Conference Night Prep - Print Quarterly Assignment Grades for all (or some) of your Students!

Prepping for Conference Night next Thursday? You may want to print student assignment grades for the Quarter so they are readily available for discussion. Here's how:

While logged into Aspen>Staff View>GradeBook tab, select a specific class. Click on the Scores Side Tab.

You should see the student roster with assignments & grades. Click on Reports, and select Progress Reports.

Complete Step 1 preferences and click Next:

Choose the default Step 2 preferences and click Next:

Step 3 preferences offer a lot of options. If you want all assignment grades for a specific quarter, select the appropriate term, and all categories. Obviously, this report gives you additional options if you want to highlight grades in a specific assignment category:

At this point, I would click Finish!

If desired, click Next. Step 4: enter any message you would like to display and click Next:

Step 5: Enter your name or click boxes if other information is desired on the report.

Click Finish!

Aspen will now create a report that includes a single page for each student that you selected. The top of each page provides the student name and course. A sample of the assignments list appears below:

Click the arrow to navigate to your next class, and repeat for as many classes as you like.

I hope you find this useful in your Parent conferences!

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