How to Create Assignments in PowerTeacher Pro

  1. Click Create, then choose Assignment.
  2. Click the caret next to Select Classes, then choose classes.  
  3. Enter the necessary information:
    • Choose the Score Type for the assignment.
    • Select Count in Traditional Final Grade if you want to include the assignment in the final grade calculation.
    • Choose a due date for the assignment. If you chose multiple classes, click Per Class to assign different due dates for each class, if needed. 
    • The Description provides information about the category to administrators, parents, and students. Enter the description in plain text or HTML. You can also copy and paste content from a text document. 
  4. (Optional) Select Standards to choose the standards to apply to the assignment and indicate whether they count in standards grades:
    • Click Show Selected to view all standards currently applied to the assignment. 
    • Click Show All, then select the standards you want to associate with this assignment. Use the Filter to limit the number of standards that display. 
    • Select Auto-Calculate Assignment Standards Scores to automatically calculate standards scores from assignment scores.
    • Select Count in Grade next to selected standards to be counted in standards grades.
  5. Select Publish to choose when to share the assignment with parents and students on the PowerSchool Student and Parent portal:
    • Choose from the Publish Assignments options.
    • Select Publish Scores to share the assignment score. Clear the Publish Scores selection to prevent the assignment and standards scores from appearing if you want to complete grading for all students before revealing grades.
  6. Click Save. Click Score Assignment to begin scoring the assignment.
  7. Optionally, click Duplicate to copy the assignment or click Delete to delete the assignment.
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Article ID: 134950
Created
Tue 10/19/21 2:01 PM
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