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Charts
PowerGrade provides charts to visually identify students' progress
on assignments. Select from more than a dozen chart formats, including
pie charts and three-dimensional charts. Use charts to track a student's
score or a group of students' scores on an assignment. You must
first have at least one assignment entered to view charts.
To compare information among students or assignments, open multiple
charts that display different information. For convenience, you
can close all the charts with a single click of a button.
How to Open Charts
- Choose an available class from the Classes menu. The class page
for the selected class appears.
- Choose Reports > Charts. The chart data palette and "Students
and Assignments" pages appear.
Note: To close the chart, click OK on the Chart page.
- Use the following table to enter information in the fields:
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Field
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Description
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Window Selector
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This pop-up menu displays any open chart pages.
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Chart Type
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Choose the type of chart you want to use. Different chart
types are appropriate for different purposes and types of
data. Try different charts until you find one that best
fits your needs.
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[Display options]
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Select the appropriate option to label data using students'
numbers or students' names.
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[Assignments]
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All assignments for the selected
term appear. Select one or more assignments to chart.
Note: To select more than one, press and hold Command
(Mac) or Control (Windows), and click the ones you want
to include. If they are listed consecutively, click the
first one you want, scroll to the last, press Shift, and
then click the last one you want.
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[Students]
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All students for the selected class appear. Select one
or more students to chart.
Note: To select more than one, press and hold Command
(Mac) or Control (Windows), and click the ones you want
to include. If they are listed consecutively, click the
first one you want, scroll to the last, press Shift, and
then click the last one you want.
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- Click New Chart. The chart appears.
- Do one of the following:
- To open another chart simultaneously, repeat steps 3-4. After
reviewing the charts, click Close on the "Students and
Assignments" page.
- To modify the chart, see the section "How
to Modify Charts."
- To save the chart, see the section "How
to Save Charts."
- To print the chart, choose File > Print.
- To close the chart, click OK on the Chart page.
How to Modify Charts
Format charts to prepare them for printing or saving.
- Choose an available class from the Classes menu. The class page
for the selected class appears.
- Choose Reports > Charts. The chart data palette and "Students
and Assignments" pages appear.
- Open a chart. For more information, see the section "How
to Open Charts."
- Use the toolbar buttons to insert objects, such as lines, text,
and boxes:
 inserts a text
box, in which you enter text inserts a line inserts a box
or rectangle inserts a rounded
rectangle inserts an oval inserts a polygon,
or free-form object
Note: When you click a button, the description of the button
and brief instructions appear in the next field.
Most objects require that you click and drag your mouse in
the chart to draw the object.
- Modify the chart objects, if necessary. Use menu commands to
perform certain modifications, such as adding color, changing
object properties, or undoing a mistake.
Note: To resize objects, use the square handles that
appear around the object. Drag the handles to size.
Note: Only one object can be selected at once. Click an
object again to modify.
- Do one of the following:
- To save the chart, see the section "How
to Save Charts."
- To print the chart, choose File > Print.
- To close the chart, click OK on the Chart page.
How to Save Charts
- Choose an available class from the Classes menu. The class page
for the selected class appears.
- Choose Reports > Charts. The chart data palette and "Students
and Assignments" pages appear.
- Open a chart. For more information, see the section "How
to Open Charts."
- Choose File > Save on the Chart page. The Save As dialog
appears.
- Enter a name for the file in the Save As field.
- Choose a location from the Where pop-up menu.
- Click Save. The chart saves to the selected location.
- Click OK on the Chart page to close the chart.
To open the chart, choose File > Open from the Chart page. Navigate
to where you saved the chart, then click Open. The chart appears.
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