Features
Grades & Assignments:
- Supports both weighted and standard (point-based) grade scales.
- Calculate average score for each assignment to evaluate overall class performance.
- Email grade, attendance, or status reports to students (and/or parents).
- Create PDF reports of class grades, attendance, and roster.
- Create PDF reports of student grades, attendance, and current status.
- Import scores from properly formatted files via Dropbox or email.
- Import score reports from Apperson DataLink.
- Extra credit assignments.
- Students can be assigned a negative score to deduct points for attendance or performance.
- Automatically calculates student average grade, highest grade, and total point score. Classes configured with weighted grade scales also report overall and category-specific grades.
- Override possible points for assignments on a student-by-student basis.
- Student grades can be marked as “Exempt” or “Dropped” to exclude them from the overall grade calculation.
- Copy assignments between classes.
- Zero weighted categories (to record grades that don’t count in the overall class grade).
- Record short assignment notes for each student.
- Journal style notes for each assignment.
- Export grade data to .csv files (via email, iTunes File Sharing, or Dropbox).
- Record grades for multiple classes and terms.
- Easily find all missing grades and email a list of students missing grades (per assignment).
Attendance:
- See student photos while taking attendance.
- Record short daily notes for each student.
- Include journal style notes with each attendance record.
- Email student attendance record to students (and/or parents).
- Create PDF reports of class attendance.
- Supports multiple attendance records per day for split period classes.
- Each student can be marked as “Present”, “Absent – Excused”, “Absent – Unexcused”, “Tardy – Excused”, or “Tardy – Unexcused”.
- Calculates percent of attendance entries marked “Present” to facilitate attendance based grades.
- Export attendance data to .csv files (via email, iTunes File Sharing, or Dropbox).
- Track attendance for multiple classes and terms.
- Student attendance status is shown on the main and grade entry screen for reference.
Other:
- Backup and restore data with Dropbox.
- Import and export files with Dropbox.
- Import student rosters from .csv files to quickly enter multiple students.
- Copy students from one class to another.
- Copy assignments.
- Copy classes (copies assignments and weighting categories) for teaching the same class multiple periods or terms.
- Take a photo or assign a photo from the library for each student.
- Import class rosters to Apperson Datalink.
