TAC

Will attendance codes be used and will the teachers be able to see them. If the attendance office has overridden something will teachers be able to see the changes at a later date.
You will be able to see the attendance codes. The attendance screen will be available when school starts.

If we check the list with red checks to indicate all present, do we have to hit SAVE?
Yes.

How do we submit attendance if we are absent, need to make changes to ADA attendance, or need to make changes after 3:30?
The same process as last year applies. For teacher absence, you must print out the attendance roster for each class and the substitute must have the attendance delivered to the attendance office. Mrs. Nichols said that the attendance for ADA must be delivered during ADA time; however, the other class periods (1/5, 3/7, 4/8) can be delivered at the end of each class period to avoid students missing instruction time. For changes to attendance, print out the roster, make the appropriate changes and deliver to the attendance office by the end of school.

Attendance rosters. Previously, the attendance clerk could run them if the teacher was absent or forgot. How can they now run attendance reports for subs.
The 14-15 School Year Round Rock ISD Attendance Manual (page 15) describes how to print rosters from eSchool+

Is there a way to print all of our rosters without going through so many steps? The only way I know is to click into each individual class. I miss gradespeed!
No. We need to learn to love TAC. There issues with GradeSpeed also when we first switched to their product.

Is there a spot to add notes about attendance as a teacher?
No, there is not a place for teachers to enter comments regarding attendance.

I have one student absent, but the rest are present (this will be a year long thing I have to enter). I marked the “A” by their name….do I have to mark the “P” by everyone else’s name or leaving it blank is the same action.
Leaving it blank is the preferred method.

I don’t see if it shows if a student was Absent the day we are entering grades…it was helpful that Gradespeed showed who was absent on the day of the assignment.
If after entering your grades, you have a gap for a student, if you Right-click in the cell where the grade is blank “View Attendance” is an option. If you click it it will tell you if you had any reported absences for that day/period.

#TAC My attendance clerk just sent out an e-mail saying that teachers can change their attendance and resave. I recall being taught that they should follow last year’s procedures at our training. Has anyone else heard this conflicting information? What are you telling your teachers? I sent a message to MIS for clarification on this too.
From Dennis Telas – Please remember that any changes to attendance after the teacher has submitted their attendance must go through the attendance specialist for proper documentation and correction.

How do we submit attendance if we are absent, need to make changes to ADA attendance, or need to make changes after 3:30?
For teacher absence, you must print out the attendance roster for each class and the substitute must have the attendance delivered to the attendance office. Mrs. Nichols said that the attendance for ADA must be delivered during ADA time; however, the other class periods (1/5, 3/7, 4/8) can be delivered at the end of each class period to avoid students missing instruction time. For changes to attendance, print out the roster, make the appropriate changes and deliver to the attendance office by the end of school.

How do teachers print attendance for subs?
Either print attendance by list sheet or run from eSchoolPLUS.

If we just check the Attendance Icon on the Home page, does that mark everyone present?
As long as you have that checkmark on the icon – the answer is YES!

Teacher A’s students were assigned to another teacher in her class list. Is this just because we were in the StuTest database?
Yes, this is correct in StuLive

 

Do you have a tutorial for seating chart? And, how do you print it?
Use these procedures to create seating charts using the Seating Chart page. If you arrange your class in grid blocks, you can configure the number of rows and columns. You can also choose a free-form option to place seats in any arrangement you would like. To create a grid layout seating chart: From Class Management, select Seating Chart to display the Seating Chart page. If you need to update the class, click Change to display the Class List pop-up, and make your selections. Click to display the Seating Chart Options pop-up. Click Grid Blocks from the Layout field. Enter the number of rows for your class. Enter the number of columns for your class. Refer to the number of unplaced student as show on the drawer to determine the number of rows and columns necessary to accommodate all students you wish to place in the seating chart. Click Close on the Seating Chart Options pop-up. Add students to the seating chart: If the Unplaced Students drawer is not displayed, click . To move all students from the Unplaced Students drawer, click Add All Students in the Unplaced Students drawer to move all students from the drawer to the seating chart. Note that this will only move as many students as there are available seats in the seating chart. To move individual students, drag and drop students from the Unplaced Students drawer to the seating chart. You may chose to leave some students in the Unplaced Students drawer. Click. To create a free-form seating chart: From Class Management, select Seating Chart to display the Seating Chart page. If you need to update the class, click Change to display the Class List pop-up, and make your selections. Click to display the Seating Chart Options pop-up. Click Free Movement from the Layout field. Click Close on the Seating Chart Options pop-up. Add students to the seating chart: If the Unplaced Students drawer is not displayed, click . You can drag the right and lower boundaries of the seating chart to make it larger or smaller. Click Add All Students to move students from the Students section to the seating chart. You can also drag and drop students to the seating chart. You may chose to leave some students in the Unplaced Students drawer. Drag and drop students to arrange the seating chart. Student images cannot overlap in the seating chart. To remove a student from the seating chart, drag and drop the student into the Unplaced Students drawer. Students in the Unplaced Students drawer are members of the class but not placed in the seating arrangement. Click. 

Is there a way to obtain all of the parent e-mails for team my team?
This has been a frequently requested item so we will put it on the wish list of reports to be developed.

Is there an ETA on when they will have the PreK classes split on attendance for AM & PM?
They will send instructions to the Registrar’s to fix this for those teachers.

TAC is timing out really fast- is there a way to change this?
They have adjusted this setting last night, we should see a difference

Some teachers had additional students listed on their roster who are not in their class; others had students missing. Will class rosters be updated before the first day of school to accurately reflect current class lists?
The class rosters are updated constantly based on schedule changes entered into eSchoolPLUS

Are Classroom Issues seen on HAC?
No.

Teacher could not see her students in the StuTest and StuLive databases. Will this be corrected soon? Or is there some setting we should have checked to make both sets of kids appear?
My guess is the registrar has not scheduled kids for her yet.

How can we monitor our advisory students and see what their averages are in other classes.
Look under the Published Classwork in the Student Drawer.

How can we fix PreK classes so all students are not in one listing?
Has to take place on eSchoolPlus side by the Registrar. Another fix might be that the teacher has the view on M for multiple classes instead of S for single. This is the case for Art, Music, and PE as well since they teach multiple classes of the same course.

Can I highlight failing students in red or some other color in my gradebook (like we did in gradespeed) or does the system rely on sorting by grade to find failing students?
No, there is not an option to color code grades. You can sort by average in TAC by clicking the Average column header.

Why isn’t auto save working?
Autosave has to be set individually.

If a student transferred from one teacher to another, how do we transfer the grades? The registrar said something about creating a walk-in category. I’ve looked through the #TAC FAQs and User Guide, but I can’t find anything.
There is supposed to be a sunburst next to the student’s name that allows the teacher to transfer grades.

A student was assigned to the wrong grade level and teacher. When she looks at her attendance, the student is not there. When she goes into class management and looks at a class list there, the student shows up. She has clicked on the Show/Hide withdrawn students and it hasn’t removed the student.
It sounds like the registrar scheduled the student into the wrong class. Scheduling for attendance and scheduling for grades are two different steps (at least, they used to be.) I think this problem needs to be addressed by the registrar or MIS

Can we have competencies available for weekly grades for K-2. Currently we keep records separately and then record just one 9 weekly grade.
Perhaps for a future year but right now we are trying to replicate existing system for the primary grades.

After K-2 saves their competency, do they have to load their grades still
There are no other grades to enter.

Does K-2 have to print their own reports cards or will MIS print them?
MIS will print report cards.

Does anyone know if K-2 can get access to the pull down menu in comments in the competencies section similar to what 3-5 has when you click on the comment button?
The comments are free text for each student.

TAC Question: Teacher submitted a conduct referral last week. The referral shows in the “Conduct Referral List” but cannot be opened by her or the assistant principal. How do they open it?
The Help section has not been helpful.
Your AP needs to go in through eschoolplus, but you have to use IE.

Will administrators be able to run reports?
Yes. Searches can be run in eSchoolPLUS for a number of discipline reports. Cognos reports can be created to simplify the process on reports that are run on a regular basis.

Can Conduct Referrals be printed to be sent home to a parent?
Yes. Once administrative action has been determined, the administrator or administrative assistant can print the referral to send home to parents.

Can Classroom Issues be printed to be sent home to a parent?
Yes. By generating a report, a printable version of Classroom Issues is available for sending home to parents.

Can parent notifications be emailed?
Yes. A request has been made to have the Round Rock ISD Student Code of Conduct revised to allow email as an option. An email is also an option to be sent if parent gives permission when contacted. Always verify that a current email address for notifications is available. This allows constant update to the database.

Will we have paper referrals for subs?
Yes, paper referrals will be included in the subfolder. Subs will complete a paper referral then the teacher will review the referral to determine if the referral should be escalated to a disciplinarian.

Will I be able to print referrals?
Yes

Can a teacher create an incident report or referral for any student on the campus?
Yes

How do I attach notes to the referral that are not published for parents? (witnesses, search results, etc)
There is a free form note section that can only be viewed by those with access to the referrals. Items can also be scanned into the system and accessed through the incident number or student name.

Will PEIMS coding problems be discovered more quickly?
The system should make the reporting of PEIMS more consistent across the district, more accurate as the administrator is ensuring the correct incident and action codes are entered, and much more efficient as the data entry is completed at the time the disciplinarian sees the student and not handed off to someone else to enter into the system. Principals will receive a PEIMS report at the end of each grading period to correct any errors and finalize the reporting for that period.

Who receives notice of conduct referrals?
The student’s disciplinarian is noted in eSchoolPLUS and all conduct referrals are routed to this person. All administrators with eSchoolPLUS will have access to conduct referrals on the campus and can take administrative action.

Will parents be able to view conduct referrals through home access?
The district will determine when this will be available.

Are students required to sign the discipline document?
The district does not require student signatures on referrals. In the event that the disciplinarian does want the student to sign a referral, a copy of the referral can be printed or a discipline log can be created where the date, incident number, and signature of the student is in a binder. The signature in the binder will be tied back to the referral by the incident number recorded from the referral screen.

When will the campus be required to keep hard copies of referrals?
The campus will be required to keep a hard copy anytime a student is removed from the campus. ie OSS, DAEP placement, and JJAEP placement

What will be role of the administrative assistant in this new process?
The administrative assistant will still have a role in the process. The administrative assistant will still, in some cases, be mailing out parent letters, maintaining attendance records and system data entry for dates served for out of placement consequences such as ISS, OSS, DAEP and JJAEP placements. Their role could also include ensuring the students serve the required days in the placement and re-scheduling days to serve as needed. (something most are already doing) This is currently a potential PEIMS issue that will allow much more accuracy in reporting.

Who has access to view referrals after actions have been added?
Teachers, administrative assistants, disciplinarians, counselors, and registrars

Who has access to view incident reports without actions in eSchoolPLUS?
Referring teachers, administrative assistants, disciplinarian, registrars, counselors, and others named by the campus principal.

How will this information be passed on to RROC?
Notification procedures and processes do not change for DAEP or JJAEP placements with the exception of the disciplinarian will now enter the action taken into the system instead of noting it on the triplicate form. The DAEP will now have real time access to all referrals. Current required paperwork must still be completed and sent to the DAEP.

Can the teacher referral go to the AP and the administrative assistant?
No. The administrative assistant can view any incident sent to the disciplinarian and any referral acted on by the disciplinarian but they will not receive notice of a pending referral.

Are classroom issues reported in HAC?
No. Teachers would need to generate a report to send to parents when wanting to share this information.

Once a teacher completes a referral in TAC, can it be deleted by an administrator?
No, the referral is simply considered written communication until action is taken. At that time, it is officially a referral. An administrator can return the referral or take no action, which technically means it was referred, but not a referral.

Can the bus drivers fill out the form in TAC?
MIS and Transportation are working now to implement TAC so bus drivers have the ability to report incidents. Bus drivers will not have the ability to enter reports online but designated staff at each location will be given the responsibility to take the report from the driver and enter it into the system. From there the referral process is the same as a campus referral.

We have a critical issue with a conduct referral in TAC. The AP tried to enter notes and when she closed it, the referral was submitted (some where!) and marked “no infraction.” Neither she or the teacher who submitted it can open the referral now. Who can help us? What is the protocol for getting an answer to something like this?
If not resolved to date, please provide specifics as to building, teacher, date, student so we can try to pull the referral back. Calling 5142 is usually your fastest answer. Be ready with specifics please.

Are conduct referrals reported in HAC?
eSchoolPLUS does allow for conduct referrals to be reported to parents through HAC. This is a system set up and will be determined by local policy. Some have suggested that this feature not be activated for the few weeks of school to allow for users to become more familiar with the process. Perhaps District leadership would make this determination.

Who will be able to submit a discipline referral or incident report?
Employees coded as “teacher” and who are scheduled with students will have access to TAC as well as campus administrators and others, such as bus driver supervisors who have the security access to enter referrals in eSchoolPLUS.

Can administrators edit what teachers type as needed?
An administrator is able to edit a referral or return the referral with a note asking the teacher to edit.

What is the district policy for parent notification and how does the new system notify parents?
According to the Round Rock ISD Student Code of Conduct the principal or appropriate administrator will notify a student’s parent by phone, in person, or in writing (a recommendation has been made to add email) of any violation that may result in a detention outside of regular school hours, out-of-school suspension, placement in a DAEP, or expulsion. Notification will be made within three school days after the administrator becomes aware of the violation.

Will teachers be able to see how many referrals a student has received?
A teacher will be able to see how many referrals they have written and sent.

Will homeroom teachers be able to see what issues specials teachers enter on their students?
No, Issues remain exclusive to the teacher who enters them.

Will the email function in TAC send using BCC (blind copy)?
Yes

Are emails editable by teachers if they need to add an additional address?
We see that teachers can access contact info, but we’re not seeing anywhere in the contact fields that they can make any additions or changes

How exactly would a teacher add another email to contacts?
They can add additional email addresses to an email but not to a contact.

Will emails sent in TAC show up in the ‘sent’ label of Gmail?
There is a configurations in settings – Click to have emails sent through the Email option copied to your email address.

Will parents get email when the calendar is updated?
No

Is the email system reliable? What do teachers need to do in order to double check?
Check their report page and/or their sent email if they have check the saved sent copy in email. Yes, parents can and do reply.

How do you put grades in zone?
Zone is now set up so you can put grades in the gradebook for it.

Is there as way to ExCuse an assignment? If it was a classroom grade and they were out, we used to be able to type in EXC and then it filled the box, but excused the assignment?
You can type in EX to exempt an assignment from being averaged into a category.

How do specials grades work? Is it still E, S, N, U for 3-5 and 1, 2, 3, 4 for K-2?
Yes

Will K-2 competencies from gradebook show up in HAC?
Yes, but in more of a list form that the actual report card.

Is HAC accessible for K-2 parents to view at home?
Yes although they won’t see much information, especially prior to first RC.

Will the descriptions entered for the assignments be visible to parents?
Yes

How can I remain logged into TAC longer? I have been having issues of being logged out, sometimes within 20 seconds of logging in!
We have the vendor looking at this to see what may be causing the problem.

How can I change the name of my classes?
We have an open case with the vendor to help with a solution to this issue.

Is there a way to add bonus points to a total average like we could in gradespeed?
way to add extra credit to the course average. They do this by adding an extra credit – Add to Average assignment for any category used in the course. Add the appropriate credit for each student that is applies.

Can the student icons be made smaller in the seating chart?
Use the – sign to reduce the appearance of items.

How do you create an assignment once and have it populate every class of mine that I group together as a like class. For instance, if I make an assignment, “HW #2” for my 1st period Statistics class, I would like it to automatically show up for my 4th, 5th and 8th period Statistics class automatically without having to copy it or do any other steps. In Gradespeed this was done by creating groups and assigning classes to groups, but I can’t find this in TAC.
Unfortunately, you cannot group classes like in the old gradebook. You must create the assignments in one class and copy to each class you would like the assignments to appear. Remember that you must copy to the sub classes as well, but this can be done all at once from the same page. For example, if you have both TAG and AP students and you create the assignment in the AP student class, you must also copy the assignment to the TAG student class. Enter Assignments for one class and click on copy at the top right of the screen (multiple papers) Select the course you want the Assignments copied to, select the Assignments to copy (or select “all”), click copy – your assignments are now copied.

I want to be able to create an assignment once and have it populate every class of mine that I group together as a like class. For instance, if I make an assignment, “HW #2” for my 1st period Statistics class, I would like it to automatically show up for my 4th, 5th and 8th period Statistics class automatically without having to copy it or do any other steps. In Gradespeed this was done by creating groups and assigning classes to groups, but I can’t find this in TAC.
Unfortunately, you cannot group classes like in the old gradebook. You must create the assignments in one class and copy to each class you would like the assignments to appear. Remember that you must copy to the sub classes as well, but this can be done all at once from the same page. For example, if you have both TAG and AP students and you create the assignment in the AP student class, you must also copy the assignment to the TAG student class. Enter Assignments for one class and click on copy at the top right of the screen (multiple papers) Select the course you want the Assignments copied to, select the Assignments to copy (or select “all”), click copy – your assignments are now copied

Is there a way to create your own Categories?
Unfortunately, no; you must use the categories supplied by TAC.

Is there a way to import grades from a spreadsheet into the gradebook? Is there a way to export gradebook to a spreadsheet?
You can import from a .csv file, and the directions are actually in the TAC help.

Is there a chart history for seating charts? If a teacher wants to go back to an earlier seating chart, is there a way to access it?
There is not a history for the seating chart.

I created a quiz entry for all my classes, but I can’t enter grades for all students. Only some students I can enter their quiz grade, others have a diagonal shading so I can’t even click to enter a grade…..
The shaded diagonal lines display in a cell or group of cells, because the assignment is associated with a rubric, the student was not enrolled in the class on the assignment’s due date, or multiple classes are being displayed and the assignment did not apply to this student.

Can a separate section be created for a homebound student? Can a teacher create different assignments for a homebound student compared to other students in the class?
The only way this can happen is if each student is put in his/her own class section, although this may be more cumbersome. Please speak with your AP to see if this is a possibility.

Specials will need to add assignments and categories for the older students. Is there anything specific they should know about weights and categories?
Researching how they should weight the categories. Need to watch the videos for setting up categories and adding assignments.

It keeps booting me off…this morning every 30 – 45 seconds. Is there a way to stay logged in longer. We have to log in every period.
Per “help,” district sets the log-out, but advises we check with “system administrator to determine if your district has enabled the automatic logout feature” — would that be Lori?

How do I add an assignment to multiple classes?
On the page where you created assignment— highlight the assignment then select the icon that looks like sheets of lined paper (just above grades, on the top right) make sure you don’t check the class that you created the assignment in because it will duplicate the assignment in that class.

Why does it make me sign back in with a different pop up window when I am working on TAC and then not actually log me back into the system?
Not sure what you mean?

Is there any way to synchronize this calendar with Google calendar?
No

Is there an easier way to see the comments besides going in and edit the comments?
No

Is there a way to export our rosters into an excel spreadsheet?
MIS will experiment with this some when things calm down

When adding a new assignment, it defaults the “weight” to 1.0. The weight is assigned when setting up categories. Do we need to change it when entering each assignment? (I tried it both ways–leaving it at “1.0” and changing to the weight already assigned to the category– but I didn’t notice a change in the averages.
It is really important that you leave that weight at 1. They don’t want you to change that. That is the weight of the specific assignment, not of the category. The weight of the categories is what you set up with your horizontal team i.e. tests = 25% Daily is 50% quizzes 25%

Can we set a multiplier for quiz grades so that they are weighed more than a regular daily grade? If so, how? If not, how do we work around it?
It is best for you to create a Quiz category and weight it appropriately. The district does not want you to change the weight of the grade.

Can we set a multiplier for quiz grades so that they are weighed more than a regular daily grade? If so, how? If not, how do we work around it?
It is best for you to create a Quiz category and weight it appropriately. The district does not want you to change the weight of the grade.

Does “default” in marking period mean all four 9 weeks?
In the category setups, ‘default’ means that the way this category is setup will apply to all the marking periods that the course meets. Vendor response.

In Gradespeed, teachers would often print the Class Roster Report to use for manually keeping notes in participation, attendance, running records, etc. Is there a similar report in TAC?
In Rosters and go to settings then you can add columns of extra boxes and remove other info you don’t need

If my two classes are still showing up as one roster all together, what do I do?
If these are stacked classes, click on the box beside the S in the upper left corner near the course name to view the classes separately.

How can inclusion or interventionist teachers get access to view teachers’ gradebooks?
If requested, they can get access through eSchoolPLUS to published classwork

Is there a way for us to add some of their categories to the drop down?
Categories were determined by Admin.

Should we be entering things into competencies at this time or wait until report card time?
At report card time. The process has not changed

Do K-2 teachers select “competencies” or “report card” in settings?
All Round Rock ISD teachers need to select report card.

If a teacher puts a note on a student (there’s a “show published notes only box” too), is that note viewable to the student’s other teachers or just to that teacher. I thought it was just to that teacher, but wanted to double-check.
Just to that teacher

Do parents see the assignment description?
Yes

On the weight for an assignment – if we want it to be 40% do we put 40.0 or 0.40? Also, when I put in grades why does it still show the student’s average as 0?
You need to weight the categories, not the assignments. The assignment weight needs to stay at 1.0.

Can you give extra points on the average?
Yes. extra credit, add to average points can be set to zero. Can be any category

Do you have to enter each student individually or can you select all students and give them all the same grade and then change a few of them?
Yes, you can mass fill grades by using the icon in the assignment block just to the left of the egg. Looks like 3 diagonal triangles

Will PE classes reflect the 1.5 split? Or will they have to manually find students from those split classes?
What is a 1.5 split – if this is something that your students were registered into, it will show. At my campus and some others we are staffed for less Art, Music, PE teachers than classroom teachers. I have 6 grade level teachers and 5 Art, Music, PE teachers so we send 1 whole class to Art, 1 whole class to 2nd Art or 2nd Music, 1 whole class to Music, 1 ½ classes to PE, and 1 ½ classes to 2nd PE. This has been the model for the past 7 years at the two different schools I have been at. We do register them into them. Art 0480.3, Music 0481.3, PE is 0482.3 (the .3 designates the classroom teacher)

Grades that are not published, how does TAC calculate them?
We have the setting in HAC to not include unpublished scores in the average.

How do you verify grades?
To verify – click grade reporting, interim progress and click load and save. You have to click save even if auto save is turned on. (someone – we aren’t sure who) has to turn on the LOAD button in eschool plus.(Admins can set up a missing LOAD report. Then Admins will email out to LOAD. Admin also has the ability to LOAD without the teacher doing this feature.) Registrars will be running this report and letting MIS know that they are ready to run IPR’s and RC’s.

Is there a way to mark something as late? I gave the grade of 70 but want to show parents why it was a 70.
This is the same as above. click in the box for the grade, right click, and make notes and click the publish box. We asked at our meeting for them to set up a code in the comment box for late.

Is there any way we can set up TAC so that when a child receives a grade below 70%, the parents get an automatic email notifying them?
There is but we were waiting to turn on the parent notifications until later in the semester. We were afraid if we took on too much we would be setting ourselves up for failure. It will be coming

How to attach notes to specific assignments, instead of attaching it to the student. I would like for it to be easy to indicate an assignment was turned in late.
The comment for Late work has been added to the Grade Book Comments.

Can the points for assignment already be filled in as 100 points so that we do not have to enter it every time we put an entry into the grade book?
Sorry, but we have not seen a way to force the system do to that. We asked the trainer from the vendor and she said no

How can Specials teachers rename classes? Currently classes are listed as numbers instead of teacher last name.
Researching that. I’ve contacted Marie from SunGard.

Is there a way we can set up/name our own categories? I don’t like at all the ones from which we HAVE to choose.
Requests for additional categories need to go through Becky Donald’s office.

I found how we can run a missing assignment report for one subject, but can we run a missing assignment report for all the subjects at one time? Is this possible?
Not that we know of.

Adding a new assignment/category, is there a way to check a box and have it apply to all class sections?
No, that has been requested but is not available at this time

Today I added entries to my Gradebook and all my previous grades I had entered disappeared! Three weeks of grades entered are now gone.
Need teacher name and class please.

All of the names disappeared from my grade book when I try to put in grades. Where did they go?
Make sure you are using the Chrome browser.Make sure not to change the weight on an Assignment or Category. The weight for assignments and categories MUST always be 1.00.

Late Assignments, how to mark them as late and show that an original grade was modified.
Late work comment has been approved and has been made available for use.

Is there a way for TAC to recognize points for assignments? For example, if I assign a test that has 37 questions on it, in Gradespeed I could put in 37 points for that test, and Gradespeed would convert it to a percentage. I tried that with TAC, and it does not convert to a percentage.
It converts it to a percentage when averaging it into the grade, but it doesn’t change it in your gradebook view. If you have 37 as the total and a student gets 35 correct. It will look like a 35 as the grades, but the student’s average would reflect that as a 95 percent.

When a teacher creates an assignment, a 0 is averaged in until a grade is assigned. Can we change this?
In gradebook setup, go to categories and click the ‘pencil’ under Actions. Change to ‘exclude missing scores from the average’. If this option is NOT selected, any ungraded assignments default to 0 until a grade is entered.

Why does my sped roster sometimes have grade spaces blocked out?
If you mean with diagonal shading – that means that not all stacked classes share the same assignments.

Question from a teacher – In TAC, I found how we can run a missing assignment report for one subject, but can we run a missing assignment report for all the subjects at one time?
If there is we have not found it.

How do I override a students grade. For example, say a student has a 68, but I have determined to raise the grade to 70, how is this accomplished?
How do I override a students grade. For example, say a student has a 68, but I have determined to raise the grade to 70, how is this accomplished?

Is there a simple directions document for how to enter grades?
Gradebook>Setup>Categories Next Gradebook> Entry : Add grades

How do we look up a student’s grade if a teacher was moved? But the teacher has to publish the grade.
Click on this circle and you can transfer the student’s grades. or you can open the student drawer and open the classwork and manually enter the grade

When a teacher allows a student to re-do an assignment, the teacher wants a record of both grades. How do you do that in TAC?
They can only enter one grade. Suggest that teacher enters a comment stating the original grade and that it is a retake.

Will the marking period change according to the calendar? It is still showing MP1 at this time.
Currently, we have not moved the campus’ to MP2 as per the Admin team

Teachers would like failing grades to appear in red.
Not currently an option

When a teacher allows a student to re-do an assignment, the teacher wants a record of both grades. How do you do that in TAC?
They can only enter one grade. Suggest that teacher enters a comment stating the original grade and that it is a retake.

What do I do if I want to delete an assignment but it will not let me because not all grades are clear. I have deleted all the grades and no grade is showing.
You have to clear out grades for students that are active and inactive. While in gradebook entry, click on the assignment. A slide out will appear and delete.

Who do we contact for LSSP, SPED, etc- other special dept. within our campus, when they don’t have access? Or is there a list of who should/who shouldn’t have access to TAC?
Your principal has to send an email to MIS_support. They have to list the staff person’s EIN and state what they need access to.

Are we using the Tier 1 interventions part of TAC instead of Form 5?
Yes

How do you print interventions report that a teacher puts into TAC?
Answer: It needs to be submitted for an SSP. Then Admin can run a report in eSchool to get all of the interventions done by the teacher.

Where are the TAC videos or instructions on how to do IPRs? At training we were told information on how to do IPRs would be coming out. I haven’t seen anything.

Teacher Access Center

Running Reports, what are the most effective steps? Without doing it for every class, and every subset within each class?
You have to be in the class period to do the reports

I had a TAC Question from our K-2 teachers – they were unable to see their report card entry option yet
The competencies have not been assigned yet. It will probably not be there until the end of September in order to give us time to rework them to indicate which competencies are not taught for each nine weeks.

How does an administrator look up grades for a particular student?
In my opinion, the easiest way is through eSchoolPLUS looking under Published Classwork. Please call 5142 if you need help

How do I run my own progress reports to pass out to students without having to go through each student’s file and print one at a time?
Gradebook> Action > Run Student Detail Report > Follow the prompts

How do we run reports on missing assignments?
Gradebook> Action > Run Missing Scores Report

How do we run a report on all students with average under 70?
From the Gradebook Entry page, click Action>Run Score Threshold Report

How do you print out missing assignment report?
Do you want “m”s – if so the alpha grade report will show those. The missing submission report shows blanks

During the training for K-2 and specials area teachers on Teacher Access Center, the only option under the “grade reporting” tab is “report card.” This occurs in both the test and live versions of the site. When will the “competencies” tab be available?
Closer to the end of the first nine weeks.

How do we print or run an individual student’s grade report?

• Click on an individual student’s row from the Gradebook entry page and then choose Action>Run Student Detail Report

Do Teachers need to log into eschool + to create a success plan? If not, then how do they do it?
Tier 1 plans are entered in TAC though Classroom Issues. If they are requesting additional support, they would refer the plan to an administrator or SST coordinator. Tier 2 intervention plans and/or what was previously called PGPs are created in eSchoolPLUS.

Can Interventionist create plans in TAC, not just view others?
No. Intervention plans are created in eSchoolPLUS. Interventionists enter their progress monitoring and goal monitoring data in TAC in the intervention tab.