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Alan: /* Announcements */

2012-01-09T00:47:58Z

Announcements

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>''Title'': The title can be up to 80 characters long. It is the title that appears in the list of announcements on the portal. The portal visitor clicks on the title to view the full announcement. If the announcement is short ('Remember to bring permissions slips tomorrow!') the title might be all that's necessary. An announcement with only a title is valid, and will be stored in the system. The announcement title is 'required'.</li>		<li>''Title'': The title can be up to 80 characters long. It is the title that appears in the list of announcements on the portal. The portal visitor clicks on the title to view the full announcement. If the announcement is short ('Remember to bring permissions slips tomorrow!') the title might be all that's necessary. An announcement with only a title is valid, and will be stored in the system. The announcement title is ''required''.</li>
	<li>''Announcement'': This is the full text of the announcement (if the Title field itself is not sufficient. Announcements may be up to 10,000 characters in length.</li>		<li>''Announcement'': This is the full text of the announcement (if the Title field itself is not sufficient. Announcements may be up to 10,000 characters in length.</li>
	<li>''Start Date'': The announcement appears on the portal beginning just after midnight on this date. Announcements can easily be 'queued' to appear in the future simply by entering them with future start dates.</li>		<li>''Start Date'': The announcement appears on the portal beginning just after midnight on this date. Announcements can easily be 'queued' to appear in the future simply by entering them with future start dates.</li>

Alan: /* Announcements */

2012-01-09T00:47:36Z

Announcements

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>''Title'': The title can be up to 80 characters long. It is the title that appears in the list of announcements on the portal. The portal visitor clicks on the title to view the full announcement. If the announcement is short ('Remember to bring permissions slips tomorrow!') the title might be all that's necessary. An announcement with only a title is valid, and will be stored in the system.</li>		<li>''Title'': The title can be up to 80 characters long. It is the title that appears in the list of announcements on the portal. The portal visitor clicks on the title to view the full announcement. If the announcement is short ('Remember to bring permissions slips tomorrow!') the title might be all that's necessary. An announcement with only a title is valid, and will be stored in the system. The announcement title is 'required'.</li>
	<li>''Announcement'': This is the full text of the announcement (if the Title field itself is not sufficient. Announcements may be up to 10,000 characters in length.</li>		<li>''Announcement'': This is the full text of the announcement (if the Title field itself is not sufficient. Announcements may be up to 10,000 characters in length.</li>
	<li>''Start Date'': The announcement appears on the portal beginning just after midnight on this date. Announcements can easily be 'queued' to appear in the future simply by entering them with future start dates.</li>		<li>''Start Date'': The announcement appears on the portal beginning just after midnight on this date. Announcements can easily be 'queued' to appear in the future simply by entering them with future start dates.</li>

Alan: /* Announcements */

2012-01-04T17:53:16Z

Announcements

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	<li>''End Date'': The announcement appears on the port until midnight of this date. End Date is optional, and if not specified, the announcement will be visible on the portal until the end of the school year.</li>		<li>''End Date'': The announcement appears on the port until midnight of this date. End Date is optional, and if not specified, the announcement will be visible on the portal until the end of the school year.</li>
	<li>''Portal Alert'': If checked, a yellow flag icon appears next to the announcement in the portal, alerting portal visitors that it is an important or time-critical item.</li>		<li>''Portal Alert'': If checked, a yellow flag icon appears next to the announcement in the portal, alerting portal visitors that it is an important or time-critical item.</li>
	<li>''Sections'': Regardless of which section the teacher is working in when Announcements are entered, ALL sections for the current course, being taught by the teacher, are provided as options for viewing ~~an announcements~~. A teacher can make the announcement section-specific by deselecting the checkbox for a section or sections.</li>		<li>''Sections'': Regardless of which section the teacher is working in when Announcements are entered, ALL sections for the current course, being taught by the teacher, are provided as options for viewing the announcement. A teacher can make the announcement section-specific by deselecting the checkbox for a section or sections.</li>
	</ol>		</ol>

Alan: /* Announcements */

2012-01-04T17:52:19Z

Announcements

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	Announcements can be posted for time periods as short as a day, or as long as the entire school year, so can be used for quick reminders of upcoming events and deadlines, and can also be used to for more permanent information, such as class policies on late assignments, missed tests, dress requirements, etc.		Announcements can be posted for time periods as short as a day, or as long as the entire school year, so can be used for quick reminders of upcoming events and deadlines, and can also be used to for more permanent information, such as class policies on late assignments, missed tests, dress requirements, etc.

	The teacher ~~access~~ her list of Announcements via the 'Announcement' link, at the top right of any Grades page in SIS Gradebook. All Announcements are kept in this list, even if they have passed their expiration date, so they can easily be reposted to the portal ~~simply~~ by changing the starting and~~/or~~ ending dates. Announcements are course/section specific. They cannot be sent to individual students or parents.		The teacher accesses her list of Announcements via the 'Announcement' link, at the top right of any Grades page in SIS Gradebook. All Announcements are kept in this list, even if they have passed their expiration date, so they can easily be reposted to the portal by changing the starting and ending dates. Announcements are course/section specific. They cannot be sent to individual students or parents.

	Each Announcement is made of of the following components:		Each Announcement is made of of the following components:

Alan: /* Announcements */

2012-01-04T17:51:28Z

Announcements

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	In any case, it is generally better to click "Refresh" rather than using the browser's Reload button or the hot-key equivalent (''ctrl-R'' on most browsers). This is because a browser reload will force a reload of a lot of SISWeb and SIS gradebook infrastructure data and so be '''much''' slower. Since this infrastructure data would almost never change in the middle of the day, reloading it is just a waste of time.		In any case, it is generally better to click "Refresh" rather than using the browser's Reload button or the hot-key equivalent (''ctrl-R'' on most browsers). This is because a browser reload will force a reload of a lot of SISWeb and SIS gradebook infrastructure data and so be '''much''' slower. Since this infrastructure data would almost never change in the middle of the day, reloading it is just a waste of time.
	==Announcements==		==Announcements==
	Announcements are notices a teacher ~~can post~~, which ~~will~~ appear on the student/parent portal within a date-range the teacher ~~sets~~.		Announcements are notices posted by a teacher, which appear on the student/parent portal within a date range set by the teacher.

	Announcements can be ~~post~~ for time periods as short as a day, or as long as the entire school year, so can be used for quick reminders of upcoming events and deadlines, and can also be used to ~~post~~ class policies on late assignments, missed tests, etc.		Announcements can be posted for time periods as short as a day, or as long as the entire school year, so can be used for quick reminders of upcoming events and deadlines, and can also be used to for more permanent information, such as class policies on late assignments, missed tests, dress requirements, etc.

	The teacher access her list of Announcements via the 'Announcement' link, at the top right of any Grades page in SIS Gradebook. All Announcements are kept in this list, even if they have passed their expiration date, so they can easily be reposted to the portal simply by changing the starting and/or ending dates. Announcements are course/section specific. They cannot be sent to individual students or parents.		The teacher access her list of Announcements via the 'Announcement' link, at the top right of any Grades page in SIS Gradebook. All Announcements are kept in this list, even if they have passed their expiration date, so they can easily be reposted to the portal simply by changing the starting and/or ending dates. Announcements are course/section specific. They cannot be sent to individual students or parents.

Alan at 17:48, 4 January 2012

2012-01-04T17:48:59Z

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	In any case, it is generally better to click "Refresh" rather than using the browser's Reload button or the hot-key equivalent (''ctrl-R'' on most browsers). This is because a browser reload will force a reload of a lot of SISWeb and SIS gradebook infrastructure data and so be '''much''' slower. Since this infrastructure data would almost never change in the middle of the day, reloading it is just a waste of time.		In any case, it is generally better to click "Refresh" rather than using the browser's Reload button or the hot-key equivalent (''ctrl-R'' on most browsers). This is because a browser reload will force a reload of a lot of SISWeb and SIS gradebook infrastructure data and so be '''much''' slower. Since this infrastructure data would almost never change in the middle of the day, reloading it is just a waste of time.
			==Announcements==
			Announcements are notices a teacher can post, which will appear on the student/parent portal within a date-range the teacher sets.

			Announcements can be post for time periods as short as a day, or as long as the entire school year, so can be used for quick reminders of upcoming events and deadlines, and can also be used to post class policies on late assignments, missed tests, etc.

			The teacher access her list of Announcements via the 'Announcement' link, at the top right of any Grades page in SIS Gradebook. All Announcements are kept in this list, even if they have passed their expiration date, so they can easily be reposted to the portal simply by changing the starting and/or ending dates. Announcements are course/section specific. They cannot be sent to individual students or parents.

			Each Announcement is made of of the following components:

			<ol>
			<li>''Title'': The title can be up to 80 characters long. It is the title that appears in the list of announcements on the portal. The portal visitor clicks on the title to view the full announcement. If the announcement is short ('Remember to bring permissions slips tomorrow!') the title might be all that's necessary. An announcement with only a title is valid, and will be stored in the system.</li>
			<li>''Announcement'': This is the full text of the announcement (if the Title field itself is not sufficient. Announcements may be up to 10,000 characters in length.</li>
			<li>''Start Date'': The announcement appears on the portal beginning just after midnight on this date. Announcements can easily be 'queued' to appear in the future simply by entering them with future start dates.</li>
			<li>''End Date'': The announcement appears on the port until midnight of this date. End Date is optional, and if not specified, the announcement will be visible on the portal until the end of the school year.</li>
			<li>''Portal Alert'': If checked, a yellow flag icon appears next to the announcement in the portal, alerting portal visitors that it is an important or time-critical item.</li>
			<li>''Sections'': Regardless of which section the teacher is working in when Announcements are entered, ALL sections for the current course, being taught by the teacher, are provided as options for viewing an announcements. A teacher can make the announcement section-specific by deselecting the checkbox for a section or sections.</li>
			</ol>

			New Announcements are always entered in the top row, which always appears empty with a "New" indicator at the left.

			The Announcement page notices when changes are made, and provides an 'Update' button to submit changes. If the page is left without updates being saved, the announcements are not updated. An announcement can be removed by deleting the Title text and the Announcement text, and pressing the Update button. The refreshed page will show the announcement has been removed.

			Following the "New" Announcement row at the top, all currently-active announcements are shown (with a "Current" indicator) after which are shown announcements which will become active in the future ("Pending"), after which are shown announcements which have passed their End Date ("Expired").

Alan: /* Overview */

2011-11-14T21:21:39Z

Overview

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	<tr>		<tr>
	<th>Grades</th>		<th>Grades</th>
	<td>Enters grades into categories either each assignment for class or individual student.</td>		<td>Enters grades into categories either for each assignment for class or individual student. Standard comments can be added as well as indicators for absences, medical excuses, tardiness, incompletes, etc. Teachers can adjust marks before submitting them to the marks system.</td>
	<td>~~Has a~~ read-only view of grades for permitted teachers.</td>		<td>A read-only view of grades for permitted teachers.</td>
	<td></td>		<td></td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr>		<tr>
	<th>Portal</th>		<th>Portal</th>
	<td>Specifies, for each element in their gradebook, whether the item is visible in the portal, ~~or whether~~ the item ~~is visible~~ but not the grades, or ~~whether~~ the item is not visible in the portal.</td>		<td>Specifies, for each element in their gradebook, whether the item is visible in the portal, the item but not the grades are visible, or the item is not visible in the portal. Restricted visibility can be set at an upper-level category with lower-level items inheriting any restrictions.</td>
	<td></td>		<td></td>
	<td>Can view the class structure and grades for themself or their child, as permitted by the teacher.</td>		<td>Can view the class structure and grades for themself or their child, as permitted by the teacher.</td>

Alan: /* Linking section layouts */

2011-11-14T20:55:47Z

Linking section layouts

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	[[Image:Gradebook1_CourseListDropdown.png\|thumb\|alt=The Gradebook option is automatically available for districts opting in to SIS Gradebook.\|The Course/Section dropdown menu showing Gradebook availability.]]When a district and school decide to use SIS Gradebook, the Gradebook option appears automatically in the application dropdown on the teacher's list of courses and sections. To begin using SIS Gradebook, a teacher selects "Gradebook" from the dropdown menu. The first Gradebook view the teacher sees is a 'final average' gradebook layout template. The default final average layout consists of equally-weighted marking periods and an optional set of Regents exams. Because this is by far the most common final average gradebook layout. The teacher can accept this template, or customize it, deleting items via the check-box at the left, or adding items in the field provided. The teacher then clicks on the "Save New Data Button" to create the final average gradebook for the section.		[[Image:Gradebook1_CourseListDropdown.png\|thumb\|alt=The Gradebook option is automatically available for districts opting in to SIS Gradebook.\|The Course/Section dropdown menu showing Gradebook availability.]]When a district and school decide to use SIS Gradebook, the Gradebook option appears automatically in the application dropdown on the teacher's list of courses and sections. To begin using SIS Gradebook, a teacher selects "Gradebook" from the dropdown menu. The first Gradebook view the teacher sees is a 'final average' gradebook layout template. The default final average layout consists of equally-weighted marking periods and an optional set of Regents exams. Because this is by far the most common final average gradebook layout. The teacher can accept this template, or customize it, deleting items via the check-box at the left, or adding items in the field provided. The teacher then clicks on the "Save New Data Button" to create the final average gradebook for the section.
	===Linking section layouts===		===Linking section layouts===
	Creating a final average gradebook for one section, creates a final average gradebook layout for all sections of the same course taught in the same marking periods by the same teacher. So, if a teacher teaches three sections of AP US History in Marking Periods 1 and 2, creating a final average gradebook layout for one of those sections will create one for the other two. These gradebook layouts are said to be ''linked'' because any additions or changes to a gradebook layout for one of the sections is reflected in the other sections. Since it's common for different sections of the same course to have matching assignments, quizzes, tests, and so on, this can be very convenient, saving the teacher the work of entering the same item in multiple gradebook layouts.		Creating a final average gradebook for one section creates a final average gradebook layout for all sections of the same course taught in the same marking periods by the same teacher. So, if a teacher teaches three sections of AP US History in Marking Periods 1 and 2, creating a final average gradebook layout for one of those sections will create one for the other two. These gradebook layouts are said to be ''linked'' because any additions or changes to a gradebook layout for one of the sections is reflected in the other sections. Since it's common for different sections of the same course to have matching assignments, quizzes, tests, and so on, this can be very convenient, saving the teacher the work of entering the same item in multiple gradebook layouts.

	If, however, a teacher has different assignments for different sections of the same course, this linking of gradebook layouts can be more a hindrance than a help. In such cases, the teacher can unlink the sections by clicking on the ''Unlink'' checkboxes on the gradebook layout page. These ''Unlink'' checkboxes only appear in the layout page for the final average and the marking period marks and do no appear on the layout pages for subcategories (more on this later). Be careful — unlinked section layouts can never be linked back together again. While not the end if the world, it means that the teacher has to enter assignments separately for each of the unlinked gradebook layouts.		If, however, a teacher has different assignments for different sections of the same course, this linking of gradebook layouts can be more a hindrance than a help. In such cases, the teacher can unlink the sections by clicking on the ''Unlink'' checkboxes on the gradebook layout page. These ''Unlink'' checkboxes only appear in the layout page for the final average and the marking period marks and do no appear on the layout pages for subcategories (more on this later). Be careful — unlinked section layouts can never be linked back together again. While not the end if the world, it means that the teacher has to enter assignments separately for each of the unlinked gradebook layouts.

Alan: /* Overview */

2011-11-14T20:54:04Z

Overview

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	<table class="list~~" width="80%~~">		<table class="list">
	<tr><th>Feature/Users</th><th>Teacher</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Parent/Student</th></tr>		<tr><th>Feature/Users</th><th>Teacher</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Parent/Student</th></tr>
	<tr>		<tr>

Alan: /* Overview */

2011-11-14T20:51:42Z

Overview

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	<th>Layout</th>		<th>Layout</th>
	<td>Builds a grading scheme either from scratch, from a provided template or by copying from other sections or previous ~~years~~. Defines how grades are summed to a final average using weights, dropped scores ~~and~~ special flags, etc.</td>		<td>Builds a grading scheme either from scratch, from a provided template or by copying from other sections or a previous year. Defines how grades are summed to a final average using weights, dropped scores, special flags, etc.</td>
	<td></td>		<td></td>
	<td></td>		<td></td>