• Open PowerTeacher Pro
• Select Settings / Traditional Grade Calculations 
  • Click the Pencil to review, edit, and SAVE
  • TOTAL POINTS
    • Make sure the category you set up is showing in Total Points.

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• Open PowerTeacher Pro
• Create Categories First
  • Select GRADING charm on the left.
  • Select Categories
  • Click the PLUS BUTTON upper right corner and select Category.
    • NAME the category first
    • Select the Class(s) next
    • Select a color if you would like and SAVE
    • Repeat for additional Categories.

• Select Settings / Traditional Grade Calculations 
  • Click the Pencil to review, edit, and SAVE
  • CATEGORY WEIGHTED
    • Make sure EACH category you plan to use is showing.
    • Make sure the percentages are correct for your courses.
    • SAVE for each course.
    • NOTE: SAVE may not show on Chromebook all of the time. 

Example of Total Points Screen​​​​​​​

Example of Category Weighted Screen

Semester Exam (X1 or X2)

Reminder that PowerSchool already has a page ready for you to simply type in your exams grades or enter exempt. You do not add a column in assignments, you already have a Scoresheet for this.

• Select Grading / Score sheet.
• Check the upper right-hand corner drop down to make sure you are in X1 or X2 as needed.
• Click in the column to activate grade entry.
• Enter the exam grade for each student in the percentage block.
• If a student is exempt from the exam:
  • Select the exempt button or....
  • Select the Code button and select the X.
  • You may use the Fill down button if needed. (button with arrows pointing up and down)
• X1 or X2 will be used in the calculation for F1 and F2 (semester grade) 

• F1 - Final Semester One Grade
• F2 - Final Semester Two Grade

The district has already set F1 and F2 calculations as follows:

• F1 calculations: 
  • Q1 = 40% Q2 = 40% X1 = 20%
  • If exempt is marked for X1 then Q1 = 50% and Q2 = 50%. Entering exempt is included in the Semester Exam section instructions.
  • F1 will be pulled from teacher gradebooks and Stored in F1 on the student report card and the historical file.
• F2 calculations: 
  • Q3 = 40% Q4 = 40% X2 = 20%
  • If exempt is marked for X2 then Q3 = 50% and Q4 = 50%. Entering exempt is included in the Semester Exam section instructions.
  • F2 will be pulled from teacher gradebooks and Stored in F2 on the student report card and the historical file.

• Open a Class
• Select Reports / Scoresheet Report
• Image 1 Criteria Tab, make your selections
• Image 2 Format Tab, select Output - Excel
• Run Report
• View Report
• It will open in Excel

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How to View All Grading Period Grades at One Time (Q1, Q2, X1, and F1 or Q3, Q4, X2, F2)

• Click the Grading icon and select All Reporting Terms
• Or you may print a report:
  • Reports / Scoresheet
  • Scroll to Final Grades-Select Terms. Click and check Q1, Q2, X1, and F1 or Q3, Q4, X2, F2.
  • Run Report.
  • View Report when finished. 
  • We suggest you save a copy to your files. 
    • Open the Report
    • Print or Save as PDF for your Files.

How to Find a Student Who transferred from your class

If a student changed out of one of your course sections, you may locate their grades:

• Open the course in PowerTeacher Pro Grading
• Click the Students icon on the left
• Click Show Dropped
• You will see a list of students who changed from your course.
• Click the student's name to see the grades.

Print a Hard-Copy of Your Gradebook each quarter

• Reports / Scoresheet
• Select your terms
• Run Report / View Report
• Open Report and Save or print as PDF to your files 

On November 2, 2022 MBS added a new email plug-in to our PowerTeacher Pro. This new plug-in provides
teachers access to people who are to receive mailings.

• Access PowerTeacher Pro
• With the Current Classes screen open, teachers have a mail icon.
• Click the mail icon and a screen will open with the student, student email, and guardian/parent
• emails.
• Once you make your selection, they appear at the bottom of the window.
• Click Copy and paste to your Outlook. If sending a group copy to BC (blind copy).
• This email will be sent from Outlook and teachers will have a copy in your SENT folder.