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EngradeAssignmentsThe following slides will lead you through the process of creating assignments in Engrade.

Engrades Help section of Assignments has a few help videos and documents on assignments.

At the bottom of some slides you will find a link to the Engrade help video/document on the specific topic of that slide.Create assignmentsMost of you know how to create an assignment in your grade book. However, here is short 3+min video on creating assignments. It shows a couple of features you may not know about.

Engrade HelpSelect the New Assignment button from your gradebook

Enter the basic infoAssignment Name:Enter the name that will show up in your Gradebook, on printed reports and in student/parent accounts for this assignment.Points Possible:Enter the total amount of points a student could earn on the assignment.Due Date:Enter the date that the assignment is due.Category:Select the assignment category in which your new assignment belongs.

Create an Assignment The Basics

Engrade averages grades based on total points. Therefore an assignment worth 100 points will effect student averages much more than an assignment worth 10 points.Want to set up categories? In your grade book, hover over options and click on Grade Settings

Name your categories, weight them if you want, and drop the lowest grade in a category if you want.

Create an assignment More OptionsSelectMore Optionsto reveal some more advanced assignment settings, including:Standard Set:If your school is using a specific set of standards, you can select the appropriate set.Standards:Click Tag Standards, and select the checkbox of the appropriate standards that you would like to be tagged to your new assignment.Description:If you would like to describe your assignment for students and parents to see online or if you need to add additional instructions for your assignment, you can add that information here.Attach:If you need to attach a file to your new assignment, you can attach up to 50 files per assignment.Copy to Classes:If you would like to copy this assignment to multiple classes, you can select the desired classes from the drop-down menu. Once selected, they will appear below the drop-down menu with checked checkboxes. Upon submission of your new assignment, the assignment will be created in all the classes that you selected.Lets talk Attaching Standards to Assignments. If you attach standards you can see averages of the standards. How great is that. You know which standards the students are mastering and which ones still need a little more instruction. Attaching multiple standards to an assignment can skew the results.Creating an assignment additional settingsCheck or uncheck the additional settings at the bottom of the page:Allow students to see this assignmentallows students to view this assignment from their student accounts.Add this assignment to class Calendarplaces the assignment on the class calendar.Add this assignment to class Discussionsallows students and parents to post discussion topics to a discussion board for this assignment.Add this assignment to class Turn-insallows students to turn-in assignments online from their Engrade student accounts.

Creating an assignment the scoresAdd student scoresIf you have already scored the students performance on the assignment, you can add the students scores now.Copy to allAdditionally, if every student or most students earned the same grade on the assignment, you can click the Copy to Alllink in the top right to copy the first students score to every student in the class. Then you can go back and change the scores of the few students who did not receive that grade.

Finished with everything?SelectSave AssignmentWhen you have finished customizing your assignments settings, click the greenSave Assignmentbutton to create the assignment.You will now see your assignment listed in your Gradebook and on the Assignments page.

copy an assignment to a different marking periodSelect the class to which you want to copy the assignmentsSelect assignments on the left sidebarHover over Options and click Copy Assignments

Pick the marking period and class from which you want to copy the assignment.

Choose the assignment(s)

Choose the due date

Click Add AssignmentImport AssignmentsIf you have assignments and grades in another program you can import them using a .csv file.

Import Instuctions

Edit an assignmentSelect the classSelect Gradebook from the left sidebarClick on the assignment name in the column header to open up the assignment edit page

Make any changes and save the assignment

If you want to delete the assignment scroll to the bottom and click the Delete button

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Edit assignments in bulkSelect the classSelect assignments on the left sidebarHover over the gear in the top right corner and choose Edit Assignments

Make any changes and save the assignments

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Copy AssignmentEngrade Help

Using a Rubric to Grade an AssignmentEngrade HelpCreate a New AssignmentSelect A Rubric or Add a New Assignment. The following slide shows how to create a rubric.

adding a new rubric

Heres what you get if you click on New RubricPick the Size. Its listed as Column x RowGive it a TitleFill in the rest of the stuff. It does allow you to copy and paste Choose the scoring type.Using a Rubric to Grade an AssignmentEngrade Help

Select Use Rubric to the right of the student whose assignment you wish to grade.Select one square for each objective. This will automatically assign the student the number of points associated with that square.Once you select a square for each objective, select Close to close the rubric or select Next Student to score the assignment for the next student.