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Before you begin creating assignments, you must set up categories of classroom activities such as classwork, homework, quizzes, tests, etc., and assign a mark type to each category. GradeBook allows a variety of mark types including points, letters, percentages, pass/fail, and more. However, points is the recommended mark type for all assignment types.
1.On the Teacher Home Page, below Average Calc Setup, select Set Up Assignment Types.
Note: Each assignment type name and abbreviation must be unique—otherwise, duplicate assignment type names display in the Assignment Type drop-down when you create assignments. If you use each of the duplicate assignment types, this can cause confusion on marks screens, in ParentAccess, or in the Frontline ProgressBook Parent & Student app.
2.On the Assignment Types screen, in the Name column, enter the name for the assignment type.
3.In the Abbr column, enter an abbreviation up to 4 characters.
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Caution: Do not use both letter and number mark types within the same class because GradeBook cannot calculate an average. Use points as the mark type for all assignment types when calculating an average. |
4.Select the appropriate mark type from the list.
Note: The mark types selected for the assignment types determine the type of mark you can enter in the Mark field throughout GradeBook.
5.(Optional) Select the checkbox in the All column to use the assignment type in all of the classes.
6.(Optional) Select the checkbox for each class to use the assignment type in one or multiple classes.
8.Repeat step 2 through step 7 for each assignment type you want to add.
Note: To enable assignment sharing, you must use the same assignment types in all of the classes with which you want to share assignments. You can automatically convert one assignment type to another by using the Assignment Conversion Tool.
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Note: You have the option to view assignment types in All Classes, All Primary Classes, All Shared Classes, or in a specific class or group.
You can use the Assignment Conversion Tool to automatically convert all assignments within one or multiple classes from one assignment type to another.
1.On the Assignment Types screen, in the Assignment Conversion Tool area, in the Convert all assignments with type drop-down list, select the assignment type you want to convert to another type.
2.In the to type drop-down list, select the type to which you want the assignment type to be converted.
Note: The drop-down lists contain only assignment types that belong to you.
3.Select the appropriate class(es) or class group that use(s) the assignment type you want to convert.
Note: You can convert assignment types only for classes for which you are the primary teacher.
4.Click Go.
If the conversion was successful, the following message displays: “Your assignments were successfully converted.”
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You can delete an assignment type only if it is not being used by an assignment in a class. If the assignment type you want to delete is being used in an assignment, use the Assignment Conversion Tool to convert that assignment type to another assignment type. Then, you can delete the desired assignment type.
1.On the Teacher Home Page, below Average Calc Setup, click Set Up Assignment Types.
2.On the Assignment Types screen, select the checkbox in the Del? column of the assignment type you want to delete.
Note: For classes using the Custom Setup 2 grading scale, if in the Mark Type column the mark type is disabled (grayed out), the assignment type is being used by an assignment that has marks entered, and it cannot be changed or deleted. To allow changes, you must first remove the marks from the assignments using that assignment type.
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3.Click Save.
