Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Options
This tab allows you to set campus-wide options for ASCENDER TeacherPortal.
❏ Under Options:
Type of Posting |
Select the type of posting allowed in TeacherPortal: |
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Open for Grade Posting |
Indicate if the cycle is currently open for grade posting in TeacherPortal. |
Allow Semester Override |
Select to allow the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility to post the override semester average from TeacherPortal, instead of allowing TeacherPortal to calculate the semester average. |
Allow Prior Days Posting |
Select to allow instructors to post attendance for a date that has passed. Otherwise, instructors can only post attendance for the current date. |
Days | Enter a value of 1-15 if Allow Prior Days Posting field is selected. |
Allow New Categories |
Select to allow instructors to add new assignment categories on the Administer Categories page in TeacherPortal. |
Allow Grade Modification to Prior Cycle |
Select to allow instructors to change an assignment grade from a prior cycle in TeacherPortal. Otherwise, the fields for prior cycles are disabled in TeacherPortal. Note that changing a grade in a prior cycle may affect the cycle average, but it will not change the posted cycle average on the TeacherPortal Cycle Grades page. |
Allow Discipline Referrals |
Select to allow instructors and other designated TeacherPortal discipline users to submit discipline referrals through TeacherPortal. |
Use Elementary Skills-based Report Card |
Select to allow instructors to create elementary skills-based report cards in TeacherPortal. If selected, the applicable pages are displayed in TeacherPortal. Otherwise, the pages are not available. |
Allow Assignment Rubrics |
Select to allow instructors access to use rubrics for grading assignments in TeacherPortal. |
Use Report Card Narrative |
Select to allow teachers to add narratives to report cards on the Cycle Grades page in TeacherPortal. If used, a report displaying the Report Card Narrative comments from TeacherPortal will print on a separate page for each student
who has at least one comment for the selected semester and cycle. Only comments for selected course-sections are printed. The Report Card Narrative will only be visible for current cycles; previous narratives will not be displayed for posted cycles in TeacherPortal. |
Weighting Types |
Indicate the weighting types allowed at the campus. You must select at least one type.
Only selected weighting types are available to instructors in TeacherPortal on the Settings > Administer Categories page or on the Categories tab. Once a weighting type is used on the Categories tab or used by an instructor on the Categories tab in TeacherPortal, the field becomes locked, and you cannot unselect that weighting type. |
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Display Program Information |
Select the special program information to be displayed for instructors in TeacherPortal. If a program is selected, the student's most current information for the program is displayed on the Student Information page in TeacherPortal. |
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Campus-wide Message |
Using the text editor, type a campus-wide message to be displayed on the TeacherPortal Announcements page. The Announcements page is the first page the instructor sees after he successfully logs on to TeacherPortal. |
❏ Click Save.