txGradebook Overview

Special thanks to Erin Schofield (ESC-20) for sharing the resource below, which has been adapted for the East Central ISD. For full details on txGradebook processes, please see the Help on the txGradebook web site.

The step-by-step process below assists teachers in setting up their txGradebook at the beginning of each school year. You can find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) online and/or submit your question/comment online.

Step 1: Registration and Login
Every school year teachers will need to register as a new user. You must have your 9-digit Staff ID, sometimes referred to as your employee ID (assigned by the District).

• User ID is not case-sensitive, must be 6-8 alphanumeric characters and unique within district.
  Warning: Once established, a user ID cannot be changed or deleted for the school year!
• Password is case-sensitive, must be 6-9 alphanumeric characters. Use at least three of the following:
• uppercase
• lowercase
• numeric and/or punctuation (e.g. aBc1234).
• PIN must be four numeric characters.
• Hint Question and Answers is case and space-sensitive. You must select three hint questions.
• Email address is your district assigned email address.

Step 2: Course Groupings - if desired

The Course Grouping page allows you to group courses by semester. This allows you to enter grades administer categories and assignments, and copy categories and assignments for multiple sections at the same time. You must group your courses at the beginning of the semester before any categories are added.

To access the page: Settings > Course Grouping

Step 3: Administer (Assign) Categories

Select the semester and course section for which you want to administer categories. The categories are defined by the District. Once you add categories to one course, you are able to copy categories from one cycle to another as well as copy those categories to another course section.

To access the page: Settings > Administer Categories. 

Step 4: How to Post/View Attendance

The Attendance page allows you to record and post daily attendance for each period using the Absent, Tardy, and Present fields. You can post the data only once for each period/course. All students are set to Present by default.

To access the page: Attendance > Post/View Attendance

Step 5: Administer (Create) Assignments

Categories must be established for the course before you can enter assignments. You will be able to create and delete assignments as well as copy assignments from one course section to another.

Note: You cannot make changes to assignments once the cycle is closed.

To access the page: Settings > Administer Assignments

Step 6: Assignment Grades

After administering (creating) assignments, you will be able to enter assignment grades for students. Codes that can be typed in place of a numerical grade include:

• M for Missing
• I for Incomplete
• X for Excluded

You can also add comments or indicators (e.g. excluded, late, or redo) to an assignment grade by clicking on the NOTE icon. To accept a new transfer student's average, click on the red T and enter the transfer average, weight, and enrollment date.

To access the page: Grades > Assignment Grades