A brief how-to on creating assignments and using the Infinite Campus grade book with the recent updates.

1. https://infinitecampus.warren.kyschools.us/campus/warren.jsp
Using Infinite Campus’ Gradebook
Revised July 2011
IMPORTANT: Click on the “Save” icon after every change that is made
Any box that appears with a red label is a required field and cannot be left blank
Step 1—Setting Preferences
In the Section field at the top of the screen,
choose the class and period
In the sidebar on the left-hand side of the
screen, open the “Admin” module and go
to “Preferences”
Teacher
Set the Preferences to your specifications.
o Note: Once this is set for the year it does not need to be changed unless you choose to make
changes.
Example:
Terms to understand:
 Hide Dropped Students: allows you choose
whether or not you wish to see the names of the
students who are no longer in your class
 Show Student Numbers: allows you to see your
students’ state ID number
 Show Student Pictures: allows you to see the
students’ pictures, if they have been uploaded.
This would be especially helpful at the
beginning of the school year while learning
students’ names.
 Invert Seating Chart . . . : allows you to
determine whether your seating chart is set up
back of the room to front, or front of the room to
the back
 to check attendance according to seating chart
instead of in alphabetical order. Checking this
option and printing out the attendance page for
each class would be a helpful addition to sub
folders.
 Use Canned Comments: allows you use pre-determined comments. If this item is not checked, then all comments must be hand-
keyed into the comments section in Grading by Task.
 Default Standard Grading Task: allows you to set your Gradebook to always show the “Quarter” instead of
“Mid-term Progress” at the beginning of each grading period.
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2.  “Mass Assign to Multiple Sections”
allows you to apply your ‘Preference’
settings to other class sections instead of
individually by class section.
Step 2---Setting up Assignments
Open the “Assignment” module
o Note: This module replaces the “Lesson Planner” module in the earlier version of Infinite
Campus. This is the only way to enter assignments into the Gradebook.
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3. Edit Teacher Preferences: the same as the preference settings in the “Admin” module. These
preferences can be set either place.
Terms to understand:
Assignments List: returns you to the main
Assignments window
Validate: allows a teacher to share
assignment settings with another teacher
teaching the same course
Edit Grade Calc
Options: (this replaces
the features in the old
“Lesson Planner” where
the Grading Scale and
Weighting options were
set)
Terms to understand
•Category: the “umbrella” categories
you will set up for your grades (for
example: total points, tests, quizzes,
homework, portfolio, notebook, class
participation, etc.)
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4.  Set Grading Scale to “Numeric” in each of the “Term Quarter” and “Final Grade” rows.
o Note: If this is not set, then the gradebook will not populate correctly and current grade
calculations will not appear accurately in the student portal.
 Check “Weight Categories” if you want your assignment categories to count differently in your
grade calculations
 Check “Use score’s % value” if you prefer to calculate grades by percentages instead of points.
 Return to “Assignment List”
Edit Categories
o Note: Assignments must be linked to a category. At least one category must be created
to begin the initial the creation of the gradebook so that assignments can be viewed.
 Click on “Create
Category”
Terms to understand:
•Weight: how much this will count
toward the students’ final average*
•Sequence: the order that you want
your groups to appear in your
gradebook. If you leave everything at a
“1”, then the groups will default to
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5. alphabetical order. If you want “Tests” to appear in your gradebook first, give it “1”; if you want “Quizzes” to appear
second, give it a “2”; if you want “Homework” to appear third, give it a “3”
 Exclude the category from calculation: check this option if you wish for the assignment to be viewed but not be counted
in the grade calculation. This would be usually used for activities such as field trips, guest speakers, etc.
 Drop lowest score: identifies the students’ lowest grade in this category and drops it from being calculated in the term
grade.
This can be checked at anytime in the quarter.
 Enter the name of the category and its weight for grade calculation. If you want all of
your categories to have equal weights, leave the weight set at the default setting of “0”.
 Under “Sections”, check the course section(s) for which you want to use the newly created
category.
 Under “Grading Tasks”, check ‘Quarter”. DO NOT USE MIDTERM PROGRESS.
o IMPORTANT: If “Weight Categories” is checked in the Edit Grade Calc Options
and “Weight” is set at “0” when setting up your Category, then the grades will not
calculate and grades cannot be posted.
 Select “Save Category” if you want to set up all of your categories before adding assignments, or
“Save Add Assignment” to immediately add an assignment to the category.
 Click on the “Assignments” tab to return to the Assignments window.
Create New Assignment
Terms to Understand:
 Name: the name of the
assignment
 Abbreviation: this is a
shortened version of the Name
and will appear in your actual
gradebook
 Active: show the assignment in
the portal as soon as it is created
 Hide: keep the assignment
invisible until it is actually
assigned, or until you wish for it
to be viewed in the portal
Student Group: rosters
can be subdivided so that
different assignments
can be made to each
group.
 Due Date: the date that the
grade is to be recorded
 Assigned Date: use if you have
a long-term project. This will
show in the portal for parents to
see
 Total Points: another way to
weight the grade; change this
factor if you have a grade that is
not based on 100 points
 Multiplier: another way to
weight your grades. A grade will
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6. be counted as many times as you set the number in the multiplier.
 Enter the name of the assignment, its abbreviation, and the due date. These are required
fields.
 (Optional) Click on the “Show Description,
Objectives, and References Fields” button. This will
allow you to enter information regarding the
assignment that would be helpful for lesson plan
documentation and links to outside references that
student may need to complete the assignment, or that
parents might find helpful for understanding the
purpose of the assignment or activity.
 Click on “Grading Tasks” to choose which Quarter, and which category in which to
place the assignment, and to set the point value of the assignment.
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
o (Optional) Check “Marks” if you wish to only grade an assignment on a “Pass/Fail”,
“Completed/Not Completed” value
 Select “Save”, “Save Score”, or “Save Create New Assignment”.
o “Save and Score” allows you to immediately enter grades upon creating the
assignment.
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7.  Click on the “Assignments” tab to return to the Assignments window.
Save and Score Window
Terms to Understand
T : Turned in; allows you to notify
parents and students that an
assignment has been completed and
submitted, but not yet graded
M: Missing; identifies that a student
did not turn in an assignment. It is
automatically calculated with a value
of “0” in the gradebook
L: Late; identifies that an
assignment was submitted after the
announced deadline
I: Incomplete; assignment turned in
but not submitted in its entirety
Ch: Cheated; indicates that a student
submitted work that was not their
own. The original grade will be
viewed in the gradebook and the
portal, but it will be calculated as a
“0”.
X: Exempt; identifies that the
student is not responsible for the
completion of the assignment viewed
in the portal and in the gradebook. It
is not calculated in the grade.
Copy Assignments
 Click on “Copy Assignments”.
 In the bottom portion of the window, check
the assignment(s) you wish to
transfer to another course.
 In the left- hand box in the upper
section, select the course in which the
assignment has been created.
 In the right- hand box in the upper
section, select the course in which you want
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8. to copy the assignment.
Tree View
 Show the Categories and assignments in an outline form similar to the previous Infinite
Campus version
To Enter Grades for Assignments
Option 1
 Click on “Assignments” module in the sidebar to pull up the assignment list
 Click on the icon to the left of the name of the assignment
 Enter grades
Option 2
 Click on “Assignments” module in the sidebar to pull up the assignment list
 Choose “Create Assignment”
 Create assignment; choose “Save and Score”
 Enter grades
Option 3
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9.  Click on “Grade Book” module in the sidebar to pull up the gradebook
 Enter grades
Step 3—Using the Gradebook
Open the “Gradebook” module
The Gradebook will now start to look like the example below.
Grade Averages Categories Assignments
When the grading
window is opened,
final averages*
will be posted in
the center (green)
As grades are section. Enter the grades in
entered, the far right-hand
points and When posting mid- (gray) section
percentages term grades, the
will averages will not
automatically be seen in this
be calculated column.
in the far
left-hand
(yellow) *Note: Rounding of
section. grades is not always
accurate. You may
have to manually 9
adjust grades in the
“%” column.

10. Posting Grades Using the Gradebook
Open the Gradebook
Right click (Windows machines) or Control+click (Mac machines) in the first empty cell in either
of the green columns
Choose “Post Grades to other Task” and then the appropriate posting term
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11. Click “Save”
NOTE: When posting mid-term quarter grades, the green area will not populate. This area will only
populate when posting final quarter grades.
Open “Grading by Task”.
Choose the correct grading period and section.
Manually adjust any averages and fill in any comments.
Click “Save”
Creating Reports
In the left-hand side bar, click on the + beside “Reports” to
open the eleven (11) report options.
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12. Aligned Assessments
This report allows the teacher to document assessments that are aligned with the state curriculum
standards. This report will only generate correctly if the teacher has set up assignments in the Lesson
Planner and selected the state standard that correlates with the assessment.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Aligned Assessments”
 Select the desired options and students
 Click on “Generate Report”
Attendance Register
This report gives a summary of the class attendance in a spreadsheet format with absences
marked as excused or unexcused. The report should generate from the attendance clerk’s database.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Attendance Register”
 Select the desired grading period
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
Attendance Summary
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13. This report generates a summary of the students in each class section in a table format. It shows
each student’s absentee record by grading period.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Attendance Summary”
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
Blank Spreadsheet
This report creates a class roster in a spreadsheet format to record miscellaneous information.
This spreadsheet is recommended as an addition to the teacher’s substitute folder for the substitute teacher
to record attendance.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Blank Spreadsheet”
 Select the desired options and students
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
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14. Gradebook Export
This report allows the teacher to export their gradebook into Excel or html format for inserting
into other applications. This report is not one that would have much practical application for the
classroom teacher.
Missing Assignments
This report allows the teachers to generate a list of assignments that students have not completed.
In order for this report to generate correctly, the teacher needs to flag the appropriate assignments as
“Missing” in the gradebook. This report is useful for parent/teacher and student/teacher conferences as
documentation for any necessary make-up work.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Missing Assignments”
 Select the desired options, students,
and grading period
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
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15. Portal Usage Roster
This report allows the teacher to see how often during the previous four weeks of the specified
date that the students are accessing their Infinite Campus account and checking their grades.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Portal Usage Roster”
 Select the desired ending date
 Click on “Generate Report”
Ex
ample:
Roster Label
This report generates mailing
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 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Roster Label”
 Select the desired options and students
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
Section Summary
This report creates a paper
copy of the teacher’s gradebook.
While Infinite Campus does a
backup of data every 24 hours, this
report is a good backup for any
“user error” mistakes. A report
generated at the end of each
grading period and filed in a secure
location is highly recommended.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Section Summary”
 Select the desired options,
students and grading period
 Click on “Generate Report”
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17. Example:
Student Summary
This generates a report of the students’ assignments, assessments, and scores. This report is
valuable for parent/teacher conferences and as a progress report for students. This report can get generate
for individual students or for an entire class.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Student Summary”
 Select the desired options
and students
 Click on “Generate Report”
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18. Example:
Teacher Schedule
This report documents a teacher’s class schedule. It is recommended that a copy of this report be
included in the teacher’s substitute teacher folder.
 Open “Reports”
 Click on “Teacher
Schedule”
 Click on “Generate Report”
Example:
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