10+Easy+Steps+to+Clone+an+Existing+Gradebook

(thanks to Derek Chandler, Brighton High, for this tutorial)
 * __Here are the steps to simply "clone" (copy) a grade book from a previous class: __ **

-- First off, why? It will save you so much time, parents and students will be able to access Skyward and see what assignments are due, what they are doing for that week, what they will miss during an absence, etc. Best of all, it only takes minutes to do.


 * 1. Click on "My Gradebook"** - A current trimester schedule of classes is listed. If you click on the blue highlighted "Show All Classes", the entire year's schedule will come up. You can click on "Terms" and it will organize your classes by trimester, by period. You can update second trimesters classes now, or wait until the end of this trimester and refer to this email and easily have your second trimester classes laid out and ready to go.


 * 2. Click on the class or grade book that you want to access by clicking on the blue highlighted "Secondary Grade book" next to the class you want.** A Class roster will pull up for that class but no assignments will be listed. We're about to change that!


 * 3. Click on the "Assignments" tab.** As you scroll over it, a drop-down menu will automatically come up. Don't worry about the drop-down options, just click on the "Assignments" tab.


 * 4. Click on "Clone From Existing Gradebook".** This will open up all of your current and past grade books by class, starting with the current year, 2014-2013, and going backwards in time, until 2011. All of us will have at least ONE grade book, because we've all taught at least one trimester of classes (including this one). You can't "clone" or copy a grade book from 2nd or 3rd trimester of this year because they have not been made yet.


 * 5. Scroll down to the previous class' grade book you want to clone from and click on the check box to the left of it.**


 * 6. Click "Next".** This will take you to the next screen and list all of the assignments for that class that will be copied to the new one. Any assignments you don't want to copy over, click on the check box to the left of it.


 * 7. Click "Next".** This will take you to a screen that tells you where assignments will be cloned to (The class you already selected).


 * 8. Click "Next".** A screen showing the assignments that have been copied to the new class with pre-loaded dates. These dates are loaded based off of when the assignments were due from the trimester you are cloning from. You can change or alter them now if you need to by clicking on the calendar box to the left of each assignment, or wait until the grade book is finished and then just change them as needed by assignment.


 * 9. Click "Finish".** Your assignments have been cloned.


 * 10. Click the "Back" tab.** You will see your class now has all of the assignments loaded and the dates they are due.