From editing score notes to scoring assignments and quizzes to publishing student progress for jmc Family, the Assignment Scores page in jmc Teacher is a teacher's central hub for scoring coursework. The Assignment Scores page in jmc Teacher functions as a teacher grade book and provides teachers with a place to catalogue scores, provide feedback and automatically calculate the results into a course grade.
Check out these features in jmc Teacher on the Scores > Assignment Scores page:
Student Info Icons
View various information about a student by clicking the icons next to a student's name. Everything from birth date to contact information to allergies or medical emergency plans are just a click away.
A blue "i" icon that displays student information such as birthdate, contact information, siblings and health history.
An orange "!" alert icon to let you know when a new comment has been entered or edited in jmc Office regarding the student.
A pencil icon indicating that the student has special education information or links to 504 plans or IEPs.
A red "+" icon quickly alerts you that the student has a medical emergency plan and allows you to access the plan with just a click.
Student Summary Reports
Click a student's name from the "Student" list to view a student's complete current progress report for the selected class. This report, "Student Summary" on the Assignment Scores page is the exact view a parent or student would see in the jmc Family and Student portal.
A student's present grade and percentage along with the categories, assignments and scores used to calculate the current course grade. Perfect to share with families at parent teacher.
The teacher, period, course name and score notes associated with any of the listed scores.
Viewing Students
The Assignment Scores page gives teachers the ability to hide, show or organize students in the gradebook according to their personal preference. Check out the "Quick Links" section for different ways to view students in your gradebook.
Show/Hide Inactive Students: As students move out of your class and become inactive, use the "Show/Hide Inactive Students" quick link to access their old coursework but keep them out of view in your daily class list.
Show One/All Students: Show one student at a time in your gradebook to keep student grades confidential while conferring with students one on one or view all students to enter scores for the entire class.
Student Sort: Change the sort order of the students in a class list to alphabetical or customize your list by moving students in your preferred order.
Assignments, Scores and Grades
The jmc points based gradebook is organized by a list of color coded assignments, arranged according to your preference and displayed along with the total point value across the top of the page. Scores for assignments are automatically calculated to create the course grade in the column on the far right. From editing student assignment scores to locking grades, these are just some of the features for working with grades in the jmc gradebook.
Edit Student Assignment Scores: Simply enter assignment score number values for each student or enter score statuses such as "Exempt", "Missing", or "Late" to communicate student proficiency.
Show one/all assignments: Focus on one assignment at a time while grading by clicking the "Show One Assignment" quick link and select the assignment to view using the "Assignment" drop-down list. To return to displaying all assignments click the "Show All Assignments" quick link.
Viewing Scores from CBG: Scores calculated from jmc's Competency-Based Grading will appear in the assignments scores page with a small gray icon next to them. Click the icon adjacent to a score to see a progress report on that formative assessment.
Fill Score Column: Select a score in the scores list and click the "Fill Score Column" link in the Quick Links section to quickly and efficiently auto-fill empty scores or all scores in the column with the selected score.
Import Student Scores from Prior Section: If a student moves from one course section into another, use the "Import Student Scores from Prior Section" feature to move all student progress along with the student without the need for re-entering all of those scores!
Locked Grades: Override a student's calculated grade and manually select the final grade from the drop-down list in the "Grade" column to accurately report a final course grade if the math fails to match a student's performance.
Feedback and Communication through Assignment Scores
Students can learn without grades but they cannot learn without feedback. The most important function of the Assignment Scores page is the ability to provide students guidance on their work and share with them through the jmc Student and Family portals using a variety of tools.
Publishing current progress: Publishing current scores, percentages, and grade information with a click of the "Publish" button gives students and families immediate access to assignment information in jmc Student, jmc Family and the jmc Family app.
Edit Score Note: The "Edit Score Note" feature in the "Quick Links" section allows teachers to place feedback on a specific student's score or on all students' scores that will be displayed on the Student Summary and Progress Reports in jmc Teacher, jmc Student and jmc Family.
Edit Class Comment: Enter a comment for display on every student's published progress report to communicate important classroom news in jmc Office, jmc Teacher, and jmc Family.
Midterm or Current Grades: Calculate midterm progress reports and submit them to the office to communicate midterm grade reports along with comments to students and families.