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January 2012

Login and password are the same as your network login and password; choose school from dropdown.

Type SEMESTER EXAM for the description.

MAX VALUE can be changed depending on your exam total.

**Weight: 1

*OPTIONAL: Click the NARRATIVE tab to type information that will eventually be visible to students and

parents. You may want to describe the task, provide a simple rubric, provide resource links, etc.

Leave as SECONDARY SCALE, Select a Category

Semester 1 Exam- Secondary

Click on GRADEBOOK GRID.

Click on the Grade book

Click on the SEMESTER EXAM tab

Click on the tab of the desired class

Under Assignment, click on NEW

DATE ASSIGNED & DUE DATE need to be

between 11/09/11 - 1/20/12.

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January 2012

Copying Semester Exam to Multiple Classes

“FILL” COLUMN Put the value in one cell, click in the cell below that one, and then SHIFT-8.

Click on the GRADEBOOK GRID tab when you are ready to enter the

semester exam (BE SURE YOU ARE ON THE SEMESTER EXAM TAB!) Enter the grade for each student

The cell turns yellow and then white, indicating an entry has been auto-

saved.

BEFORE saving the SEMESTER EXAM, click the CLASSES tab to give this assignment to more than one class.

Choose CLASSES, check the class(es) to copy to > SAVE.

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January 2012

Entering Special Scores/Overriding Grades

Remember that StarWeb is officially calculating the student's semester grades.

From the pull-down, select the appropriate grade to override (SEMESTER EXAM, FIRST SEMESTER, QUARTER 1, or QUARTER 2).

NOTE: Old scores will be crossed out and replaced with the special code (In the example below, an

“incomplete” was given for the semester exam).

Click ONCE on the grade and the OVERRIDE GRADE window will come up.

To override a grade:

-Select the SECOND OPTION and manually

type in the grade

To enter a special score:

-Select the THIRD OPTION with the pull-down

menu and select the appropriate code.

Click SAVE.

Repeat for each student as necessary.

NOTE:

Inform Guidance prior to assigning anIncomplete or special score, as per school policy.

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January 2012

Entering Comment Codes (Optional)

From the ASSIGNMENTS menu, select REQUIRED ASSESSMENT.

Place the cursor in the comment column and press the SPACE BAR to bring up the list of

comment codes.

Select the comment code from the list provided and it will automatically fill in the cell.