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Teachers ..................................................................................................5
Account Basics ................................................................................................................. 5
Register Your School with GradeConnect, Inc................................................................................................ 5
Create a Teacher Account on GradeConnect ................................................................................................... 5
Log in to GradeConnect....................................................................................................................................... 5
Change Your Account Information.................................................................................................................... 6
Change Your Password ........................................................................................................................................ 6
GradeConnect.com Layout.............................................................................................. 7
GradeConnect.com Home Page.......................................................................................................................... 7
Login Page.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Basic Layout of GradeConnect........................................................................................................................... 8
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Courses.................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Calendar.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Your Account......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Quick Access to Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Getting Things Done ...................................................................................................... 10
Working with Courses........................................................................................................................................ 10
Create a Course............................................................................................................................................. 10
Change Course Settings................................................................................................................................ 11
Delete a Course.............................................................................................................................................. 11
Make an Announcement................................................................................................................................ 11
Change Announcements................................................................................................................................ 11
Delete Announcements.................................................................................................................................. 11
Add Web Links................................................................................................................................................ 12
Change Web Links......................................................................................................................................... 12
Delete Web Links........................................................................................................................................... 12
Add Textbooks to a Course .......................................................................................................................... 13
Edit Course Textbooks.................................................................................................................................. 13
Assign Textbooks to Students....................................................................................................................... 13
Delete Textbooks............................................................................................................................................ 13
Remove Students from a Course.................................................................................................................. 14
Working with Assignments and Assessments................................................................................................ 15
Add an Assignment........................................................................................................................................ 15
Edit Assignments............................................................................................................................................ 16
Delete Assignments........................................................................................................................................ 16
Change the Visibility of an Assignment..................................................................................................... 16
Quickly View all Assignments...................................................................................................................... 17
Advanced Assignment Options.................................................................................................................... 17
Grading ................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Set/Change the Grading Method for a Course......................................................................................... 18
Create Categories for Category Weighted Assessments Grading......................................................... 18
Change/Delete Categories for Category Weighted Assessments Grading.......................................... 19
Add an Assessment......................................................................................................................................... 19
Put Assessments into Categories for Category Weighted Assessments Grading................................ 20
Change the Visibility of an Assessment...................................................................................................... 20
Other Changes to Assessments.................................................................................................................... 20
Enter/Change Grades.................................................................................................................................... 20
View All Grades for All Students in a Spreadsheet.................................................................................. 21
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User Manual - Version 2.0 of January 2006