Admin Elementary Skills-Based Setup

The Admin Elementary Skills-Based Setup page is only available to users who log on to txGradebook with a district- or campus-level security administrator user ID. The page allows you to set up grading types, skill sets, and associated skills for producing elementary skills-based report cards.

To set up elementary skills:

1. From the Admin menu, select Elementary Report Cards, and the select Elementary Skills-Based Setup.

The Admin Elementary Skills-Based Setup page is displayed allowing you to setup elementary skills-based report card options.

2. Under Grade Type, you can maintain a table of grading types that can be used for elementary skills-based report cards, such as E,S,U. The name represents the scores that will be used to evaluate the students.

3. To add a new grade type, click Add below the Grade Type table. The Enter Grades fields are displayed.

4. You can enter up to nine grade types, and each type can have up to three upper-case characters. Any lower-case characters will be converted to upper-case.

5. Click Add under the Enter Grades fields to add the grade types to the Grade Type table. Otherwise, click Cancel.

6. Click Save.

If your changes were saved successfully, a message is displayed indicating that the grade type changes were saved successfully.

• Click  to delete a grade type. The grade type is deleted.

Note:  You cannot delete or edit a grade type that is associated with a report card; the  is not displayed.

3. Under Available Skill Sets, you can create skill sets for elementary skills-based report cards. For each skill set, you will be able to associate a list of specific skills.

4. To add a new skill set, click Add below the Available Skill Sets table. A blank row appears in the table.

5. In the Skill Set Name field, type the name of the skill set. You can type up to 50 characters.

6. The Skill Count field displays the total number of skills currently associated with each skill set.

7. Click Save.

If your changes were saved successfully, a message is displayed indicating that the skill set changes were saved successfully.

3. Click to add or edit the specific skills associated with the skill set. The Available Skills for Skill set table is displayed and lists any skills currently associated with the skill set.

4. Click to delete a skill set. The skill set is deleted.

Notes:  Some skill sets are included automatically (i.e., Letters and Numbers) and cannot be deleted. They appear dimmed in the table, and the is not displayed. However, you can click to add additional skills to the predefined list.

4. Under Available Skills for Skill set, you can create a list of specific skills to be associated with a skill set.

5. To add a new skill to the selected skill set, click Add below the Available Skills for Skillset table. A blank row appears in the table.

6. In the Skill Name field, type the name of the skill. You can type up to 50 characters.

7. In the Description field, type a description of the skill as you want it to be displayed on the report card. The field is required and can be up to 50 characters.

8. Click Save.

If your changes were saved successfully, a message is displayed indicating that the skill changes were saved successfully.

4. Click to delete a skill. The skill is deleted.