Quick Tip: Aspen Semester Change

With the switch from Semester 1 to Semester 2, you will need to change the filter in Aspen to switch between the two semesters. 

This will affect Semester classes only - NOT Full Year classes. 

If you cannot see your S1 classes, select the filter This Year's Classes.

Q2 and MidTerm Grades (2022)

 

How to Enter Quarter 2 and
MidTerm Grades in Aspen

I've updated the posting for Q2 and Midterm Grades by adding this video to show the steps to posting your Q2 grades. Here is a direct link to the video.

The steps to entering your Quarter 2 grades is similar to Quarter 1, but you have the additional step of also adding your MidTerm Exam grades.

What if I am not giving a midterm? If you did not give a midterm exam then leave the MidTerm Exam field blank, the field will be ignored in the calculation of the semester grade.

To Post your Q2 grades in Aspen Gradebook,

1. Go to the Scores page in your Gradebook
   
2. In the Grade Columns drop down box, select Post Columns.  Also, set the Term to Q2.  (See highlighted area below).
   

   

   
   

   

   
   
3. The Aspen Posting columns will appear.  These are
• Q2Grd - Quarter 2 Grade that will appear on report card
• MidExam - Midterm exam OR for Semester 1 Final Exam
• MidGrade - MidYear Grade
• Q2ClsAbs - Quarter 1 Class Absences
• Q2Com1 and Q2Com2 - Quarter 1 Comment 1 and Comment 2 fields
• Q2 - The grade from your gradebook for quarter 2

4. Click the Update Post Columns button -OR-
   Select Options -> Update Post Columns
5. This will take you through the Update Post Columns wizard.  (see images below)

Step 1. Select the Grade Term (Q2) and the Grades to update (all students).
Step 2. Select Quarter 2 Grade = Average:Q2   Mid Term Grade = District Calculation Q2 Class Absence= Class Absence Total
Step 3. Confirms the choices made in Step 1 and Step 2.

9. Click Finish.
10. You should notice that the Q2Grd and Q2ClsAbs fields will now be populated.

    

    
    
    ** MidGrade The grade is equal to the average of the Q1Grd and Q2Grd ** FG (Semester courses only) is equivalent to MidGrade
11. If you decide to make changes to the Q2Grd column, remember to click on the Update button in the MidGrade Column to recalculate the Midyear grade.

    

    
    
12. Aspen will calculate the MidYear grade for you.  If you give Pass/Fail grades for your class, please enter P or F in the MidGrade field.  
13. Add comment codes (see WHS Comment Codes)

Chrome Tip: See all your tabs in one drop down menu

I am a fan of Chrome tabs and often have more than 15 open at one time and I have seen others who have far more than that open at the same time.  

But how do you easily keep track of these tabs?  Chrome has added a new drop down on their menu bar at the top of your screen that lists all of your open tabs as well as your recently closed tabs.  So cool.

The Chrome tab drop down arrow is shown in the red box on the image below. Below that is an example of the open tabs.