Quick Reference: First Time Setup for Instruction Module
This document provides information on establishing settings for the teacher’s Instruction module
for first time use. More detailed information is provided in other Instruction module Quick
References and Help Articles.
Window
Accessing the Instruction Module
Information
1. Select the appropriate School and Section
for which to set preferences by choosing
from the drop-down list that appears above
the welcome screen.
2. From the Index tab, expand the Instruction
module icon (
) by clicking the plus (+)
sign. All instruction-related information is
located here.
Most setup tasks are done in the Admin folder
and the Lesson Planner.
Admin Folder Options
1. From the Index, expand the Instruction
folder by clicking the plus (+) sign.
2. Expand the Admin folder. Listed here are
certain teacher admin functions that
determine how the students’ grades will
calculate, what students will show in the
gradebook, how attendance will be taken,
and other items. Each admin preference is
defined in the remainder of this document.
• Composite Grading
• Curves
• Seating Chart Setup
• Preferences
Viewing the Composite Grading Tool
The Composite Grading tool allows a teacher
to assign percentages to Grading Tasks. For
example, if the Semester Grade were an equal
combination of Quarter 1 and Quarter 2, a
percentage of 50% would be assigned to both
Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 grades.
These percentages are used to auto-calculate the
chosen task. If a teacher has entered in grades
for Quarter 1 (score & percentage), that
percentage will be used in the calculation.
Otherwise, the current grade calculation for
Quarter 1 is used.
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For more information on the Composite Grading
tool, see the document entitled Quick Reference:
Instruction – Composite Grading.
Viewing the Curves
All schools within a district need to define a
standard overall grading curve. This standard
curve defines what letter grades are associated
with GPAs and what grades the teacher can
associate with scores.
While this standard curve may meet the needs of
teachers, the Campus product has also provided
a way for teachers to create their own curves.
If a curve is not set in the instruction module,
grades will not calculate in the Gradebook,
scores will not be posted in the Gradebook
and scores will not be listed on student report
cards.
For more information on creating and viewing
curves, see the document entitled Quick
Reference: Instruction – Curves.
Viewing the Seating Chart Setup
The seating chart setup allows the teacher to
assign students to particular seats. Since
students are rostered into the section before
school starts teachers can build this at any time.
And it may be necessary to change this seating
chart throughout the span of the section.
Once a seating chart is set, teachers have the
option to take attendance using the seating chart.
For more information on the seating chart, see
the document entitled Quick Reference:
Instruction – Seating Chart.
Viewing the Preferences
The preferences provide additional setup items
the teacher may wish to check. The item that
needs to set here is the Curve. As noted above,
if no curve is selected, student grades will not
calculate.
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Options for preferences are showing student
pictures, seating chart options, how to record
attendance, viewing student numbers, using
weighting on groups and using canned
comments when grading.
For more information and definitions of the
available preferences, see the document entitled
Quick Reference: Instruction – Preferences.
Lesson Planner Settings
The lesson planner provides the teacher with a
way to organize assignments and set different
weighting options for different groups, if that
type of grading method is preferred.
For example, a teacher may want to organize
assignments into four different groups, each with
different weight calculations – Daily
Assignments (20%), Notebook (10%), Tests and
Quizzes (40%) and Projects (30%). When
assignments are added to these groups and
grades are given, the overall percentage is
calculated based on these group weights.
The lesson planner also provides a tool for
copying these assignment groups from one term
to the next, or from one class section to the next.
So the teacher only needs to create this
information once.
Changes can be made at anytime; keep in mind
that changes made to weighted groups will affect
student grades.
For more information on the lesson planner, see
the document entitled Quick Reference:
Instruction – Lesson Planner.
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