Aeries Secondary AGENDA:
3.25-hour Aeries Teacher Training for Secondary Schools
Login
Aeries username is identical to Novell name. Password for everyone has been set
to “welcome”, but user will be forced to change password upon first login.
During Teacher Training week only (8/9 thru 8/13/10 only):
o For Attendance training only, use the Test database. You will see real
students and classes, and 8/9 thru 8/13 will be listed as mock school dates
so you can practice. http://abi3.fsusd.org/abi/
o For Gradebook training, use the Production database. This is the real
deal! Any changes you make here will be saved. http://abi1.fsusd.org/abi/
♫ Check browser address bar. Are you where you think you are?
When school starts (beginning 8/16/10 and thereafter):
The Aeries icon login will be delivered to everyone’s desktop, or you may
enter it in any browser. Internet Explorer is preferred by Aeries.
o Here is the internal (inside FSUSD) URL: http://abi.fsusd.org/abi/
o Here is the external URL (working from home): http://abip.fsusd.org/abi/
Home
Event calendar
o To delete event, put in day view
o Adding assignments places events on the calendar
Attendance
Take attendance:
o Holding pattern, absent, present, tardy – define buttons
o Student # vs. perm # (student # is connected to school, perm# follows
student)
o Red asterisk (dangerous student) SSA date – three years from date of
infraction
o Absent summary
o Enrollment summary – only current school – does not include history of
schools attended.
Take attendance by photo:
o Can be done the same as the “take attendance”
o District will be responsible for uploading photo
Seating chart: three (3) ways to set-up
o Type the location in the box by seat and row (A1)
o Mass assign seats
o Free form view (labs, odd table set-up)
Drag icons w/photo down to work area
Drop-down will show those still available for placement
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Aeries Secondary AGENDA:
3.25-hour Aeries Teacher Training for Secondary Schools
Danger – if icons are overlapped, attendance radio buttons will be
covered.
Reports
o Weekly attendance report – probably what we will print and sign
o Attendance Log – the way to see who has made changes to the students’
attendance. Check attendance before signing.
o Daily Attendance Summary Report
o Class Attendance Labels (see the options) – need Avery 5150 labels.
o Class Roster – could be used for attendance by subs
Grade Reporting
Enter grades
Enter citizenship
o Mass entry
Enter comments
o Need a cheat sheet
The reset button at the top RESETS back to the last submit.
Student Info
Testing – reports can be created with Multi-Data Profile that have 20 field for data
Assertive Discipline vs. Discipline vs. Visitation – “rights” needs to be defined.
Gradebook
New
Type F or S so I know that they are two separate gradebooks – resetting the
grades. Or Q1, Q2, Q3 – whatever you want
Enter dates for the gradebook – the term
Add gradebooks - have three for training using gradebook maintenance
Linking gradebooks
o Any assignment I put in a World History gradebook goes to all World
History gradebooks if linked.
o Click Link Gradebook – gradebooks with same numerical value are
linked. 0 is not linked…hit submit. BUT before you link, think.
o Once unlinked, do not relink…. the gradebook will add assignments to a
class that may not be assigned.
Manage Students
o Low assignment and high assignment – these are the assignment numbers
that are assigned. A student who leaves has a grade assignment for
assignments 1-34. Students who are there for the year can all remain 0 in
both columns.
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o Transfer button allows transfer IF same teacher, same course, gradebooks
are linked, then transfer will work
o Delete – cannot return to gradebook, four clicks. This is only for students
who are NO SHOWS at the beginning of school. Only do when someone
asks the teacher to do it.
o Drop and the student appear at the bottom. This is what we use!!!
o Sort – allows you to group students by a common number. Group the 1’s
Edit assignment type
o Choose types and description, determine if you want weighted scoring,
then weight the scoring. It can be adjusted.
Edit assignment
o Max score vs. max possible : if max possible is 17 and the max score is
20, then the raw score can be entered…16,17,7 and the grade will be
calculated by Aeries – 16/17 =
Assignments
o To add an assignment in between, go to add assignment and then change
the number to place in the correct order. To add assign #2, change the
number to #2. Do not change the date and sort by date if you are going to
use the high and low assignments.
o Entering scores – use the default value (see the bottom) and then submit to
enter values for all.
o Entering scores – RSP student expected to 2/3 of work, which would give
50/75 score. Then set max possible to 50.
o “na” – didn’t hurt, didn’t help.
o Leaving blank is a “missing” assignment that can be made up. O is a
missing assignment that is being given 0 credit.
o For comments, default comment to “Great Work” and then change
defaults.
o Max# possible:
o Grading completed must be checked and then click submit AFTER all
entering of scores for an assignment is completed.
Scores by Student – how a student is doing – discuss with parents
o Use Print Preview to look at the more user friendly display
o Options – allows for more views on the Scores by class page
Show only current gradebook – turn on otherwise teacher sees a
gradebook that is inactive.
Inactive gradebook can still have work done in them.
Count Assignments toward Final Grade immediately after a Score
is entered. This allows score to be counted for students whose
scores are entered, but it does not penalize those whose scores are
not entered.
Grading rules: Negative weight or percentage. If I drop by
percentage then drop 7/10 not 80/100, but if I drop by negative
weight – the 80/100 will be dropped as it is worth more.
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Reports
o Assignments by student –
Print Missing Assignments
Print Only Students with Missing Assignments
Print Only Students with Grade % Below
Print Only Students with Grade % Above
Don’t set all of these – Choose and set individually.
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