Gradelink Teacher Learning Portal

  • Teacher Learning Portal

  • Welcome to Gradelink's Teacher Training.

    You can use this tool to learn Gradelink individually or in a group setting. Learn by watching a series of short videos and then answering a few multiple-choice questions. At the end of the session, participants will receive a printable confirmation of completion.

    Average training length: 75-90 Minutes

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  • #1 Welcome

  • Let's begin your Gradelink teacher training! Each section starts with a short video followed by a few questions.

    Did You Know?

    Gradelink works on both PCs and Macs using any browser and nothing needs to be installed on your computer. That means you can work anywhere you have internet access.

  • #2 Login and Grade Sheet

  • 1. Note: Your username is not case­ sensitive so entering "EXAMPLE" and "example" have the same result. Your password is case sensitive so the upper and lower case letters matter. Passwords also must include: 

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  • Check all that apply:
  • 2. Do non­-graded assignments affect the student’s final grade?
  • 3. How can you view assignment grades as points, letters or percentage grades?
  • 4. Who should you contact if you want to adjust the grade scale (example: A, B, C, D, F; O, G, S, N, I; 4, 3, 2, 1) for your subject?

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. Different staff members have different types of accounts. There are teacher accounts, no access accounts, limited administrator accounts, and full administrator accounts, each of which provides a different level of accessibility.

    2. Gradelink offers a multi­tiered support system that allows you to connect with our support team’s expertise in different ways:

    • Call our toll­-free line directly at (800) 742­-3083.

    • Send an email to Gradelink Customer Support (service@gradelink.com) to receive an email or a return call.

    • Submit an after-­hours question via the Feedback form for a guaranteed response the following day.

    • Access our robust and exhaustive Online Help database, including more than 400 articles and demonstration videos that walk you through various tasks in Gradelink.

  • #3 Assignment Types

  • Note: Questions related to editing assignment types will not apply to you if your administrator has set up assignment types for you and locked them to prevent changes. If that is the case, it is still important to understand how assignment types work, but you will not be required to set them up or know how to edit them. Check with your administrator if this is the case, or click the Assignment Types tab and select an assignment type. If the Edit button is disabled, the Assignment Types have been locked.

  • 1. How do you add an assignment type?
  • 2. What’s the difference between assignment type weight and assignment weight?
  • 3. How can one add extra credit or bonus credit? (There are two correct choices)
  • 4. Why does adding multiple extra credit assignments in the same assignment type reduce the weight of each individual assignment?
  • 5. Why are some assignments listed in green text?
  • 6. Suppose you want an assignment type named “Tests” to be worth 25% of the class grade and want to have two tests in that assignment type; one worth 10 points and one worth 50 points. If you want the 50 point test to be worth five times more than the one worth 10 points, what would you click to make this possible?
  • 7. If you do check “Weight assignments based on their points,” why can’t you also drop the lowest grade within the same assignment type?
  • 8. If you want to delete an assignment type that is being used by assignments, what do you need to do and why?
  • 9. What would you click if you wanted to weight using straight points so that there is no weight given to assignment types at all?
  • 10. If you change your grade sheet weighting this year, does it affect graded assignments from the previous year?

  • Bonus Question

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. You can set any assignment to be worth zero points. Assignments worth zero points don’t affect a student's final grade even if they are associated with an assignment type worth greater than zero points. This is useful if you want to indicate that homework was turned in, but don’t want it to affect the final grade.

    Learn more: Zero Point Assignments

     

    2. You can set assignment types to be worth zero weight. Assignments using this assignment type do not affect the student’s final grade even if the assignments themselves are worth points.

    Learn more: Zero Weight Assignment Types

     

    3. You can lower a student's grade by creating an assignment type worth negative weight. This is useful if you want to lower grades due to absences.

    Learn more: Negative Weight Assignment Types

     

  • #4 Assignments

  • 1. How do you add an assignment?
  • 2. How do you copy an assignment from one grade sheet to another?
  • 3. Suppose all students aced an assignment. How can you quickly give all students the same grade for an assignment?
  • 4. How do you mark an assignment as incomplete or excused?
  • 5. How do you add narrative comments in addition to a student’s assignment grade?
  • 6. How can you save canned comments for assignments?
  • 7. How do you delete an assignment?
  • 8. What would you need to click in order to edit an assignment’s due date?
  • 9. What would you need to click if you wanted to curve an assignment by 10%?
  • 10. What would you need to click if you wanted to curve the final score of all students by 5%?

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. When you add an assignment that’s due in the future, students see it as an upcoming assignment when they log in, and when they view the calendar.

    Learn More: Video #15 Minute 1:19/4:51

    2. You can bump an assignment’s due date forward or backward by dragging the assignment on the calendar.

    3. The Next Assignment button lets you add multiple assignments in rapid succession.

    4. Assignment grade codes, such as Incomplete and Excused, can only be edited by an administrator.

    Learn More: https://help.gradelink.com / Teacher Tab / Assignment Grade Codes 

    5. You can run a report by Assignment Grade Code to see a list of students with incomplete or excused assignments in any subject.

    Learn More: https://help.gradelink.com/?p=9617

    6. Parents can get alerts for low or high assignment grades, and the narrative comments you type can be seen both in the email alert and when the parent logs in.

    Learn More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDK4VyppCWo#t=108

    7. How can a teacher change a student's final grade to INC (incomplete) or something similar?

    Learn more: https://help.gradelink.com/?p=10966

    8. Teachers can indicate a modified curriculum on a student’s report card.

    Learn More >>

  • #5 Lesson Plans

  • #6 Standards-Based Grading

  • What does a teacher click in order to associate a standard to an assignment?
  • How can you tell which standards are associated with an assignment in your grade sheet?
  • What is the "Standards Met" report?

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. Standards are setup by the administrator. Click here to learn how.

    2. Standards-based report cards are available for free and are very customizable. Administrators can set up the report cards. Click here to learn how.

    3. The "Standards Met" requirement can be customized for each grade level, teacher, course and subject. Click here to learn how.

    4. You can use any standard set. For example, you can mix items from the common core, state standards, local standards and/or custom standards. Click here to learn how.

    5. Standards are automatically saved from year to year for teachers so that they don't need to do anything to roll the standards over into the next year. 

  • #7 Activity Log Effort and Comment

  • 1. What is the Activity Log?
  • 2. Who can change the titles and settings for the Effort tab?
  • 3. Where do numbered comments appear and who can edit them? (Select all that apply.)

  • #8 Attendance

  • 1. If you use Daily Attendance (attendance taken once per day), what class name will appear at the top of your screen when you click the Attendance tab?
  • 2. What does a blue icon that appears to the left of a student name on the grade sheet mean?

  • Did You Know?

  • Attendance comments can be seen in both student/parent email alerts and on the student/parent login if the administrator has allowed the option.

    Read More >> 

  • #9 Populating Students

  • The Populate Students tab is used to place students into classes. Most schools don't allow this option for teachers. Before you begin, check with your administrator to see if teachers will be using this section. You can also log in to your account; if you don't see the Populate Students tab, then this option has been disabled for teachers. 

  • 1. Which user provides teachers with access to the Students tab?
  • 2. Does removing a student from the grade sheet also drop their grades (if any) for that subject?
  • 3. How can you select all of the students in the 5th grade in order to place them all in the same subject?
  • 4. What would you click if you wanted to add the same group of students to all the classes you teach?

  • #10 Reports Part I

  • If you won't be printing report cards, you won't need chapters 8 and 9. Most schools decide that it's more efficient for admins to print the report cards for all teachers. Check with your admin if this is the case at your school.  

  • 1. What does the Reports tab do?
  • 2. How should you print the reports?

  • #11 Print Preferences

  • If you won't be printing report cards, you won't need chapters 8 and 9. Most schools decide that it's more efficient for admins to print the report cards for all teachers. Check with your admin if this is the case at your school.  

  • 1. When printing from your browser (or from the internet), why is it important to adjust your printer's settings?
  • 2. Which requires less settings to be changed?

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. Gradelink provides step-by-step screen shots for setting up your print preferences for every browser so you can print from the web like a pro.

    View Settings >>  

     

    2. Paperless report cards can be sent home online via the student/parent login.

    Learn More  >> 

  • #12 Reports Part II

  • 1. How do you run a report showing incomplete assignments for each student?
  • 2. Who must provide access before a teacher can print progress reports?
  • 3. Do progress reports show the grades for a student in all subjects, by all teachers or just one for one subject?
  • 4. What does the deficiency report allow teachers to do?
  • 5. What report allows you to view student attendance for each day for an entire grading period?
  • 6. What report allows you to view a student’s attendance across multiple grading periods?
  • 7. What report can you run to view each day’s attendance for all students in a class for one grading period?
  • 8. What report can you run to view attendance for one student for multiple grading periods?
  • 9. What does the Annual CUM report show?
  • 11. How do you print out the grade sheet?
  • 12. How do you print out a blank class roster with boxes next to each student’s name?

  • Did You Know?

  • 1. There's a lot you can do with progress reports. Read More >>

    2. There's a lot you can do with deficiency reports. Read More >>

    3. Subjects won’t appear on the progress report if no grades have been entered.

    Read more >>

     

  • #13 Term Comments, Sub Grades, Custom Classes

  • 1. How do you enter report card or progress report narrative comments?
  • 2. How do you spell-check comments?
  • 3. What action triggers the autosave?
  • 4. What are subgrades?
  • 5. Who is able to add, delete, or change subgrades?
  • 6. If your school’s report card has a separate section that’s assessed once per marking period for things such as Work Habits, Behavior or Study Skills, where do you enter the assessments?

  • #14 Concluding

  • 1. What does the concluding button do?
  • 2. How do you edit a student's grade after it has been concluded?

  • #15 Sports Eligibility

  • 1. Which report can a coach/extracurricular activity leader run to view student eligibility for continuing with the extracurricular activity?
  • 2. Who is responsible for setting academic requirements for extracurricular activity in Gradelink?
  • 3. How can a coach/leader of an extracurricular activity set up email alerts for him/herself regarding ineligible students?

  • #16 Passwords

  • 1. What do you click to change your password?
  • 2. What is the key to keeping your grade book secure?
  • 3. Which industry standard practices does Gradelink employ to keep your data secure?
  • 4. What can you do if you think someone knows your password?
  • 5. Who should you contact should you forget your password?

  • #17 Integrated Calendar

  • What does a teacher need to do to make an assignment appear on the Course Calendar?
  • How do you view assignments on the calendar?
  • Can students/parents view your calendar entries?

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