From pyoung at vian.k12.ok.us Wed Apr 4 12:32:39 2007 From: pyoung at vian.k12.ok.us (Paul Young) Date: Wed Apr 4 12:32:11 2007 Subject: [Staff] Fwd: FW: Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc. Wen-GAGE Gradebook Information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3afebf5c0704041032l5bef2656hdd11a3cb4d5693db@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gradebook Information Date: Apr 4, 2007 6:02 AM Subject: FW: Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc. Wen-GAGE Gradebook Information To: We are still in the process of applying this update, so it may not be applied to your school district at this time. We will continue to apply the update to the remaining schools over the next two days (04/04/2007 and 04/05/2007 ) at 10:00 p.m. At that time, our servers will be temporarily unavailable.We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Sincerely, Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc. Support Staff ------------------------------ *From:* Gradebook Information *Sent:* Friday, March 30, 2007 12:31 PM *Subject:* Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc. Wen-GAGE Gradebook Information You are receiving this e-mail because you were designated as the Wen-GAGE Gradebook Administrator for your district. Please do not respond directly to this e-mail as the originating e-mail account is not monitored. If you have questions regarding the Wen-GAGE Gradebook, please contact software support using your authorized support account. ****************************************************** ***************************************************** ***************************************************** ************************************************************ We will be applying an update to the Wen-GAGE Gradebook for your school oneither 04/02/2007 at 10:00 p.m. or 04/03/2007 at 10:00 p.m. At that time, our servers will be temporarily unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Note: Please refer to the documentation for instructions on utilizing the new options. *4/02/07-Enhancements* *Instructor Workspace* ** 1. Section Settings-Added the ability to define and save how Session Grades will be calculated. For example, the instructor can define how the Credit Grade for the 4th 9 weeks will be calculated. That Grade will then display an estimated average where the Current Average was displayed. The instructor can define as many Grades as necessary for each Session. 2. Students View/Permanent Tab-Current Average will now display with the Grading Period description for the 4th 9 weeks. Instead of a Current Average column, the instructor will see a column that has the same average as the Current Average, but will be named something like 4 th 9 Weeks Midterm 16. 3. Students View/Permanent Tab- Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as Grades/Averages the instructor has defined in Section Settings will display in the grid. If the Grade has already been calculated/recorded, an * will display next to the score. If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. 4. Students View/Permanent Tab-The instructor will have the option to print all Session Grades on the Grid Report or none of the Session Grades on the Grid Report. 5. Students View/Permanent Tab-The absence totals for the session will now display to the left of the Session Grades. 6. Students View/Grades Tab-Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as Grades/Averages the instructor has defined in Section Settings will display in the grid. A new column named Status will identify if the Grade has already been calculated/recorded (Recorded) or is an estimated average (Estimated) based on the settings the instructor defined. If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. 7. *Students View/Assignments/Scores Tab-Current Average has been removed from the grid heading. To view Grades and Averages for an individual student, please refer to the Students View/Grades grid. * 8. Classic View-Current Average will now display with the Grading Period description for the 4th 9 weeks. Instead of a Current Average column, the instructor will see a column that has the same average as the Current Average, but will be named something like 4th 9 Weeks Midterm 16. 9. Classic View-Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as Grades/Averages the instructor has defined in Section Settings will display in the grid. If the Grade has already been calculated/recorded, an * will display next to the score. If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. 10. Student Scores/Student Detail/Students Summary Report-A new section has been added to the report to display Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as estimated Grades/Averagesthe instructor has defined. A column named Status will identify if the Grade has already been calculated/recorded (Recorded) or is an estimated average (Estimated). If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. 11. Student Scores/Student Detail/Student Summary Report-A disclaimer has been added to the bottom of the page specifying that the Averages displayed in the Assignment Summary are only averages for the assignments printed and may not represent the Grade that will be assigned to the student. The Grades that will be assigned to the student will be listed in the Grades/Averages section of the report. 12. Student Scores/Student Detail/Student Summary Report-Total Points Possible and Total Points Received will print in the Assignment Summary section of the report if the Averaging Method for the Section is Simple Points or Weighted Points. 13. Increased the performance of retrieving assignment data. This should speed up various processes that use the student's assignments, including Classic View, Assignments View, Grade Calculations, etc. *Guardian/Student Workspace* 1. Grades Tab-Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as Grades/Averages the instructor has defined will display in the grid. A new column named Status will identify if the Grade has already been calculated/recorded (Recorded) or is an estimated average (Estimated) based on the settings the instructor defined. If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. * 2. Assignments/Scores Tab-Current Average has been removed from the grid heading. To view Grades and Averages for an individual student, please refer to the Grades grid. * 3. Student Scores/Student Detail/Students Summary Report-A new section has been added to the report to display Grades that have been previously calculated/recorded as well as estimated Grades/Averages the instructor has defined. A column named Status will identify if the Grade has already been calculated/recorded (Recorded) or is an estimated average (Estimated). If the Grade is estimated, the calculated average will display in parenthesis. 4. Student Scores/Student Detail/Student Summary Report-A disclaimer has been added to the bottom of the page specifying that the Averages displayed in the Assignment Summary are only averages for the assignments printed and may not represent the Grade that will be assigned to the student. The Grades that will be assigned to the student will be listed in the Grades/Averages section of the report. 5. Student Scores/Student Detail/Student Summary Report-Total Points Possible and Total Points Received will print in the Assignment Summary section of the report if the Averaging Method for the Section is Simple Points or Weighted Points. Please distribute/forward this information to your instructors, guardians, and students utilizing the Wen-GAGE Gradebook and any office personnel utilizing the Wen-GAGE SI System as soon as possible. Sincerely, Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc. Support Staff -- Have a Great Day! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/staff/attachments/20070404/b2e285e2/attachment.html