Creating and Using Class Groups The Class Groups feature of PowerGrade helps teachers automate the creation of identical assignments across multiple sections of the same course that are taught during the same term. Using class groups helps gets your teachers up and running quickly, so they can focus more time on teaching the assignments instead of setting them up in PowerGrade. To create Class Groups: Determine which sections you wish to include in the Class Group. All sections must occur during the same term. Open one of the classes to be included in the group. From the Windows menu, select Class Information. Enter a name for the Class Group and click Submit. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each additional class you wish to add to the Class Group. When entering the name of the group, it must be an exact match to the original Class Group name. Assignments will not be distributed to sections whose Class Group names are not an exact match. After entering the Class Group names, open any of the classes in the group. From the Windows menu, select Assignments. Click New to create a new assignment. Note that the View Group button is accessible, along with the checkbox labled Apply to other classes in group. Clicking the View Group button will display a list of the other sections with matching Class Group names. Create a new assignment normally, but check the box labeled Apply to other classes in group. Click Accept. The new assignment will be created in every class in the group.

Assignment Weighting Assignment Weighting is an optional feature that allows teachers to modify calculated point values of assignments with weight multipliers without changing "points possible" values. Examples: An assignment worth 10 points with a Weight of 1 (default) will count for 10 points. An assignment worth 10 points with a Weight of 2 counts as 20 points (10 points x 2 weight = 20 points). An assignment worth 10 points with a Weight of 0.5 counts as 5 points (10 points x 0.5 weight = 5 points). To define Weight for an assignment: Open any class in PowerGrade. From the Windows menu, select Assignments. If you have already created at least one assignment, choose one to change its Weight valuer. Once selected, you will notice that the "Weight" field, by default, will have a value of "1" already entered. From here, you can modify that value to whatever you need. After modifying the "Weight" value, make sure that you click "Accept" before closing the window, or the changes will not be saved.

Teachers can create extra credit assignments in PowerGrade. With these assignments, the points earned will count toward a student's grade, but incompletion will not penalize the student. Follow the steps below to create an extra credit assignment.

1.Choose an available class from the Classes menu

2.Choose Assignments from the Windows menu
 
3.Select an assignment or create a new one
 
4.Set the Points Possible to 0

Students who do get a positive score on the assignment will have the points applied to their current grade. The assignment will not count against students who do not do the assignment.

Answer: The Web Assignments feature is a function of PowerSchool Teacher that has been designed for Schools that are also using the Powergrade application. Using PowerSchool Teacher, teachers can create Web Assignments that will be later downloaded into their PowerGrade and removed from Powerschool Teacher. Teachers can also enter student scores for these assignments which will be downloaded into PowerGrade.

Note: In order to use Web Assignments for a class section, Powergrade must be setup first. Assignment Categories must already be created in PowerGrade in the specific class section in which you wish to create web assignments. For more information, please review the following Knowledgebase article regarding Creating assignment categories. Once Assignment Categories have been created in a class section and they have been saved to the server, creating Web Assignments is simple: First, login to PowerSchool Teacher. To access PowerSchool Teacher, simply type the address of your server in a web browser followed by /teachers. For Example: http://209.7.87.21/teachers  Next, proceed with the following steps:

Click on the picture of the notebook on the right hand side next to the class section for which you wish to create Web Assignments.
The Web Assignments Screen appears. Click on the New Button.
Select the Assignment Category from the Category Drop-down box. Enter the Name, Abbreviation, Points Possible, Weight, Due Date, and Description of the Assignment.
 If you wish to enter student's scores for this assignment, enter their numeric score(s) in the list of students below "Scores."
Click the submit button to create the assignment. The next time Powergrade is opened, it will download the assignment and any entered scores for the assignment. Note that once Powergrade does this, the assignment will be removed from PowerSchool Teacher.
When you are finished, for added security, you may want to click "Logout" at the top right-hand corner of the page, if you are going to leave your workstation.

http://209.7.87.21/teacherss Next, proceed with the following steps:

Click on the picture of the notebook on the right hand side next to the desired class section that contains the Web Assignments which need to have scores entered/modified.

The Web Assignments Screen appears. Click on the desired Web Assignment.

Enter new scores or modify existing ones as necessary. You can also make changes to the assignment itself, such as the Assignment Category from the Category Drop-down box. Change the Name, Abbreviation, Points Possible, Weight, Due Date, and Description of the Assignment if needed. Click Submit when finished.

When you are finished, for added security, you may want to click "Logout" at the top right-hand corner of the page, if you are going to leave your workstation.