Shade alternate lines

Select this checkbox if you want the system to shade every other row of your Grade Input pages. Otherwise deselect it.

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Track administrator updates

Select this checkbox to have an exclamation point appear next to any grades a staff member in the office changes in the School view.

Tab direction

Select whether you want the Tab key to move you across a row or down a column when you are entering grades on the Grade Input page.

Show studies

Select this checkbox if you want courses with a category of Study to appear in your gradebook.

Enable gradebook features

Select this checkbox if you want to use the Grade Input page to enter scores for assignments. �If you do not select this checkbox, the gradebook only displays post columns (Term 1, Term 2, etc.).

Assignment column order

Select if you want assignments to appear in Date due (ascending), Date due (descending), or Sequence number order on the Scores page.

Show points in headers

At the Default weighting field, if you select Total Points, you can select the Show points in headers checkbox if you want to view the number of total points in the column header of an assignment.

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Show category names in headers

Select this checkbox to display the names of assignment categories in the assignment headers.

Publish assignment statistics

Select this checkbox if you want low, median, and high assignment scores to appear for parents and students when they view grades using the Family and Student portals.

Anchor averages

Select this checkbox to left-align average columns on the Scores page. This way, the averages always appear next to the student information, and the assignments appear to the right.

Grade change tracking days

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This value indicates the number of days past an assignment's due date that the "Changed score" icon   can appear in the Teacher Classes widget.

The "Changed score" icon shows that an administrator or other user changed an assignment's score. The default setting is 3 (days).

Show student alerts

Select this checkbox to display alert icons next to student names.

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Enable student details

Select this checkbox to view student demographic information from the Scores page. When enabled, a Student Information icon appears in the Name column.

Enable student academics

Select this checkbox to view additional academic information for a student from the Scores page. If enabled, a Student Information icon appears in the Name column.

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Show course selection recommendation

Select this checkbox to display the Recommendation column on the Scores Grid. Staff can only make recommendations during the date range defined by the school.

Add to all linked classes

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This checkbox is enabled by default, so a new assignment that you create for a class will apply to all its linked sections. (All linked classes are automatically selected in the Also add this assignment to linked classes field on the New Assignment page.)

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If you deselect this checkbox and then create an assignment that you want to apply to one or more linked class sections, you will have to manually select them on the New Assignment page.

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Note: This preference does not affect adding assignments in the Planner or the Submit Assignments widget on class Pages.

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Show missing column

If you create special codes that you enter for missing assignments, select this checkbox to view the Missing column on the Scores page. For each student, the Missing column displays the total number of assignments you have entered those special codes for that are considered missing. The values in this column might help you when determining students' final grades for the term.

Note: This column is for your eyes only. Students and family members do not see it in the portals, and office and administrative staff members do not see it in the School or District views

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Count empty as missing

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If you selected the Show missing column checkbox, any assignments that were due before today, and that you have not entered scores for, are counted as missing.

Note: You might want to select this checkbox at the end of a term when you have finished entering all

assignment scores. Otherwise, the Missing column will include scores for assignments you have not graded yet.

Show unscored

When this checkbox is selected, you will see all rubrics for the selected term for an individual student, even if no grade is entered. If it is not selected, you will only see the rubrics relevant to the term selected and with a grade entered.�Note: Rubric ratings must be set up in Aspen for this preference to take effect.

Default Weighting

To indicate to the system how you calculate student averages choose one of the following:

• Categories only
• Category and assignments
• Total points
• Category total points

See the handout for a closer look at each of these Average Modes.

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Decimals

Type the number of decimal places you want the system to use for calculating averages.

Grade Scale

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Click   to select the grade scale you want to use to calculate term averages. If you use a grade scale different than the district grade scale, when you update post columns, the system translates the grades to the district grade scale.

Semester cumulative average

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Select this checkbox to show semester running averages on your Scores page. Aspen calculates semester running averages based on the assignment grades within each of the terms inside of it, not on the average for each term. Students and family can view this column in the Student and Family views.

Note: Your school must enable the School Grade preferences (for Show semester averages in the gradebook) for this user preference to be activated. See your Aspen system administrator for details.

Aspen uses the column header Semester # (for example, Semester 1) for semester running average columns.

Cumulative average

Select this checkbox to show an overall cumulative average on your Scores page. The overall cumulative average includes all grades and scores entered since the beginning of the class, regardless of term. Aspen calculates the overall cumulative average using the average mode specified in your gradebook.

Aspen uses the column header Cumulative for the overall cumulative average.

Note: Your school must enable its Grade preferences for this user preference to be activated. See your Aspen system administrator for details.

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