Thank you for your patience while our staff is learning about grading through Standards Based Learning.
For our secondary parents, we have finally been able to turn off the averaging function and the decimal point function in your student’s grade book. Here are some tips on how to view your child’s grades:
- Become an observer of your child in Canvas. This will allow you to view grades, get announcements, and receive emails. Here is a video on how to become an observer.
- When you click on grades, you will see that it says “no grades.” This is because the averaging feature has been turned off. You must click on the course to view your child’s grades.
- A tip shared with me by a parent is to choose one-to-two subjects each night to look at so students can plan what they need to complete and/or redo.
- Students should view their grades in the grade book by clicking on the show more details button in the top right corner. This will show the assignment grade, as well as the learning mastery grade. We ask for some grace for our teachers as they learn all the pieces of the learning mastery grade book. If you notice that there is a mistake in the grade book, please kindly reach out to the teacher via email so that they can look into the issue.
- If a student has a 2, 1, or — (which means missing), they need to work with the teacher to resubmit this assignment.
- Teachers will send out emails through Canvas to parents once assignments have been graded if the student has a 2, 1, or is missing the assignment. You will ONLY receive this email if you are observing your child in canvas.
- Middle School students will do grade checks during study hall and will complete a Google Form listing the assignments that they need to complete or redo.
I have created this handout that helps break down what you will see on canvas for your child. In each unit, the teacher will determine which standard or standards they are assessing and then will provide feedback to students along the way. Teachers will collect assignments and assessments throughout the unit demonstrating knowledge of the standard and enter them into the Canvas grade book. Students should monitor their grade book for feedback and to see their demonstration of knowledge grade.
Please have grace with our teachers while they are learning our new grading systems, as there might be a few hiccups along the way. We ask students to politely email their teachers with grading questions and clarification. If you have any questions about grading or Standards-Based Learning, please check out our page at stemk12.org.
Thank you,
Michelle Gasser, Director of Professional Development