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November 12, 2009

How to add last year credits for a student who joined in a new school this year?

Students > Transcript > select Class Level > click on Student's Name > Grade Transfer

August 08, 2009

How to print letter to parents

1. Go to: Printing -> Custom Printing

2. Select the letter from the drop down list.

3. Click on "Add Parents" to select and add parents to your data source.

4. Click on "Generate Printable Version"

5. Before printing you can remove page headers and footers from printing preferences in File Menu. This can be at different place depending on browser. On Internet Explorer, it's in File->Page Setup.

6. Print the page.

June 16, 2009

How to promote students to next grade levels?

You can promote students to next grade levels from "Students" > "Student records" > "promote students".

How to block students access?

You have to change a student's status to "Suspended/Access disabled" from "Student Records"
to block student's access.

You can block some features globally from "Setup & Customization" > "Account & Profile" .
From here you can select the check boxes :

a. Don't allow parents and students to view progress reports (under Progress Reports)
b. Don't allow parents and students to view transcript (under Transcripts)
c. Don't allow parents and students to view mid-term reports (under Mid-term reports)
d. Don't allow parents and students to view reportcard (under Report cards)
e. Disable complaints and issues posting by parents and students (under Complaints and Issues)

June 10, 2009

A homeroom teacher needs to see the total average of the students. So he can write down the studnets on the honor roll.

The teacher can see his classes by going to Grades> Subject grade report. If he wants access to the other classes there are two options: 1.Get a sub-administrator account, 2. In the other classes where he wants access, he can ask the admin or teacher to add him as a shared teacher.

May 19, 2009

How teachers can print out and view cumulative grades for the year.... the average of all semisters for the cumulative file?

Teachers have to follow the step: Grades-> Subject Grade Report

April 21, 2009

How can a teacher alter grades for progress report(edit) and enter/ delete column?

Grade Book > select the subject >Assignment Names.

April 08, 2009

How we can give a NG (not graded) grade for students that are in special education classes. We want them to get a separate report for this done by teacher. Can there be an option in grading beyond A,b,c,d,f, - like NG

you can enter I or W if the students are in the same class with others
the other option is to create a subject of grading type "No Grading"
or "Evaluation Grade"

April 01, 2009

Can I delete all items from my gradebook simultaneously?

you have to delete one assignment at a time
click on assignment name
scroll down to bottom and then click on delete

March 31, 2009

How can an administrator change categories weight?

Reference>Staff Directory>select term >click on subject >change the categories weight .submit

One of our Teacher cannot enter todays attendance. ?

Attendance >Attendance >select the term >click on date>than enter the attendance .

I can not open the academic reports on this system. It will not open. All the other tabs are working.

Some times school can turn off some feature

March 25, 2009

If I change the grade weights for a class, will it affect on previous term ?

If you change assignment weights it only affects the term you changed the weights for. It does not affect previous terms.

Is there any way to retrieve any deleted submissions?

If you deleted it today, and the information was entered before last night, then we can upload yesterday's backup data onto a test server and you will be able to retrieve the information. This process will take a day to accomplish.

March 24, 2009

How do I move assignment grades from one term to another?

you need to create assignment grade for every term individually.

March 18, 2009

I need to change some of the categories weights, how can I do this?

2.grades > gradebook> click on the subject >click on subject option
form here you can change the weight of any categories as you need.

Creating lesson plan

you don't need to enter all the fields on the lesson plan, just the lesson topic is mandatory

How do I add extra credit ?

Any score over the full score is counted as EXTRA CREDIT. So, if you give an assignment for extra credit, set the full score to zero.
If you gave a test out of 100 and a student got full score as well as 5 points extra credit, you can set the score for that student to 105

March 16, 2009

Custom Queries

The Online School System supports a custom query feature that can be access from a “Control Panel” at the following path:

http://onlineschoolsystem.com/oen/controlpanel.htm

Schools can login with their admin username/password. There are some standard queries built in. However, schools can also ask for custom queries based on their needs.

How are course groups used?

When students enroll in courses, they will see the courses needed to graduate in the program they enrolled in. There is also a Graduation Requirements Report in the transcript page that shows a student what courses they have taken and what courses they need to take to graduate.

How can I have the system automatically generate student Ids?

The student ids will be automatically generated if the starting number is set to above zero in the “Account & Profile” page. This starting number must be greater than any existing students with an assigned id number in the system. The system will also not assign any student id number automatically if a number has already been set.

Why do some teachers’ passwords show empty?

Initially the system generated a random password when a teacher account is created. Once a teacher logs in to the system and changes the password the system encrypts it and so it can not be seen. However if the teacher forgets the password you can always re-type a new password in the password box from admin account and reset it.

Is there a way to assign the same homework for multiple sections?

You can import lesson plan of another class and reuse or modify as needed. On the Lesson Planner calendar, you will see an icon that looks like a File Folder. Click on it to Import lesson plan from another class.

How can I get the password and user name for our new staff?

The system automatically generates a username and password for each staff when you create their accounts. To view the login information of a teacher please go to “Faculty & Staff” and then click on the teacher’s name.

School days for class scheduling

To add schedule in your classes you will have to add the School Days first. School Days tell the system which days you take classes. If your school follows block scheduling such as “A days”, “B days” etc. The schedule days (List Text) will be “A”, “B” and so on. The List Codes will be 1, 2 etc..

If your school does not follow block scheduling, the please enter the regular days of the week with List Code of 2 for Monday as follows:

* Mon (2)
* Tue (3)
* Wed (4)
* Thu (5)
* Fri (6)

Teachers didn’t get their login information, are the teachers can change their logins after the first time?

The teachers will receive an email when their account is created (of course if they have an email address.) You can also give them their login information from “Faculty & Staff” and click on the teacher’s name. The password can be changed, but not the username.

Will it matter if a student in the 10th grade is in a class labeled Grade 12: GMET Geometry?

No

How do I get the correct times for the classes established? For instance our MWF classes are different from Tues and Thurs. MWF are 50 minutes and TT are 75 minutes. How do I do this?

When you create a class, you can also enter the schedule and times.

For subjects or classes that have two sections, how do I set up multiple sections for the same subject?

You can add more than one class for the same subject. And, you can name them like Geometry 1, Geometry 2 etc.

Teacher add or remove class

Teachers can add or remove their classes from “Classes” on the menu.

Modify grading scale

Add or modify a grading policy, please go to “Customization”->”Grading Policies”. The “Standard Grading Policy” is the default grading policy for your school. However, you may select a different grading policy for a particular class.

Add, remove and scheduling classes

You can schedule your classes when you add them.To ADD a new class

1. go to “Classes”
2. click on “New Class”

To REMOVE the class you don’t want

1. go to “Classes”
2. click on the class name
3. scroll down and click on DELETE

Login problems

If you are having login problems, it could be either of 2 things -

1. your username or password is changed or typed wrong

2. your account is suspended

Can the administrator post a lesson plan?

No, administrators can not post lesson plans. Only teachers can post lesson plans. Administrators can only view teacher’s lesson plans.

Sometimes the teacher have a bonus questions, what should the teacher do to give extra credit or points? if the student got the full mark on the test.

You can give extra credit to students in two ways:
1. If the extra credit is part of an assignment the student’s score may be above full score if the student earned 100%.
2. If you give an extra credit assignment to students that will not affect those who do not complete the assignment, then set the full score to zero.

Is there anyway to print a multiple class report that can tell you a student’s grades in more than one class. Example: Elementary teacher printing off one report for a student that show’s the student their grade in science, math, social studies, engli

The report card shows the grades of one student in all classes,
but teachers don’t have access to report cards.
The teachers can access and print mid-term reports,And
there is an option in Account & Profile page to allow teachers to access Mid-Term reports ,but the administrator has to allow teachers access to view mid-term reports.

Adding categories

You have to add some categories as you need ,such as quiz and daily .
you can do it easily from * grade book >select the subject > click on subject option > add categories .

How do I post homework for parents and students to access?

You may post homework for parents and students to access when you enter lesson plans on the online school system.

How do I submit mid term report?

To post comments and progress evaluations on the mid-term report click on “Gradebook” on the main menu. On the top right corner you will see “Submit Mid-Term Report”. Click on a subject and enter mid-term evaluations and comments for each student.

How do I submit final grades for report card?

Click on “Gradebook” on the main menu. On the top right corner you will see “Submit Report Card Grades”. Click on this link and you will see list of subjects you are teaching. Make sure the right term is showing, otherwise change the term and then click on the subject you wish to submit final grades for.

I want to see students on my gradebook sorted by first name.

Click on “Gradebook Options” on your gradebook screen. You can sort students by first name, last name or student Id number.

I want to drop the lowest scores of my students on the gradebook. How do I do it?

You may drop up to 5 lowest assignment scores from each student’s final grade. Click on “Gradebook Options” on your gradebook screen.

My gradebook is large. How do I edit grades when I can’t see the student names?

Click on the “Edit” button above the assignment name to edit the assignment on a new screen.

I want to be able to enter more than one assignment at a time on the gradebook. How do I do it?


You will enter new grades on the blank column next to the student names. To enter more than one assignment at the same time, you may choose to have up to 10 blank columns on the gradebook. To set the number of blank columns click on “Gradebook Options” on your gradebook screen.

I need to add a student to my gradebook. How do I do it

Students will be added or removed by the administrator. But you may also add or remove them from gradebook by clicking on “Class Options” on your gradebook screen. The students are grouped into classes such as “GRADE 1”, so if you add or remove a student from one gradebook of “GRADE 1” class, the student will be added or removed from all subject gradebooks of “GRADE 1” class.

How do I make the gradebook ignore (not count) an assignment grade for a student?

Next to the score, you will see a box for entering comments. If you click on the comment box, you will see a menu pop up. Click on “Not Graded or Excused (N/G)”.

How do I set up assignment weights on my gradebook?

To set up assignment categories and weights, click on “Subject Options” on your gradebook screen. You will see the section “categories & grade weights” and buttons on the right for adding and editing categories and weights. The categories added by administration may not be edited or removed, but you may add or edit your own categories.