PLS: Gradebook

Assigning work for PLS students requires using the grade book to assign modules with assignments attached. Standalone schools might not be using this feature, your grades and assignments might be pulling in from your bridge.

Assigning Work, Grading & Reports/if you are using School Pathways Curriculum

This allows for proper reporting of student work completion on the Assignment Work Records (AWR) ,Work Summaries (WS), report cards/progress reports and allows for correct grade calculations.

Most users of the PLS use a pre-developed master curriculum laid out using modules, objectives, assignments and standards, but custom assignments can also be used.

Assigning work from Quick Assign

Quick Assign allows you to make assignments without opening the grade book

Click Roster

Apply the desired Filter Options, click Search

Open the student dashboard by clicking the Arrow next to the student’s name

Click on the Red grade book icon to the left of the curriculum name

*You can also click the Red Gradebook Icon to assign work directly from the gradebook

Click the Green Arrow next to the assignments to open the module and view the list of assignments

Choose an LP in the Due On section
Choose your assignments: Select an individual assignment(s)(see directions below to assign multiple assignments at once)
Click Assign

OR Click

Fill on Click

if you want to select a subset of the modules it will allow you to do so in 2 clicks instead of 1 per module.
For example, say you have 20 modules, and you only want to assign 5 & 15, instead of clicking 5,6,7,8...15 to assign them, you can click that option, and then click 5, then 15, and it will assign everything in between (including 5 and 15).

*If you click Assign & Grade, you will be directed to the Gradebook page where you can enter your grades for the assignment

Click on the Module Title or the Module Folder to assign the entire module

*Module Name will turn blue once selected

Click the Module SQUARE number tabs on the top of the page to assign multiple lessons

Only assignments highlighted in blue are assigned
You can unclick any individual item you do not wish to assign with the exception of the module title
You can re-assign any module in another learning period

*Be sure to refresh your page once you click assign (LP Squares will turn blue to let you know there is assigned work)

Once assignments have been Assigned:

The titles of the assignments will appear light gray to indicate they have been assigned

Assigning the same Assignment to Multiple LPs

if you want to Re-Assign to multiple LPs, follow the steps provided above, but before you click the Assign button hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and choose any/all learning periods you want these assignments to be copied to

Click Assign

GRADEBOOK VIEW Overview

Save Tab
Print Tab
Grade Book Setting Page
Magnifying glass will highlight any ungraded cell red. If you double click, magnifying glass will highlight cells orange where a parent or student has uploaded and or entered a comment through the portal
Copy assignments to other students that are using the same curriculum
Add/Edit /Assign Page
Export (if set at beginning of the year) can be used to export this gradebook into a new curriculum
Learning Period Filter
Student Classes Filter (this feature won’t work if pop ups are blocked)
Restrict View to only view module titles
Message icon to communicate with the Students and or Parents via the portal
Assignment Grade

*Grades can be entered for any module, assignment, objective or standard in the grade book. Marks can be letters, numbers, or percents. You can also grade by category.

Add Custom Assignment from GradeBook View

Click the Plus Icon

Fill in Assignment Title

Fill in Due Date

Click dropdown for “Attach To” attaches assignment to an existing module

Click Save Assignment

*All assignments are visible in the grade book. You might not want objectives (denoted with an asterisk) or state standards (denoted by their Standard code and #) to show. You can always hide these by clicking the options wheel and clicking to hide these items.