Score Inspector

While you can enter scores directly, use the Score Inspector to provide more details about the student’s performance. Identify if an assignment is missing, if it was received late, if it was collected but hasn't been scored yet, if a student is exempt from completing it, if the student didn’t complete it because he was absent, or if it is incomplete for other reasons. Also use the Score Inspector to enter a comment about a student’s score.

Navigation

Use the arrow buttons to navigate to a different student, or to a different score column.

Score

Enter the score in the score field, or select the score using the keypad. Select the x button to remove the score. Select the Undo button to revert your changes.

Special Codes

If your PowerSchool administrator has provided special codes, select Codes, and then select the applicable special code from the pop-up. The special code and the associated score attribute appears on the Scoresheet.

Default special codes are:

INC (Incomplete)

ABS (Absent)

MIS (Missing)

Score Attributes

Select an attribute on the Score Inspector to add it to a score. You can also use hot keys to add the attributes from your keyboard.

Hot Keys

Use keyboard shortcuts, or hot keys, to enter score attributes quickly. Press Enter to view the indicator in the cell.

Hot Key Code

Description

COL or (.)

Marks an assignment collected.

LA or (*)

Marks an assignment late.

MI or (/)

Marks an assignment missing.

Marks an assignment exempt.

Marks an assignment incomplete due to student absence.

Marks an assignment incomplete.

Note: If you have special codes that coincide with the hot keys (for example, ABS for absent), you must enter the full special code in order for it to appear in the score field.

Fill Scores

Use the Fill Scores functions to either fill scores for one assignment for all of the students in a class, or to fill all assignment scores for one student.

To fill students’ scores for one assignment:

Enter the score or select the score indicator in the Score Inspector.
Select the Fill icon on with the vertical arrows.

To fill multiple assignment scores for one student:

Enter the score or select the score indicator in the Score Inspector.
Select the Fill icon with the horizontal arrows.

Scores will be filled in cells that do not already have scores. Additionally, use the fill scores functions to fill comments.

Comments

As you enter scores or indicators for assignments, use comments to record specific details about student performance. Add comments manually or choose comments from the Comment Bank.

To enter comments manual:

Select the text field at the bottom of the Score Inspector, or select the Comment icon on the Score Inspector and select the larger text field.
Enter comment text. A comment icon appears in the score field, indicating that a comment exists for that score.

To select comments from the Comment Bank:

Select the Comment icon on the Score Inspector.
Select the Comment Bank button.
To limit the comments that appear in the Comment Bank, enter information in the Filter field and then select Apply.
Select the star next to a comment in the bank to set it as one of your favorite comments. You can then sort the list to display your favorite comments at the top of the list.
Select the checkbox next to one or more comments you want to add to the score.
Choose if you want comments separated by a line break or a space.
Select Insert Comments. A blue Comment icon appears in the student’s score cell. Click the icon to read the comment.

When creating personalized comments, use smart text to automatically insert personal student information—such as the student’s preferred name—straight from the PowerSchool database. Smart text is represented by a field or pronoun, such as <he/she>, and will be replaced with the word “he” or “she” based on the student’s gender when you add the comment. In your comment bank entries, you would enter, “<first name> is improving each week.” After you add the comment to an assignment, the parents or student will see “Nicholas is improving each week.” When you use the fill scores functions to fill comments that include smart text, you have the choice of applying the smart text to the comment for each student or using the original text. For example, if you enter a comment for one student that says, “<first name> completed all assignment tasks,” and filled the comment for other students, each student’s name would be personalized in the resulting comments.