User's Manual Part 2

Gradebook
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Gradebook
Preferences
Using the AccelTest preferences, you can adjust how AccelTest works for your
school. The table below lists the preferences in AccelTest and tells you how to
change them. The preferences are available in the Preferences menu.
Preference What it does How to change it
School Year Use this preference to enter your
school year information, including start
and end dates for the school year,
number of terms, start and end dates
for terms, and, if applicable, number of
terms per semester. Changing the
school year affects the calculation of
student grades. Your school year
should be completely set up before you
start scoring student assignments.
1. Click on the Preferences menu and
select School Year.
2. The School Year Assistant (Wizard)
dialog box will open. Click [Next].
3. Enter the Start and End dates for your
school year, and click [Next].
4. Select the number of terms in your school
year and click [Next].
5. Enter the Start and End date for each term
and click [Next].
6. If your terms are grouped into semesters,
select the number of terms per semester
and click [Next].
7. Check the information in the Summary and
click on the [Back] button to edit if needed.
Click the [Done] button.
Subjects Use this preference to add subjects,
edit subjects, or delete subjects.
1. Click on the Preferences menu and
select Subjects.
2. The Subjects dialog box will open.
• If you are adding a subject, click on the
[Add] button and type the name of the
subject you want to add.
• To edit a subject, scroll down the list
until you find the subject, and click on it.
Then click the [Edit] button, and make
changes.
• To delete a subject that is not being used,
scroll down the list to find the subject,
and click on it. Then click the [Delete]
button. Subjects being used cannot be
deleted.
3. Click the [OK] button.