Teachers submit grades on progress reports for students in preparation for Family Conferences in the fall. This article will discuss 1) Accessing progress Reports, 2) Manually entering grades, 3) Adding Comments, and 4) Having Grade Book calculate grades.
1. Accessing Progress Reports
To access Progress Reports, begin on your "Schedule & Performance" page of SIS. On the right, a link to Progress Reports will appear under "Grading." If you don't see the link, click on the grey triangle next to "Grading." If you still do not see the link, then Progress Reports have not yet been made available for teachers to write.
In the resulting window, you will see a roster of one of your classes. Your other classes are accessible by using the blue-lettered tabs at the top of the window.
2. Manually Entering Grades
To manually enter grades, click the box in the second column, and a menu of letter grades will appear, as in the screenshots below.
To give a student an "Incomplete," check the small box to the right of the letter grade menu. Remember that the Faculty Handbook states that, if you give a student an Incomplete, your comment must:
- Indicate what work is owed
- Indicate when it is due.
- Indicate what the grade would be if the work were not turned in.
3. Adding Comments
You can add the same comment to ALL students in the class. IMPORTANT NOTE: This global comment will overwrite any existing comments you have made. Enter the "Add to All " comment first, and then add individual comments.
To do this, click the "Add to All" button at the top of the third column. Enter a comment for all students in the box. At the bottom of the window, you can also have the comment appear in multiple sections you teach. Click "Save & Close" when you are finished.
To add a comment for an individual student click 
. Be sure to click "Save" for each comment.
4. Using Grade Book to calculate grades.
You can have the Grade Book automatically enter a student's current grade into the Progress Report. (You have the ability to adjust it afterwards.) NOTE: Grade Book will enter a student's average on the day you calculate the grade. If the average changes later, the grade will NOT automatically update. You will have to go back into the report files and recalculate the grade in order to have the latest information.
a) Click the "Calculate" button. A roster of the class appears, as below. Click "Select All," and a new window automatically appears.
b) In the new window, enter 100 for the percentage after "G.B. Cum" (Grade Book Cumulative). Click "Save and Close." You will be returned to the class page and letter grades will be entered with a numerical average below. You can change the letter grade if you want.
4. Printing and Saving the Grades and Comments
Once the grades and comments are entered, it is recommended that you save a pdf file containing a summary of all the grades and comments for future reference. Though you can always go back and access this information in the SIS, having a pdf version is sometimes easier and more useful.
To generate the report, click on Run Grading Reports on the right and select Section Grades - By School Year. Then download the file as a pdf (this part might vary depending on your browser).
Updated: 7/26/19
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