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Campus Instruction

Campus Instruction is the user interface specifically for teachers to accomplish most of their day-to-day activities.  If they need to look up more detailed information on specific students, they still have access to Campus Tools by click in the 3 X 3 array in the upper right of their screen and choosing Campus Tools as an option.

Message Center

  • Control Center Updated
    • The Control Center provides a hub for a variety of common teacher. The default view of periods in the Control Center. 

Attendance

Using the Grade Book

  • Step 1 Manage assignment categories

        • Creating Categories (Grade Book) - Video 
          • This video demonstrates how to configure assignment categories. Using Categories teachers can group related assignments for sorting and grade calculation.
          • Assignment categories are collections of assignments that count toward a grading task or standard and must be created before assignments can be entered. 
        • Step 1 (Optional) Copy an assignment category via Grade Book
          • Category Copier (Instruction) - Video Updated 
            • The Category Copier tool allows teachers to copy categories from one of their sections to another. This video demonstrates how to copy assignment categories. 
            • After you create or copy categories, you can use the similar tool, Assignment Copier, to copy assignments from section to section, or year to year.
 
  • Step 2 Determine grade calculations for a course section via Grade Book Setup

  • Step 3 Adding assignments

      • Creating Assignments - Video
        • From many places within Campus Instruction, teachers can quickly create new assignments using the assignment editor. The assignment editor is the same in all locations. In this video, you will learn how to create a new assignment
      • Add an assignment via the Planner
        • From My Curriculum in the Planner, teachers can create assignments for a course section. This video demonstrates how to create an assignment for a course section.
      • Modifying Assignments - Video

        • Assignments can be modified wherever assignments are listed, including the Grade Book, Progress Monitor, Planner, or Assignment Overview. This video demonstrates how to manage scored assignment details and alignments in the grade book.

  • Step 4 Grading Assignments, adding flags, and comments in the Grade Book

 
  • Customizing Your Grade Book (Defaults and Filters)
    • Assignment Overview 
      • The Assignment Overview groups assignments by Standard/Task and Category.  … The Assignment Overview provides a list of all assignments in a section, grouped by Standard/Task and Category 
    • Configure Grade Book display settings
      • The Grade Book Settings can be configured by teachers to determine how student scores should display in the Grade Book. In this lesson, a teacher needs to modify display settings to focus on specific students and assignments to review student performance.

 

Grade Book Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Arrow keys move to the score cell in the direction of the arrow, Tab moves to the right, Enter moves down.
  • ALT+> changes to the next task within the currently selected term.
  • ALT+< changes back one task within the currently selected term.
  • ALT+A expands or collapses the Assignment detail panel for entering comments, statuses and mass filling values.
  • ALT+S expands or collapses the Student detail panel to see more student demographics and a graph of student performance.
  • ALT+E edits the current assignment.
  • ALT+N adds a new assignment.
  • ALT+T expands or collapses the grade totals.
  • ALT+G expands or collapses the settings panel.
  • ALT+R opens sort tool.
  • ALT+Y opens filter tool.
  • ALT+ENTER saves Grade Book.

Posting Grades

  • Grade Book User Post grades and standard scores - Video
    • The Grade Book tool allows teachers to post grades for grading tasks and/or standards. … This video demonstrates how to post grades and standard scores. 
  • Grade Book User Post grades and standard scores - Simulation
    • The Grade Book within Campus Instruction can be used by teachers to post grades and comments for grading … In this lesson, an elementary school teacher and a high school teacher needs to post student grades. 

Seating Charts

Other Infinite Campus Tools and Resources For Teachers

  • View student information from Advisory - Video
    • The Advisory tool helps teachers identify areas of improvement for students during classes such as advisory, homeroom, or study hall. In this video teachers will learn how to view student information from the Advisory tool.
  • Instruction Reports
    • This article describes the reports available in Instruction.
  • Understand Campus Reports - Video
    • From Campus Instruction, teachers can generate many different reports to analyze, track, and summarize commonly used features like attendance, assignments, and schedules. This video provides an overview of some commonly used reports and the available reporting tools.
  • Understand Campus Reports - Simulation
    • From Campus Instruction, teachers can generate many different reports to analyze, track, and summarize commonly used features like attendance, assignments, and schedules. In this simulation, a teacher would like to generate some reports to help him prepare his students for the end of the school year.
  • Assignment Analysis Report
    • This article describes using the Assignment Analysis Report to review student performance.
  • Attendance Summary Report
    • This article describes using the Attendance Summary report, which generates an summary of a student's attendance.
  • Blank Spreadsheet Report
    • This article describes generating a blank spreadsheet of students in a section.
  • Curriculum Report
    • This article describes using the Curriculum report to summarize your curriculum for a section.
  • Flagged Assignments Report
    • This article describes the Flagged Assignments report, which collects assignments that have flags such as missing or late.
  • Grade Book Export
    • This article describes exporting your grade book.
  • Grades Report (Instruction)
    • This article describes using the Grades Report to view student grades on selected tasks and standards.
  • Missing Assignments Report (Instruction)
    • This article describes using the Missing Assignments report to view a list of students with assignments flagged as missing.
  • Portal Usage Report
    • This article describes the Portal Usage report, which reports Portal use by parents and students.
  • Report Cards (Instruction)
    • This article describes printing report cards for students in a section.
  • Roster Labels Report
    • This article describes generating mailing labels based on the section's roster.
  • Section Summary Report
    • This article describes the Section Summary report, which generates a score and grade summary for students.
  • Student Assessment Summary Report
    • This article describes using the Student Assessment Summary report to view student scores on tests.
  • Student Summary Report (Instruction)
    • This article describes the Student Summary report, which reports assignment scores by student.
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