
Submit daily attendance using PowerTeacher
How do I take daily attendance?
How do I see attendance totals in order to calculate a grade reduction?
How do I display attendance and tardy information in the PowerGrade spreadsheet?
I can't see my attendance window! Fix it here.
How do I see attendance totals in order to calculate a grade reduction?
 
Citrix
I can't connect to Citrix.
Citrix won't start on my computer.
I have forgotten my username/password.
 
comments
Using a pre-written comment.
Creating your own comments.
Comment code definitions.
I can't double click to add a comment-solution here.
Comment window missing buttons
 
downloads
Adobe Acrobat
Citrix for Macintosh
Citrix for Windows
 
grades
Enter progress and final grades using PowerTeacher
Drake
Redwood
Tam
My R1 grades are in R2! Fix it here.
How can I reveal or hide a grading period column?
How can I print my grades? Use a report.
How do I manually change a grade (manual override)?
How do I assign a grade of CR, NC, I or NM?
How do I give a student extra credit?
How do I add a category in PowerGrade?
How I calculate a grade using percentages (exams=20%, homework=40%, etc)?
How do I calculate cumulative grades?
 
Macintosh
Print a report on a Macintosh.
 
PowerTeacher
Printing PowerTeacher reports
enter progress and final grades using PowerTeacher
enter comments using PowerTeacher
submit daily attendance using PowerTeacher
view graduation outcome progress in PowerTeacher
 
preferences
How do I use the birthday notification feature?
How do I display attendance and tardy information in the PowerGrade spreadsheet?
How do I create custom assignment grades like EX (excused) or NHI (not handed in)?
How do I hide the citizenship column?
How do I change the colors of the spreadsheet view?
General tab.
Scores tab.
Notification tab.
Display tab.
PowerSchool tab.
Attendance tab.
 
reports
Printing PowerTeacher reports
Creating a Spreadsheet Report
Creating an Individual Student Report
Creating an Attendance Grid report.
Previewing a report.
Printing a report.
Editing a report.
How to sort names in a report.
What do the report icons mean?
Sample attendance report.
Sample individual student report.
Sample spreadsheet report.
Export custom report
 
student information
Using the class roster
Activating the birthday notification
Entering a student nickname
 
troubleshooting and precautions
error message "ICA file not found"
Comment window missing buttons
Synchronizing PowerGrade
create paper backup of PowerGrade spreadsheet

 

 

I can't connect to Citrix from school. return to help menu

1. Check your connection to the Internet.
2. Verify that you have Citrix installed and propertly configured. If you need help, contact your site Ed Tech or click here.


I have forgotten my username and or/password. return to help menu

1. Contact your site Cadre member.

 

Citrix won't start on my computer. return to help menu

1. Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. Restart your machine and try again.

3. Contact your Ed Tech.


When I access PowerGrade from home, I receive the following error message: ICA file not found. return to help menu

Try deleting your temporary Internet files. In Internet Explorer click on Tools->Internet Options. Click on the Delete Files button. You may have to close the browser before you can connect to PowerGrade.


What is the difference between PowerGrade and PowerSchool? return to help menu

Citrix PowerGrade-
-allows for data entry which is synchronized with PowerSchool server. That way, daily attendance and grades become part of the PowerSchool data available as needed.

PowerSchool Teacher
-provides information based on the data above as well data from other PowerSchool resources such as scheduling and counseling.
-used by administrators and counselors to manage student data and for scheduling.
-while it may appear that you can add data, such as daily attendance, to the website it does not synchronize properly with the PowerSchool servers.

For now, use Citrix for attendance and grading. You will find that the information available on the website saves time in researching and viewing data on individual students.

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