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1. that student s absence code will be displayed onscreen just above the Al Day and Period fields in the student list e All Day Attendance and Classroom Period Attendance Follow the instructions below to take attendance e Note that the type of attendance being entered is displayed in the blue bar at the top of the menu The course number will be listed first followed by All Day Attendance or Classroom Period Attendance Before taking attendance be sure to verify that the date course term period and class count are correct o Present If the student is present do nothing However if all students are present go under the Mark field on the right side of the menu and click the red All button This will tell STIClassroom that all students are present o Absent Absences will only be marked during the period that All Day attendance is taken To mark an individual student absent simply double click on that student s name The red block indicating Present will turn white indicating that the student is Missing from class Once attendance has been posted to the office an Absent symbol will replace this Missing symbol Go to the next absent student and repeat these steps If all students are absent go under the Mark field and click the None button After using the All or None buttons to mark all students Present or Absent the user may double click on any record to change that student s attendance status o Tardy To mark a
2. Attendance Default Information Change Previous Period Attendance Check this box to allow users to modify previously posted period attendance records Change Previous Daily Attendance Check this box to allow users to change previously posted daily attendance records When this option is selected teachers may post attendance as often as they wish Type Other Allday Absence Check this box to mark students who have a daily absence type of Other as Absent Allday Group Classes for Attendance Check this box to group courses offered in the same period term and room for a teacher into one roster when taking attendance Allow Access to Attendance Detail Formerly a default value this box has been added to allow the administrator to determine whether to allow teachers to view attendance details for each student in the Attendance Posting desktop No Daily Tardies Check this box to prohibit teachers from posting daily tardies only period tardies may be posted Note for KY Users This option is checked and disabled in KY installs KY teachers may not post daily tardies from STIClassroom Don t Allow Marking None Check this box to remove the None option for teachers who are taking attendance None allows teachers to mark None Present Mark Students Present defaults off If this box is checked period teacher may mark present a student shown as absent in the roster This could be useful if there is typically
3. Grading in STIOffice Use the drop down arrow to select the scale to use when calculating Skills Marks based on Activities Posting Options In this area the administrator sets up the times at which users of STIClassroom may post grades or Skills to the office Check those grading periods that are to have grades posted select each applicable grading period and check the Allow Posting box to the right of the browse box Note To avoid potential problems these boxes are usually not checked until a couple of days before the grades are actually due e Allow Posting to Previous Grading Periods defaults to unchecked Check this box to allow teachers to post from Grade Book to grading periods previous to the current one A teacher may thus start a Grade Book for a course in Grading Period 2 Semester recording Activities from the beginning of school The teacher will then be allowed to post to Grading Period 1 from a class active in Grading Period 2 This allows the teacher to maintain totals over a longer period of time e Grades Posted Over 100 defaults on If this box is checked teachers can post grades higher than 100 If not checked teachers posting grades higher than 100 will be notified by an onscreen prompt that the grade they are posting would have been greater that the 100 but is being changed to 100 Do Not Round for Letter Grades Check this box to use un rounded scores when looking up letter grades in the scale
4. Lesson Plans Report Two types of lesson plan reports are available e The Teachers Lesson Plan report allows the administrator to print a detailed list of teachers lesson plans or alternately a list of teachers who have no lesson plans for a specified date range e The Student Lesson Plan report allows the administrator to print lesson plans for a student or group of students for a defined range of dates As with the teacher report this report may also be used to list students who have no lesson plans Teacher Lesson Plans Report e Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select the student filter to use for this report or click the Ellipsis button to modify or create a new filter for use with this report e Order Use the drop down arrow to select the order in which this report is to be printed e Report Options o Starting Date Ending Date Enter the date range for this report o ID to Print Use the drop down arrow to select the type of student identification to be used on this printed report e Filter by Number of Plans Check this box to restrict the lesson plan report to include only teachers who have a certain number of plans in the system o amp Less Than or Equal To Enter the number of lesson plans at which the report is to cut off teachers for inclusion in the report The report will include teachers with this number of lesson plans or fewer Enter 0 zero to include only teachers without any lesson plan
5. o Hide Category This option is only available if the Show Course box has been checked Select this option to exclude category descriptions from the report card o Legal Size Sheet Check this box to print the report cards on legal size 8 V7 x 14 paper o Include Skills with Marks Only Check this box to restrict the report to print only skills for which the student has received marks o Student Address Check this box to include the student s address on the report This option is chosen by default but it may be de selected if desired o Parent Signature Check this box to include a line for a parent guardian signature o Letterhead Check this box to include room for a school letterhead on the pages o Long Description Check this box to print the full description rather than the short description of each particular skill on report cards o Merge Sections Check this box to combine all sections of a course into a single entry The teacher listed on report cards will be the one from the most recent or current section e Codes to Print If absent codes are to print use the drop down arrow to select or highlight the ones desired from the window e Daily Attendance Included Check Yearly to show daily attendance information for the entire school year on report cards Check Grading Period to show daily attendance information for the selected grading period on the report card e Include GPA Check this box to print GPA in
6. Actions Copy 08 1604 10 18 04 05 20 05 10 15 04 12 24 04 Cow Export impor Import n0 oc The numbers on tabs 3 through 6 shown above correspond to the numbers in the Attendance Lesson Plans tab of the STIClassroom System Information menu in Principal s Module To rename a tab simply enter the name to assign the tab in the corresponding field as shown below all STIClassroom System Information Access and Defaults Gradebook Attendance Lesson Plans r Select Period Attendance Codes r Attendance IV Change Previous Daily Attendance Type Other llday Absence Group Classes for Attendance Allow Access Attendance Detail IV Change Previous Period Attendance Y No Daily Tardies Don t Allow Marking None IV Mark Students Present Allow Display of Withdrawn Students v Force Lunch Post w Attendance Post d y r Lesson Plan Tabs pended Full Day Tab 1 Homework E Reading Assignments 3 New Name For Tab 4 Unexc 5 Am Unexcused tad E Pm Unexcused T ard Y ES set to gt Skills Activities y vr 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 59 Student Filters 60 e Principal s Module Lesson Plan Templates Optional Click the Templates button in the bottom right corner of the Attendance Lesson Plans tab to create a single lesson plan template to ser
7. C Maxwell Gesa Maxwell Greco R Maxwell Joshua W Maxwell Miguel R Maxwell Miles Maxwell Patricia McCullough Christopher L McCullough Dustin McCullough Elizabeth 4 McCullough Miranda L McCullough Russell M McCullough Terrance Mosow Courtney E 1 JWNNNNMNNN hd 01 CO MN CI 4 CO PO PO Home Room Teacher a Tem Period Course Description Teacher S555376 Lee Tem Per Course Description Teacher a 23135153 A 515 12 Keyboarding Govemment E conomics Phys Science Academi English B Drama Sem Algebra Geometry P Spanish Keyboarding Govemment E conomics Phys Science Academi English B Drama Sem Algebra Geometry P Spanish I PEI son S A Gray Deron Gray Tim Gray David Gray Julie Gray Joan Harris Lara Gray Julie Gray Deron Gray Tim Gray David Gray Julie Gray Joan Harris Lara Gray Julie Smith Jerry Vt Nm PES Courses in the student s schedule may be viewed in order by term period course number description or teacher Click the amp Printer icon to print the student s schedule Select any course in the list and click the Roster button to view a complete class roster for that course oster 22 01 Drama Sem Teacher Gray Joan Group Student Name Student Number Grade Home Room Ja 030123 3 0916 Maxwell Courtney 810 0916 Williams Aaron 40231
8. Category The date in which items are displayed depends on the order selected in Class Defaults e Click the Insert button to add an Activity for the selected class o Accept the default of the current date or type in a new date o Use the drop down arrow to select the Category under which this Activity will fall o Entera description of the Activity For example if Vocabulary were chosen the Activity might be Unit 3 Practice o The Value Wt Mult and Wt Add will default to the settings entered when the category was defined However it is possible to change these values here for this individual Activity o Enter any teacher notes about this Activity in the space provided o Skills Addressed in this Activity This browse box will be displayed only if Skills have been linked to the selected class in STIOffice Use this item to link specific Skills to the Activity Perform the following steps to do this e Click Insert The Select Skills list will appear e Select the Skill s to link to the Activity and then click the Add button e Move to Lesson Plan Check this box to move the details of the Activity and any linked Skills to a Lesson Plan record for the Date of the record e When all information has been entered click OK to return to the Activity Lists menu o Repeat the above steps for all Activities then click the 5g Close icon to return to the Grade Book menu or continue to work with the Activity List f
9. ID to Print Use the drop down arrow to select the type of student identification to be used on this printed report o Averages Only Check this item to print just the averages in the individual courses o Combined Average Check this option to print a combined average for all of the classes o Starting Date Ending Date Enter the date range for this report o Picture Check this option to include the student pictures in this report 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 67 o Activities by Category Check this option to group Activities by Category in the report o Include Comment Check this option to include any comments that have been entered for courses in Grade Book o Activity Comments Check this option to include Activity comments o Announcements Check this option to include any announcements that have been set up for the current grading period o Activity Notes Check this box to include any Activity notes in the reports o Round Averages Check this box to display each grade average as whole number o Category Averages Check this box to include Category averages if applicable o Counselor Check this box to print the name of each student s guidance counselor on the report o Parent Signature Check this box to print a line for a parent s signature on the report o Mailings Check this box to print extra copies of the report to send to student guardians who have the Ma
10. Selected Score utility o Select Average Only to print the course average only no Activity grades will be included o Select Total Points to display the total points earned as well as the total points possible o Select HR Teacher Name to include the name of each student s home room teacher o Select Student Address to include the address of each student on the report o Select Class Average to include the overall class average on the report o Select Category Averages to display Category Averages if applicable o Select Letter Grade to include the average letter grade in the report e Average Filter Check this box to restrict the report to include only students whose averages fall within a specified range Then enter the low and high ranges in the fields provided 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 25 26 e Getting Started Attendance Codes Select the attendance codes to include in the report Use the drop down arrow to choose All None Excused or Unexcused individual code types may be clicked to include or exclude them from the report Daily Attendance Included Check Yearly to include daily attendance for the academic year Check Grading Period to include daily attendance for the grading period Period Attendance Check this box to include period attendance in the report ID to Print Use the drop list to select the type of student ID to print on the report Printing a Progress Report for
11. Student s Demographic Information eeeeeeeeeeeneee 45 View a Student s Discipline Information oonncnonnccnicnocnnnnononononanononnonncnncn eene 45 View Student Test Information eese ener nennen 45 Teacher Planner nne ao eit he eet RU OR e hen epit de 46 Skills Reports zi o taeda d eei a I Oa T bis Mesa 46 STI 0117061310 Contents e iii 2006 STIClassroom Win iv e Contents Principal s Module 47 Index Master Schedule cnc ini dia dada o aE elai 47 Students de 49 A O OOOO 51 Access and Defaults tab ii re Pee artc ade entr Age tue 51 Gradebook tab i et e eter o e e RE eR eR Ucet ie di tees 33 Attendance Lesson Plans tab cemrenin aiin a ene nnne entente 57 Student Filters iu nu adm A e aa iro dta e d de tite ds eae 60 Grade Translat a e ER rtr aet cri RA ain Bd I ATE ER da bas ds 64 Plan Categories o e GE RR I ode ite ete tr ERA rete e Arg 64 Meal Types critican temet e aute oe ite Ph ete ect 65 User Records Principal s Module sss eren 65 Creating User Records zur A a E 65 User Record List Definition sse eere 66 Progress Reports tete te ds sau cotes eem etti rentals rn sia 67 Unposted Attendance eie entes etu ir 69 Unposted Grades eR renes iae e e t er teri EE reg 69 Skills Report Cards ite ees da 69 Lesson Plans Report ioter beret er Retenir fe eei A dese oce maie TERR eee 72 Teacher Wesson Plans Report eoi eer pere tree ese RC eere e
12. The final average is the average of the averages in each category multiplied by the category weights Each activity in a single category counts the same Category Points This averaging method allows the teacher to calculate a final grade based on the averages of the points within a category rather than the points Example e Major Grades 50 If the total points for this category are 1000 and the student earns 800 points the average is 80 If Major Grades has been set to count 50 of the total the computer will calculate the grade making the 80 points count for 50 of the final grade e Weekly Grades 25 If the total points for this category are 500 and the student earns 500 he has 10046 of the total the average is 100 but if Weekly Grades has been set for 2596 the 100 points will count only 25 of the final grade e Daily Grades 25 If the total points for this category are 400 and the student earns 200 he has earned 50 of the 400 the average is 50 but if the Daily Category has been set at 25 the 50 points will only count 25 of the final grade Entering Activities for All Averaging Methods e Click the Ail Define Activities for this Grading Period icon The Activity List menu will appear This feature may also be accessed from the drop down GradeBook menu 20 e Getting Started STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win e Click on a tab to view the list of Activities according to the Order Entered Date or
13. a Student s Complete Schedule STI_0117061310 Highlight the student whose schedule progress report is to be printed Click the Print Selected Student s Progress Report in All Classes icon The Student Progress Report menu will appear Select the grading period for this report STIClassroom defaults to the present grading period but this may be changed if desired Select the student ID to use Check the Averages Only box to print a simple report that contains only averages and the items checked below Check Combined Averages to include an average for all of the classes Select the Starting and Ending Dates for this report STIClassroom defaults to the dates of the present grading system but this may be changed Check any all or none of the items to be included on the report o Student Picture o Letterhead A space will be left for the letterhead to fill o Announcements o Round Averages This will average numerical grades to the nearest whole number for display purposes o Counselor Print the names of student counselors o Include Comment This will include comments added via the Comment icon o Activities by Category Activities will be grouped by category o Category Averages Categories averages will be displayed if used o Parent Signature Provides a line on the printout for a parent s signature o Current Teacher Only Information on the report will be only for the teac
14. a lag between when a student checks in and when he she gets to class Note Whether or not this option is enabled teachers cannot change previously posted attendance if a month has been closed in the STIOffice State System File Allow Display of Withdrawn Students Check this box to allow teachers to display withdrawn students in the attendance register a Withdrawn option will be available to teachers in the Attendance Desktop Force Lunch Post w Attendance Post Check this box to require teachers to post lunch counts when they post attendance Renaming Lesson Plan tabs Users with access to the STIClassroom System Information menu in Principal s Module may name or rename lesson plan tabs as desired The new tab names will appear in the lesson plans of all teachers Note The Resources tab viewable in each teacher s lesson planner cannot be renamed STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win wt Lesson Planner Ballard Charles E Term 3 Per 1 428 02 Spanish II Honors MONDAY JAN 3 2005 IV Weekly January 2 2005 Thru January 8 2005 Date Day Unit or Chapter a 1 03 05 Monday Unit 10 4 January 2005 d Monday January 3 2005 Unit or Chapter Tab5 Homework Tab6 Reading Assignments wl Pr E 31 4 5 2 E Selection 1101 n 32 191 4 re 12 36 19 20 211 2 Bm E E IEA 2l Insert Change Delete Delete Plan Categories Tab3 Tab4
15. been selected the Select Filter and Order fields will be inactive ID to Print Select the type of student ID to include in the report Topic Be sure to select the correct Topic from the drop down list This must be done regardless of which topic is shown onscreen in the User Records menu Student Name Order Select the order in which student names are to appear on the report Nickname Check this box to substitute students nicknames as entered in the system for their first names where applicable Students who have no nicknames entered will not be affected Unlisted Info Check this box to include phone and address information that has been designated as Unlisted on the report Heading By default the heading for the report will include the Topic name and the word Report However the user may enter a new heading as desired Print Click this button to generate the report 2006 STIClassroom Win Manual Grade Entry This menu allows a user who doesn t wish to use STIClassroom Grade Book to manually enter the final grades for a grading period If entering grades manually the teacher will have to average the grades manually before entering This is also the utility to use to edit a final grade that has already been posted by Grade Book Grade input is limited to values in the grade scale e Term Select the desired term by using the drop down list in the upper left corner of the menu The user may only select a grading peri
16. down arrow to make the appropriate selection Viewing Student Information Select a student in the roster and then click any of the following buttons e Demographics Clicking on this button will allow the teacher to see a read only account of the student s information This screen may also be accessed by simply double clicking on any student in the roster e Discipline This button will allow the teacher to see a read only display of the student s discipline record e Schedule This button will allow the teacher to access the student s schedule It is also possible to access the roster of any class on the student s schedule from here e Attendance Select a student and click this button to view the student s attendance history including All Day attendance and Period attendance where applicable as well as Check ins and Check outs STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Tests Select a student and click this button to view testing information for the selected student Print Select the options of either a Pictures Roster or Mailing Labels o When printing Labels the user may select multiple students in the roster by using the Ctrl or Shift keys along with a mouse click Then leave the filter blank after clicking the Labels button This multi select option will NOT work when printing Pictures Printer icon The teacher may choose to generate a Simple report a Detailed report a Detailed report with Guardian
17. has the option of including any Skills linked to the Activities Viewing Lesson Plans e Click on the day of the week that lesson plans are needed The plans for that entire week will be displayed e Click on the lesson plan desired and that plan s Edit menu will appear e Make any corrections or simply review and click OK to return to the main screen e Delete the single daily plan by clicking on the Delete button e Delete all the plans for this course by clicking on the Delete Plan button Even though a lesson plan for another day or week has been retrieved only the Unit Title for the current day s lesson plan will be displayed in the bottom left window Printing Lesson Plans Click the Printer icon in the Lesson Planner menu to generate a lesson plan report Then choose from the following report options e Enter the Starting and Ending dates of the date range for the report e Detail Selections and Order Each lesson planner tab Objectives Activities etc is listed here along with a corresponding number The number determines the order in which the various tabs are to be printed with being first and 6 being last Set the value to O zero to exclude the tab from the report altogether Note Once the order has been defined it will be retained from session to session on the workstation STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 41 e Arrange in Columns Check this box to print each tab of information Objectives A
18. hee rn 72 Student Lesson Plans Report etre trn een tulere tede 73 Lesson Plan Search ed ete ee taa ed ES 73 Gradebook Not Used Report eit et ete i PR there tie tatto 74 ARICA hog e cto et ine epe dee e DEEP Eee e e D a e ci 74 User Records Report ie entem eto ee Det ER EL ph ep et ei ae 75 Missmg Skills M rks Report nano ie ERREUR EE E eret 76 77 STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Introduction Overview 2006 STIClassroom Win STIClassroom Win is a tool that automates the administrative functions of a teacher s workday e The program will transmit student attendance directly to the office in one task e The automated Grade Book stores averages and sends final grades into STIOffice e The teacher s records and the office records are combined on a shared system The overall result of this program is that it factors the teacher into the entire administrative arena and recovers some non instructional time typically lost to paperwork Two variations of STIClassroom Win are available the teacher classroom version and the principal s module Each version is tailored to fit the specific needs of the user However both versions may be installed on a single workstation STI_0117061310 Introduction e 1 Getting Started Logging In Each user must log in to the program with a User Code and Password as set up in the employee record in STIOffice Password Expiration STIClassroom Win recognizes the password form
19. information or a Names Only report Check the Include Contact Info box to include student contact information in the report Seating Chart ha ha Click the Seating Chart icon to view a seating chart grid for the selected class By default students are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right New students will have asterisks displayed next to their first names Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Seating Chart menu to navigate up and down the seating chart if applicable The scroll bar will not appear if the entire seating chart fits in the menu To move any student click on the student and drag him her to another box in the seating chart grid Click the Save Changes button to save any modifications To print the seating chart click the Printer icon STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 9 Student Attendance Roster 10 e Getting Started This is the menu in which the teacher actually takes attendance and posts the information to the office One of the classes or home room s will be programmed for All Day attendance the other classes will each post Classroom period attendance This menu also allows teachers to look up demographic information and schedules of individual students The default Skip Code is however the administrator may select the attendance code that the program is to use to post for skipping students When the user clicks on a student who has been marked absent the description of
20. of the screen This will give the user a better view of what is taking place onscreen o Click the Close icon at the bottom of the Select a Skill menu when finished e Text To manually enter a line of text type it in the Text field then click the Ellipsis button directly to the right of the field The text will appear in the Text to Search For field This procedure must be performed separately for each line of text desired Note that when text is manually entered the search procedure is not case sensitive e Click Print to generate the report Gradebook Not Used Report This report will generate a list of teachers who have not used Grade Book for specific courses since a specified date A Grade Book is considered used on any day during which the average of any student listed in the Grade Book changes e Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select a teacher QBE filter to use for the report e Order Select the order in which teachers are to appear on the report by Last Name Teacher Number etc e Starting Date Enter the date at which the program is to begin searching for teachers who have not used Grade Book The Ending Date will automatically be set as the current date e ID To Print Select the type of teacher ID to print on the report e Click Print to generate the report Student Meals Report 74 e Principal s Module This report will generate a list of the types of meals that students are eating on a spe
21. or Categories may be dragged into the search field Report Type Select Detail to print a full listing of each occurrence or choose Summary to print the number of times each block of text occurs in the lesson plans Date Range Enter the Starting and Ending dates of lesson plans to be searched for the report Tabs to Search By default all lesson plan tabs are selected Click on any tab title to remove it from the search Right click anywhere in the list of tabs to select or de select all tabs at once Text to Search For To drag one or more pre entered Skills into the search area click the Pick button on the lower right side of the menu then click the Skills popup box The Select a Skill menu will appear o Check the Use Long Descriptions box to show long descriptions for skills if the box is unchecked only the first few words of each skill will be displayed onscreen o All Categories will be listed in a tree form Click the Plus symbol next to any Category to view the Skills within that Category 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Principal s Module e 73 o Highlight a Skill then click on it and drag it into the Text to Search For field on the Lesson Plan Search menu Continue until all desired Skills are listed in the Text to Search For field When the two menus are open at the same time the user may rearrange them onscreen by clicking on the blue bar at the top of each menu and dragging the menus to opposite sides
22. possible to edit marks that have been entered by performing all the steps above however the marks will now be listed in the Current column Place the edited mark in the New column and click Save to save the changes Print Selected Student s Report STI 0117061310 Select a student and click the m icon to generate a skills based report card for the student For more information on skills based report cards see the section Skills Report Cards on page 69 Note that this section is not available in the Teachers Only version of the STIClassroom Win user manual 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Print Skills Maintenance Menu Print Gradebook e Click the mu icon which may actually be labeled with the tool tip description Print Gradebook in some installations to generate a report listing the information displayed in the Skills Maintenance menu Post Marks e Clickthe icon to post marks Marks may not be posted unless the Skills Scale is set in Class Defaults View a Student s Schedule e Select the student whose schedule is to be viewed e Click the L3 icon and the student s schedule will appear e Click the Roster button to view a roster for any selected class in the student s schedule Additional information is available for all other students in the roster View a Student s Demographic Information e Select the student whose demographic information is to be viewed Note Teachers must be granted ac
23. record information Build Filter Click this button to apply a user record value filter to the report This filter is essentially set up as a logical equation arranged to limit the parameters of the report o Field Select the field drawn from the Topic selected in the Student User Records menu on which to base the filter o Operator Select the operator either Equal To or Not Equal To to use This relates the Field to the Value selected below o Delimiter This field is only applicable when more than one value will be used Select whether to use AND or OR to relate the first value to the second value o Value The type of value that may be set will depend on the selected field For instance a Credential Date field must have a date entered in the Value field in the format of mm dd yy o Add to Filter Click this button to add the restriction to the filter o Repeat the above data entry for each user record field that is to be restricted by the filter Each time Add to Filter is clicked the new restriction will appear in the browse box The Delimiter is especially important when building lengthy filters o Clear Filter Click this button at any time to clear the filter and start over o Print Click this button to generate the report Missing Skills Marks Report Click this button to generate a report by Teacher Course listing students who have missing Marks in Skills for a selected grading period Select Filter Us
24. the STIClassroom System Information menu Leave this field blank to use the Supervisor System password for this purpose General Settings The rest of the items displayed on this menu allow the administrator to limit grant areas of access or capabilities to non administrative STIClassroom users Note The Subs checkbox to the right of each item in the Allow Access section is provided to allow the user to set separate access rights for substitute teachers e Student Demographics Check this box to allow users read only access to student demographic information e Social Security Number Check this box to enable users to view student Social Security Numbers in the Personal Info tab of the student demographic record If this box is left unchecked the field will not be visible onscreen e Student Special Ed Check this box to enable users to view student Special Education classification If this box is left unchecked the Special Ed tab will not appear in the student demographic record e Student User Files Check this box to enable users to view student user file information via the Demographics button throughout STIClassroom users may also access this information by double clicking on a student If this box is left unchecked the User Files tab will not appear in the student demographic record e Student Attendance Check this box to allow users to make detailed attendance entry e Student Tests Check this box to allow teachers
25. to display Category Averages if applicable o Select Letter Grade to include the average letter grade in the report e Average Filter This option should not be used when printing the progress report for a single student Fields are provided here to allow the user to print progress reports for groups of students whose averages fall within a specified range e Attendance Codes Select the attendance codes to include in the report Use the drop down arrow to choose All None Excused or Unexcused individual code types may be clicked to include or exclude them from the report e Daily Attendance Included Check Yearly to include daily attendance for the academic year Check Grading Period to include daily attendance for the grading period e Period Attendance Check this box to include period attendance in the report e ID to Print Use the drop list to select the type of student ID to print on the report Printing Gradebook Information e Click the n Print Gradebook icon to generate a Grade Book report Note When printing the Grade Book the user may restrict the report to selected students by choosing a range of names in the student list and using the Ctrl or Shift keys along with a mouse click the student names will appear faintly highlighted Then click the Print Gradebook icon Click Yes when prompted to print the grade report for the selected students only e View the Print Preview e Click the Printer icon to p
26. 2006 STiClassroom Win Information in this document is subject to change without notice Student and school data used herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted O 2000 2006 Software Technology Inc All rights reserved Microsoft Windows and Word are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Software Technology Inc 4721 Morrison Drive Suite 200 Mobile AL 36609 3350 1 877 844 0884 This manual which covers material through STIClassroom Win version 9 0 was last modified on January 17 2006 Any subsequent changes made to the application will be discussed in the release notes that accompany each updated Contents Introduction 1 OVELVIEW se tod A A edit 1 Getting Started 2 Logging Mii A o 2 Password Expiration ener enne ener ener rte 2 Teacher bri 2 Drop Down M nus cide heed dett eerte de eae eie eem oce eng 3 STIClassroom Main Menu Teacher Desktop eene 6 student Class ROSTER ott or tto prete ie e eet idee ERREUR 8 Viewing Student Information eese nnne nennen 8 student Attendance ROSfer oie ene Peer eer i bed pts 10 Attendance Reports deis etnia e epe deri ees 12 Seating Chart esc reet ais 15 User Records seceded Ine e be ree te ty 16 Manual Grade Entry aere oie fo ef ah uie tm e er
27. 4152 22 01 Drama Sem Term 1 Period 3 Count 26 50 e Principal s Module Williams Alexandra Williams Amanda M Williams Christopher Williams Danielle Wiliams Desiree D Wiliama Kevin Demographics Discipline 405337330 403231693 402291908 404394168 407296151 404299265 445924058 402218005 403259741 512902397 407291999 402253411 402410610 402313702 40129731N Schedule Attendance Tests STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Classroom B STIClassroom System Information E x Access and Defaults Gradebook Attendance Lesson Plans Password a Substitute Teacher Password Classroom Setup Password I e For more information about class rosters see Student Class Roster on page 8 Click this button to view the STIClassroom System Information menu which will allow the administrator to set the limits of STIClassroom with regard to teacher access An administrator password is necessary to access this utility Three tabs are available here Access and Defaults tab r Allow Access Student Demographics V Subs Student Attendance Subs Student Grades v Subs Social Security Number E Student Tests v E Student Special Ed v a Test Entry Student Discipline v a Student User Files v Special Instructions v Initiate Discipline E User Records STIOffice E Student Groups V a r Textbooks None Assigned if Fees Owe
28. AT Compute Final Average ZAvg LTR Points Possible so Williams William C 406230771 Wood Erin 259575772 Wood Jason M 259737737 Wood Jason A 251836655 Wood Midelvia 256557018 Wood Rachel E 255777772 Wood Sofia 256554726 Activity Average i 00 100 50 00 100 00 50 100 95 00 200 00 75 100 20 100 150 00 300 00 75 100 20 100 55 100 35 00 200 00 75 100 20 100 35 00 200 00 75 100 20 100 95 00 200 00 75 100 20 100 95 00 200 00 75 100 20 100 75 100 20 100 53 8 100 TIN 2 3 4 E 6 T 8 3 RSS5595S 2222 22 ng 5 44 4 2 gt DP b 4 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 31 The following options are available here Class Defaults Select this option from the drop down menu to view the Course Default Edit menu When entering class defaults for the first grading period of a class the user is given the option of copying those class defaults to all other grading periods in the selected term e Grading Period Grade Book displays the most recent grading period here e Course The course and section number for the selected course is displayed here e Average Scale Weight To add points to the final averages of all of the students in the selected course insert the number of points here e Activity Sort Order Select whether to sort Activities in Date Ascending or Date Descending order Check the Group by Category box to group the Activities by Categ
29. L Home Room 0915 84 Spanish Il Honors 1 Word Processing I Street Law World Of Work Spanish Il Honors Word Processing Street Law World Of York Spanish Il Honors Word Processing World Of Work 0N 00nN WW NEB 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 e Teacher Information The teacher s Name Home Room and Room Number are displayed at the top of the menu If any information is incorrect the office should be notified e Term STIClassroom defaults to the present term Verify that the term selected is the proper one Uncheck the box next to the term to display information for all terms In the example shown above the current term is called 3 Nine Weeks this could also appear as 3rd Quarter Quarter Three etc This designation is drawn from the STIOffice System File e Schedule Window This window contains the home room and schedule of the teacher who has logged into the program The information displayed onscreen may be arranged according to Term Period Course or Day Code for schools that use alternating day scheduling for example All the user has to do is click on the desired tab and STIClassroom will arrange the information automatically Note that the room number and student count of each class is displayed Be sure that all of the information in the window is correct Contact STI Support if there are discrepancies e Icons The icons positioned in the middle of the graphic are the hear
30. Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win administration Those students who have that grade or below will receive the message o Message Enter the message to print regarding the failing grade s e Average Check this option to run a report of only those students with a particular average for example there may be a need for a report of students who have all A s for National Honor Society consideration After this has been checked spaces to fill in the average range will appear e Letter Grades To include letter grades on this progress report check this item and then select the grade scale to be used o Letter and Number Grade Check this box to include both letter and number grades in the report Unposted Attendance This utility allows the administrator to run a report of those who have not yet posted attendance to the office e Date The date defaults to the present date but this may be changed by typing in the date needed e Period Use the drop down arrow to select which period attendance is being checked e Include Posted Attendance To include those who have posted on the list check this item Unposted Grades This utility allows the administrator to run a report listing those teachers who have not yet posted their grades to the office e Select Filter Use the drop list to select a teacher QBE filter to use for the report e Grading Period Use the drop down arrow to select the grading period for this
31. This will result in the system using fractions for example 78 87 etc when determining the correct letter grades to give students If the grading scale has not been set up with fractions in STIOffice this option should not be selected e Grades Entered Must Be in Scale If this box is checked any grades entered by teachers via Manual Grade Entry must be in the Grade Scale e Post Withdrawn Students Check this box to allow grades to be posted for withdrawn students In the Only After field that appears 56 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win below enter a date Only students withdrawn after this date will receive posted grades or will be allowed entry under Manual Grade Entry Allow Posting Select each term listing below to allow grades for that term to be posted With each term highlighted make sure the Allow Posting box to the right side is checked otherwise users will not be allowed to post grades for that term Post Class Average Select each term listing and then use the drop down box under Post Class Average to select an Avg Position for the term that is the grade position to which the class average will be posted If a position is selected here teachers will not be able to select this item themselves from Class Defaults Post Final Average Select each term listing and then use the drop down box under Post Final Average to select a final average position for the term that is the grade positio
32. ar race s are needed for this report enter here by typing the codes representing those races one after another without spaces or punctuation Zip Codes If only certain zip codes are to be considered for this report use the drop down arrow to select which are to be included Phone If only the student or guardian phone number is to be included on this report use the drop down arrow to select the ones desired Student Groups To include only students belonging to a particular group on this report use the drop down arrow and make the selection of the particular one s Test button After all criteria have been entered for this report click this button to see whether or not the criteria will deliver the list of students needed for this test The list will be displayed in the bottom window of the screen Print After the Test queue is created a printer icon will appear on the bottom left of the screen If ready to print select this command e Adv Student tab Selecting this tab allows the user to Apply the Expression Builder to set up expressions with values to filter the selection criteria for this report o Expression Builder An expression is an added criterion for selecting data Use the drop down arrow to select the file containing the student information needed to make the report s specifications Field Use the drop down arrow to select the field within the student information file that contains the information desir
33. at requirements and expiration parameters set up in STIOffice When a user s password nears expiration a message will be displayed indicating the date of expiration Based on STIOffice settings the user will be prompted to change his or her password as the expiration draws closer Teacher Desktop The opening screen of STIClassroom Win also referred to as the Teacher Desktop gives the teacher a view of his her schedule and provides many options for creating student records and retrieving information wit Classroom Module E xj Teacher Name Charles Ballard Home Room 0915 Room No 244 A E MH 7 s mw D Term perioa course FAT 1 Pa Course Number Course Name Room court a Home Room 0915 428 02 Spanish Il Honors 1 1 426 Spanish Il Honors 1 World Of Work 2 Word Processing 3 World Of Work e After attendance has been posted for any class in the teacher s schedule a red box will appear next to that class in the A column on the left side of the screen e If Day Codes are in use for example schools using Alternating Day scheduling the user may sort the display of courses according to day code by clicking the appropriate tab above the course list 2 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Right click on the desktop to view a pop up list of the same options that are available above as onscreen icons Once the teacher has
34. ay s date Change it to a different day needed by typing in a new date or selecting using the Spin Box o Report Type Bullet either a simple report or a more detailed report o Simple This report prints only the students names and ID s that were chosen STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 13 o Detailed This report prints names ID s DOB and Absence and Tardy totals home room s phone numbers grades gender and race o Student Name Order Use the checkbox and select the order that the student s name is to be printed o Print Picture Check this item to print student pictures next to their information e Other Options o Absences Select one of the values listed here as criterion for this report Greater or Equal to Less or Equal to or Equal To Example If the user selects 3 Absences and Equal to the program will look for students who have exactly 3 absences To print a report with students who have 3 or more absences the user would select Greater or 3 To select students with 3 or fewer absences check Less or 3 o Absences Input the number of cumulative absences on which this report will be based o Tardies Input the number of cumulative tardies on which this report will be based If both the number of absences and the number of tardies have been entered the program will search for both at the same time The correct information may not be printed in this case e Codes To Print o Select Use the drop
35. become grayed out to indicate that the lesson was completed in the window that lists all of the daily plans Change or Delete a lesson plan by selecting the proper button or either highlighting the lesson plan in the window and right clicking 38 Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Renaming Tabs in the Lesson Plan Detail Browse Box Tabs in the Lesson Plan Detail browse box may be renamed by the administrator within the STIClassroom Principal s Module See Renaming Lesson Plan tabs on page 58 for more details Resources Tab The Resources tab was added in the 9 0 update to STIClassroom This tab is provided to allow teachers to include links to documents or Web sites that involve other resources used in the plan To use this feature do the following e Click Insert and select the Resources tab wit Record will be Added E x r Course Term 1 Per 1 Spanish Il Honors Date 5 11 05 3 Wednesday Objectives Completed Unit Homework Reading Assignments Tab3 Tab4 Tab5 Tab6 Resources Add Resource El Search y e To add a file such as a Word document spreadsheet etc as a resource click the Search button and then navigate to the file location on your hard drive or network Click OK and the datapath and file name will appear in the browse box e To add another type of resource such as a Web site address type it into the Add Resource field and click the Elli
36. ce Iv Letter Grades m Grading Period 1 1st Nine Weeks Altemating Day B Scale to Use Standard Scale x Report Options Picture Counselor Mailings Print to Mail Hetum Address ID to Print Student Number y Averages Only Combined Average Daily Attendance Included Starting Date 8 10 05 Ending Date 10 11 05 3 Period Attendance N Activities by Category I Include Comment Activity Comments Announcements Activity Notes Round Average Category Averages Parent Signature Letterhead v Letter and Number Grade Field Trip ISS LF In Sehnal Sisner Yearly l Grading Period Cancel Enter information in the fields described below to create the desired reports Selection Filter Use the drop down arrow to select the student filter to use for this report Order Use the drop down arrow to select the order that this report is to be printed One Student To print a report for a single student click on this button and select the student from the master list that appears Select by using the Drop Arrow or by typing in the last name in the window provided Highlight that student s name and click on the select button Grading Period Use the drop down arrow to select which grading period is to print on this particular report The current grading period will be selected by default Report Options o
37. cess to demographic information in the Principal s Module in order for this data to be available e Click the a icon and the student s demographic data will appear Alternately the user may simply double click on a student s name to view this information e Click on any tab to view the desired information View a Student s Discipline Information e Select the student whose discipline information is to be viewed e Click the 2 icon and any infraction details and actions will be listed onscreen View Student Test Information e Select the student whose test information is to be viewed l e Click the icon and any test details will appear onscreen STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 45 46 e Getting Started Teacher Planner Click the icon to enter the Lesson Planner See Lesson Planner on page 37 for information about this utility Skills Reports While in the Skills Maintenance menu click the Reports drop down menu at the top of the screen to generate either of the reports described below Before generating these reports the user may select multiple students in the Skills Maintenance roster by using the Ctrl or Shift keys along with a mouse click This procedure is referred to as multi selection When the report is selected the user will be prompted as to whether the report should be printed for the selected students only Report Cards for this Class All Students This option will generate skills based re
38. cified date or a summary count by meal type for a certain date Meal types must first be entered into the system via the Meal Types utility in Principal s Module See the section Meal Types on page 65 for instructions on how to add meal types Once the meal types have been entered they must be assigned to students and posted via the Lunch utility under the Student Attendance Roster in STIClassroom STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Teacher Desktop See the bulleted item Lunch in the section Student Attendance Roster on page 10 for further details of this feature User Records Report Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select a student QBE filter to use for the report Order Select the order in which students are to appear on the report by Last Name Student Number etc Report Type o Select Detail to generate a detailed report displaying each individual student s name and Meal Type for the selected date o Select Summary to generate a brief report displaying total counts for each Meal Type on the selected date Date Enter the date for which the report is to be run Reports may only be run for a single day at a time ID To Print Select the type of student ID to print on the report Order by Meal Type Check this box to print the items on the report in order by Meal Type This report generates a listing of students with information created via Classroom user defined records STIOffice user record
39. code of X2 will count as two days The user may select which X2 days to include in the report based on the register that is being generated e Codes To Print o Select Click the drop down list button on the right to select the source for the codes to be included in this report o Manual Selection Of Codes To customize this report codes may be selected manually Highlight the codes to include in this report by single clicking the ones the user desires Those codes highlighted in blue will be used to generate the report In New Jersey only any attendance code with an asterisk in the Description will print on the register but will not be counted e Print Type Instead of Code Check this box to print attendance Types rather than Codes on the report Then select each Code for which this is to be done e Print When all criteria have been entered and the report is ready for printing click the Print button Cumulative Absences Report This utility generates a list of cumulative daily absences filtered according to specified absence thresholds The following report parameters may be set e Report Options o ID To Print Use the drop down arrow to select the type of student ID to use on this report o Starting Date Starting Date defaults to the first date of the present school year Change it to a different date if needed by typing a new date or clicking the Spin Box at right to adjust o Ending Date Ending Date defaults to tod
40. cted grading period WARNING Once deleted these grades cannot be restored except via data backup or re entry e Report Card This allows the teacher the ability to print a report card for the Selected student one student only for All students or for All selected students To choose the latter option do the following o Select multiple students in the list by using the Ctrl or Shift keys along with a mouse click Then click the All button and set the rest of the parameters for the report e Print To print a Grade Verification Roster click on the Printer icon in the bottom right of the menu The following two options will appear 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 17 o Selected Class Choose this option to generate a report for the selected class only o All Classes Choose this option to generate a report for all classes that is all classes that are displayed in the teacher desktop Seating Chart um Click the 1 Seating Chart icon to view a seating chart grid for the selected class By default students are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right e Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Seating Chart menu to navigate up and down the seating chart if applicable The scroll bar will not appear if the entire seating chart fits in the menu e To move any student click on the student and drag him her to another box in the seating chart grid Click the Save Changes button to save any m
41. ctivities etc in the plan in its own separate column rather than together down the page e Portrait Select this box to print in Portrait format rather than Landscape format This determines how the width and length of the text on the report will appear on paper e Click Print to generate the report Textbook Management This utility provides the user with a method of assigning and tracking textbooks The textbooks for a class course must be entered in the Valid Schedule in STIOffice before this utility will work Assigning Textbooks e Select the class for which textbooks are to be assigned and click the Textbook Management icon The Textbook Tracking menu will appear displaying a roster of the students in that class e If more than one book has been assigned to the course in the STIOffice Valid Schedule use the drop down list to select the appropriate book in the Book field e The first field in the column next to Home Rm will be highlighted Click the Out button and the Check Out menu will appear e Enter the Book This number must be within the range entered for the book in Utilities Textbooks Master List in STIOffice e Select the condition of the book The Fee value will adjust accordingly if applicable e Enter the Date of assignment The current date will appear by default but this may be changed if necessary e To print a list of assigned textbooks click the Printer icon Returning Textbook
42. d Allow Access to Clear Button v Teachers Can Change Their Passwords IW Teachers Can Send Messages v One Instance Running per Workstation IW Lesson Plan Deletes r Teacher Desktop Allow Access Default Abs Code Classroom Shut Down v Attendance v Lesson Planner Excused v ManualGrades V Textbook Management C Unexcused IV Gradebook Y Skills Skip Code amp amp amp Inactivity Timeout fo Allow Login for Additional Teachers OK Cancel 2006 STIClassroom Win Password The Password field contains the Supervisor System password Once the STIClassroom System Information menu has been opened the administrator is given the option to change this password as desired Passwords must consist of between three to eight alphabetical and or numeric characters Substitute Teacher Password This password may be used by substitute teachers when logging in as the teachers for whom they are substituting The substitute will not be allowed into Grades fields and will have read only access to Lesson Plans Warning If the Substitute Teacher Password matches any regular teacher s password as set up in STIOffice that teacher s access rights will be restricted as though he she is logged in as a substitute Care should be taken to avoid this scenario STI 0117061310 Principal s Module e 51 Classroom Setup Password This field contains the password that the user must use to access
43. d to the right or Cancel Note Once a legend setting has been saved it will appear at the top of the pop up menu The most recent setting will be checked by default to select an earlier setting click it in the list Messages Click this tab to print user defined special messages on report cards based on the Group to which each student belongs Perform the following steps to do this Type a message only one message may be entered at a time in the box at the bottom right corner of the screen The message should be entered exactly as it is to appear on the report cards Select the Group to whom the message is addressed Click the Ellipsis button to add the message to the Special Messages browse box list above Repeat as desired for each group that is to receive a message Groups will be listed in the Special Messages browse box Click any group to view its message in the box below 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 71 e To delete a message select the group and press the Delete key on the keyboard Grading Scale e Click this tab to print grading scale information on report cards Enter the grade scale in the space provided below Heading e Select the default heading as shown or type a heading of the school s choosing for inclusion on this report Example To the Guardian of Print e When all criteria have been entered and the report cards are ready to print click the Print button
44. dent by clicking the Progress button within the student s Grades menu o To generate a report card for a student select the student click the Grades button and then click the Printer icon below the Grades browse box The Report Card setup menu will appear Discipline reports may also be generated the same way via the Discipline button Report Modes System Settings Select this option to view the Report Modes System Settings menu which gives the user access to many advanced reporting tools o After any report has been generated if the Use Pre Destination Dialog box is checked here a Pre Destination Dialogue box will appear before the actual printing of the report This allows the user to choose whether to preview the report or send it directly to the printer and or to choose the specific printer for which the report will be formatted which is not necessarily the printer to which the report will be sent since this may be changed at the last minute Clicking the Select button invokes the same print dialog as above If a new printer is selected here it becomes the default printer for the remainder of the current STIOffice session unless this printer is memorized for this specific report The user may click Cancel to prevent the report from being previewed or printed STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 3 o Disable Printer Select Check this box to disable the option to choose an alternate printer o Enable Save Printer Setup C
45. desired e Print Click this button to generate the report Student Attendance Select a student and click the student icon to view an attendance profile for that e Click the Sort Ascending by Date button to reverse the order in which the attendance records are listed To print this information in report form click the printer icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and enter the following report parameters e Select Filter and Order Leave these fields blank The report will be generated for the selected student only e Report Options o ID To Print Click the drop down list button at right to select a student ID for use with this report Include Select the types of information to be printed on this report For a fuller description of each option rest the mouse cursor over the text for example anywhere in the line that reads Daily Attendance until the popup caption appears e Show Scheduled Period If Partial Day codes are in use and this option is selected the students absences by scheduled periods classes will be shown rather than the students attendance periods e Terms Check all the terms to include on the report e Summer School Check this box to include the summer school term on the report e Codes To Print o STI 0117061310 Select Use the drop down arrow to select the types of codes to include in this report Manual Selection To customize the report leave the Select field b
46. dividual student attendance records will not appear gt Detail A Detail report will print the attendance record by listing the individual students records When this report is selected the Summary Page option will appear gt Summary Page Check this item to print an additional page for each home room with detailed calculations regarding attendance records o For Month Indicate the beginning and ending months for this report Users in some states may only choose a single month at a time if this is the case only one field will be displayed onscreen o Vertical Lines Choose this option if vertical lines for division and clarity are to be printed o Corrected To identify this report as the corrected one select this command No calculations are changed when this option is chosen e Halve Monthly Attendance Register o Days Present To include half day present attendance select this command o Days Absent To include half day absences select this command STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win o ADA ADM To include Average Daily Attendance for students who are Active and Average Daily Membership for all students who are on the roll select this command Illinois Users Check the And X for Absences box to display half day absences as a slash and Allday absences as an X Indiana Users A day with a calendar code of X2 will count as half day New Jersey Users A day with a calendar
47. down arrow at right to select which codes to print on this report o Manual Selection Codes may be selected manually if desired Set the Select option to blank and then click the codes to be used in this printing e Print When all criteria have been entered and the report is ready for printing click the Print button Period Summary Report This report provides a summary of attendance by periods or by periods and the schedule The following report parameters may be set e Report Options o ID To Print Use the drop down box to select the type of student ID to use on this report o Starting Date This field defaults to the current date Enter a new date if desired or click the up down arrows to adjust the date o Ending Date This field also defaults to the current date Enter a new date if desired or click the up down arrows to adjust the date o Show Scheduled Period Mainly used for Alternate Day scheduling this will generate a report according to scheduled subjects per period 14 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win o Number Scheduled Periods This option only appears if Show Scheduled Period has been checked Enter the number of periods scheduled per day Codes To Print o Select Use the drop down arrow at right to select the codes to be printed on this report o Code Description If the report needs to be customized click and highlight the codes that are needed Only th
48. e 43 44 e Getting Started Alternately the user may click a single time in any space and then click the Edit Selected Mark icon Clicking on a space within the student Skills browse box selects both the student and the Skill Check the Cycle Student box to enter multiple Skills records for the selected student Check the Cycle Skill box to enter multiple student records for the selected Skill Use the drop down list to select a Mark Use the drop down list to select up to two Comments 1f desired Enter any Notes if necessary Click OK to save the record If a Cycle box has been checked the next record will immediately appear onscreen Click Cancel to end the cycling procedure Enter Marks Down a Column Click in any column and select the Wi Enter Marks Down This Column icon to cycle down the column for Marks entry only The Column Entry screen will appear with a roster of the students in the class Make sure the correct Category and Skill are listed on the screen Place the cursor in the New column and enter the mark for the corresponding student then press the Enter key To assign the same mark to all students type the mark for one student and click the Fill button instead of pressing the Enter key If there are any marks already displayed below the one selected the user will be given the option to overwrite any of those values Click Save when all marks have been entered It is
49. e entered Comment o When the Lookup button is clicked the Teacher Notes menu will appear Choose a Comment and click Select or click Insert to add a new Comment to the list Click the Assign to All Students box to give the selected Comment to all students in the roster Click OK when finished Printing Selected Student s Progress Report Select a student and click the m Print Selected Student s Report icon Report Options Select the information to include in the report o Select Picture to include the student s picture on the report o Select Teacher Note to include teacher notes on each report A Select a Note menu will appear after Print has been selected The teacher may then enter a new comment or select from a previously entered note o Select Parent Signature to include a line on which a parent can sign o Select Course Comment to print a comment that was entered via the Edit Selected Score utility 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 23 o Select Average Only to print the course average only no Activity grades will be included o Select Total Points to display the total points earned as well as the total points possible o Select HR Teacher Name to include the name of the student s home room teacher o Select Student Address to include the student s address on the report o Select Class Average to include the student s overall class average on the report o Select Category Averages
50. e the drop down arrow to select a teacher QBE filter to use for the report To create a new filter click the Ellipsis button Report Type o Select Detail to generate a detailed report displaying specific information about missing Skills Marks o Select Summary to generate a report displaying total counts only Grading Period Use the drop list to select the grading period to use for the report Check Not on Report Card Check this box to exclude from the report any classes that have the No Report Card box checked in the Master Schedule ID To Print Select the type of student ID to print on the report Student Name Order Select the order in which student names should each be listed Nickname Check this box to list student nicknames instead of first names Where applicable Print Click this button to generate the report 76 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Index A Access and Defaults tab 51 Attendance Reports 12 Attendance Lesson Plans tab 57 Averaging by Average 20 Averaging by Points 19 C Category Averages 20 Category Points 20 Classroom 51 Creating User Records 65 D Drop Down Menus 3 E Edit Selected Mark 43 Enter Marks Down a Column 44 Entering Activities for All Averaging Methods 20 G Getting Started 2 Grade Translation 64 GradeBook Drop down Menu 31 Gradebook Not Used Report 74 Gradebook tab 55 Graphs Drop down Menu 36 Introduction 1 L Lesson Plan Searc
51. e the teacher to Edit Clicking twice on the date of an Activity automatically edits that Activity The date is retained from the previous Activity edited Clicking the CTRL key while in any field will copy the value from the previous Activity edited Highlight the name and score of the student s grade to be edited 22 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Click the Edit Selected Score icon The Score Edit menu for that student will appear Enter the new grade in the window Check to make sure this is the correct student and correct Activity Enter a comment about the edit if desired Click OK when all information has been entered Print this Activity and others by selecting Print Grade Book under the GradeBook drop down menu Cycle Student Checking this option allows continuous entry of Activities for that student Cycle Activity Checking this option will cycle through all students for this Activity Entering Comments Highlight the name of the student who is to receive the comment Click the Enter Comments icon and the Comment menu for the selected student will come into view Type in the User Number if needed This is an optional sorting tool that may be used in Grade Book The number can be changed here This number may remain the same all term or it may be changed as the user desires Enter a Comment to be included for this student or click the Lookup button to select a pr
52. e used in STIClassroom as long as the Available in STIClassrom box has been checked for the record in STIOffice under Utilities Students User Record Definition Creating User Records Described below are the elements involved in creating a User Record e In Principal s Desktop click User Records and the User Record Definition menu will appear e Topic This item may be selected from the drop down list or the user can create a new one by clicking the Ellipsis button An example would be Gifted Services After entering a Topic make sure it is selected in the Topic box and click Insert to create a field for the topic Then enter the following information o Field Name Type a name to use for this field Example Testing Date o Field Type Use the drop down arrow to select the type of information this field will contain If the Field Name were Testing Date for example the Field Type would be Date Thus when users enter data for this field they may only enter information in date format Any pre loaded lists may be used with this field Other field types include Checkbox Time and Drop List The Drop List field type consists of user created lists which may include courses students teachers or other pre defined items Drop lists must be Defined See the section User Record List Definition on page 66 for more information about drop lists and the functionality of the Define button o Key Field One field created for each To
53. eatures described below e Weights Click this button to change the Weight Multiplier for groups of Activities e Reset Click this button to set all weights to 7 e Export Click this button to export Activities for use in other instances of the course o Amessage will appear prompting the user to select the Activities for export click OK then choose the desired Activities o Click Export again to process the Activities e Import Click this button to view a list of previously exported Activities for importation into the current class Note Teachers may view Activities exported by any other teacher This feature must first be activated in Principal s Module under Classroom Setup Access and Defaults tab 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 21 o A List of Activities for Import will appear Click on the appropriate tab to view these items by Order Entered Date created or Category type o Select the Activities to be imported and then click the Import button The Import Setup menu will appear o Use the drop down menu to select the Date Options This will determine the date used for the Orig Date of the Activity o If Category Doesn t Exist Select the action to take if the imported Activities category is not defined o Check the Import Skills if Linked box to import all Skills that are linked to imported Activities o Click Apply to import the Activities Copy Activities from one class to a
54. eck this box to prevent any responses to the message from returning This might be used for mass announcements or other such messages Edit Menu These features are used for cutting copying and pasting text This menu is inactive for most functions within STIClassroom TakeHome The TakeHome menu is used to create and read student data that is transported to and from school via STIClassroom Companion a supplemental product to STIClassroom For more information see the STIClassroom Companion user manual Window The Window menu item allows for opened windows to be displayed in cascade or tile format and for icons to be arranged It will also list each open window Help The Help items provide access to online Help and offers instructions about using Help The About item provides information about the application Occasionally when problems arise STI Support will ask that the user check this window to verify the location of the program or database as well as the current file dates and versions for key files The Help About window is resizable STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 5 STIClassroom Main Menu Teacher Desktop The Teacher Desktop as displayed below appears after the user has logged on to the program at Classroom Module x Teacher Name Charles Ballard Home Room 0915 Room No 244 3rd Nine Weeks Bi f sii Wil E diu 9 Term Period Course Day LA 1 Pa Course Number Course Name Room Col
55. ed to become a part of the report criteria Oper Use the drop down arrow to select the operand a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is based i e equal to or greater than to use in generating this report Value Type in the information in the window provided that represents some or all of the criteria for this report An example could be in zip codes equal to 03546 and the criteria would be all students who have that zip Inc User File To include information contained within a User file check this item 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Principal s Module e 61 Add Expression button After creating the expression click on this button and STIOffice will add the expression to the Student Filter Expression window Delimiter To insert another expression into this report criterion click on the Delimiter A character or space indicating the beginning or end of a piece of computer data and select the appropriate bridge to insert between the expressions Click on the Add more expressions 1 Student To select the students individually for inclusion in the report criteria click on the 1 Student button This will find the student s to add and select them one at a time Note There is a limit of 39 students that can be entered in this filter Test button After all criteria have been entered for this report click on this button to see whether or not the criteria will deliver the list of students needed for t
56. en the names will be displayed in a different order every time the teacher enters the Grade Book e If By Selected Activity is chosen the names will be listed in descending order by result of selected activity Teacher Planner This feature is described in the section Lesson Planner on page 37 Compute Final Average Use this read only feature no student data is actually modified to calculate the grade average that a selected student must maintain to earn a specific final grade The utility will draw posted grades from previous grading periods while displaying the student s current running Final Average The user would then adjust the Weight that is to be given to the previous grades which will in turn cause the student s Final Average to raise or lower Once the correct Weight is set the Current Average may be raised or lowered to view the resulting Final Average Compute Final Average cannot be used until grades have been posted for a grading period prior to the current grading period Following are step by step instructions for this feature e Select a student in Grade Book and then click Compute Final Average in the GradeBook drop down menu The Calculate Course Average menu will appear e The student s average Score for the previous grading period will be displayed in the browse box The weight to be applied to this figure will default to 7 00 this value may be changed if necessary by clicking in the Weight field and
57. eport Lesson Planner This utility provides a fast efficient means for creating and maintaining lesson plans The plans are easily entered and accessed There are five main sections of the Lesson Planner menu e The Lesson Plan Calendar in the upper left corner allows the user to click on any day of the month to view the planner menu for that day The current date and month is selected by default when the lesson planner is opened but the user may scroll backward or forward throughout the year The date selected here will determine other information that the user will see onscreen 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 37 The Lesson Plan browse box which is the large white field on the upper right side of the menu displays any lesson plans that have been entered for the selected day Check the Weekly box above this field to display all lesson plans for the week in which the selected day occurs This setting will be retained between STIClassroom sessions The Lesson Plan Detail browse box is located directly below the Lesson Plan browse box Here the user may click on any tab to view details of the selected plan The Unit or Chapter browse box located on the middle left side of the screen below the Lesson Plan Calendar displays the unit or chapter that corresponds with the selected date The Terms browse box located at the bottom left side of the screen below the Unit or Chapter browse box displays the date ra
58. er the number of minutes for which the program may remain inactive before the user is automatically logged out It is recommended that B STIClassroom System Information i E x Access and Defaults Gradebook Attendance Lesson Plans m Default Average C Points C C Average this feature be implemented as a security measure to prevent students from accessing STIClassroom when a teacher leaves the room In addition to setting an Inactivity Timeout users are advised to log out of the program whenever they will be away from their workstations Gradebook tab View Other Teachers Exported Activities IV Print Progress Report Card All Classes Category Pts r Default Skills Sc Standard Scale No Gradebook Grades on Days of Unexcused Absences ale Overwrite Skills Marks Posted Yv Fosting V Allow Posting to Previous Grading Periods Y Do Not Round For Letter Grades v Grades Posted Over 100 Grades Entered Must Be in Scale E Post Withdrawn Students 1 1st N E Y Allow Post Final Position 2 2nd Nine Weeks 3 3rd Nine Weeks 4 4th Nine Weeks IV Allow Posting r Post Class Average gt 19wK x ine Weeks 1 Sak Post Final Average 2006 STIClassroom Win Default Average It is up to the administrator to set the default average code in STIClassroom The customary approach is to set the defa
59. es 17 Teacher Grade Book ette ee tr ep De DR preset 18 Using the Grade Book Menu reete E EOE a OERA a E TREE EAREN eSa 18 Setting Up at the Start of the Grading Period see 19 Averagidg by Polis inepte RU p e Pre UHR pe ERR 19 Averaeilig by Averages auct ere RED HER CERTE Ee t EE ua 20 CN or e o HE RH RR Re te cie retten 20 Category POIDS iii titres 20 Entering Activities for All Averaging Methods see 20 GradeBook Drop down Menu esee nennen nennen nennen rennen 31 Graphs Drop down Men oree i ea a E a E cone cn nero neon nena nono 36 Reports Drop down Menu sisisi cerris tirari enne entren nennen 36 Lesson Planner bent eet due rere ERE he Or erre Pee 37 Viewing Lesson Pl ns iae rettet reet eee EP HI St eroe did 41 Printing Lesson Plans ieu ertt tente eee LE EA eroe dett 41 Textbook Managetnent 2 artes nenen PE eee een eine ete ee encinas 42 Salle A ais SA eae ees ide Amie ee ded 43 Using the Skills Maintenance Menu seen enne 43 Edit Selected Markt Hoke Seine 43 Enter Marks Down a Column eese eren enne 44 Print Selected Student s Report eese enne 44 Print Skills Maintenance Menu Print Gradebook ccoooccocccnononononcconononnnccononononcnnnos 45 Post Marks iiit oo auteni irte ee Her e ree e ete 45 View a Student s Schedule sese isses ttam teinte RETA 45 View a
60. formation on report cards 70 e Principal s Module STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Legend o Choose the type of GPA to print either for the Year or for the current Grading Period o Check the Unrnd Pts box to add unearned points to Grade Point Averages o Check the Rank box to include GPA ranks on report cards o Check the Rank GPA box to print the Rank GPAs for cumulative grades on report cards GPA for All Grading Periods Check this box to print GPAs for each individual grading period included on report cards o Select the criteria to use to determine GPAs for this printout either the Number of Classes or amount of Credit o Check the Always Position 1 box to always use the grade in position 1 to calculate GPAs even when credit lines exist Skills report cards may be set up to include a legend which will display the meanings of the various user defined skills marks Position Use the drop down arrow to select the spot on the report card at which the skills Legend is to appear Select Don t Print to exclude the legend from appearing on report cards Text Box Legend text should be typed directly into the box below the Position field Examples EE Exceeds Expectations ME Meets Expectations etc Save Restore Multiple Legends Click the a icon to save select or delete specific legend settings Options will appear in a pop up menu to either Save Current Setting Delete Setting any saved settings will be liste
61. from the current grading period will be included e Include Withdrawn Students Check this box to continue to display withdrawn students in the list e Auto Display Current Grading Period Check this box to set Grade Book to automatically display the most current grading period on startup 32 Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Use Weight Mult on Score Only Check this box to force the multiplier to be applied to the score only rather than to both the score and the value Print Class Averages On Progress Reports Check this box to display the class average for each Activity on student progress reports Use Grade Translation Table Check this box to use the grade translation table when entering grades Show Nickname Instead of Formal Name Check this box to substitute students nicknames as entered in the system for their first names whenever applicable in Grade Book Skills and Manual Grade Entry Students who have no nicknames entered will not be affected Display Previous Grading Period Grades Check this box to display student averages posted from previous grading periods for the selected course Display Total Points Check this box to display each student s total points and the number of points possible Round Displayed Average Check this box to display each student s numeric average as a whole number Display Letter Grade for Average Check this box to display c
62. h 73 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Lesson Planner 37 Lesson Plans Report 72 Logging In 2 Manual Grade Entry 17 Master Schedule 47 Meal Types 65 Missing Skills Marks Report 76 O Overview 1 P Password Expiration 2 Plan Categories 64 Post Marks 45 Principal s Module 47 Print Selected Student s Report 44 Print Skills Maintenance Menu Print Gradebook 45 Printing Lesson Plans 41 Progress Reports 67 R Reports Drop down Menu 36 S Seating Chart 15 Setting Up At The Start of The Grading Period 19 Skills 43 Skills Report Cards 69 Skills Reports 46 STIClassroom Main Menu Teacher Desktop 6 Student Attendance Roster 10 Student Class Roster 8 Student Filters 60 Student Lesson Plans Report 73 Student Meals Report 74 Students 49 T Teacher Desktop 2 Teacher Grade Book 18 Teacher Lesson Plans Report 72 Teacher Planner 46 Textbook Management 42 Index e 77 U Unposted Attendance 69 Unposted Grades 69 User Record List Definition 66 User Records 16 User Records Principal s Module 65 User Records Report 75 Using the Grade Book Menu 18 Using the Skills Maintenance Menu 43 V View a Student s Demographic Information 45 View a Student s Discipline Information 45 View a Student s Schedule 45 View Student Test Information 45 Viewing Lesson Plans 41 Viewing Student Information 8 78 e Index STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win
63. h as Infractions Supplemental Dispositions etc e Schedule Select a student and click this button to view the student s schedule o Roster After pulling up a student s schedule select any course and click this button to view a full student roster for the course e Attendance Select a student and click this button to view the student s attendance record including All Day attendance history as well as Period attendance information e Tests Select a student and click this button to view test information e Lunch This button only appears in classes typically Home Room in which All Day attendance is taken Attendance should be entered but not posted before entering Lunch information OR while the Lunch button is activated If the user activates the Lunch button enters information and then clicks the Lunch button again the lunch information will be lost o Click the Lunch button and the student list will change to display Meal Type information instead of the All Day and Period columns on the right side of the browse box Select any student and click the down arrow in the Meal Type field to make the appropriate selection Items to be listed as choices for Meal Types must be entered in Principal s Module For more information see Meal Types on page 65 o When all information has been entered click Post to send the data to the office Click Yes when prompted to Post Meal Types also o Items selected for Meal Types wil
64. heck this box to activate the Printer Setup tab on the Pre Destination Dialog box The Memorize Printer Setup button links the chosen printer to this specific report i e from this point on whenever this particular report is generated it will always be formatted for the printer which is currently selected on the General tab Click the Clear Memorized Printer button to reverse this process making the report s default printer the same as the program s default report printer o Enable Final Destination If this box is selected whenever the user generates a report and clicks on the Print button from the report previewer a Report Destination menu will appear This menu gives the user the options to choose the specific printer to which the report will be sent to print multiple copies of the report collate copies and or reverse print to print the report to file to export the report as text and or to archive the report o Enable Final Printer Check this option to hide both the Select Printer button and the Report Destination Dialog when users generate reports Only available if Enable Final Destination has first been checked o Enable 2Up 4Up Check this option to allow the user to print multiple report pages on a single sheet of paper either two or four report pages per sheet o Disable Page Delete Check this option to disable the Delete THIS Page button in the report preview o Maintain Printer Defaults If using a mem
65. her Classroom or Office For further details see User Records in STIOffice and STIClassroom on page 65 e In the User Records menu use the drop down arrow to select a Topic Then click Insert to enter a new record or select an existing record and click Change to modify it e An Update Records menu will appear Enter the appropriate information in the fields provided and then click OK to save e To print a User Records report click the Printer icon and set the applicable report parameters o Since the student has already been selected the Select Filter and Order fields will be inactive 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 29 30 e Getting Started ID to Print Select the type of student ID to include in the report Topic Be sure to select the correct Topic from the drop down list This must be done regardless of which topic is shown onscreen in the User Records menu Student Name Order Select the order in which student names are to appear on the report Nickname Check this box to substitute students nicknames as entered in the system for their first names where applicable Students who have no nicknames entered will not be affected Unlisted Info Check this box to include phone and address information that has been designated as Unlisted on the report Heading By default the heading for the report will include the Topic name and the word Report However the user may enter a new heading as
66. her currently selected in Grade Book 2006 STIClassroom Win Attendance Codes Select the attendance codes to include in the report Use the drop down arrow to choose All None Excused or Unexcused individual code types may be clicked to include or exclude them from the report Daily Attendance Included Check Yearly to include daily attendance for the academic year Check Grading Period to include daily attendance for the grading period Period Attendance Check this box to include period attendance in the report Failing Message Check this box to include failing messages on the report for any student whose average is lower than the figure specified here Type in the failing message as it should appear on the report Average Check this box to print a report for a student with one or more averages in a range Enter the high and low figures in the spaces provided Letter Grades Check this box to show letter grades instead of number grades Then use the drop down list to select the Scale to Use for converting number grades into letter grades Check the Letter and Number Grade box to include both letter and number grades in the reports Tf the user is printing letter grades and the course has a scale defined in the Master Schedule that scale will be used When all criteria have been entered and the report is ready click the Print button to generate the report Printing Class Worksheet Select this option to print a class w
67. his report ID to Print Use the drop down arrow to select the type of student ID to print on the report Formfeed Between Breaks Check this box to insert a page break each time the sort field changes Name Order Check the student name order desired for this printed report Fields All fields listed in the Fields browse box will be included in the report by default Double click on any field not required for the report and it will be removed from the window o Removed fields may be viewed via the Field Options drop down list above To add a removed field back into the report select the field in the drop down list and click the Ellipsis button to the right o The field information will be printed on the report in the order in which the fields are listed in the browse box To move a field up or down in the list select the field and click the up or down arrow to the right Heading If this report needs a custom heading enter it here This heading will appear in bold font in the upper center part of the page Print When all criteria have been entered click on the Print button 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 63 Grade Translation This option gives the administrator the ability to create a grade translation utility that will enable teachers to use a letter grade system along with or instead of the numeric system that has been set up in STIOffice You may now mix this with numeric scoring Any combi
68. his test The list will be displayed in the bottom window of the screen Print After the Test queue is created a printer icon will appear on the bottom left of the screen If ready to print select this command e Course tab If this report concerns course information select the Course tab and enter the basic course search data o Course Number To limit this report to only one course number type the number in the slot provided Section If a section is to be part of the criteria enter it here Period If a particular period of the school day is to be included in the criteria use the Spin Box and select it here Term If a particular term is to be part of the criteria enter it here Course Name To generate a list of all students who are taking a particular course type the course title here The course number section and period will also give this same information Teacher Name Type the name of the particular teacher to include all courses taught by that teacher or enter the period and restrict it to that class TEST button After all criteria have been entered for this report click on this button to see whether or not the criteria will deliver the list of students needed for this test The list will be displayed in the bottom window of the screen Print After the Test queue is created a printer icon will appear on the bottom left of the screen If ready to print select this command e Adv Course tab This f
69. icular course Grades To view the grades of the students in the highlighted class click the Grades button A screen with the individual averages of each student on roll will appear Gradebook To view this class from Grade Book click on the Grade Book button Select the term highlight the Activity and then click on any of the active icons to make use of their utilities Planner To view the lesson plans of the teacher in the selected course click the Planner button This portion of the module is not read only the administrator may enter delete or edit the planner Roster To view the roster of the selected class click on the Roster button Skills If the selected class uses Non traditional Skills marking click on the Skills button to view the record Close To exit this part of the module click on the 5g icon STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Students 2006 STIClassroom Win Click this button to view a list of all students in the school a Student List Name Student Grade Home Room Abbott Ashley N 5555555 Andrews Erica 102 10 1003 Brown Danielle M 103 10 1003 Brown Kingey K 104 9 0914 Demographics Carter Bryce E 105 11 1110 Discipline Denny Annie 107 3 0801 Denny Yani P 108 9 Schedule Edwards Marcie 109 5 0905 Edwards Michael no 3 051 Bitendance Edwards Roberto A 111 9 Tests Frye Garland A 112 3 0511 Hear
70. ield Any user who is logged in to the program when the Shut Down time begins will see the following message File Edit Window Help STicIassroom for Vindo Dae DAE Hry 9n O Windows SiiClassr Category EXAM z Activity 3780 S shit relelee Description Value 100 00 Wt Mult 0 000 Wt Add 0 00 Note z Value wiMut wtAdd 100 00 0 00 0 00 Mean 0 00 Median 0 00 Standard Deviation 0 00 Move to Lesson Plan Cancel Your Supervisor Has Set A Stop Time You will Not Be Able To Use STIClasstoom At This Time 14 44 4 2 P ro Pt Date ES At this point the user will be unable to save any open data screens The program will automatically close within a few seconds The shut down time range is normally set for hours during which STIClassroom is not ordinarily in use for example many administrators set the shut down time for early A M hours which is typically when automated data backups are set to occur Note Starting and ending times may NOT cross midnight The times entered will be immediately seen by logged in teachers in the lower right corner of the desktop This means that the administrator may enter shutdown times at STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win any time and all users will be affected without having to log out and log in for the times to show up on their workstations Inactivity Timeout Defaults to zero or None Ent
71. ilings box selected in their demographics records The appropriate address will be printed on each copy of the report o Letterhead If this item is unchecked a letterhead will be generated by the program Check the box if using paper with a pre printed letterhead and space will be reserved for the letterhead on each page o Print to Mail Check this box to print the student s name and mailing address prefixed with the text To the Parents of at the bottom of the report The information will be indented and spaces to fit into a standard business envelope window when the progress report is folded o Return Address This option is only available when the Print to Mail box has been checked Check this box to print the school s return address above the student s mailing address to fit into the upper left window of a standard business envelope e Attendance Use the drop down arrow to select the type of attendance codes if any to be included on this report To customize the types of attendance codes highlight each code to print in the Attendance window below e Daily Attendance Included Select whether the attendance is to be from the full year or from the current grading period only e Period Attendance Check this box to include period attendance in the report e Failing Message o Average Use the drop down arrow to set the grade to be used as the signal for a student to receive a special message from the 68 e Principal s
72. ity e Lesson Plan Deletes defaults on If this box is checked teachers may delete their own lesson plans Teacher Desktop Allow Access All options default on The administrator may restrict access to any icon on the teacher desktop except Rosters To restrict access simply uncheck the option in this section Default Abs Code If most of the absences at this school are coded Excused the administrator may wish to set the Default Absentee Code to Excused This will mean that the only changes will be for those who are unexcused However if the opposite is true the STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 53 54 e Principal s Module administrator would probably wish to designate Unexcused as the default code This code may be set however the administrator desires The default Skip Code is however the administrator may select the attendance code that the program is to use to post for skipping students Classroom Shut Down There are times when the STIClassroom program must be shut down for all users for example during the daily backup of STIOffice data all users must be out of the database in order for backups to run properly The Classroom Shut Down feature allows the administrator to set a time frame during which the program will automatically close out for all users To do this simply enter the time for the shut down to begin in the From field and then enter the time at which the shut down is to end in the to f
73. l now appear in the students records 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 11 12 e Getting Started Attendance Reports Several types of attendance reports may be generated Click the Printer icon in the lower right corner of the Attendance menu and choose one of the following report types Note All reports except Attendance Today offer a variety of report parameters The Select Filter field will be disabled however because the report is automatically assigned to the roster that is displayed onscreen Attendance Today Report This report generates a current day attendance list for the selected class A roster of the class will be printed listing the current day s record and a history of past absences Students are marked as being Absent Tardy or Missing if applicable No report parameters may be set for this report It will run as soon as the Attendance Today report type is selected Monthly Register This report displays monthly attendance records and totals for each of the students usually in home room or grade order The following report parameters may be set e Report Options o ID To Print Click the drop down list button on the right to select which student ID is to be used on this report o Report Type Click the drop down list button at right to select either a Summary or Detail type of report gt Summary The Summary report will give the attendance summary for the entire home room The in
74. l order from left to right Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Seating Chart menu to navigate up and down the seating chart if applicable The scroll bar will not appear if the entire seating chart fits in the menu To move any student click on the student and drag him her to another box in the seating chart grid Click the Save Changes button to save any modifications To print the seating chart click the Printer icon STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 15 User Records Select a student in the roster and click the User Records icon to enter customized student information that has no standard collection method in STIClassroom Before any data is entered in User Records certain setup steps must be performed in Principal s Module See User Records Principal s Module on page 65 for more information on setting up this utility Note that this section is not available in the Teachers Only version of the STIClassroom Win user manual e Inthe User Records menu use the drop down arrow to select a Topic Then click Insert to enter a new record or select an existing record and click Change to modify it e An Update Records menu will appear Enter the appropriate information in the fields provided and then click OK to save User Records Report e To print a User Records report click the Printer icon and set the applicable report parameters o 16 Getting Started STI 0117061310 Since the student has already
75. lank and highlight individual codes by clicking each one Only highlighted codes will be included 2006 STIClassroom Win When all options have been entered click Print to generate the report Seating Chart an Click the 1 Seating Chart icon to view a seating chart grid for the selected class By default students are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right e Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Seating Chart menu to navigate up and down the seating chart if applicable The scroll bar will not appear if the entire seating chart fits in the menu e To move any student click on the student and drag him her to another box in the seating chart grid Click the Save Changes button to save any modifications e To print the seating chart click the Printer icon Viewing the Teacher Planner e Click the Teacher Planner icon to enter the Lesson Planner See Lesson Planner on page 37 for information about this utility GradeBook Drop down Menu The GradeBook drop down menu is displayed at the top of the screen whenever Grade Book is open at STIClassroom 9 0 Kentucky High School File Edit GradeBook Graphs Reports Window Help LL 00000 SiiiClassroom for Wi A classroom tor Windows SilGle Copy Activities mM Define Daily Activities eleleri ATIGA coleitel iro j Define Notes x RE UD E Selected Activity Drop Scores 1 520 05 Points Value 0 00 SS a Oe Es 2 Teacher Planner
76. lans will be exported to the term is for the term of the course from which the plans will be copied the dates are the dates of the lesson plans that will be copied e Import The Import menu will show the file from which the plans will be exported the Term refers to the term of the plans the Dates are the dates of the plans If the number of days in the imported file differs 40 e Getting Started STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win from the date range selected the teacher will be warned and the utility will import what it can It will either fail to import all plans or leave some dates without plans Editing Lesson Plans To move a plan the teacher will only need to change the date on the Record Will Be Changed screen that comes up after the Change button has been selected If information exists in any one of the tabs the tab description will appear in red font Right clicking under any tab will give the teacher a list of options to use to build a plan Options include Skills Activities and any Categories that have been defined If Activities is chosen for example the user will get a list of Activities that have been defined for the class in the current term The user may click and drag any item displayed in the list onto any tab of the plan More than one of these options may be active at one time the user may leave them open while working on plans When Activities are dragged into a lesson plan the user
77. lick and hold down the mouse button then drag the corner inward or outward until the menu is the correct size This setting will be retained when Grade Book is opened in the future e All columns in the Skills Maintenance menu are also resizable Click on any column separator line and drag as described above to resize the column e View By default Marks is selected here If Skills have been linked to any Activities the user may select Averages here to view students averages in specific Skills or what the students marks would be if posted based on their averages Marks that appear with asterisks after them have not been posted these marks are calculated based on the Default Skills Scale set in the Classroom system edit menu in Principal s Module e Icons All the Skills Maintenance menu icons with the exception of Print and Exit will remain inactive until the user clicks in a data entry column in the student Skills browse box below Alternately the user may right click in any highlighted data entry column to select any of the functions that are available via the icons Edit Selected Mark Double click in any column space underneath the Skills displayed across the Skills Maintenance menu to open a Record will be Changed menu for the student whose record corresponds with the space selected These menus are used to enter or edit marks for Skills Until a mark is entered the space will be blank STI_0117061310 Getting Started
78. m Win o Student ID Choose whether to print students Names student Numbers or Both o Print Lines Select whether to print Vertical lines Horizontal lines or Both o Single Line per Student Check this box to print one line per student o Landscape Check this box to print in Landscape format left right as opposed to the default format Portrait which is orientated up and down o No Lines Check this box to remove all separating lines from the report This will make the report look less like a grid o Check the respective box es to print Student Averages average Letter Grade Student Scores Blank scores only or course Comments e Print Missing Grades Select this option to generate a list of missing grades by student or activity e Print Progress Reports All Classes See the section Printing a Progress Report for a Student s Complete Schedule on page 26 for information about this report e Print Student Lesson Plan See the section Printing Lesson Plans on page 41 for information about this report Note When this report option is chosen here the lesson plan report will be printed for a selected student only When the option is chosen via the Printer icon in the Lesson Planner menu the report will include the teacher s entire lesson plan within the parameters of the report options selected e Print User Records See the section User Records Report on page 16 for information about this r
79. manually changing the number The Weight here refers to the weight that will be used when applying the average for this grading period to the Final Average for the year e Use the spin box to select the correct Weight to use for the student s Current Average when applying it to the Final Average for the year If a 0 zero is entered as the weight for a grade the averaging formula will be limited to the specific term or semester e Exempt Students A different formula may be created for exempt students Enter an exempt weight in the Zf Exempt box es if desired 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 35 Space is also provided to enter Exempt Marks which will indicate when a student is exempt from a grade e Use the spin box to adjust the Current Average as necessary The Final Average will either raise or lower until it reaches the desired result Once the Final Average has the correct value the user will know that the grade listed in the Current Average field is the minimum grade necessary for the student to achieve the selected Final Average for the year e When finished click the Exit icon to return to Grade Book Get Scores from Other Class This utility is used to move Activities for a selected student from one section of a class to another section in the event that the student moves via a schedule change in STIOffice from one section to the other Get Scores from Other Class only functions when the selected
80. n to which the final average will be posted If a position is selected here teachers will not be able to select this item themselves from Class Defaults Attendance Lesson Plans tab all STIClassroom System Information Access and Defaults Gradebook r Select Period Attendance Codes Attendance Lesson Plans Attendance IV Change Previous Period Attendance Y No Daily Tardies v Change Previous Daily Attendance Don t Allow Marking None Type Other Allday Absence v Mark Students Present Group Classes for Attendance Allow Display of Withdrawn Students v Force Lunch Post w Attendance Post Allow Access Attendance Detail m Lesson Plan Tabs Tab 1 Homework set to 2 Reading Assignments D xl E Tb3 Skills x 4 Taba Activities z H5 SS PQ1 M amp as HH Use this feature to customize the names of the six tabs used in Lesson Plans For each tab the user may indicate whether the tab is equal to Activities or Skills This enables those parts of the lesson plan to be built automatically as activities are entered Also in this tab the user should set up attendance default information and select any applicable Period Attendance Codes by clicking on each one a single time to highlight it To de select a code simply click on it a second time 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Principal s Module e 57 58 e Principal s Module
81. nation of traditional scoring and special marks defined in Grade Translation in the Principal s Module may be used To set up a grade translation follow the directions below e After clicking on the Grade Translation button the Grade Translation Table menu will appear e Click the Insert button and a Record Will Be Added menu will appear e Enter Mark Enter all possible grades in the table with the appropriate percentage values These will be entered as Activity grades only o Example A 90 B 80 C 70 D 60 or INC 0 the latter might stand for Incomplete No Credit e Check Drop Grade if this score is not to be included in the average o Example Use this as a DROP SCORES table where any mark created is dropped automatically from the grade book For instance INC Incomplete ABS Absent that day don t have score yet or MKUP This score need to be made up could be symbols that would not be counted in grade book calculations Plan Categories This option allows the administrator to define categories and items that a teacher should or must if used as requirements be used in building a lesson plan For example the administrator may create a category called Assessment comprised of a list of items that teachers will use to assess students such as Check homework Oral Responses Classwork etc When a teacher builds a lesson he she can drag the items to the lesson plan e Insert This button allows the administrat
82. nd or Adv Courses Both is for reports that will concern both types of filters o Name To run a report of All students leave these blank To restrict the report type in the beginning and ending names to set a range for the collection of data o Order Use the drop down arrow to select the order that this report is to be printed o Homeroom To print a report that is regarding specific home room s enter the beginning and ending home room s to set the range for the information to be gathered o Grade If only information pertaining to certain grade levels is needed enter the beginning and ending grades to set the range for the information to be gathered o Gender Use the drop down arrow to select the gender criterion to use in this report STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Withdrawn To include the withdrawn students in this printed report select this command Test After all criteria have been entered for this report click on this button to see whether or not the criteria entered above will properly deliver the complete list of students needed for this test The list will be displayed in the bottom window of the menu Print After the Test queue has been created a Printer icon will appear on the bottom left side of the menu If ready to print select this command e More Students tab This utility allows the user to enter more fields of information as report criteria o Race Codes If only students of a particul
83. ne Notes This utility allows the user to enter notes or comments that may be stored and used over and over again by pasting to a record e Goto the drop down menu and select Define Notes under GradeBook The Define Notes menu will appear e Click the Insert button and the Grade Book Note Edit menu will appear Type in the desired comments and click OK e Repeat the instructions above for each note The comments will be stored where the teacher may access them for placing on individual records Hide Names Select this option to toggle on off the display of student names in the Grade Book work area The user must enter the administrator password to perform this function If the Print Gradebook command is selected when names are hidden the Grade Book will be printed with no student names listed 34 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Drop Scores This utility allows the user to drop certain scores without having to search through the grade book manually e Goto the GradeBook drop down menu and select Drop Scores e Click on one two or all three of the options and STIClassroom will perform the procedure for the class student that was selected e Number of Scores Select the number of these scores per student which are to be dropped Sort This utility gives the user the option of arranging the student names in the class roster in any of the formats listed e If By Random Numbers is chos
84. nges for all terms comprising the current year Click on any range to move to the month of the starting date of the term Entering Lesson Plan Data In the STIClassroom main menu select the class for which the lesson plans are to be made Click the Lesson Planner icon The Lesson Planner screen will appear This utility may be also accessed within Grade Book Note that the Course and Section appears in the title bar at the top of the screen Make sure this information is correct before proceeding Click on the desired day of the month for the lesson plan STIClassroom defaults to the current date but plans may be created for any days ahead or for days in the past Click the Insert button Check to make sure that the course and date are correct Enter the title of the chapter unit or lesson plan in the Unit window Use the cursor and select the tab for the part of the lesson plan that needs input such as Objective After Objective has been entered go to any other tabs as desired It is not necessary to enter information for all tabs Click OK when all data for the lesson plan has been entered and the lesson plan will appear in the screen to the right Plans are displayed by the week or day depending on the user s selection Enter other lesson plans for other dates by repeating the above procedures After teaching this lesson if the objectives have been met check Objectives Completed and this plan will
85. nother to save time and avoid repeating tasks For more information see Copy Activities on page 33 Entering Scores Grades for Activities for all four methods of grading Click in the column under the Activity for which grades are to be entered All the grayed out icons should become active Click the mi Enter Scores Down This Column icon The Column Entry menu will appear with a roster of the students in the class Make sure the correct Activity is listed onscreen Place the cursor in the New column and enter the grade for the corresponding student and click the Enter key To assign the same grade to all the students type the grade for one student and click the Fill button INSTEAD of clicking the Enter key If there are any grades already displayed below the one selected the user will be given the option to overwrite any of those values To drop all scores that have been entered click the Drop button The scores will continue to be displayed onscreen but an asterisk will indicate that they have been dropped Click Undrop to undo the Drop procedure Click Save when all grades have been entered It is possible to edit grades that have been entered by performing all the steps above however the scores will now be listed in the Current column Place the edited score in the New column and click Save Editing Grades for all four methods of grading Double clicking on a student s score will automatically tak
86. od that is in the current term e Edit Highlight the name of the student who is to have a grade or comment entered The Grade Edit menu will appear Verify that this is the edit menu for the correct student and correct course for which the grade is to be given then enter the information for each window block It is also possible to enter a comment from this position and the comment may be entered by number as well as selected alphabetically After all the data has been entered click Save and the record will be posted to the office To abort the procedure click on Cancel or the X in the upper right corner If grades have already been posted it is not necessary to re post here o Note Space is provided for the user to enter a grade note if desired If the user assigns a note to a grade and then assigns defaults the note will be copied to all grades e Cycle When entering grades for several students or the entire class checking the Cycle button will speed up the process When this option is checked every time a record has been added and saved the next student s Grade Edit menu will appear automatically e Delete Click this button to delete a selected grade e Default Click this button to mass assign grades for the selected grading period to all students in the class This default grade information may then be changed for specific students as necessary e Delete All Click this button to delete ALL displayed grades for the sele
87. odifications e To print the seating chart click the Printer icon next to the Exit icon within the Seating Chart menu Teacher Grade Book The Teacher Grade Book utility is used to enter and track grades and class work details for the students The utility may also be used to print progress reports check on averages and mid term grades view student demographic data etc Read the instructions below for the many capabilities of this feature Select a class in the list and click the Teacher Grade Book icon to view the Grade Book for that class Using the Grade Book Menu e The menu is resizable To change the size move the mouse to a corner until the standard mouse pointer icon turns into a two way arrow icon Click and hold down the mouse button then drag the corner inward or outward until the menu is the correct size This setting will be retained when Grade Book is opened in the future e All columns in the Grade Book work area are also resizable Click on any column separator line and drag as described above to resize the column e Icons Most of the Grade Book icons will remain inactive until the user clicks in a data entry column in the student grade browse box below Alternately the user may right click in any highlighted data entry column to select any of the functions that are available via the icons 18 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Students who have Comments entered in their records
88. or to enter a category First enter a code such as Assess Then in the Description Window enter Assessment e Define After creating the category click on the Define button and create items that make up that category These items such as Oral Responses may be types of Assessments that the administrator requires of the teachers or suggests for the teachers The teacher in return can access these and then drag the ones that apply to a particular lesson plan 64 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Meal Types Select this option and click Insert to define the types of meals served in the cafeteria These meal types are used when reporting lunch totals in STIClassroom via the Attendance icon See the bulleted item Lunch in the section Student Attendance Roster on page 10 for further details about this feature User Records Principal s Module 2006 STIClassroom Win This utility allows the user to create and define a customized record type to use for student data collection This would be used for information that has no standard collection method in STIClassroom User Records consist of Topics which are in turn comprised of a number of fields When the Topic is created each field that is associated with the Topic must be inserted separately User Records in STIOffice and STIClassroom User records created in STIClassroom are not available in STIOffice However user records created in STIOffice may b
89. orage For more information see Lesson Planner on page 37 H Textbook Management This icon will take the user to the menu in which records of textbook assignments for each classroom are kept For more information see Textbook Management on page 42 Skills Click this icon to enter Skills marks and or track students based on Skills that have been completed All Skills must be defined in STIOffice first For more information about this feature see Skills on page 43 9 Help Click this icon to view Help information for STIClassroom bi Click this icon to exit STIClassroom STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 7 Student Class Roster 8 e Getting Started Select a class in the main menu and click this icon to bring up a roster of the students in the selected class Various data for each student may be viewed here E Roster 920 01 World Of Work x Teacher Ballard Charles E 920 01 World Of Work 3 Term 4 Period 3 Count 4 Group y Student Name Student Number 5 1 Williams Alanna amp 11 1110 Williams Eddie Williams Steven L 54319 12 1208 Wood Emily D 54318 11 11108 Print Pictures Labels Demographics Discipline Schedule Attendance Tests yy Q eb e Leave the Group field blank to view the entire class roster To restrict the display to a particular group of students within that roster use the drop
90. orized printer this option allows the printer settings to be changed and later restored to the memorized values after printing o Alternate Line Shading Check this box to have the report generator automatically shade every other line on reports This may help users read the report data more easily o Do Not Restore Windows Positions This option is provided for users with the Windows XP Operating System who have trouble with windows growing larger with successive use e Print Setup Choosing this option will allow the user to view or change printer routes paper sizes and sources and the print Orientation e Change Password Choosing this option will allow the user to change his her password Add the new password and then type it again in the verification slot Passwords may contain no more than 15 characters e Message Console This option will only appear if the Teachers Can Send Messages feature is enabled in Principal s Module Select Message Console to view a list of all other users who may send and receive messages via STIClassroom o Click Refresh to refresh the user list this will bring the list up to date and display all users who are currently logged in 4 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win o Select the user s to whom a message is to be sent then click Write Message A dialog box will appear in which the text of the message should be typed o No Replies Ch
91. orksheet in grid format Select up to eight Activities to include in the worksheet Then choose the Report Options to include Right click anywhere in the Activities list to Select All Activities Student ID Choose whether to print students Names student Numbers or Both Print Lines Select whether to print Vertical lines Horizontal lines or Both Single Line per Student Check this box to print one line per student Landscape Check this box to print in Landscape format left right as opposed to the default format Portrait which is orientated up and down No Lines Check this box to remove all separating lines from the report This will make the report look less like a grid Check the respective box es to print Student Averages average Letter Grade Student Scores Blank scores only or course Comments 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 27 Printing Missing Grades e While in Grade Book select this option under the Reports drop down menu to generate a list of missing grades in order by Student or Activity e Count 0 s as Missing Check this option to count any score of zero as a missing grade Printing Problems Some printers print in the normal size and some print in a very small size There are two probable solutions e Goto the Properties of the printer and select the Graphic tab Verify that the DPI is either 300 or 600 e Goto the computer desktop and right click then selec
92. orresponding letter grades next to each student s current average The Display Total Points setting is inherited by reports For example if the user chooses to display letter grades and possible points in Grade Book these values will display when the Grade Book Class Progress and other reports are printed Skills Scale This scale which is used to calculate marks from activities will only be displayed if Skills are used Select the scale that is to be used to calculate skills marks To view the scale click the Ellipsis button to the right of the drop down arrow Comment Entry By Select a comment entry preference to use in manual grade entry if applicable Choose either comment Number or comment Description Averages Updated This field displays the most recent date and time on which student averages in the selected class were updated Grade Posting Select up to three grades that will be posted at the end of the current grading period along with the heading for each grade Define Categories This feature is described in the section Entering Grade Categories on page 19 Copy Activities Use this utility to copy Activities that have already been entered into one class over In the main menu select the course with no Activities and click the Grade Book icon In the GradeBook drop down menu select STI_0117061310 Getting Started e 33 Copy Activities The Copy Activities menu will appear with the selected cour
93. ory e Average Method o Points To use the Points method for calculating the final course grade in the selected course check this item The Points method controls the weighting of Activities based upon the number of points each Activity is worth Activities with greater weight have a higher point value The final course average is calculated by totaling the total number of points for a student and dividing that total by the number of Activities possible o Average To use the Average method for calculating the final course grade in the selected course check this item The Average method assigns equal weighting to all Activities by assigning a value to each Activity of 100 percentage points The final course grade is calculated by totaling all averages and dividing by the total number of averages possible o Category To assign weighting to Categories check Category Pts or Category Av as appropriate All grades in Activities are inflated or reduced based upon the weighting assigned to each Activity category o Include Previous Grading Periods Check this box to include selected Activities from all previous grading periods in the current running average This will allow the user to keep a cumulative average without keeping all Activities in one grading period When this option is selected the relevant averaging details the Method and Weights from the current grading period are used If this option is not selected only Activities
94. ose codes selected will be used in generating this report o Print Type Instead of Code Check this box to print the attendance Type instead of attendance Code o Print Code Summary Check this item to include a summary of the codes by giving the totals by codes Options o One Student Per Page If the summary of an individual students period absence is needed check this command The report will print one student s period absence record per page Multiple students may be selected but each student will have his her individual report o Print Totals Only When selecting this option the report will have the student s name and absence totals by period only This command will not print the schedule o Print Picture If the picture of the individual students needs to be printed click this command o Unlisted Info To include on the printed report the information that has been identified as Unlisted select this command Period O Check this option to include period attendance for a class scheduled as period Zero O O Print When all criteria have been entered and the report is ready for printing click the Print button User Records Report Select this option to generate a user records report For information about this report see User Records on page 75 Seating Chart mm Click the Seating Chart icon to view a seating chart grid for the selected class By default students are arranged in alphabetica
95. pic must be designated as a Key Field Check this box to do so Topic data will be sorted by the key field Thus if Date Sent were a key field when the user STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 65 66 e Principal s Module views the Topic in a student s record the items would display in date order All key fields are required fields o Field Length This restricts the length of characters or numbers that may be entered o Help Information Enter any explanatory text that may assist users in understanding the field This line of text will appear as a pop up hint when users rest the mouse cursor on the field name Edit Window After the fields have been defined for a Topic click the Edit Window button design the menu that will be used for entering the data Perform the following steps to do this e Drag the fields onto the Window Designer form and place each one in a suitable location e To resize fields on the menu or to make any formatting changes click on a field and drag or expand it as needed e When finished select File at the top and then click Close Click Yes when prompted to save the changes These steps must be performed in order for the menu to appear onscreen Once a record has been defined and student data has been collected users may not delete or add fields to the record definition User Record List Definition Use this utility to add items to Drop List fields that are created in the User Records fea
96. port cards for the entire class or a multi selected group of students For more information on skills based report cards see the section Skills Report Cards on page 69 Note that this section is not available in the Teachers Only version of the STIClassroom Win user manual Report Cards for All Classes All Students STI_0117061310 This option will generate skills based report cards for all classes in the teacher s schedule For more information on skills based report cards see the section Skills Report Cards on page 69 Note that this section is not available in the Teachers Only version of the STIClassroom Win user manual 2006 STIClassroom Win Principal s Module Master Schedule 2006 STIClassroom Win This button leads to a read only access into the Master Schedule However the administrator may access teachers schedules and planners from this vantage Student schedules demographics and attendance records are also obtainable Tabs Select the tab that will arrange the Master Schedule in the order that is preferred for this particular visit into the program e Course Name Selecting this tab will arrange the schedule in alphabetical order according to name e Course Selecting this tab will arrange the schedule in ascending numerical order e Teacher Name Selecting this tab will arrange the schedule in alphabetical order according to teacher s last names e Room Selecting this tab will arrange the
97. psis button e Resources will be viewable in the Lesson Planner screen Double click on the item to open it as a file or Web site Terms This box defaults to the selected term Selecting a different one will take the user to the month of the starting date of the term Selection e Select a lesson plan from the list and click Copy to copy the plan to other classes 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started 39 e Select each course to which the plan is to be copied then click Apply when ready to continue e The user may also move a lesson plan altogether Select the plan and click Move then choose the date to which the plan is to be transferred Categories This allows the user to define items within a pre set Category for inclusion in a lesson plan The user should highlight the category and insert define any Activities that fall into its realm For example there may be a category called Assessment that contains a list of items to use to assess a student s progress such as Check Homework Oral Responses or Classwork When the teacher builds the lesson plan she he can drag the items to the lesson plan being created Actions e Copy This button allows the teacher to copy or move lesson plans from one course to another in any term or from one set of dates to another within the same course o Copy From term displayed Check the term displayed here to restrict the list of classes displayed to the current term onl
98. report e Print Click on this button to generate the report Skills Report Cards This utility allows the administrator to print report cards that record according to Skill based assessment e Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select which filter to use in printing this report card e Order Use the drop down arrow to select the order for these report cards to print e Report Options o Last Grading Period to Print Use the drop down arrow to select from which grading period this report is to pull grades 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 69 o ID to Print Use the drop down arrow to select the type of ID to print on this report card o Picture Check this item if pictures are to be included on the report card o Comments Check this item if the report is to include the comments from the standard list that was created in STIOffice These will be selected by the teacher from the Edit Selected Score screen o Notes Check this item to include teacher notes that were entered on the Edit Selected Score screen The program defaults on but it may be deselected if desired o Show Course To include the name and number of the courses check this item o Pro Ret Check this box to print promoted retained information on the report card o Include Subject Grades This option is only available if the Show Course box has been checked Select this option to print subject grades on the report card
99. rint or click the 5g icon to cancel printing e Exporting Reports In the Grade Book Print Preview the user will see a Globe icon in the toolbar 24 e Getting Started STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Preview print_gradebook Run 1 1306 Gradebook World Of Work 4208 020 05 Period 1 DaymetR 2 P4 n p F Pa Pd E allard Charles E LU E em a es e Page 1 o se 2 n ae 3rd Nine Weeks A z Se ES SUO amp FF FF 9 y Student Name Student Number 1 Williams Drew J 405350675 50 00 E 50 100 50 100 e Click this icon to export the report to an HTML or RTF file The user may name the report select the directory in which the report is to be saved and indicate whether he she would like to launch the registered viewer for the file type Printing Progress Reports for the Entire Class e While in Grade Book select the Reports drop down menu e Select Print Class Progress Reports The Class Progress Report menu will appear e Report Options Select the information to include in the report o Select Picture to include student pictures on the report o Select Teacher Note to include teacher notes on each report A Select a Note menu will appear after Print has been selected The teacher may then enter a new comment or select from a previously entered note o Select Parent Signature to include a line on which a parent can sign o Select Course Comment to print a comment that was entered via the Edit
100. s o Print Teacher Only Check this box to list the teacher names only lesson plans will not be printed 72 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win One Teacher Per Page Check this box to use one printed page per teacher otherwise the information will be printed continuously Student Lesson Plans Report Lesson Plan Search Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select the student filter to use for this report or click the Ellipsis button to modify or create a new filter for use with this report Order Use the drop down list to select the order for this report One Student Click this button to select one or more individual students from the student list Date Range Enter the date range within which to search for lesson plans The current day is selected by default Detail Selections and Order By default the lesson plan details will print in the order shown onscreen To change this order the user may modify the numbers enter a O zero in any field to exclude the field from printing on the report Options o Arrange in Columns Check this box to arrange the tabs of information into column format for printing o Portrait Check this box to print the report in Portrait format rather than standard Landscape format Select this option to search through all lesson plan tabs for occurrences of certain text The user may enter a line of text to search for alternately previously entered Skills
101. s e To check a book back in repeat the steps above but click the In button instead of the Out button during the third step If a book is damaged the fee will be entered on the student s record Clearing All Books Except Unaccounted e Click the Clear button to clear all books except the ones that are unaccounted for Books that are unaccounted for are considered to have outstanding charges 42 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Skills 2006 STIClassroom Win This utility may be used to enter Skills marks and or track students based on completed Skills These Skills may also be used when building Lesson Plans All Skills must be defined and linked to classes in STIOffice before the user may implement any Skills feature in STIClassroom If a skill has not been linked with a class in STIOffice under Utilities Grading Skills Bank the Skills icon will remain inactive when the class is selected in the STIClassroom main menu The Skills utility functions much the same as Grade Book except it is based upon Skills and Marks rather than scores grades and Activities Many of the icons in the Skills Maintenance menu perform the same function as they do in Grade Book Click the Skills icon and the Skills Maintenance menu will appear Using the Skills Maintenance Menu e The menu is resizable To change the size move the mouse to a corner until the standard mouse pointer icon turns into a two way arrow icon C
102. s are not included Select Filter Use the drop down arrow to select a student QBE filter to use for the report alternately the user may click the Ellipsis button to customize an existing QBE filter or create a new one to use for the report Order Select the order in which students are to appear on the report by Last Name Student Number etc Report Options Heading By default the heading for the report will include the Topic name the user records topic is selected below and the heading name will change accordingly and the word Report However the user may enter a new heading as desired ID to Print Select the type of student ID to include in the report Topic Select the correct user record Topic from the drop down list This will determine the default report heading displayed above Student Name Order Select the order in which student names are to appear on the report Nickname Check this box to substitute students nicknames as entered in the system for their first names where applicable Students who have no nicknames entered will not be affected Unlisted Info Check this box to include phone and address information that has been designated as Unlisted on the report One Student Per Page Check this box to print the information for each student on a separate page 2006 STIClassroom Win STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 75 Ignore Blank Students Check this box to exclude all students who have no user
103. schedule in ascending order of room numbers When any tab is selected a locator field will be available just below the list of courses Enter a value in this field and press the Tab key to move to that location in the list For example If the Course Name tab is selected and the wishes to view Health courses the user could type H in the locator field and then press the Tab key to move to the first course starting with the letter H Terms The system defaults to the current term The system defaults to the correct term Attendance Highlight the desired class and click the Attendance button and the All Day Attendance menu for that class will appear The menu contains a list of the students in that class with a summary of each student s attendance record included e Date Use the drop down arrow to select the date for the attendance record desired e Demographics Click on this button to view the demographics of the highlighted student e Schedule Click on this button to view the schedule of the highlighted student Note It is possible to view the roster of any class on the student s schedule simply by clicking on the Roster button located on the student s Schedule screen e Attendance Detail Click on this button to get a more detailed record of the highlighted student s attendance STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 47 48 e Principal s Module e Planner Click on this button to view the teacher s Lesson Planner for this part
104. se listed in the Copy To field e In the Copy From field use the drop down arrow to select the class from which the Activities are to be copied All Activities entered for that class will be listed in the lower right window e Highlight each Activity that is to be copied and click the Copy Activity button located between the Copy To and Copy From windows This button consists of an arrow pointing to the left All selected Activities should appear in the Copy To window in red font e To copy ALL Activities from one class to another click the All button and then click the Copy Activity button e To undo the All selection click the None button but this must be done before the Copy Activity button is clicked otherwise the user must remove Activities from the Copy To field by selecting them and clicking the Remove Copied Activity button Once Activities have been copied from a class the user may then select Auto when copying Activities from that class to any other class All the previously copied Activities will become highlighted The user may then choose to copy all the selected Activities some of them or none of them by using the instructions above e Check the Copy Categories box to copy categories along with Activities e Click the Save button to complete the copy procedure Define Daily Activities This feature is described in the section Entering Activities for All Averaging Methods on page 20 Defi
105. selected in this manner double clicking on a class will automatically take the teacher to the last selection This allows for the teacher to access the most commonly used section simply with a double click Drop Down Menus File Lookup Student Select this option to view the Student List menu which displays by default a list of students in alphabetical name order This is a listing of ALL students enrolled in the school To view read only information about a particular student scroll down the list to locate the student or type in a specific Last Name in the appropriate field and click the Tab key o Student List Order The student list may alternately be ordered by Student Number Grade or Home Room Click on any tab to change the list order Each tab will have its own form of lookup box below the student list to allow the user to move directly to a particular student record For instance when viewing the list in Name order typing Smi might move to the first student with a last name of Smith When the correct student is highlighted in the list click any button on the right side of the screen to view the pertinent information for that student Most of the information boxes that will appear Demographics Discipline Schedule etc contain a e Printer icon Click this icon to generate a report about the particular type of information for the selected student only o The user may print a progress report for the selected stu
106. st Will R 3696336 9 0303 fitades Hill Dennis J 114 10 AX Hill John R 115 10 1001 o m Larson Antawon W 116 11 1104 117 3 0904 Le Name L F Nl First Name Search Students are displayed in alphabetical Name order by default To display students in order by student number grade or home room simply click the appropriate tab To select a particular student scroll down the list to locate the student or type in a Name in the appropriate field and press the Tab key The list may be restricted based on first name For instance the user may type Michael in the First Name Search field to list all students with the first name of Michael Note that the Name field does not restrict the list this field is merely used to move ahead or backwards to a specific name in the list e When the correct student has been selected in the list either double click on that student or click the Schedule button to the right of the list to view that student s schedule STI 0117061310 Principal s Module 49 wt STIClassroom v8 5 Kentucky High School File Edit Window Help wf Student List Name student Grade Home Room Student Name Student Grade 18103012319 81030123 181040311 198620672 181040111 181101784 188648864 193645138 196687420 181040919 200275192 E Schedule Maxwell Courtney x 229391 07E 23133946C 22047511E 230555611 Courtney Maxwell Doriane J Maxwell Dustin
107. student has scores in more than one section of the same course Perform the following steps to use this feature e Selecta student in Grade Book and then click Get Scores from Other Class in the GradeBook drop down menu The Move Scores from Dropped Class menu will appear e Activities from the prior section will appear in the upper browse box of the menu There are two ways to copy Activities to the new section o To move one Activity at a time select it in the list and click the Down Arrow icon o To move all Activities with matching Date and Category descriptions click the Auto Move button e Exit when finished Graphs Drop down Menu The user may print a graph of students grades while in Grade Book by selecting the Graphs drop down menu and choosing the type of graph to print Reports Drop down Menu The following reports may be generated here e Print Gradebook See the section Printing Gradebook Information on page 24 for information about this report e Print Class Progress Reports See the section Printing Progress Reports for the Entire Class on page 25 for information about this report e Print Class Worksheet Select this option to print a class worksheet in grid format o Select up to eight Activities to include in the worksheet Then choose the Report Options to include Right click anywhere in the Activities list to Select All Activities 36 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroo
108. student tardy highlight that student s name and click the Tardy button under the Mark field The red Present block will be replaced by a white block with a red dot in the center which is the Tardy symbol o Period Attendance Period attendance is much like All Day attendance however the classroom teacher does not mark STI 0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win absences Those students who have been coded absent from home room will appear as absent in the teacher s attendance menu If any other students are not present double click on the student s name and the red Present icon will turn white indicating that the student is Missing from class Note that the Missing count in the upper right corner should change to reflect this action o Post When all information has been entered click the Post button to send this attendance record to the office Any corrections after posting will have to be made through the office Once attendance has been posted for a class a red icon will appear next to that class in the teacher s desktop schedule o After posting the number of absences tardies and students who are present will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen The Time and Date of posting will replace the Post button e Demographics Select a student and click this button to view general information such as guardian emergency info etc e Discipline Select a student and click this button to view discipline information suc
109. t of this program Each has its own particular purpose but each can do many tasks to save the teacher and the school time and effort Resting the pointer directly over an icon will cause a pop up description of the icon s function to appear 6 e Getting Started STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Student Class Roster Clicking on this icon will bring up a menu that contains the class roster of the class or home room that has been highlighted For more information about this feature see Student Class Roster on page 8 i Student Attendance Roster Clicking on this icon will bring the attendance roster of the highlighted class to the screen For more information about this feature see Student Attendance Roster on page 10 E Manual Grade Entry Clicking on this icon will allow the teacher to enter final grades without going through Teacher Grade Book It is also possible to add a comment to report cards from this position For more information about this feature see Manual Grade Entry on page 17 E Teacher Grade Book This icon takes the user to the menu in which grades are entered and averaged For more information see Teacher Grade Book on page 18 Lesson Planner This icon takes the teacher to the menu in which lesson plans may be entered The Lesson Planner is useful for accountability substitute teacher guidance and Activity st
110. t Properties and check Screen Resolution If it is 600480 change it to 8001600 Or vice versa If the gray lines print from some printers and do not print from others This is not an STIClassroom problem If one computer prints the lines the program is working Check the individual computer and verify that all information is in sync under Properties Posting Grades Some principals will allow teachers to post to previous grading period from the current one If this option is allowed the teacher can post to Grading Period 1 from Grading Period 2 and so forth This will allow teachers to maintain totals over a longer period of time but this also requires teachers to make sure they are posting grades into the correct grading period Follow these directions to post grades e The administrator should first set up class defaults as described in the Posting Options on page 56 e Click the Post Scores to SSTS icon e fall the information on the Post Grades menu is correct click the Post button Click Cancel to exit without posting Grades will NOT be posted for students who have no activities Viewing a Student s Schedule e Select the student whose schedule is to be viewed e Click the a Student Schedule icon The student s schedule will appear e Click the Roster button to view a roster for any class in the student s schedule Additional information is available for all other students in the roster 28 e Getting Star
111. ted STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Viewing a Student s Demographic Information e Select the student whose demographic information is to be viewed Note Teachers must be granted access to demographic information in the Principal s Module in order for this data to be available e Click the Li Student Demographics icon and the student s demographic data will appear Alternately you may double click on the student s name e Click on any tab to view the desired information Personal Info School Info Guardian etc Viewing a Student s Discipline Information e Select the student whose discipline information is to be viewed e Click the Student Discipline icon and any infraction details and actions will be listed onscreen Viewing Student Test Information e Select the student whose test information is to be viewed il e Click the Student Tests icon and any test details will appear onscreen User Records Select a student in the roster and click the User Records icon to enter customized student information that has no standard collection method in STIClassroom Before any data is entered in User Records certain setup steps must be performed in Principal s Module See User Records on page 65 for more information on setting up this utility Note that this section is not available in the Teachers Only version of the STIClassroom Win user manual e The user may select to access user records created in eit
112. ter entering all applicable information click OK to return to the Grade Book menu Averaging by Points Entering Grade Categories Click the Mi Define Categories icon The Category List menu will appear Click the Insert button and the Grade Book Category Edit menu will appear Enter a description of the Activity category in the Category window For example Tests or Vocabulary Enter the Value or points that all Activities in this category will have In the Wt Mult window STIClassroom defaults to 1 00 but this may be changed to any weight by entering the new weight here 2006 STIClassroom Win STI 0117061310 Getting Started e 19 e Weight Add This is where the teacher may add points to an Activity Categories may be edited or deleted as long as they are not referenced by an Activity Averaging by Average Entering categories for Averages is the same as entering for Points as described above Category Averages Entering categories for Categories is the same except for the percentage Each category must have a percentage assigned which will count a certain percentage of the total grade Therefore before STIClassroom will accept the categories they must add up to 100 percentage points The final grade will be calculated using these percentages Example e Major Grades Essays Unit tests etc 34 of the final grade e Weekly Grades 33 of the final grade e Daily Grades 33 of the final grade
113. to view and print students test histories e Test Entry Check this box to allow users to enter testing information for students via the icon in the student Tests menu This option is only available if the Student Tests box has been selected e Special Instructions defaults on If checked users may view a student s Special Instructions information e User Records STIOffice Check this box to allow users to access designated user record information in the demographic record e Student Grades Check this box to allow access to Grades from Lookup Student e Medical Check this box to show medical information for students who have the EM medical alert icon displayed This icon will appear on student records that have been flagged with Special Alert status via the Medical button in STIOffice To view a student s medical information simply click this icon when the student is selected 52 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win 2006 STIClassroom Win Note for KY Users This icon is enabled based on alert information entered in STIHealth If a teacher is given access to this through the Principal s Module when selecting the icon the user will see details on the alert e Student Discipline Check this box to allow users read only access to student discipline records e Initiate Discipline Check this box to allow teachers to initiate discipline referral via the icon in the student Discipline men
114. ture When a Drop List field is created in the User Record Definition menu it must be defined to include all the items that comprise the pool of possible choices on the menu For example if the field were called Lunchroom Vendors any outside restaurant or fast food chain that sells food to students during lunch might be listed in the Drop List to be included as an option for data entry To add items to the Drop List click the Define button and then perform the following steps e Select the List Type item that is to be defined To add a new List Type item click the Ellipsis button and enter the name e When the correct List Type is selected click the Insert button Check the Cycle box first to quick enter multiple codes The codes may be entered in a number of ways numbers letters whole words etc e Click the Exit icon when finished As stated above once a record has been defined and student data has been collected users may not delete or add fields to the record definition However this does not apply to Drop List items Additional items may be added to Drop Lists at any time STI_0117061310 2006 STIClassroom Win Progress Reports Progress reports may be generated from Principal s Module Click the Progress Report button and the Progress Reports menu will appear B Progress Reports E x m Selection Filter pe sf Select y Order Last Name y One Student m Attendance Average Period Attendan
115. u This option is only available if the Student Discipline box has been selected e Student Groups Check this box to allow roster like access to Groups from the Roster icon e Textbooks o None Assigned if Fees Owed Check this box to prohibit textbook assignments for students who owe any textbook fees or have any unaccounted for o Allow Access to Clear Button Check this box to allow teacher access to the Clear button in the Textbook Tracking menu The Clear button is used to clear all books except the ones that are unaccounted for books that are unaccounted for are considered to have outstanding charges e Teachers Can Change Their Passwords defaults on If this box is checked teachers may change their own passwords after logging in to the program e One Instance Running per Workstation defaults on If this box is checked each workstation user will be prevented from running more than one instance at a time of STIClassroom accessing the same database However multiple instances may be open simultaneously on a single workstation IF each is pointed at a different set of data e Allow Login for Additional Teachers If this box is checked teachers linked to any classes via the Additional Teachers button in STIOffice will have the ability to view those classes e Teachers Can Send Messages Check this box to allow teachers to send messages to users logged into STIClassroom and or STIOffice via the Message Console util
116. ult for the method used by most of the teachers at school either Points Average Category Pts or Category Av However on an individual basis teachers may select their own averaging methods when necessary Other Options e View Other Teachers Exported Activities Check this box to allow teachers to choose from other teachers activities when importing activities for a specific course into their own Grade Books the course numbers must be identical This may be done in the Activity List menu under Grade Book Define Activities for this Grading Period e Print Progress Report Card All Classes Select this option to allow users to create progress reports that contain all the courses a STI_0117061310 Principal s Module e 55 student takes as opposed to a single teacher s class only If this box is left unchecked users may only generate progress reports for their own classes e No Gradebook Grades on Days of Unexcused Absences Check this box to prohibit teachers from giving grades other than a zero or a blank grade to students on activity days in which the students have unexcused absences e Overwrite Skills Marks Posted If this box is checked when Skills are posted more than once during a Grading Period the average for each Skill will be recalculated and the new score mark will overwrite the existing one Default Skills Scale This item will only appear if Skills are entered in the Skills Bank under Utilities
117. unctionality of this utility is similar to that of the Adv Student tab e User Display tab This utility allows the user to print in essence a different report based on the data already entered Select the User Display tab and enter the data for the students already selected and only the data selected on this page will print o 62 e Principal s Module STI_0117061310 File Click on the drop down arrow and select the file containing the field that is to be included in this filter 2006 STIClassroom Win o Field Click on drop down arrow and select the field within the file that contains the information to be printed Next click on the Ellipsis button located next to the Field window and the data will be added to the User Display Field Expression below o Text Optional Type the info for the column that will contain the data and click on the Ellipsis button to the right of the Test window The text will be added to the column labeled User Display o Include User File If information in the User Files is to be considered in this search check this item Testing the Filter Click the Test button to verify that the filter has been defined correctly The students included in the filter will be listed in the browse box below If these are the correct students click the a Printer icon at the bottom of the page and the QBE Filter Results screen will appear QBE Filter Results Report The following options are available for t
118. ve as the base lesson plan for all teachers e Ablank lesson plan will appear e Data entered into this blank plan will populate each teacher s lesson plan There are times when the administrator will need to run reports or make lists for various reasons This utility allows the administrator to make filters for the groups of students that are most often used These filters may be saved so they will be available in the future Saved filters can then be accessed according to Description or Query Number by selecting the respective tab Of course the administrator may run new reports at anytime Click the Student Filters button and perform the following steps to create a QBE filter e Click the Insert button to bring the QBE menu into view The Classroom Module Query List will first appear displaying all filters that have already been created These items are arranged either by Description or Query Click either tab to change the display order onscreen e Click the Insert button and the QBE Edit menu will appear QBE Edit The tabs displayed across the top of this menu provide avenues for creating a customized specific query e Student tab The Student tab allows the user to enter the following fields of information as part of the report criteria o Filter Type Use the drop down arrow to select Standard Both or Advanced Standard is the simple A to Z type reports Advanced is for reports that are concerned with Adv Students a
119. will be listed in blue font Skills If Skills have been linked to the selected class in STIOffice a field will appear in the middle of the Grade Book menu just above the student list that will allow the user to select a specific Skill from the drop down list Then the user may view students averages and scores for any Activities that were linked to that Skill Demographic information may be viewed for any student by double clicking on the student s name Letter Grade Display If the scale being used has decimal ranges the averages used to find letter grades will not be rounded Setting Up at the Start of the Grading Period Selecting the Method of Averaging While in Grade Book click the GradeBook drop down menu in the upper left corner of the STIClassroom screen Select Class Defaults The Course Default Edit menu will appear Go to the Average Method section and checkmark the method that will be used to average the grades for this course Select any other information to include in the grading report The Group by Category will allow the teacher to group Activities by category when displayed within the grade book If Use Weight Mult on Scores Only is checked this will force the multiplier to be applied to the score only rather than to both the score and the value It is not necessary to do anything in the Posting section at this point This will be performed later when final grades will be sent to the office Af
120. y Uncheck the box and all classes for all terms will be displayed o Procedure This can be either Copy or Move whichever the teacher desires Move will completely transfer a plan from one course to another Copy will leave the plan where it is o Course Highlight the course that is to be copied o Dates The dates default to the starting and ending dates for the selected term these may be changed to move one week to another o Set Dates to Selected Week Check this box to automatically set the date parameters to the current week o Copy To Select the term to get starting and ending dates or type them in From and To dates may not overlap If the number of days in the From and To range differs the user will be warned and the procedure will copy move what it can either not copying or leaving some dates without plans o Copy When ready to copy move select this button e Export Lesson plans may be exported for the selected date s to a text file The file may be imported into STIClassroom at a later date which will allow teachers to re use a plan from year to year This file may be saved for archiving and may be viewed with any editor however altering the file in any way may cause the file to be unimportable The filename defaults to an extension of LPX for easy location when importing Any special characters added to the filename will be removed when the file is exported o The Export menu will show the file that the p

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