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The 406 lab is open until 5:00 every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and some Wednesday’s til 6:00.  May 16th is the deadline for you to get your hours in and have a nice four day weekend including May 23!

We have access to wonderful web-based tutorials and I can sign you up for an account.  Bring your headphones if you have them and finish up your credits - we would all rather be home having a BBQ than sitting here in a computer class!

I’ll be sending out emails to you to let you know where you stand so come see me and lets get this done!!

• Double click in the box where the student’s name appears and using the back arrow, move to the tilde and delete it

• * This makes the student “active” again

• Now you can highlight the student(s) you have just made active and go to report/individual report

• Print out report(s) to give the teacher they have transferred to

• Close gradebook and re-open and the tilde’s should be back making the student “inactive” in your gradebook

• You can give those reports to the new teacher so they will have a copy of the student’s grades - when a student transfers from one teacher to another their information moves with them but not their grades.

Thanks to Mrs. McCuen for the steps to do this!

Since I am learning about coaching UIL Computer Applications I have created a page (link is in my sidebar) for UIL Resources.  For now I will have Links pertaining to my area but if there is interest, I will create a blog just for UIL.

I think it would be a useful way to communicate as well as create a repository for information including dates and resources.  More  coming on this later.

Our theme is “Games People Play”. I’m playing peekaboo!

This is a reminder to me

• Symantec Installed
• Microsoft Office (custom - Excel, word, Powerpoint)
• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Flash Player
• Windows Updates
• Disable System Restore
• Customize for performance settings
• Setup printer
• Make certain time zone and clock are correct
• Add to domain

Printing Reports

1. Click on Class and select Report Heading. Verify the correct class name and teacher name. If not correct please type in the correct class name with the class period in parentheses and then your name beside Teacher Name.

2. Click on Style and General Report Preferences, uncheck all boxes at the top, click on OK.

3. Click on Style and Student Data , check only Name, and Student Number, click on OK.

4. Click on Style and Assignment Data, check only Assignment Description, Row #, and Category, click on OK

5. Click on Reports and Group Report, the first assignment box should be the 1st assignment of the second semester through your last assignment.

Click on Print.

Do this for each class period.

6th six weeks grades

1) Student receives grade earned even if it is below 50.

2) Enter a 0 for incomplete work and export. Incompletes are not acceptable at year-end for any six weeks. Missed work can be left with the counselors along with answers and the student will be called. If the student completes the work the grade will be re-averaged.

Semester Exams - (ignore if you do not give exams).

1) Click on Class (on the toolbar), then click on Grading Periods. Scroll down on the right to 2nd Semester Exam and enter the line number (from the assignment window) of the semester exam next to Starting Assignment. If you have exemptions also click the check box “ Allow Alternate Grade“. When you return to the Assignment window type “Semester Exam” in the description box, 100 in the points column — when you tab over exam or semester exam should automatically fill in the Category column. The colors should be white (4th six wks), yellow (5th six wks), white (6th six wks), and yellow (semester exam). If this is not true call for help.

2) Student receives grade earned even if it is below 50.

Semester Exam Exemptions

Click on Class (on the toolbar), then click on Grading Periods. If you have not already done so scroll down on the right to the semester exam and click the check box “ Allow Alternate Grade“. Click OK. In the Score window, i f the Semester Exam grade is NOT on your screen next to the student’s name click on Style (on the toolbar), click on Screen Prefs…, then click on Grading Period and show the semester exam in the drop down box. Scroll to the far left — leave the “Alternate Percent” blank and enter an “E” in Alternate Description. This will not show up on your reports. You may want to type an ex (excused) in the actual grade column where you are entering the other students grades.

Semester Exam Absences

Enter a “0″ for the semester exam and export. Leave a copy of the exam with the student’s name on it along with the answer key with the counselors.

Semester Averages

1) Check semester averages by showing the average next to the student’s name. Click on Style (on the toolbar), click on Screen Prefs…, then click on Overall Summary.

2) If a student had an incomplete in either the 4th or 5th six weeks and you entered the “1″ and “I” , you must remove the 1 and I from the Alternate percent column in the 4th or 5th six weeks.

Export Term Marks

When you are ready to export term marks be sure to check the 6th six weeks, 2nd semester exam, 2nd semester average and Year End average.

Print a Group Report

Print a Group Report for each class (instructions attached). The beginning assignment should be the first assignment of the second semester. The Group Report will be turned in after the grades are validated at the end of the year.

Friday we tested the Xtenda boxes in our lab. we have a generic PC hooked up to the three Xtenda boxes making a total of four stations out of one tower. This great little piece of technology consists of a card installed in one towe and then three little boxes to plug in three more monitors, keyboards, mice, and speakers and only costs about $240. So far I see no downside. They have worked well. The counselors had freshmen logged in all morning working on scheduling in an Access database all morning and this afternoon I had students log on and told them to go ahead and do the things they would normally do and let me know if they seemed to slow way down or crash. I had no complaints and the PC is one that doesn’t have more RAM installed so I am very encouraged. This would extend our number of computers at much less expense than having to replace all the towers. It also means that if you are a classroom teacher with one decent computer in your room and several old not so good computers, you could have four working computers with much less space and for about the cost of a decent printer.