2. What makes MyGradeBook better than a paper gradebook?
Answer:
MyGradeBook does all the work for you -- weighting categories and assignments,
calculating midterm and final grades. In addition, MyGradeBook reduces the
time you spend in teacher-parent conferences and on the phone with parents by making it easy for them to check their progress
at any time that is convenient for them.
You can also email groups of students and parents, print out reports on an individual student, on an entire class,
or on all of your students and classes to use at parent conferences and with school administrators.
3. How does MyGradeBook help me communicate with parents and students?
Answer:
If you decide to give your students and parents online access to their grades, just click the "New Passwords" button and
send them the login information. Once you provide the student and parents with the login information, they can
log in through a secure connection to view their own grades and other information such as upcoming assignments, teacher
comments and attendance at any time that is convenient for them. After you provide the login information,
all you have to do is create and score assignments because students and parents will automatically see updated information everytime
they login. You can also send email from MyGradeBook to an entire class
or to individual students and parents and have the system automatically email parents when students are late or miss class.
4. How secure is MyGradeBook?
Answer:
MyGradeBook is very concerned about the security of the student information stored in your account. We have implemented the following measures to ensure your data's security:
- Access to your account is password-protected.
- Every time an attempt to access your account is made, we log the attempt in our database. The results of every attempt to access your account during the last 30 days are shown to you every time you successfully log in.
- Every time an attempt to access your account is made, we email you, showing you the date, time, IP address, and the result of the attempt.
- If three straight unsuccessful attempts to log in are made, your account is automatically locked for one hour. The only way to access your account during the one-hour lockout period is to enter your unlock password instead of your regular password and then log in again using your regular password.
- Once you log in, all access to MyGradeBook is encrypted via the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
- Student and parent access to your account is also password-protected. Each student is given a unique Student ID and Password, which they must supply to log into MyGradeBook.
- Students and parents can only access their own information when logged into your account.
Teachers can periodically change their login password to help ensure the security of their class information.
In your account, you can choose to further protect the student information that can be accessed with the student/parent login information, by
choosing not to show the student's name with the student's grade information. This is a setting in the Preferences section
of the My Account screen in your MyGradeBook account.
5. How many classes can I keep in MyGradeBook?
Answer:
30 classes can be stored in each teacher's gradebook.
6. Does MyGradeBook keep attendance records?
Answer:
The Attendance tab in MyGradeBook allows teachers to record daily attendance for their class.
If the teacher belongs to a group using District Integration, the attendance codes will
be automatically defined. Otherwise, the teacher can define her own attendance codes. Attendance codes can be defined
to automatically send email to the parents.
7. How can my students log in to see their own grades?
Answer:
Students log in through a secure connection and view only their own grades in a class. Using the Students and Parents Login link at
http://www.mygradebook.com, a student needs to enter two pieces of information to access grades: a Classword and a Password. The teacher must provide the Classword and Password information to the student/parent to permit them to log in.
8. What kind of computer and Internet connection do I need to use MyGradeBook?
Answer:
Both Windows and Macintosh computers are supported by MyGradeBook.
A user must have a Web browser and an Internet connection to log into MyGradeBook. MyGradeBook recommends that users obtain the most current release of their Web browser. Dial-up connections are acceptable. Performance will be improved by having a faster connection.
9. What happens when my free trial is over? Is my gradebook erased?
Answer: MyGradeBook does not immediately delete a user's account when the 30-day trial is over. If an account expires, a user may still log in and pay for a one-year subscription to continue using the same account.
10. How do I start a group to take advantage of group discounts?
Answer:
Two or more users can associate their individual MyGradeBook accounts to benefit from a better annual subscription rate.
To begin this process, the first step is to choose a leader or Group Account Manager.
This can be one of the teachers or another person at the school.
The Group Account Manager needs to visit
http://www.mygradebook.com and click the
"Start a Group" link. After completing a group registration form, the new Group Manager will receive two codes
to distribute to the teachers who will be members of the group: a Group ID code and a Sign Up code.
Teachers with existing MyGradeBook accounts should log in and view the My Account screen. By entering and saving these codes on their gradebook, the individual teacher becomes a group member.
Teachers who are new to MyGradeBook should register for a new individual "trial" account. The registration page allows the new teacher to record a Group ID code and a Sign Up code. By submitting these codes, the new teacher becomes a group member.
