Setting Up Gradebook

IGPRO is the official gradebook of Fonville Middle School. There should be an icon for it on the computer in your classroom. If not, see Brenda Dwyer or Hector Gonzalez and we will set it up for you. Assignments and grades should be entered into the gradebook on a weekly basis. You will be exporting the grades to the server and Ms. Meza will print progress reports and report cards from the information in your gradebook. You will need your teacher number from Mrs. Meza before you can access your rosters.

You only create a new gradebook ONCE each year.

Click on the IGPRO icon. Select Create New Gradebook. Click OK. If asked for a server, click LOCAL.

Click next, then select Create Using Class Rosters, click next, click next again.

In the IGP_Data folder, select the folder with your teacher number on it.

1. Click on the icon CLXXX where XXX is your teacher number.

2. Check the information and make sure your name is correct.

3.  In the File name type your last name and click save again. Click SAVE. This one gradebook has all of your classes in it.

4. Click Set Password if you wish to change the password and change the password to something you will remember.

You should now see a list of students in the period named.

Create Numeric Spreadsheets

The next step is to create numeric spreadsheets on which to input your assignments and grades. This has to be done for each class you teach. It is easier if you create spreadsheets for the entire year now.

1. Select Set Up slide down to Spreadsheets
2. Click New, select Create a Numeric spreadsheet, click Next.
3. Type in a name, e.g. Cycle 1, click next.
4. Select Weighted Type or Total Points, click create.
5. Repeat naming the spreadsheets Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4. Cycle 5, and Cycle 6. (If you teach a one-semester class, you only need Cycles 1, 2, and 3. You will create Cycles 4, 5 and  6 for your spring semester classes.)
6. When you are done creating new spreadsheets, click Close.
7. Click the spreadsheet drop down menu and slide down Cycle 1.
8. You will repeat these steps for each class that you teach.

How to Set Up Type Sets (You only have to do this once each year!)

From the Setup menu, select Grading Rules.
Click the Type Sets tab and review the list of types (Homework, Exam, Quiz).

Review the sets (Humanities, Science, Elementary). The set is the class that you teach.
To create a new set, click New Set, type its name, and click Create. The set displays as a column heading across the top of the screen.
To rename a set, click in a cell beneath it, click Rename Set, type in the new name.
To delete a set, click on a cell beneath it, click Delete Set.

Type sets let you group task types (assignments) into categories. The system comes with sets already defined. You assign a type set to a particular class when you select Classes from the Setup menu. If you want to separate your grades into categories, then you must enter a percent in each category. For example:

To create a new type, click New Type, type its name, and click Create.

First, select a cell in the grid to choose the type or set to modify.
To rename a Type, click Rename Type, enter the new name, and click Rename.
To rename a Set, click Rename Set, enter the new name, and click Rename.
To delete a Type, click Delete Type. Click Yes to confirm the deletion or No to cancel this action.
To delete a Set, click Delete Set. Click Yes to confirm the deletion or No to cancel this action.
To add a type to a set, enter a numerical weight in the appropriate cell in the Type Set chart. You do not need to assign all the sets you create.
The type displays in the list at the left.
Click Close.
NOTE: You only have to set up the grading rules one time in one class. It applies to all of your spreadsheets or classes in this gradebook
Be sure to save your work often!

NOTE: Do not make any changes to Attendance Codes, Grade Tables, or Special Scores.

Entering assignments and grades is done by Creating a New Task.
Creating a New Task