Introduction
PowerGrade is the software employed by teachers at schools that use PowerSchool
Student Information System (SIS). PowerGrade is a full-featured
grade-keeping application used to record, report, and modify grades,
attendance, and other related information.
PowerGrade sends grades, attendance, and assignment scores over
a network to the PowerSchool server at your school. Teachers never
need to export data or do anything manually to send information
to PowerSchool. The PowerGrade information is sent automatically
to the PowerSchool system whenever a teacher saves the information
and connects to his or her school's network. There is nothing else
the teacher must do for the data to be stored in the PowerSchool
system.
PowerSchool manages the data entered by school administrators and by some teachers,
and is the repository for PowerGrade information. PowerSchool receives the information
from PowerGrade and stores it for daily administration and management.
PowerGrade Help
PowerGrade is a user-friendly system, but there will undoubtedly
be times when you need assistance. When working in PowerGrade, click
the Help icon, which looks like a question mark, to display context-specific
help. The help appears in a Web browser. There, you can click the
A-Z Index tab for an alphabetical list of topics or Topic Index
for a list of topics organized by subject. PowerGrade Help is updated
as the application is updated.
In addition to PowerGrade Help, there are other resources you can
use to find answers to your questions.
Guide
Though it is not updated as frequently as PowerGrade Help, a print-ready
version of PowerGrade Help, called the "PowerGrade User Guide,"
is available on the PowerSchool Customer Support Web site.
Go to https://support.powerschool.com/ and navigate to Documentation > User Guides. You will need a User Name and Password to log in.
You will also need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the "PowerGrade User
Guide."
At this Web site, you will also find the "PowerGrade Quick
Reference Card," which lists tips, tricks, and shortcuts for
PowerGrade's most frequently used features, including attendance,
assignment categories, assignments, reports, and shortcuts. You
might want to keep a copy of the quick reference card near the workstation
where you use PowerGrade.
Additional Help
See the following sections for additional help:
Email
Ask your question by sending an email message to: support@powerschool.com.
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