HOW TO SET UP YOUR GRADEBOOK IN INFINITE CAMPUS

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• Go to the link on the desktop of your computer, or bookmark https://francishowellmo.infinitecampus.org/campus/francis.jsp

• Logging in:  use the same username and password as your active directory user and pass (what you use to sign onto your computer).

• Set preferences:  on the left hand menu, select:  Admin -> Preferences.  The preferences that I myself use are: hide dropped students, show student numbers, show student pictures, use seating chart for attendance, and use canned comments.  The default standard/grading task should be Quarter.  Your website address should be the one of your sharpschool website, or whatever website program you use.  If you want your preferences to apply to ALL your classes, click on Mass Assign to Multiple Sections and click on Check All.  Make sure you uncheck any non-teaching periods.  Click Save.  

• Set grading categories:  one the left hand menu, click on Assignments.  At the top drop down menu for section, make sure the section you select Term Quarter 1 and choose your first class.  Click on the tab Edit Categories.  Click on Create Category.  Type in the name of a category (e.g. Assignments) and then type in a weight value.  If you only have one category for your classes, set the weight at 1 or 100.  If you have multiple categories, repeat the steps to create all the categories you use and make sure all the weights add up to 100.  Click on the section(s) that will be using this category.  Under Grading Tasks, check ONLY quarter.  Click on Save Category.  Repeat for all the different sections of Quarter 1.  Then, to copy all the categories to Quarter 2, on the left hand menu, click on Assignments.  Then click on Copy Categories.  Make sure the source section has the correct number of categories you want to copy, and then choose a destination section that doesn’t already have any categories.  Click on Next, and then click on Copy Categories. Repeat for all the sections you’d like.  

• Set up a final exam category:  Repeat the steps above to create a category.  However, name the category Final Exam.  Set the weight as 1.  Click on all the sections that will use this Final Exam category.  Then, under Grading Tasks, check ONLY Sem Exam.  Click on Save Category.  

• Set Grade Calculation Options:  on the left hand menu, click on Assignments.  Then click on the tab called “Edit Grade Calc Options.”  Click continue.  Then select “Calculate In Progress Grade (Points or Marks).”  Under grading scale, choose between HS Traditional (90.0+ is an A) or HS Rounded (89.5+ is an A).  Whether or not you are using multiple gradebook categories, click on “Weight Categories.”  Do NOT check use score % value.  I will come after you with a vengeance if you click that check box.  

• Create an assignment:   on the left hand menu, click on Assignments.  Then click on “Create assignment.”  Fill out all the fields in red, and then under grading tasks click on Quarter, choose the category, verify scoring type as points and then then enter in the number of points the assignment is worth.  Do NOT mess with multiplier unless you really want the gradebook to multiply that assignment point total by a value.  The total number of points needs to go under Total Pts, NOT multiplier.  Click SAVE.  

• Seating chart setup:  on the left hand menu, click on Admin -> Seating chart setup.  Select the class you want on the drop down section menu at the top.  Type in the number of columns and rows.  Use the drop down menus to assign each student to a seat, or click on auto fill alpha or auto fill random.  Click SAVE.  To print your seating chart, click print options, click print student pictures if you want, and then click print. 

• Class spreadsheets:  on the left hand menu, click on Reports, then Blank Spreadsheet.  Click Show Student IDs if you want, and then scroll down and Generate Report.  Print.  Use these for your Emergency Binder.  

• Entering in grades:  On the left hand side, click on Gradebook.  Install or Update Java if needed.  If you’ve already created the assignment in the Assignment menu, go to the column with that assignment and start entering in grades.  If you haven’t created an assignment in the Assignment menu, right click on the % icon on name of the category where the assignment should go. Select Add Assignment and Simple.  Enter in the fields, press OK, and then input the scores for the assignment.  

¡Buena suerte!  Let me know if you need help.  I’m in room 227, extension 4996, brian.santos@fhsdschools.org