One of the issues your administrators have had for a very long time is being able to tell when you have completed entering grades in PowerGrade and knowing for sure that the grades we see on the server are those you see on your computer. This PowerSchool customization is designed to help us automate this process. The idea is once you have completed entering grades in PowerGrade you log on to PowerSchool Teacher and compare the grades you see there with those on your computer. The new screens in PowerSchool teacher show you the grades on the server, the last time you updated the server from PowerGrade, and give you a checkbox to check that you have verified everything. 
 
Here is the procedure you will follow: 
 
1. Finish entering grades and any comments in PowerGrade. (Elementary teachers remember all comments that you want to appear in the Cumm folder go in the Bible subject area and you must also enter the information in Character Development) 
 
2. Log on to PowerSchool Teacher. 
 
3. For each period/subject click on the Verify Grades image.    
 
4. Compare the grades you see listed with those you have in PowerGrade. You can click on a students final grade to display assignment detail. 
 
   5. If all grades are correct place a check in the box labeled "I verify that these grades and comments are correct". The current date is automatically placed in the text box. 
 
6. If there are issues do not place a check in the box until the problems have been resolved. You can attempt to solve the problem yourself by following the suggestions below. You will need to refresh the verification window to display any changes (it can take several minutes for changes in PowerGrade to be fully populated on the server). If you cannot solve the problem yourself do not check the verification box and place a brief comment in the text box instead of the date. 
 
7. As you submit your verification pages the icons will change on the initial teacher screen to indicate your verified courses. The icons are: and  
 
8. Once your grades are verified using this procedure do not make changes in PowerGrade until given the "all clear" by your administrator. 
 
 
Several things to try if you find problems: 
 
1. Compare the last update date with the last time you worked in PowerGrade. If these are different you may have been working off line the last time you entered grades. Make sure PowerGrade is online, open each class and click save. PowerGrade should then update the server. 
 
2. Try forcing PowerGrade to update the server. PowerGrade uses several cues to tell if it needs to send information to the server. One of the major things it looks for as a cue is a change in the final grade. Any time one student's final grade changes PowerGrade will update all student grades to the server. Change one assignment for one student in such a way as to dramatically alter the final grade (i.e. from A to A- or B). (At the end of term it can be tricky to find one assignment that will affect the final grade in this way. I generally find a major test and change the grade to a 0.) Save in PowerGrade and the server will also be updated. Now you can change the assignment back to the correct grade and save again.