Organizing+Your+Gradebook

The first step that you must take to get Progress Book working for you is to set up your assignment types. To begin click on the “Set Up Assignment Types” link which is located on the right hand side in the “Average Calc Set Up” section. (Section 4)
 * Setting Up Assignment Types**

One very important item to keep in mind as you are creating your assignment types is that assignment types are categories and not specific assignments. Your assignment types should reflects grade categories. ex. Assessments Class Projects Etc.

Elementary classroom teachers will only need one or two assignment types. **Short Cycle Assessments Summative Assessments** By selecting a mark type you are telling Progress Book how you are going to score your specific assignments that fall into this type. Choosing “Points” will create an average based on points earned out of points possible.


 * TIP: Do not mix your assignment types. Progress Book cannot average points and percentages together.**

Once you have entered the name, abbreviation and mark types for your categories you can then select which of your classes will be using them. You do this by placing check marks in the corresponding boxes located under each class. When you have finished selecting your classes be sure to click the SAVE button.

Save You will soon learn that this is the most important button in all of Progress Book. Nothing is official until this button is clicked.