The txGradebook application is an integrated classroom management system that allows teachers to maintain and post student data, including attendance and grades. This application also allows you to receive transfer students and produce IPRs. Various inquiry pages allow you to view student demographic data, contact information, attendance records, and schedules.
txGradebook's integration with the iTCCS and RSCCC student systems makes it unnecessary to perform imports and exports of data in order to populate the records. Data is shared between the systems, thereby eliminating much of the work needed to maintain two systems. The application provides real-time data that is updated any time grades, attendance, or student/teacher schedules change. Data is written directly to the district database. Teachers may access txGradebook anywhere with an Internet connection (school or home).
The txGradebook application consists of the following processes:
The Registration page allows teachers to register for access to txGradebook. The logon process is self-administered, which means that you choose your user ID and password during registration. If you forget or lose your logon information, or if you wish to change your password, you will go through an automated process to reset your password.
To register, you must provide your staff ID and name. You must be associated with the school district for the current school year. Upon registering, you will create your user ID, password, and PIN.
The Update Profile page allows you to view and/or update your registration information, including your password, PIN, and hint questions. For added protection of this information, you must provide your password to access this page, even though you have already signed on to the system.
The Reset Password page allows you to reset your password in the event that you have forgotten your password and need to regain access to txGradebook. You may also change your password at any time.
To reset your password, you must provide your staff ID, user ID, and the correct answer to one of your password hint questions.
For security purposes, your password will expire periodically. If your password has expired, you will be redirected from the Login page to the Password Expired page before the Announcements page is displayed. You must update your password before you can access txGradebook.
If you have forgotten your password and user ID, you must contact your campus administrator to have your account reset. You will not be allowed to register for another account, because you can have only have one user ID associated with your employee ID.
Set up Categories and Assignments
The Administer Categories page allows you to establish categories that describe the types of assignments you will use in the selected semester and course section. An initial set of categories, defined by the campus, will be set at the beginning of the year. If you have an assignment that falls under a category that is not included in the list, you may create a new category, if allowed by your campus. The category you create will be added to the master list and will be available for all teachers to use. The list of categories will continue to grow as you and the other teachers add categories. You must also specify the type of weighting to use for calculating averages (e.g., percent-based, point-based, or multiplier-based).
From this page, you can also copy categories from one course to other course sections.
The Administer Assignments page allows you to enter course assignments for your active courses, including extra credit assignments. For each assignment you create, you must specify an assignment category and enter an assignment description and the total number of possible points for the assignment. You may also enter the assignment date and due date, which are helpful when sorting grades on the Assignment Grades page. You may only enter assignments for active courses. Categories must be established for the course before you can enter assignments. You may not make changes to assignments once the cycle is closed.
From this page, you may also copy assignments to other courses.
The Post/View Attendance page allows you to record and post attendance for each period. You may also use this page to view attendance data that has already been posted.
The Assignment Grades page allows you to view and enter assignment grades for students by semester, cycle, and course section. You may view and enter grades for one assignment or all assignments, for one category or all categories, and for one student or all students. You may enter comments and indicators for each assignment grade (e.g., excluded, late, or redo), and you may print grades by assignment. This page also allows you to accept transfer students into a course and enter a walk-in average for those students.
The Cycle Grades page allows you to review and enter end-of-cycle grade data, including cycle and semester averages, override grades, semester exams, citizenship grades, final grades, and report card comments. When all data has been entered correctly and is ready to post, you must submit the cycle grades to Administration.
The IPR Comments page allows you to enter IPR comments and notes for your students that will appear on the printed IPRs.
The Print IPR page allows you to select the students for whom you wish to print IPRs. For each student, you can select the semester and cycle, the courses for which you wish to print IPRs, and the level of detail you want to include on the report.
The Attendance page notifies you when a student has transferred into your course after the first day of class.
The Assignment Grades page provides a process for entering a walk-in average for a student who transfers into your course after the first day of class.
The Student Profile information pages display demographic and course-related data for the student selected, including contact information, emergency contact information, attendance record, class schedule, TAKS score data, and photo. The Student Profile pages are not available through the menus. You must access the Student Profile pages by clicking a student's ID on the Attendance, Assignment Grades, Cycle Grades, or IPR Selection pages.
The Assignment Grades Report Selection page lets you produce a report showing assignment grades for all students in a course according to options entered on this page.
The Blank/Missing Grades Report Selection page lets you produce a report showing blank, missing, and incomplete assignment grades according to options entered on this page.
The Cycle Grade Range Report Selection page lets you produce a report showing cycle grades that fall within a specified range according to options entered on this page.
The Missing Averages Report Selection page is only available to users who log on to txGradebook with a district- or campus-level security administrative user ID. This page lets you produce a report of teachers who have students with no working cycle averages.
The UIL Report Selection page is only available to users who log on to txGradebook with a UIL administrative ID. This page lets you produce a report showing your students' working cycle averages for all of their courses. The report allows you to verify student UIL eligibility and help you locate students who may be at risk for losing eligibility.
The Class Roster Report Selection page lets you produce a blank class roster by semester and course. The report provides a list of students enrolled in the course and five blank columns.
The Missing Exam Grades Report Selection page lets you produce a report of students who are missing semester exam grades.
PGP (iTCCS only)
The PGP page allows you to develop and implement a personal graduation plan (PGP) for each student in junior high, middle school, or high school who does not pass the TAKS test and/or is not expected to receive a diploma before the fifth school year following his enrollment in the ninth grade.
The following pages are only available to users who log on to txGradebook with a district- or campus-level security administrative user ID.
The Administrator Options page allows you to select the teacher for whom you wish to log in with administrative privileges. After you select a teacher from this page, you may access txGradebook as if you were that teacher.
The Admin Student Grades - Find Student page is the first step in viewing the Admin Student Grades page. You must select a specific student at a specific campus before viewing the Admin Student Grades page.
The Admin Student Grades page allows administrative users to view working cycle averages for all of a student's courses. This allows administrators to determine UIL eligibility and locate students who may be at risk for losing eligibility.
To see updates to txGradebook that have occurred since the last release, visit What's New in txGradebook.